Staff State Assemblymember Bill Brough (R-Dana Point) will host a series of community forums throughout South Orange County beginning on Thursday, Dec. 5, in Mission…
By Shawn Raymundo With very few individuals left camping at San Clemente’s outdoor homeless shelter on Avenida Pico, the city no longer believes it to…
By Shawn Raymundo The city has until about mid-December to file a development permit application for its outdoor homeless shelter with the state’s coastal agency,…
Staff Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) has announced that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has awarded more than $1 million in…
By Shawn Raymundo The city of San Clemente is facing another homeless-related lawsuit filed by the same advocacy groups that previously challenged the city for…
UPDATE: The city has temporarily closed Pico Park for maintenance, as the grounds of the public facility have been cordoned off since Tuesday afternoon. In…
By Lillian Boyd To help address homelessness, Sen. Patricia Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, has announced that the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has…
By Cari Hachmann Locals packed San Clemente City Council meeting Tuesday night to its max occupancy, with residents and activists spilling outside the council chamber…
DENISE GEE, San Clemente Summer is rapidly approaching. It’s a special time for San Clemente. We thrive on the business tourists bring, as well as our residents…
By Eric Heinz, Emily Rasmussen and Daniel Ritz On a recent sunny afternoon in San Juan Capistrano, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) deputy slowly…
By Eric Heinz Although many recently published studies from the County of Orange do not show a significant increase in the homeless population, many San…
By Eric Heinz Since the state adopted Senate Bill 2 in 2007, which mandates cities must establish areas of land—private or public—as potential spots for…
