The mid-year overruns could end up eating into millions of dollars in county discretionary money that could pay for other services, according to budget documents.
Tag: Todd Spitzer
Posted inCanyons, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Supervisors Reject Mayors’ Proposal For Homeless Shelter in Remote Canyon
The move sends the issue back to south county mayors to recommend another site or sites for a homeless shelter.
Posted inCanyons, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Irvine, Lake Forest, Top Stories
Canyons Homeless Shelter Opposed by Two Supervisors
Supervisors Todd Spitzer and Shawn Nelson said they are opposed to a proposal by south Orange County mayors to put a new homeless shelter on county-owned property in rural Silverado Canyon.
Posted inCanyons, Countywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
South OC Mayors Propose New Homeless Shelter at Former Silverado School
South Orange County mayors, under pressure from a federal judge, on Thursday chose a closed elementary school along rural Santiago Canyon Road as a site they’d like to see become a new homeless shelter.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Government, Housing & Homelessness, State, Top Stories
OC Should Get Ready to Compete for State Homeless Housing Money, Say City and Business Leaders
Hundreds of millions of dollars in state grants could become available next year, and some community leaders want to compete for it to help build 2,700 homes for homeless people.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Supervisors Defend Their Turf and Criticize Spitzer’s Homeless Warnings
Spitzer was “stirring up a bunch of lies and nonsense” with his comments last month to public meetings of the Laguna Niguel and Costa Mesa city councils, Supervisor Shawn Nelson said. Spitzer said his colleagues weren’t telling the whole story.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Top Stories
OC Fire Authority Under More Fire for Late Response to Canyon 2 Flames
Orange County Fire Authority executives came under renewed criticism Tuesday for the slow response to the large Canyon 2 Fire, after a county investigation found numerous breaches of protocol caused an 80 to 85-minute delay in taking action.
Posted inAnaheim, Costa Mesa, Countywide, Fullerton, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Orange, Top Stories
Gov. Brown Oks Extensions for National Guard Armory Homeless Shelters
Gov. Jerry Brown granted a 90-day extension Tuesday for the two emergency homeless shelters operated each night throughout the winter at the National Guard armories in Santa Ana and Fullerton.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Politics & Elections, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Judge Allows Suspended Lawyer Running for DA to Stay on Ballot
Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Griffin ruled Lenore Albert-Sheridan will remain on the ballot for the June 5 primary election.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Lovingood: San Bernardino County Offers Leadership Not Fearmongering on Homelessness
San Bernardino County Supervisors’ Chairman Robert A. Lovingood takes issue with Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer over his recent public comments that OC homeless should be sent to the High Desert because the area “is away from everyone else.” Lovingood reminds Spitzer that there are 450,000 decent, hardworking taxpayers living in the High Desert, with leaders who focus on services for eligible local residents who fall on hard times.
