Supervisors Chairman Todd Spitzer is expressing cautious optimism about a site in the northern part of the city as a location for the county’s first year-round shelter.
Tag: Mercy House
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Top Stories, Transportation
Supervisors to Discuss Privatizing Year-Round Homeless Shelter Mar. 24
A menu of development and funding options for the proposed shelter will come before County Supervisors at their weekly public meeting Tuesday.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Shelter Director: Shortage of Beds to Blame for Homeless Serial Killings
For eight months of the year, there are only 56 emergency
shelter beds for the county’s 21,000 homeless people.
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Orange County’s Food Banks Start Holidays with Soaring Demand
One of the most “food insecure” counties in the state is
experiencing a historic gap between food supply and demand.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Top Stories
Ending Homelessness is ‘Complicated’ for OC Officials
Program is supposed to end homelessness in 10 years, but as of
now it still doesn’t have an executive director.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Homeless Shelters Closing Early
Federal budget stalemate is forcing armories that shelter
hundreds of homeless Orange County adults to close Thursday, nearly
a week early.
