Let’s close this week out of policy look-back by discussing homelessness. Since Gov. Newsom took office in 2019, homelessness in California has risen by 30,000
The CalOptima Health Board of Directors has approved $52.3 million in grants for the building of affordable permanent supportive housing units. Fifteen organizations were selected
The CalOptima Health Board of Directors has approved spending $18.5 million to acquire, renovate and open a 52-room Street Medicine Support Center in Garden Grove.
On Saturday, April 1, CalOptima Health, in partnership with the City of Garden Grove and Healthcare in Action, launched Orange County’s first “street medicine” program
A squalid West Anaheim motel that was a locus of human trafficking, prostitution, illegal drug use and criminality has been shut down by city authorities,
Five months ago, Michael Shellenberger wrote a book titled “San Fransicko: How Progressives Ruin Cities.” Written from the perspective of someone who previously advocated and
Following a thorough and lengthy investigation, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office has ruled that a California Highway Patrol officer was justified in the
The Salvation Army took another step closer toward making its Center for Hope apartments project a reality last week when the Anaheim City Council voted
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