While new shelters have been built, a recent poll indicates housing is a top concern among Orange County residents.
Tag: Orange County homeless lawsuit
Posted inNEWS
Orange County’s Homeless Face A Hard Quandary: Suffer Sexual Harassment Inside Shelters or Risk Arrest, Lawsuit Alleges
On top of these claims, the lawsuit argues shelters in Anaheim and Santa Ana are rife with overcrowding, filthy plumbing, broken showers, and other inhumane conditions.
Posted inFullerton, Top Stories
Fullerton Joins Growing List of North OC Cities Building Year-Round Homeless Shelters
Fullerton Councilmembers authorized a 150-bed, year-round homeless shelter, and is joining a growing list of North County cities who are building homeless shelters for people in the region — mostly driven by a 2018 federal lawsuit.
Posted inFullerton, Top Stories
Fullerton Takes First Step to Open a Homeless Shelter
Fullerton gives nonprofit homeless services provider Illumination Foundation $500,000 to help start the first homeless shelter in the city.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Do Says OC Supervisors Not Taking Over CalOptima
Supervisor Andrew Do said the County isn’t looking to take over CalOptima, the health insurance plan for the poor, but he offered a spending plan, along with criticism, for the agency.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, San Clemente
San Clemente to Move its Homeless Population to a City Lot
San Clemente is moving its homeless population to a city-owned lot Friday, but homeless rights attorney Carol Sobel warns the move is unconstitutional.
Posted inAliso Viejo, Canyons, Dana Point, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Top Stories
Five South Orange County Cities Sued for Lack of Homeless Shelters
Five South Orange County cities will head to Federal court after a lawsuit filed by attorneys alleged dumping of homeless people and blamed the region’s lack of shelters.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Emergency CalOptima Vote Gets Doctors to Homeless People
Homeless people now will be visited and treated by medical teams on the streets after the CalOptima Board of Directors unanimously voted to immediately begin the program throughout Orange County.
