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Case <br />155-DOC-JDE Document 158 Filed 04/26/18 Page 8 of 27 Page ID #:2486 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />Supervisor Do, Buena Park had the tenth highest number of unsheltered homeless <br />individuals in the County with a reported count of 70, or 15% of Santa Ana's total. <br />47. On March 31, 2018, a point -in -time count in Santa Ana revealed there <br />is at least 1,030 unsheltered individuals within city borders, 81% of whom are <br />chronically homeless (for one year or more). Combined with sheltered homeless, <br />the number of homeless individuals in Santa Ana rises to 1,617. Santa Ana's 2018 <br />count total is more than double the 2017 Count as reported by Supervisor Do. <br />Santa Ana's Count established that 52% of the individuals counted came from <br />outside Santa Ana and identified 32 Santa Ana public schools located within 1,000 <br />feet of a homeless encampment. <br />48. Santa Ana is home to a low -barrier emergency shelter, a winter shelter, <br />a home for homeless women and children, and a women's shelter. In total, Santa <br />Ana has over 700 shelter beds or approximately 70% of the shelter beds across <br />Orange County. <br />IMPACTS ON SANTA ANA <br />49. The impact of homeless related issues on Santa Ana has been <br />staggering. In 2017, Santa Ana estimates it spent approximately $15 million <br />providing fire and police, security and other necessary services to address homeless <br />related issues in and around the Civic Center and Santa Ana. <br />50. Santa Ana estimates it will be compelled to spend over $17 million in <br />2018 to address homeless issues at the expense of core services to Santa Ana <br />residents. This figure represents approximately 7% of Santa Ana's general fund <br />that pays for police and fire among other services. <br />51. Santa Ana's physical resources have been overwhelmed. Just until <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 />