Legislators push O.C. homeless bill forward
Legislators push O.C. homeless bill forward
- September 1, 2018
- Research by UCI sociologists Rachel Goldberg and David Snow in the Daily Pilot, Sep. 1, 2018
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The Legislature’s final staff analysis of the housing trust bill, quoting the bill’s author, said “a recent UC Irvine study found that Orange County government and cities, plus non-governmental organizations, could save $42 million a year on healthcare and law enforcement, among other expenses, by moving [unsheltered] homeless from the streets into permanent supportive housing.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-wknd-et-voice-homeless-20180901-story.html.
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