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Additional funding for the Fullerton Armory Emergency Shelter obtained

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Additional Funding for Fullerton Armory Emergency Shelter

By: Orange County Supervisor Pat Bates

The Board accepted $40,000 from the City of Anaheim and $40,000 from the City of Fullerton to open the Fullerton Armory Emergency Shelter for approximately an additional 18 days.

Both Cities recently notified OC Community Resources of their desire to provide additional funding to the County to support the early opening of the Fullerton Armory Emergency Shelter beyond the operational days supported by County. Continue reading→

Fullerton NIMBY’s losing it over new O.C. homeless shelter

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Apparently several Fullerton residents learned nothing from the murder of homeless resident Kelly Thomas by a few Fullerton police officers. Supervisor Shawn Nelson, who is currently the Chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has pushed the County into paying $3.1 million for a 29,000-square-foot building on two acres on South State College Boulevard, to be used as a permanent year-round homeless shelter, according to the Voice of OC.

Kudos to Nelson for doing something when so few cities in Orange County are doing anything.  The homeless in Orange County are expected to weather the elements, where they are exposed to dangers that in the past two years have included the Fullerton police and a crazed killer.  Why not give them somewhere safe and warm to sleep at night? Continue reading→