By John Seiler in The Orange County Register

March 13, 2016

A couple days ago, I took a break from the Register and drove to the Starbucks on 17th Street and Grand Avenue in Santa Ana, where I saw three homeless people. I’ve seen many more in Orange County in recent weeks, commonly at freeway off-ramps, begging for money. Are homeless numbers really up?

“Yes, that’s an easy one,” Chet Parker told me; the deputy Orange County sheriff is homeless liaison officer for the city of Lake Forest. “The economy and high housing costs are just a giant piece of it. People who normally might be homeless for one or two months are remaining longer.”

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