County leaders say the nonprofit they’re working with has continued to improve but there just isn’t enough housing available to help homeless people leave the shelter – a benchmark in the proposed contract.
Tag: Yale proposed shelter
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Is Orange County’s Homeless Shelter System Broken?
Experts say the county’s current homeless shelter network is eating up a lot of money while showing little results.
Posted inCountywide
Orange County Quietly Shut Down its Last Walk-In Homeless Shelter Without Any Public Announcement
It’s prompting concerns that people are being pushed back to nearby streets – as well as frustration from local officials about why county officials like Supervisors Chairman Supervisor Andrew Do – who also represents Santa Ana – didn’t reach out to them with a plan.
Posted inSanta Ana
Orange County Moves its Largest Homeless Shelter Starting Around the New Year
A new, larger county shelter in Santa Ana to replace the current open-air bus terminal shelter in the city’s Civic Center.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Residents Say They’re Tired of Being Dumping Ground of OC’s Homeless
Residents said the county was moving forward with its Yale St. shelter plans without spreading the burden to south county cities that don’t host any shelters. County officials said the shelter would be an improvement over the existing Courtyard shelter that’s being replaced.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Resident is Ousted from County Commission After Raising Homeless Shelter Concerns
Supervisor Andrew Do confirmed he asked Angie Cano to resign, but declined to say if it was because of her public comments.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Pushes Back as County Approves New 425-Bed Shelter
Much of the frustration centered on plans to put the shelter in a low-income city that long has hosted more shelter beds than any other Orange County city, while wealthier south county cities have refused to open a shelter.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
Construction of Homeless Shelter in Santa Ana Up for County Approval Today
The 425-bed Yale shelter would replace the Courtyard shelter in the Santa Ana Civic Center. It’s generated concern from Santa Ana residents, many of whom feel the city has long done more than its share to shelter homeless people.
Posted inGovernment, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana and OC Officials Bicker Over Stalled New Homeless Shelter
All work and construction on a new homeless shelter has stalled in Santa Ana, as city and county officials continue to point fingers over an apparent lack of public input on the effort to relocate homeless people from the Courtyard shelter in downtown to the new location on Yale Street.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
County Buying 600-Bed Homeless Shelter Building in Santa Ana
If the sale goes through and the new shelter opens, it would be the largest homeless shelter in Orange County.
