Looking Ahead: New Mayor Chris Duncan Seeks Tangible Progress in 2023
New San Clemente Mayor Chris Duncan spoke with San Clemente Times to discuss the year ahead, as he looks to ...
Tag: Homelessness
Judge OKs Cold Weather Shelter in Santa Ana
A cold weather shelter will open in Santa Ana this winter after U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter ruled ...
Letter to the Editor: Shane Hirschman and Homelessness
SANDRA WEAVER, San Clemente I am an advocate of the homeless here in San Clemente. In reading the candidates for City ...
Cities Respond to OC Grand Jury Report on Homelessness
The cities of Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano largely agree with a recent Grand Jury report recommending that South ...
City Council Hopefuls Answer Pressing Questions in First Candidate Forum
Candidates for the three open San Clemente City Council seats spoke to a number of issues during election season’s first ...
Supervisors Respond to Grand Jury Findings on County’s Approach to Homelessness
The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday, Aug. 23, to approve its response to an OC Grand ...
Council Approves FAM’s Lease Extension
Family Assistance Ministries secured a yearlong lease extension at its current building on Calle Negocio following a City Council majority ...
OC Grand Jury Says South OC Needs Emergency Homeless Shelter
The Orange County Grand Jury’s latest report released Thursday, June 23, recommends that South Orange County cities should develop an ...
County Struggles to House Homeless Even with Federal Aid
Orange County’s distribution of the 557 emergency housing vouchers it received in May 2021 to persons experiencing homelessness has lagged ...
County’s Point-in-Time Count Shows Dip in Homeless Population
By C. Jayden Smith The county released the results of the 2022 Point-in-Time Count on Wednesday, May 11, locating 585 ...
Letter to the Editor: Alternatives to Homeless Housing
TERENCE KILKER, San Clemente The “let’s provide housing at taxpayer’s expense” myopic solution to homelessness will not work. The “projects” ...
Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Challenging Punitive Approaches to Homelessness’
WILLIAM BROOKS, San Clemente I feel as if I live in a parallel universe when it comes to homelessness in ...
County Seeking Volunteers for Point-in-Time Homeless Count
By Breeana Greenberg and C. Jayden Smith Orange County still needs volunteers to help with this year’s Point-in-Time Count—the biennial ...
Letter to the Editor: Challenging Punitive Approaches to Homelessness
KATHY ESFAHANI, San Clemente Affordable Housing Coalition chair; KEN DOSS, Tapestry Unitarian Universalist Congregation minister; RONA HENRY, Welcoming Neighbors Home ...
City to Prohibit Removal of Shopping Carts from Businesses
By C. Jayden Smith The San Clemente City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to prohibit the unauthorized removal and possession ...
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