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Residents urge Anaheim council to audit homeless services, improve provider coordination
Summary
Public commenters urged the City Council to review service providers, improve coordination between CityNet and Chrysalis, and reconsider enforcement of camping bans as speakers read names of unhoused residents who died in Anaheim.
Several residents used public comment at the Feb. 4 Anaheim City Council meeting to press the council for stronger oversight of homelessness services and better coordination among local providers.
R. Joshua Collins, founder of Homeless Advocates for Christ, said existing providers are not sufficiently connected and urged the city to find ways to link CityNet and Chrysalis so people with work but no housing and people with shelter but no employment can be better served. “I think it'd be great if the council could find a way to make those two entities connect really well,” Collins said.
The comments underscored repeated concerns about shelter availability and enforcement. Collins…
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