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Case 818-cv-00155-DOC-ME Document 158 Filed 04/26/18 Page 8 of 27 Page ID #:2486 <br />I Supervisor Do, Buena Park had the tenth highest number of unsheltered homeless <br />2 individuals in the County with a reported count of 70, or 15'yo of Santa. Ana's total. <br />3 47. On March 31, 2018, a point -in -time count in Santa Ana revealed there <br />4 is at least 1,030 unsheltered individuals within city borders, 81% of whom are <br />5 chronically homeless (for one year or more). Combined with sheltered homeless, <br />6 the number of homeless individuals in Santa Ana rises to 1,617. Santa Ana's 2018 <br />7 count total is more than double the 2017 Count as reported by Supervisor Do. <br />8 Santa Ana's Count established that 52% of the individuals counted came from <br />9 outside Santa Ana and identified 32 Santa Ana public schools located within 1,000 <br />10 feet of a homeless encampment. <br />11 48. Santa Ana is home to a low -barrier emergency shelter, a winter shelter, <br />12 a home for homeless women and children, and a women's shelter. In total, Santa <br />13 Ana has over 700 shelter beds or approximately 70% of the shelter beds across <br />14 Orange County. <br />15 IMPACTS ON SANTA ANA <br />t6 49. The impact of homeless related issues on Santa Ana has been <br />17 staggering. In 2017, Santa Ana estimates it spent approximately $15 million <br />18 providing fire and police, security and other necessary services to address homeless <br />19 related issues in and around the Civic Center and Santa Ana, <br />20 50. Santa Ana estimates it will be compelled to spend over $'17 million in <br />21 2018 to address homeless issues at the expense of core services to Santa Ana <br />22 residents. This figure represents approximately 7% of Santa Ana's general fund <br />23 that pays for police and fire among other services. <br />24 51, Santa Ana's physical resources have been overwhelmed. Just until <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />very recently, over 200 homeless individuals lived in the Civic Center in tents and <br />other makeshift shelters. This encampment necessitated the leasing of temporary <br />bathroom facilities and created issues regarding the storage of personal property left <br />unattended in and around the Civic Center. The circumstances gave rise to the <br />