FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.—After years of rising homelessness, Fountain Valley Police have teamed with a local non-profit to clear encampments and offer services which resulted in a 80 percent decline of homelessness in the city’s Mile Square Park, said Councilman Michael Vo during a May 3 council meeting.
The city partnered March 1 with City Net—a non-profit based out of Anaheim aimed at decreasing homelessness through community outreach—and within two months, removed 12 tents of homeless individuals living at the park, which is located in the north of the city next to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital.
Of those living in the tents that were removed, 11 are now off the street and in alternative housing awaiting permanent housing, according to City Net’s Chief Program Officer, Jessica-Avelar Bruce.
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