SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California judge has ordered Orange County officials to submit plans on what to do about hundreds of homeless people who were removed from tent camps along the Santa Ana River.
KABC-TV reports that Judge David Carter set a deadline of July 16 for the cities of Santa Ana and Anaheim to create specific sites for emergency intake, transitional and long-term housing.
More than 700 homeless people were moved to motels in February under a court-supervised deal after advocates sued to protect the rights of evicted tent-dwellers along the river. After the motel vouchers expired, many homeless people were moved to armories in both cities.
Carter has invited both sides of the lawsuit to tour the Santa Ana armory on the morning of June 5.
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