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The now-removed plan had emphasized expanding the affordable housing supply for homeless people as a “top priority.” The supervisors also consolidated their power over the commission, removing all current members and changing the selection rules so supervisors now will pick all of the commissioners who have voting power.
The Santa Ana City Council is considering filing a lawsuit against the county – and inviting other cities to join – alleging mismanagement of the millions of dollars in federal homelessness money the county gets each year.
More than 15,000 people are homeless in Orange County at some point during the year, according to the latest available figures.
Organizing efforts and local restorative justice programs spearheaded by Orange County groups like Santa Ana Boys and Men of Color were highlighted at a forum at UC Irvine Wednesday evening.
In a move that’s being welcomed by public health advocates, two Orange County supervisors are inviting the public to help them identify problems with the county’s massive array of mental health services.
Teen pregnancies and high school dropout rates have plummeted in the past decade. But housing insecurity and mental illness hospitalizations are skyrocketing.
A summit at the UC Irvine School of Law explores the consequences of the U.S.’s mass incarceration policies and in particular their effects on women.
The activists say the case of Jesus Aguirre, Jr. is a glaring example of what they call a “school-to-prison pipeline” that ensnares many Latino youth in working-class communities.
The author and other adult children of Vietnamese refugees talk about how the fall of Saigon shaped the experiences and character of their generation.
The writer/director of the groundbreaking documentary about life as a minority in Orange County talks about where she’s been and how she plans to continue serving her community.