The Register, September 1, 1984 Santa Ana’s aggressive code-enforcement program has displaced more than 100 families since it was implemented April 1. The three year program calls for the canvassing of 30,000 units with the city’s central area… click here to read more
Read more →Orange City News, August 1, 1984 Last week a community decided not to turn its back on the unwanted. El Modena, through the El Modena Center, was willing to solve a problem too hot for the city or County of Orange… click here to read more
Read more →The Register, July 27, 1984 At least 30 homeless people have been camping at Featherly Regional Park because they say they cannot find or afford other housing… click here to read more
Read more →Orange City News, July 25, 1984 A decision by the El Modena Center Board is expected this week on whether a large gathering of men and boys, many of them undocumented, should be relocated to the El Modena Center parking lot… click here to read more
Read more →The Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1984 While many major hotels in Orange County have agreed not to raise their rates, some of the smaller motels have more than doubled their room fees to take advantage of Olympic tourism… click here to read more
Read more →The LA Times, July 17, 1984 Orange County Latino leaders Monday urged the Orange County coroner and Santa Ana police to work around-the-clock to complete the investigations of the death of Ezequial Flores Larios to help diffuse community tension… click here to read more
Read more →The Register, July 16, 1984 She is one of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unattached women who make their homes on the streets of Orange County – so-called “bag ladies”. Estimates of their numbers range from 450 to 3,000… click here to read more
Read more →The Register, July 14, 1984 Deputy Police Chief Gene Hanson told Hispanic leaders that the two officers involved in the fatal beating of a 25-year old man have been reassigned to another area of the city… click here to read more
Read more →LA Times, June 27, 1984 Reacting to Santa Ana City Council’s decision not to approve a $100,000 emergency loan fund for families displaced by the city’s crackdown on substandard housing, activists Tuesday condemned the council action as insensitive and senseless… click here to read more
Read more →The Register, Orange City News, June 27, 1984 The recent passage of the controversial Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill in the House, combined with reports that officials are planning to relocate the large gathering of Latinos in Orange, has sparked renewed interest and controversy… click here to read more
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