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Category: News

The biennial homeless count begins in Orange County. Here’s why you should care

Volunteers Jorge Solorzano, left, a Health Coach at CalOptima; Yolie Negrete, center, a program supervisor at City Net, and Katherine Ibarra, right, of the Garden Grove Regional Center, speak with homeless individuals in the entrance to a building on W. Civic Center Drive in downtown Santa Ana early Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2024. Volunteers for the Everyone Counts, Point In Time, a homeless survey, spread out throughout central Orange County on Tuesday, the first day of the survey, to gather data that will help address homeless issues. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Spelling out what’s at stake in the fight to end homelessness and hunger in OC

17,145 is spelled out as the number of people who are experiencing homelessness in Orange County as volunteers form the shape of a home, December, 13, 2025, at the Championship Soccer Stadium in Great Park, Irvine. (Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)

California dad with baby mistaken for homeless man, police called

Chapman Hamborg being interviewed by KTLA 5 News

‘Just a tired dad.’ Huntington Beach father who was mistaken as homeless speaks out

Huntington Beach man using ‘homeless’ moment to spread awareness

Chapman Hamborg, with his self-portrait at left, at the Hamborg Academy of Art studio in Huntington Beach. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

State of Homelessness message: More housing is needed in OC to address homeless crisis

Fourth Annual Orange County State of Homelessness Address

Homelessness in Orange County up 28% since 2022 in newly released point in time count results

Volunteers Jorge Solorzano, left, a Health Coach at CalOptima; Yolie Negrete, center, a program supervisor at City Net, and Katherine Ibarra, right, of the Garden Grove Regional Center, speak with homeless individuals in the entrance to a building on W. Civic Center Drive in downtown Santa Ana early Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2024. Volunteers for the Everyone Counts, Point In Time, a homeless survey, spread out throughout central Orange County on Tuesday, the first day of the survey, to gather data that will help address homeless issues. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Commentary: Hearing from those experiencing homelessness lights the best path forward

Tony Yim, a homeless liaison officer with the Newport Beach Police Department, speaks with homeless people staying at the Balboa Pier in 2019.

UC Irvine Poll: Homelessness, Affordable Housing Top Concerns in OC

Advocates ask ‘is housing a human right?’ in Orange County events for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Father Dennis Kriz of the St. Phillip Benizi Catholic community in Fullerton participates a discussion on homelessness at Pilgrim’s Coffee on Friday, Nov. 18.
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