Shawn Nelson Issues Call-to-Action to Find Beds for Homeless (voiceofoc.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 3/29/1710:24 AM

Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson said Tuesday the homeless situation should be treated as an emergency and issued a call to action to find sites to house all of the county’s thousands of homeless people.

At the end of a Board of Supervisors meeting in which activists again criticized supervisors, Nelson directed county staff to research how to quickly provide a bed for all of the homeless in Orange County including potentially creating campgrounds on county-owned properties.

To that end, Nelson directed county CEO Frank Kim to put together a list of “every parcel that the county owns that is feasible to put an emergency, temporary shelter” within a month.

Nelson’s directive was met with no opposition from the rest of the Board of Supervisors.

To read more of Nick Gerda's article, please click here.

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