Orange County approves plan to help homeless on the riverbed

Andrew Do – Supervisor, First District, Board of Supervisors

County Approves Plan to Help Homeless on the Riverbed

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the homeless ad-hoc committee’s proposal to create a six month pilot program, which is designed to position the County as the lead in providing the Continuum of Care services needed to assist our citizens out of homelessness.

The homeless ad-hoc committee consisting of Supervisor Do and Supervisor Spitzer proposed this pilot program as a step towards a comprehensive plan to end homelessness, especially in encampments around the County.

The County currently operates the Courtyard here in Santa Ana and the Bridges at Kraemer Lane in Anaheim, however the Board recognizes that the solution to homelessness requires a multi-phase approach. This pilot study is strategic in its approach and is designed to invite collaboration with our partner cities and non-profit organizations.

The Board directed County staff to enter into a contract for services for up to $750,000 for six months; engage with cities along the Riverbed encampments and work to identify areas for basic needs outside of the flood channel; develop a public safety plan along the Santa Ana Riverbed with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department; and provide a quarterly report on the success in finding housing alternatives for the encamped homeless population.

Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • Its so easy for many of these officials to sitbin there extravigantly nice homes and in their mercedes and cast judgement upon these individuals who are forced into homeless situations . Many of these people are veterans and seniors or families with children that lost everything due to the poor choices , and out rageous cost of living. The never ending inflation because taxes keep going up . housing gets cut. People loose jobs because everything is owned by foreiners frim other countries who bring their relatives in to work and donot hire americans who. Are in need of employment. Youve given away our businesses.youve given away our jobs you cut our welfare programs given the jobs to foreiners that barelly speak english and hardly speak spanish. .so when one ask for helpnor info attitude is all that is delivered because they are hardly qualified to help or answer questions when they cant understand what one is asking for.and now. You have taken homes. And turned them into high rise develooements that are too expensive to even dream of renting. Why keep taking from the poor to feed the rich.what are the rich doing so great to. Help our country. Atleast the people who are now suffering were people who worked the blue collar jobs and kept america alive .america is dying because. Youve taken the reources and people that ran her for many ages and shoved them in a creek. Up a creek is a understatement. Now you take the creek .wow what. Is next. Ashamed is a good placebto start. There are so many apartments veung built that sit empty on katella .why. Why. All fir the love of money and the. Forgettful actions of those whom seem to forget. They didnt get to where they are without. Thevets,thebteachera ,the cooks ,the servers and everyone else they stepped on on their way to the top and forgot about when. Their latter fell to the bottom.

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