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:18-cv-00155-DOC-JDE Document 158 Filed 04/26/18 Page 12 of 27 Page ID <br />#:2490 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <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 />65. On April 19, 2018, the South Orange County Mayors proposed <br />Silverado Elementary School, a rural county owned property, as a potential site for a <br />homeless shelter. <br />66. On April 24, 2018, the Board of Supervisors voted to reject the <br />Silverado Elementary School site proposal. As of the filing of this Cross -Complaint, <br />no Orange County city has provided a location for an emergency shelter. <br />A WAY FORWARD <br />67. Santa Ana seeks meaningful progress toward an equitable distribution <br />of homeless services, whether it be through resources or shelter throughout the <br />County. Cross -Defendants must work collaboratively to resolve the current <br />homeless crisis and to avert another. The communal goal must be a sustainable, <br />long-term plan that is both city -specific and regional in nature. There must be a <br />basic willingness to seriously consider, or at least not oppose, the provision of low <br />barrier shelters and permanent supportive housing by Cross -Defendants as well as <br />the provision of social services by city representatives or third parties, all in a <br />dignified and humane manner. <br />FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION <br />Violation of Eighth Amendment (42 U.S.C. § 1983) <br />(Against All Cross -Defendants) <br />68. Defendant and Cross -Complainant City of Santa Ana incorporates by <br />reference and realleges Paragraphs 1 through 67 as if fully set forth herein. <br />69. Cross -Defendant cities have either opposed, refused, or rejected the <br />siting of homeless shelters and services in their jurisdictions. Santa Ana has the <br />densest concentration of homeless individuals in the County. Despite state <br />requirements for each city to provide housing for homeless individuals, Cross - <br />Defendant cities have made insubstantial progress or failed to do so entirely. <br />