Santa Ana Considers More Inspections of Housing for Homeless Residents

Morning Report: Oceanside Carlsbad See Progress on Homeless Encampment

In 2021, city leaders in Oceanside and Carlsbad received an $11.4 million state grant to move all of the homeless people living along a four-mile stretch of State Route 78 into housing. The project got off to a slow start, but four years later, it’s showing promise.Outreach workers from four homeless service providers canvassing the stretch of land one zone at a time. In the first zone the organizations tackled, they interfaced with 65 people. S…

Santa Ana Considers More Inspections of Housing for Homeless Residents

Santa Ana city officials are wrestling with whether or not to increase the number of inspections for those living in permanent supportive housing – a potential move that is already drawing weary among some city council members. Earlier this month, Councilman Phil Bacerra asked his colleagues to consider more routine inspections at supportive housing communities, making visits monthly instead of annually. This comes after a police investigation b…