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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)

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

January 27, 2026

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)

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

December 14, 2025

Chapman Hamborg being interviewed by KTLA 5 News

California dad with baby mistaken for homeless man, police called

June 5, 2025

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

June 2, 2025

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

Huntington Beach man using ‘homeless’ moment to spread awareness

May 24, 2025

Fourth Annual Orange County State of Homelessness Address

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

January 30, 2025

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)

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

May 8, 2024

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

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

November 29, 2023

United to End Homelessness