A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS HOMELESS PEOPLE GETTING SHELTER AGAIN THIS YEAR.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - With the economy still in the doldrums and unemployment rising, civic leaders expect more families to need emergency help with finding food and shelter this winter. The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered is scheduled to open Saturday in the parking Saturday in the Park may refer to:
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Several portable modular trailers will be used as dormitories, dining facilities and restrooms. Last year, the shelter served 21 families with 51 children, but struggled in the last six weeks of operation to keep its doors open. Families make up about half of the city's homeless population, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey conducted last spring by the Santa Clarita City Council's Homeless Advisory Task Force. Officials estimate that about 10,000 people in Santa Clarita are at risk of becoming homeless. Although this week's weather turned warm with the arrival of a Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. condition, weather experts predict that another El Nino weather system could bring a number of storms to the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. late this winter. Several efforts by the group and city officials to find a permanent location for the emergency center have failed during the past two years because of opposition from residents and business owners who fear the facility would hurt their property values and increase crime. In fact, several Canyon Country residents told the City Council this week they were unhappy with the location of the shelter. ``I'm angry,'' said Mark Siegan, who lives in the nearby Vista del Canon town homes. ``It's going to turn this neighborhood upside down.'' During the past two winters, the shelter was set up at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex. However, construction of the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center forced the shelter to move to the Via Princessa train station parking lot. ``We've demonstrated that we don't cause any problems,'' Davis said. ``We keep things under control, and people will become more comfortable with the shelter as they see that.'' A study released in May found that the best location for a permanent shelter is in a county-owned warehouse near Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , not far from the Via Princessa station. The all-volunteer group would like to build a year-round transitional living Transitional Living for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Transitional living is a restructuring of an old concept. The early centers for living were known as Halfway or Three-Quarter houses and usually were in existence for the provision of shelter for people who were center that would provide job training and other social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales as well as an emergency shelter during the winter months. But council members said the city was unable to fund the $800,000 purchase because of this year's cash-strapped and ``problematic'' budget. Group officials have pledged to find the money through grants and donations to construct the center. The Santa Clarita Community Development Corp. will pay $150,000 to fund the project - about $30,000 more than it spent last year. ``We'll have more money for the families and more case managers to help break the cycle of homelessness,'' Davis said. More than 2,000 volunteers will help serve food, act as security and help the homeless with other needs, officials said. The shelter's family assistance program also offers vouchers to local motels for families with children under 16. ``That's our largest expense,'' Davis said. Residents in need of help are welcome to sleep and eat at the shelter from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Saturday through the end of March. |
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