A new push to advance the city’s efforts to cope with homelessness emerged at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. Kimberly Ho, councilmember from District 3, led the charge. “I want […]
Action on homelessness urged
Homelessness on council agenda
A light agenda will greet the Garden Grove City Council when it meets on Tuesday. A discussion of the potential and long-term impacts of COVID-19 as it relates to homelessness tops the […]
Homeless shelter groundbreaking
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held on Monday for the new navigation center for the unsheltered in Huntington Beach. The center, located at 17642 Beach Boulevard north of Talbert Avenue, will have 174 […]
New housing for the homeless
The City of Stanton – in combination with the County of Orange and the Jamboree Housing Corporation – has applied for $28.1 million in state grant funding to convert two motels into […]
174-bed homeless shelter OK’d
The creation of a 174-bed homeless shelter set to open by the first week in November was approved Monday night by the Huntington Beach City Council on a 6-0 vote with Councilmember […]
This just in: some things are improving
In this era of exotic viruses from China, deep political divisions, out-of-control fires and eyebrow-rising Super Bowl halftime shows, it might look like our world is going to Heck in a shopping […]
Three picked for homelessness panel
The process of picking members of the public to serve on a city Homelessness Task Force started at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council, but it’s not over yet. Each member […]
Appointments to homeless panel seen
The appointment of five public members to the new Homelessness Task Force tops the agenda of the Westminster City Council when it meets on Wednesday night. The task force’s lineup will include […]
His goal: “the best beach city in the world”
By Jim Tortolano Oliver Chi is not your grandfather’s city manager. An enthusiastic, ebullient 39 years, Huntington Beach’s new city manager is informal and ambitious as might be characterized by two statements. […]
Proposed homeless shelter site is sold
What was once planned as a location for a “navigation center” for the homeless was sold off Monday night by the Huntington Beach City Council. The council voted 7-0 to sell the […]
