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Residents and outreach groups urge quicker county action on riverbed evictions, showers and supportive housing
Summary
Public commenters, outreach groups and veterans advocates pressed the Orange County Board of Supervisors to accelerate services for people displaced from riverbed encampments, citing unsafe 72‑hour notices, lack of toilets and showers, and urging development of permanent supportive housing and mobile outreach partnerships.
Public commenters at the Orange County Board of Supervisors' meeting on June 27 pressed the board to move faster on services for people displaced from riverbed encampments and to prioritize permanent supportive housing options.
Mark Richard Daniels, who said he was born and raised in Anaheim, urged supervisors to meet with Nancy West about the "Al Fresco Gardens" proposal and said the plan could be deployed countywide as a rapid-response housing option. "It's a very smart plan," he said. Armando Olvera, director of Showers of Blessings, described a mobile street ministry that provides shower…
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