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The city has hired a nonprofit to bring together a wide variety of groups to collaborate on getting Civic Center homeless people set up with housing. The arrangement with Long-Beach based City Net calls for placing 30 people into housing each quarter.
The Santa Ana Public Library has been awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Services, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries for community service.
Despite being the 11th largest city in the state, Santa Ana’s public library has resources comparable to cities half its size.
Santa Ana opens new entrance to its downtown library for parents fearful of homeless people who congregate at the library. Homeless people and their advocates feel they are being discriminated against.
The library is asking residents to participate in videos about how the library has made a difference in their lives.
Residents march and chant in protest of a spate of shootings in their neighborhood.
An advocate for the homeless is considering a suit against Santa
Ana for its refusal to grant library cards to homeless men.