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​OC's Historic Homeless Crisis

​This is a chronological history of homelessness in Orange County.
Our collection of headlines from newspaper articles, television news broadcasts, news blogs, etc. begins with the most current and  dates back to as far as 2011.

The History is in the Headlines!

Visit past events by entering the timeline at any of the points below
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2011
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January 2011
Highlights  --  No news to mention  --  
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February 2011
Highlights  --  Not much going on here  --  ​
​2/16/2011 Getting Medical Care to the Most Vulnerable | Voice of OC
​2/23/2011 Moveable Clinics Seek Out Homeless in Orange County | Voice of OC
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March 2011
Highlights  -- Emergency shelters at armories close early  --   ​
​3/24/2011 Homeless Shelters Closing Early | Voice of OC
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April 2011
Highlights  --  ​Ten Year Plan  --  
4/13/2011 Orange County Slow to Implement Homelessness Plan | Voice of OC ​
​4/28/2011 HUD Awards Grants for Homeless Shelters | Voice of OC
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May 2011
Highlights  --  ​
​5/2/2011 Life Without a Library Card | Voice of OC
​5/3/2011 Ending Homelessness is "Complicated" for OC Officials | Voice of OC
See The Weather Almanac For Daily Records of Temperatures, Rainfall and Other Conditions for May 2011
June 2011
Highlights  --  ​​Crickets  --  
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July 2011
Highlights  --  ​​Kelly Thomas beaten and killed by Fullerton police officers  --   
7/6/2011 Fullerton Police Beating Hospitalizes Homeless Man | KABC 7
​7/27/2011 Police Beat Fullerton Homeless Man Kelly Thomas To Death | Huffington Post
​7/28/2011 Homeless man killed in Fullerton police brawl; witnesses sought | LA Times
​7/28/2011 County Homeless Count Challenged | Voice of OC
See The Weather Almanac For Daily Records of Temperatures, Rainfall and Other Conditions for July 2011
August 2011
Highlights  --  Kelly Thomas murder investigation begins in Fullerton  --  Fullerton police chief takes medical leave  --  ​
​8/2/2011 Fullerton police beating of homeless man is under investigation | LA Times
​8/2/2011 Kelly Thomas, Homeless Man, May Have Been Beaten To Death By Police | Huffington Post
​8/2/2011 Video: Witnesses say officers "beat" homeless man | OC Register
​8/2/2011 Fullerton police beating of homeless man is under investigation | LA Times
​8/3/2011 Attorney defends Fullerton officers in death of homeless man | LA Times
​8/3/2011 Death of Homeless Man After Beating by Police Stirs Outrage | New York Times
​8/3/2011 Beaten to Death | Voice of OC
​8/4/2011 Dad! Dad! Dad! | Voice of OC
​8/4/2011 Fullerton police draw fire for silence in homeless man's death | LA Times
8/5/2011 Seeking answers in Fullerton | LA Times
​8/9/2011 D.A. sees no signs of "intentional killing" by Fullerton police | LA Times
​​8/11/2011 Fullerton Police Chief Takes Medical Leave | Voice of OC
8/12/2011 Cops saw video of deadly incident with Kelly Thomas before writing reports | LA Times
​8/16/2011 Special Investigator Foreshadows Review of Fullerton Police | Voice of OC
​8/17/2011 Fullerton Hires Police Investigator as Public Keeps Pressure on Officials | Voice of OC
8/18/2011 Fullerton finally gets it in police beating case | LA Times
See The Weather Almanac For Daily Records of Temperatures, Rainfall and Other Conditions for August 2011
September 2011
Highlights  -- Police officers charged with death of Kelly Thomas  --  Coroner sends report to DA  --   ​
9/6/2011 Law Provides Opportunity to Treat Mentally Ill at Street Level | Voice of OC ​
​9/7/2011 Kelly Thomas Attorney Threatens to Go Over DA's Head | Voice of OC
​9/8/2011 OC Sheriff-Coroner: Thomas Autopsy Results Coming "Soon" | Voice of OC
​9/16/2011 One of Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Had a History of Violence | Reason
​9/21/2011 One Fullerton Officer in Jail, Another Released on Bail | Voice of OC
​9/21/2011 2 Police Officers Charged in Homeless Man's Death | ABC News
​9/21/2011 Coroner Sends Thomas Autopsy Report to DA | Voice of OC
​9/21/2011 DA Charges Fullerton Officers with Murder, Manslaughter | Voice of OC
​9/22/2011 Kelly Thomas, Homicide No. 3: Cop Accused of Beating Homeless Man to Death | OC Weekly
​9/26/2011 Police Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of Kelly Thomas | Voice of OC
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October 2011
Highlights  --  Timeline established in Kelly Thomas beating death  --  ​ ​
​10/5/2011 What Did the Other Four Officers Do in the Thomas Beating? | Voice of OC
​10/6/2011 DA and Paramedics Differ on Timeline of Kelly Thomas Beating | Voice of OC
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November 2011
Highlights  -- Occupy Santa Ana goes to city council  --  cold-weather homeless shelters at armories open  --   ​
​11/1/2011 Mercy House Keeps Contract to Run County’s Two Homeless Shelters | Voice of OC
​11/4/2011 Occupy Santa Ana Camp Request to Be on Council Agenda | Voice of OC
​11/30/2011 Armory Emergency Shelters Opening in Fullerton and Santa Ana | OC Weekly
See The Weather Almanac For Daily Records of Temperatures, Rainfall and Other Conditions for November 2011
December 2011
Highlights  -- Hearing date set for officers in Kelly Thomas beating death  --   ​
​12/17/2011 Hearing Date Set for Fullerton Officers in Thomas Beating | Voice of OC
12/22/2011 Transient found stabbed to death | OC Register
12/23/2011 Police identify transient killed in stabbing | OC Register
12/30/2011 Police ID man killed on Santa Ana River Trail | OC Register
12/31/2011 Transient found slain outside library | OC Register
See The Weather Almanac For Daily Records of Temperatures, Rainfall and Other Conditions for December 2011
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