Irvine City News
  • Home
  • SPECIAL REPORT
  • PUBLISHER'S NOTE
  • FEATURE
  • BUSINESS
  • CITY
    • AROUND TOWN
  • COMMUNITY
  • OPINION
  • LIFE
    • EDUCATION
    • SPORTS
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • RECREATION
    • DINING
    • TOP 10
  • About
    • PICK UP A PRINT COPY
    • COMMENT POLICY
    • Contact
    • ADVERTISE

Two locations for South Orange County homeless identified

4/20/2018

0 Comments

 

Two locations for South Orange County homeless identified

Irvine Mayor Don Wagner says neither is in Irvine
By Irvine City News staff
Irvine Mayor Don Wagner on Thursday announced to the city in a video message that two potential sites for a homeless shelter have been identified by a team of South Orange County mayors. Neither site is in Irvine.

The April 19 meeting of the mayors was in response to a directive from U.S. District Court Judge David Carter to find a suitable location in South County to shelter a number of the county’s homeless population. The two locations discussed were properties that were proposed to the mayors for consideration by a committee of city managers from South County.

Mayor Wagner reported that the mayoral team preferred the former Silverado Elementary School, a county-owned property that now serves as the Library of the Canyons in Silverado, as the site for a homeless shelter. The location is near the hills east of Irvine and not near any housing developments. It is, however, right next door to a preschool.

The second site proposed is the Los Pinos Conversation Camp. The property is in the Cleveland National Forest and adjacent to the border between Orange and Riverside counties. The facility was previously used as a juvenile detention camp. Because the land is federally owned and not county-owned property, the mayors agreed it wasn’t an ideal option.

Lake Forest Mayor Jim Gardner expressed concerns about the Santiago site, saying that a single location would mean hundreds of homeless would share the same facility. Gardner preferred a more localized approach, with the county funding existing shelters within cities.

The county will review the mayors’ recommendations and provide an update at a May 10 meeting.
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016

Irvine City News

Mailing Address
5319 University Dr.
Suite 440
Irvine, CA 92612

Contacts

Jacob Levy, Editor and Publisher / editor@irvinecitynews.com
Advertising / ads@irvinecitynews.com  /  949.296.8338
Terms of Use
© COPYRIGHT 2016. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Home
  • SPECIAL REPORT
  • PUBLISHER'S NOTE
  • FEATURE
  • BUSINESS
  • CITY
    • AROUND TOWN
  • COMMUNITY
  • OPINION
  • LIFE
    • EDUCATION
    • SPORTS
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • RECREATION
    • DINING
    • TOP 10
  • About
    • PICK UP A PRINT COPY
    • COMMENT POLICY
    • Contact
    • ADVERTISE