“Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen caused an uproar this month when she abruptly proposed major changes to CalOptima, the county’s $1.3-billion program that provides medical coverage to about 430,000 poor adults and children,” according to the Voice of OC.
I wondered at the time just what the heck Nguyen was up to. Now we know. ”Early this month Nguyen proposed [...]
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Supervisor Nguyen gets caught trying to disenfranchise the poor
Posted by Admin on November 1st, 2011
Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center rises from the ashes
Posted by Admin on January 30th, 2011
Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center suffered a terrible fire last year, losing holiday food and gifts for the poor. Their structure had to be totally demolished.
Nine months later the Center has risen from the ashes, according to community activist Alan H. Woo, who posted the pictures in this post on his Facebook page.
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Posted in Charities, Civic Affairs, homeless, Santa Ana, working families 
Tags: fire, food, homeless, needy, poor, Santa Ana, shelter, southwest community center 
No Comments »Guest speaker from the OC Food Bank to speak on local poverty on Sep. 19
Posted by Admin on September 13th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Church of the Foothills Welcomes a Guest Speaker from The OC Food Bank on Poverty in Orange County
Santa Ana, California (September 5, 2010) – The Church of the Foothills is very pleased to welcome a guest speaker from the Orange County Food Bank as part of their ongoing Peace & Justice Speakers Series. On Sunday September 19th at 11AM, [...]
Posted in Charities, Churches and Religion, Orange County, Santa Ana, Volunteer, working families Tags: church of the foothills, food, homeless, oc food bank, poor No Comments »Fire at Santa Ana soup kitchen damages donated food and holiday gifts
Posted by Admin on December 15th, 2009
The volunteers at Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center are in mourning today, after “A late-night fire damaged their Santa Ana soup kitchen and destroyed $50,000 in food and holiday gifts that were to be distributed to needy families this weekend,” according to the L.A. Times.
The Times also reported that “the center serves breakfast and lunch [...]
