Costa Mesa is taking strides to expand affordable housing in the city, as officials June 20 approved $4 million towards the conversion of a Travelodge motel near the John Wayne Airport into 76 permanent supportive housing units for those at risk of homelessness. Councilors voted 4–1, with Councilman Don Harper opposed, to move forward with…

A newly opened affordable housing complex in Anaheim, California, is offering its formerly homeless and low-income residents a new lease on life. El Verano consists of 54 units in a three-story Spanish-style building and provides its senior residents with services to help integrate into the community. “We’re designing our places where people can live in dignity,” Rochelle Mills, president and chief executive of Innovative Housing…

IRVINE, Calif.—Transitional housing and holistic services are needed to help get Orange County’s homeless population off the streets, says Sheriff Don Barnes. “I can tell you that we’re not going to be able to arrest our way out of the homeless problem,” Barnes told The Epoch Times. “That’s not going to happen. The only way…