Orange County Quietly Shut Down its Last Walk-In Homeless Shelter Without Any Public Announcement

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VOICEofOC

The closure last Friday of the Courtyard shelter in downtown Santa Ana – which once was home to over 400 homeless people – comes as the county opens a new, more restrictive shelter in a different part of the city.

The replacement Yale shelter offers more services for homeless people but has more limits on who is eligible – requiring a referral from police or health workers – and does not allow residents to walk in or out.

Asked what kind of outreach about the closure they did to Santa Ana city and school officials, county officials responded that they held a forum about a year and a half ago.

“The County of Orange completed outreach to the City of Santa Ana and surrounding community of the Yale Navigation Center by holding an information session in October of 2019,” said Jason Austin, who leads county homeless services as the county’s director of care coordination, in a written response to questions from Voice of OC.

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Supervisors Chairman Supervisor Andrew Do is an enemy of the people (IMHO)

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1. Some disgusting shit right there in OC.

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2. Another shining example of conservative governing.

They show how much they care...