Impasse Over Where To Place Homeless People Continues As Officials Begin Clearing Second Site
The residents of the first homeless encampment that was cleared were placed in temporary housing, but officials are still scrambling to come up with a permanent solution.
KQED:
Federal Judge Holds Orange County Cities' Feet To The Fire Over Homeless Crisis
Orange County officials have begun to clear about 200 homeless people from the Santa Ana Civic Center’s Plaza of the Flags, the central plaza by City Hall and the federal courthouse. Support services began to triage people on Monday, and that work is ongoing. (Stryker, 4/5)
In other news from across the state —
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Fired After Stephon Clark Comment, Ex-Kaiser Nurse Raises $25,000-Plus On GoFundMe To Help Pay Bills
Faith Linthicum, the nurse who wrote that Stephon Clark "deserved it," launched a GoFundMe page Saturday and already has surpassed her fundraising goal of $25,000. She said she will use the funds to help pay for rent, food and other expenses. (Anderson, 4/5)