Fullerton and Orange officials plan to spend the money to help create or bolster homeless supportive services in their city, but none of the over $3.6 million combined in funding is going to create affordable homes.
Tag: Mary's Kitchen
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Underwood: Mary’s Kitchen Postscript
Mary’s Kitchen, the last walk-up sanctuary for the homeless of Orange County, had by 2021 become “an attractive nuisance” to the City of Orange, and a thorn in the side of the county’s shelter first policies they call Continuum of Care. But to its homeless patrons it was sanctuary and a place to start again. Why did it have to go? And what will take its place?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Underwood: The Last Christmas at Mary’s Kitchen?
The homeless of Orange brave the weather, the traffic, and the police to enter Mary’s Kitchen gates daily. But on Christmas day 2021 above all others the rewards are worth the hazards. Awaiting them was a feast of food, of friendship, and for a brief time, kindness and peace amidst a sea of troubles outside Mary’s gates.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Is This Mary’s Kitchen’s Last Thanksgiving?
Mary’s Kitchen became a focal point in the years-long debate over how to help the homeless and revived debate around OC’s progress in solving homelessness across the region.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Underwood: The Trouble With Mary’s Kitchen
As outcry mounts against City of Orange’s sudden termination of homeless food service provider Mary’s Kitchen, and demeaning rhetoric from the dais returns fire against Mary’s staff, the true cause of action by the city may have less to do with the homeless and more to do with providing a home for trucks.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks City of Orange from Evicting Mary’s Kitchen
A homeless kitchen which feeds, clothes and bathes people in Orange lives to fight at least a few more days.
Posted inGovernment
ACLU Steps Into the Fight to Stop Closure of Homeless Meals Kitchen in Orange
The ACLU claims Orange City Councilmembers broke state transparency law when they decided to shut down Mary’s Kitchen in a closed door meeting.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Community Rallies Behind Mary’s Kitchen at Orange City Council Meeting
City officials are facing increasing pressure to keep the longtime soup kitchen open to help the homeless.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
City of Orange May Face Legal Battle Over Booting Local Homeless Kitchen
A local homeless soup kitchen is fighting efforts by Orange officials to shut it down, possibly setting the stage for a legal battle.
Posted inNEWS
Orange Officials Shutter Longstanding Meals-for-Homeless Establishment, Mary’s Kitchen
The kitchen has 90 days to vacate the premises, according to the city.
