<a href="http://www.ocgov.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=74312" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Building the System of Care</a>
Emergency Shelters (aka Emergency Housing) (Type of Homeless Housing)
A set of three distinct presentations describe how the OC Continuum of Care is being built. The first, Assessment of Homeless Services of the County in 2016 and the progress made since then as well as future plans. The second is, Mental Health Services Integration: Responding to Homelessness which describes funding, legislation, locations and plans for permanent supportive housing; and the third is the County Budget Overview.
Susan Price
Director of Care Coordination
County Executive Office
Richard Sanchez
Director, Health Care Agency
Frank Kim
County Executive Officer
County of Orange
April 17, 2018
Orange County
<a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB448" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AB-448 Joint Powers Authority: Orange County Housing Trust (2017-2018)</a>
A housing trust fund will be created for OC if CA passes AB 448 (Daly) 2018.
Below is excerpt introduced in response to the OC Homelessness crisis. Thanks to the tireless work of activists and advocates such as Orange County Poverty Alleviation Coalition and its founder attorney Mohammed Aly.
Introduced by Assembly Member Members Daly and Quirk-Silva
(Coauthors: Senators Bates, Moorlach, and Nguyen):
An act to amend Section 54930 of add Section 6539.5 to the Government Code, relating to local government. joint powers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 448, as amended, Daly. Local governments: parcel taxes: notice.
Joint powers authorities: Orange County Housing Trust.
Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified. Existing law authorizes the agreement to set forth the manner by which the joint powers authority will be governed.
This bill would authorize the creation of the Orange County Housing Trust, a joint powers authority, for the purposes of funding housing specifically assisting the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income within the County of Orange, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange.
Amended in Senate May 31, 2018
<a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/39333/archive/files/616f2a835ba2ab1dde87bfdcca8eed5e.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1528168453&Signature=pr1ZYDGBrCBERxaufCrE6rFw6Sk%3D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Orange County Catholic Worker v. Orange County, Case 8:18-cv- 000155, Filed 01/29/18</a>
Emergency Shelters (aka Emergency Housing) (Type of Homeless Housing)
Lawsuit filed by the Elder Law and Disability Rights Center in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division. 40 pages.
January 29, 2018
Orange County -- United States
United to End Homelessness: The Costs to Our Community
Permanent Supportive Housing
Presentation at the OC Clergy To End Homelessness, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Mission Viejo.
32 slides describing the methodology, findings, and recommendations from the UCI/United Way/Jamboree Housing Study. It includes the #unitedtoendhomelessness pledge.
David Snow
Rachel Goldberg
April 26, 2018
A Regional Perspective, ACC-OC United to End Homelessness
Permanent Supportive Housing
The Association of California Cities–Orange County (ACC-OC) represents the interests of Orange County cities on regional public policy issues. The Association believes in education that empowers, policy development that is collaborative, and advocacy that is service orientated. Homeless is best solved regionally and the Association is working to hard build a regional coalition that can work collaboratively to solve it; finance and funding projects, and business planning for the development of 2700 permanent supportive units that will be built in the next three to five years; each city in the OC will have a different allocation of psh as per pre-agreed upon and established criteria.
Heather Stratman
<a href="http://accoc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ACC-OC</a>
April 26, 2018
PDF
<a href="https://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8842" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City of Irvine Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan</a>
[This is a great report to understand Irvine's visionary housing development, and principles and implementations such as inclusionary zoning and the Irvine Community Land Trust].
From the Executive Summary: The cost of housing is very high in Orange County, and particularly so in desirable areas like the City of Irvine. The median price of a single-family home in Irvine is now $800,000, higher than the Orange County average ($707,000) and much higher than the overall average for California ($538,770).
Since its incorporation in 1971, the City of Irvine has been a leader in Orange County and in Southern California in the creation of a full spectrum of housing opportunities, including affordable housing. The City has provided inclusionary incentives locally and has also provided funding for various affordable housing projects over the years. As a result, the City now has 4,400 units of affordable housing, of which 3,155 were created through its inclusionary program and another 1,245 through HUD-assisted projects. Unfortunately, many of these affordable housing units are now at risk of losing their affordability due to expiring controls, restrictions and/or subsidies.
The recent annexation of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station property, and the City’s subsequent creation of a Redevelopment Agency with El Toro as its project area, has created a new and significant opportunity for future affordable housing. The build out of the residential portion of this property, together with the continuing build out of the rest of the City, will provide the City with the ability to create a significant number of new affordable housing units.
To capitalize on this opportunity, the City of Irvine hired CivicStone, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in affordable housing, to develop a housing strategy for the City. This report represents the culmination of this work.
Civic Stone
City of Irvine
Adopted March 14, 2006
Amended June 24, 2014
Amended November 10, 2015
<a href="https://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8842" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=8842</a>
<a href="https://medium.com/charis-research/some-facts-about-homelessness-in-the-oc-and-affordable-homes-in-irvine-babd10b4b019" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Some Facts About Homelessness in the OC and Affordable Housing in Irvine</a>
In March 2018 the Orange County Board of Supervisors, California, voted to use land that it owns in the City of Irvine near the Great Park, to erect temporary housing shelters for people vacated from the Santa Ana Riverbed (Santa Ana Skid River). The Irvine City Council held an emergency meeting on March 20, 2018. They listened to public comments and subsequently decided to go into litigation to stop the County from following its plan. Many stereotypes, mis-statements, and myths were casually thrown out by vociferous city residents on the social media NextDoor. There was “outrage” and protesting. They didn’t want the “homeless addicts housed near our homes,” people who “choose to be homeless,” “have refused services and continue to live a life of crime and drugs!” The original post on NextDoor was edited and blogged in an attempt to inspire Irvine residents to become informed, kind neighbors.
The 4-min blog post explains the economic reasons for homelessness and contains the definitive links to understand homeless and housing in the OC, including Irvine. The ground-breaking United Way/UCI/Jamboree Housing study, The Cost of Homelessness, and other important resources that explain the extreme housing shortages are all linked.
Anita Coleman
March 22, 2018
Orange County - California
<a href="http://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/117500423/impacts_of_public_safety_approach_to_homelessness_community_report_2017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Impacts of Chico's Public Safety Approach to Homelessness: Initial Analyses (2017</a>)
This is a 25 page pdf study conducted by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff at CSU Chico. There is an executive summary on page 24-25.
Municipalities around the country are increasingly concerned about a rise in homelessness. While there are various approaches to this issue, many cities are using public safety laws and resources to mitigate the effects of a growing homeless population. The analyses contained in this report examine the costs of these ordinances, as well as other implications, such as the geography of arrests.
The analyses contained in this report examine the costs of these ordinances, as well as other implications, such as the geography of arrests. In the analysis, we focus on the sit-lie ordinance and its implementation (December 19, 2013), mainly due to the high level of public and media attention surrounding the ordinance. We focus exclusively on the implications and costs borne by the City of Chico’s Police Department. Other agencies, such as the Butte County Sherriff’s Office also incur substantial costs entailed with policing the homeless population.
To understand the law enforcement implications, we employ a natural experiment comparing law enforcement data preceding and following enforcement of the sit-lie ordinance. Specifically, we explored arrests and citations data between Jan. 1, 2010 and June 30, 2016, with enforcement of sit-lie occurring on December 19, 2013. Over the specified period 26.5% of the arrests in the data are associated with individuals experiencing homelessness.
Jennifer Wilking
Department of Political Science
CSU
Susan Roll
School of Social Work
CSU
David Philhour
Department of Psychology
College of BSS
CSU
Chico
Peter Hansen
Department of Geography
Geographic Information Center
CSU
Chico
Holly Nevarez
Department of Health and Community Services
CSU, Chico
<a href="http://www.buttehomelesscoc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Butte Continuum of Care</a>
May 2017
PDF
English
City of Chico - California
<a href="http://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/housing-first-fact-sheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fact Sheet: Housing First</a>
Rapid Re-housing
A 2-page fact from the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Answers these questions:
What is Housing First?
How is Housing First different from other approaches?
Who can be be helped by Housing First?
What are the elements of a Housing First program?
Does Housing First work?
A number of research studies are cited and listed at the end.
<a href="http://endhomelessness.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Alliance to End Homelessness</a>
<a href="http://endhomelessness.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Alliance to End Homelessness</a>
April 2016
English
Fact Sheet
<a href="http://bos.ocgov.com/ceo/care/HOMELESS%20ASSESSMENT%20DCC%20REPORT_10.18.2016.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">An Assessment of Homeless Services in Orange County</a>
Susan Price (OC’s Continuum of Care Director aka The Homelessness Czar) assessment of homelessness services in Orange County and the need to do more. 43 pages. Includes glossary, program descriptions such as what does Continuum of Care mean? What is the Co-ordinated Entry system which is using the VI-SPDAT tool? Barriers, key findings, nature and number of homelessness in the OC, homelessness resources in the OC, laws and legislation, etc. are all described with graphics and text.
Susan Price, Director of Care Coordination, County Executive Office
<a href="http://www.ocgov.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Board of Supervisors, County of Orange</a>
[2016]
PDF
English
Report
Orange County - California
<a href="http://www.hcd.ca.gov/community-development/housing-element/docs/SB35_StatewideDeterminationSummary01312018.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SB 35 Statewide Determination Summary</a>
3 table; 7 page report from the California Dept. of Housing and Community Development is a determination that represents Annual Progress Report (APR) data received as of January 31, 2018, and will be updated at least quarterly to incorporate new or corrected data provided by jurisdictions. According to their SB-35 analysis:
Table 1 - only 13 jurisdictions in California have met their prorated Lower (Very-Low and Low) and Above-Moderate Income Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for the Reporting Period and submitted their latest APR (2016). These jurisdictions are not currently subject to SB 35 (Chapter 366, Statutes of 2017) streamlining. All other cities and counties beyond these 13 are subject to at least some form of SB 35 streamlining (Tables 2 and 3).
How does the City of Irvine fare? This analysis shows that Irvine is not on Table 1. Table 2 shows that Irvine has enough affordable housing in the Above Moderate income RHNA - Irvine does not show up on the list of 378 jurisdictions that don't meet SB-35 (see page 3)
Table 3 shows that Irvine is one of 148 jurisdictions that while not subject to SB 35 streamlining for proposed developments with ≥ 10% affordability, are subject to SB 35 streamlining for proposed developments with ≥ 50% affordability. This means that Irvine is not making enough progress in the Lower income RHNA (Very Low and Low income housing) - see page 6 of this 7 page report.
<a href="http://www.hcd.ca.gov/community-development/housing-element/index.shtml">California Department of Housing and Community Development</a>
January 31, 2018
PDF
English
Report
California -- United States
<a href="https://www.211oc.org/images/PIT-Final-Report-2017-072417.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Orange County Continuum of Care 2017 Homeless Count and Survey Report Point In Time</a>
On a single night in January 2017, 4,792 people experienced homelessness in Orange County. Homeless people in Orange County are diverse: they are young and old, men and women, chronic and newly homeless, alone or in families. The
2017 count shows that homeless people comprise 0.15 % of the total population of Orange County. This report was Commissioned by 2-1-1 Orange County and Prepared by Focus Strategies.
Tracy Bennett, Director of Analytics and Evaluation, Focus Strategies
Genevieve Williamson, Chief Analyst, Focus Strategies
Samantha Spangler, Analytics Consultant, Focus Strategies
Courtney Jimenez, Analytics Intern, Focus Strategies
<a href="https://www.211oc.org/reports/point-in-time.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2-1-1 Orange County</a>
July 2017
PDF
English
Report
Survey
Orange County - California - United States
<a href="http://www.ocgrandjury.org/pdfs/2017_2018_GJreport/2018-05-31_Homeles_Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Where There's Will There's A Way: Housing Orange County's Chronically Homeless</a>
Permanent Supportive Housing
Does the County of Orange have the political will to overcome the roadblocks to housing the county’s chronically homeless population? That's the question the 2017-2018 Orange County Grand Jury examined.
Despite research evidence for the success of the 'Housing First" model the Grand Jury found significant roadblocks for ending homelessness such as resident resistance (NIMBY), lack of collaboration between the County and Cities, and the difficulty of funding and siting.
The Grand Jury concluded that "If political will is defined as a sufficient number of key decision-makers who are intensely committed to supporting Permanent Supportive Housing as a solution for the chronically homeless, then the answer is “not yet.”
To improve collaboration and overcome roadblocks, the Grand Jury recommends the County and cities establish a regional body empowered to develop and implement a comprehensive business plan for siting and funding Permanent Supportive Housing development." 38 page report with an extensive list of references and resources that show that housing first works, homeless housing do not decrease property values or increase crimes (two concerns of residents who frequently resist siting homeless housing near neighborhoods). The Grand Jury also reports that Orange County which is the 10th most expensive place to live in the nation, where incomes have not kept pace with fair market rents does not have enough homeless housing. Includes an extensive list of peer reviewed research, websites, videos and other resources.
<a href="http://www.ocgrandjury.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Orange County Grand Jury</a>
<a href="http://www.ocgrandjury.org/reports" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Orange County Grand Jury</a>
May 31, 2018
PDF
English
Report
Orange County - California
<a href="http://legacy.cityofirvine.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=22223" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City of Irvine 2013 - 2021 Housing Element</a>
The Irvine Housing Element (122 pages, PDF) is structured to reflect the “Housing Element Building Blocks” model developed by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
HCD is responsible for reviewing the Housing Element for compliance with state law. In addition to responding to the requirements of state law, the Irvine Housing Element demonstrates how the strategies to meet the City’s locally determined housing needs are methodically addressed through plans, programs and projects.
This Housing Element, while mandated by state law, also represents a roadmap for Irvine to continue its visionary leadership, ...
To ensure that all California cities and counties contribute to the statewide housing mandate to provide decent and adequate housing for all Californians, the Housing Element law institutes the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process. The RHNA is meant to allocate a “fair share” of the region’s housing needs to each individual jurisdiction, based on, among other factors, population and job growth, housing construction trends, commute patterns, infrastructure constraints, and household formation trends. For the planning period of October 15, 2013 through June 30, 2021, Orange County was allocated an overall RHNA of 37,966 units, with the City of Irvine being allocated a RHNA of 12,149 units. Irvine has addressed the RHNA allocation in this Housing Element Update by continuing its strategic planning for the community and identifying appropriate locations for housing at density levels required by state law for the total RHNA.
<a href="http://webadmin.cityofirvine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City of Irvine</a>
<a href="http://webadmin.cityofirvine.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">City of Irvine</a>
[n.d.]2013 (?)
PDF
English
City of Irvine, California
<a href="https://youtu.be/RZUlkU5oQ1M" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Conversation on Poverty (video)</a>
A conversation between Mohammed Ally, attorney and founder of Orange County Poverty Alleviation Coalition and Irvine resident and researcher Dr. Coleman. Provides a good overview of the OC Homelessness crisis at this point in time, March - May 2018, introduces Irvine for Everyone, which Anita founded to advocate for homeless housing in Irvine. (http://tinyurl.com/irvineforeveryone)
Orange County Poverty Alleviation Coalition
2018
mp3
Video