Category: Santa Ana

Orange County to Provide More than 1,000 Emergency Housing Vouchers

July 20, 2021
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Orange County, Calif. is rolling out a new housing plan that will offer more than 1,000 emergency housing vouchers (EHV) to homeless and vulnerable individuals. The board of supervisors is set to approve multiple contracts during its July 27 meeting with various non-profits that will distribute 529 vouchers. The certificates provide ongoing rental assistance for eligible households. Individuals and families that receive EHVs will…

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Firefighters Rescue Women Wedged Between Two Concrete Walls

July 13, 2021
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Firefighters in Orange County, Calif. worked to free a woman July 13 who was inexplicably trapped between two concrete walls. The woman was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. when she began calling for help in Santa Ana, where she was trapped between the walls of two N. Harbor Blvd. commercial businesses. Firefighters removed the woman…

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Firefighters Rescue Woman Wedged Between Two Concrete Walls

July 13, 2021
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Firefighters in Orange County, Calif. worked to free a woman July 13 who was inexplicably trapped between two concrete walls. The woman was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. when she began calling for help in Santa Ana, where she was trapped between the walls of two N. Harbor Blvd. commercial businesses. Firefighters removed the woman…

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Illegal Fireworks Injure 9 People, Including 6 Children

July 13, 2021
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A Santa Ana, Calif. man is facing a life sentence after an illegal Fourth of July fireworks show in Garden Grove left nine people—including six children—injured. Some of the children were sent to the hospital with severe facial and scalp injuries following the explosion on the 13800 block of Rosita Place. The blast shattered the…

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Santa Ana Approves $14 Million in Rental Assistance

July 7, 2021
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City council in Santa Ana, Calif. approved on July 6 an additional $14 million in emergency rental assistance for struggling residents. The federal funding will help low-income residents cover past due rent. “It’s definitely much needed in our community,” Mayor Pro Tem David Penaloza said during the July 6 meeting. “There’s a lot of members of our community that are hurting right now…

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Santa Ana Increases Its Immigration Defense Fund

June 18, 2021
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City council in Santa Ana, Calif., is bolstering its immigrant deportation defense fund by $100,000, bringing the taxpayer-backed program’s funding to $300,000. The fund helps immigrants who are facing potential deportation secure an attorney that would otherwise be difficult to afford. Santa Ana is the only Orange County city to provide such a service. “[Santa Ana provides] legal…

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Santa Ana Considers Temporary 75-Bed Homeless Shelter

June 15, 2021
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The City of Santa Ana, Calif., is considering opening a 75-bed temporary homeless shelter in partnership with the Salvation Army. City council during a June 15 meeting will discuss the potential opening of Hospitality House for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness, at 818 East Third Street. “It is part of the City of Santa Ana’s ongoing efforts…

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Bipartisan Mayors Coalition Supports California’s $4 Billion Homelessness Proposal 

June 11, 2021
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With California’s expected $75.7 billion dollar budget surplus, the mayors of California’s 13 largest cities said they support spending $4 billion to address the state’s homeless crisis. Elected officials from Santa Ana and Anaheim on June 10 joined a coalition of mayors to endorse a proposal to put $1 billion each year toward helping the homeless. “The City of Santa Ana…

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Santa Ana Police Defuse Illegal Firework Sales

June 11, 2021
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As the Fourth of July approaches, the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) is stepping up its illegal fireworks enforcement. “It’s a problem for us every year … beginning June through the holiday,” Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna told The Epoch Times. “The city sells legal fireworks which you can use; it’s the illegal fireworks that are the problem.” Bertagna said police…

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Santa Ana Reverses Decision to Punish Street Racing Spectators

June 7, 2021
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Santa Ana city council is reversing its original decision to impose both fines and potential jail time on illegal street race spectators. Council in May voted in favor of the ordinance, which would have landed spectators with $1,000 fines and up to six month of jail time if they were caught within 200 feet of street racing activity….

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