Amanda Hood speaks with Steven Bloom, 56, during the Point in Time count, a biennial census to count Orange County’s homeless population, on Tuesday, Feb. 22. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer) By Ben Brazi Some advocates and nonprofit leaders in Orange County are concerned that recent data showing a decrease in the number of homeless people in the county may be inaccurate and provide a misleading picture of the countywide housing crisis. The concerns are being raised just weeks after the county announced that the 2022 Point in Time count revealed that the number of homeless people in Orange County has reduced by about 17% over the last three years, from 6,860 to 5,718 homeless people. County officials ...

By David Duran   According to the California Attorney General (Rob Banta) website, “…allegations that the City violated the Surplus Land Act in its sale of land on and around Angel Stadium” and during the April 27th City Council meeting Mayor Sidhu stated: “There is no wrongdoing, no fault, no conceding of any violation by Anaheim.” So, why then did the California State Attorney General take the time to issue a proposed judgment related to the Angel Stadium transaction? His answer is simple. According to the website of the State Attorney General, “On December 8, 2021, HCD issued a Notice of Violation finding that the City violated the noticing requirements of the Surplus Land Act following the City’s sale of ...

by Thomas Fielder On March 21, Judge David A. Hoffer issued his “Proposed Statement of Decision” regarding the case of People’s Homeless Task Force Orange County v. City of Anaheim and SRB Management, LLC, in which the city has been accused of violating the Brown Act in negotiating the sale of about 150 acres of land surrounding Angel Stadium. Judge Hoffer’s statement is flawed and self-contradictory in a number of ways. A large part of his reasoning stands on the assumption that the decision to sell a property is “inextricably intertwined” with the price and payment terms that one might hope to obtain, should one decide to sell. Excuse me? We can be fairly confident that 99% of homeowners in ...

  by Shannon Goodman and Thomas Mitchell Medication-assisted treatment saves lives, but it is not fully accepted or understood. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars combatting homelessness, Orange County still has a street population of at least 7,000 people. The issue persists, in part, due to a stubborn connection between chronic homelessness and active addiction. The Federal government, state of California, and Orange County have attempted to break that connection by investing in and advocating for the use of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), a widely accepted clinical approach that prescribes FDA-approved drugs to curb cravings and reduce withdrawal symptoms while a patient is in recovery. But while MAT has been hailed as the “gold standard” treatment for opioid addiction, it ...

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