On Monday, Family Promise of Santa Clarita held a groundbreaking ceremony for the organization’s new resource center and housing units. This week, the groundbreaking of Family Promise of Santa Clarita’s new resource center and housing units was held by the organization on an open plot of land in the 23600 block of Newhall Avenue in Newhall, with several notable speakers ...

Homeless encampments in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) in Los Angeles County’s unincorporated areas, including parts of the Santa Clarita Valley, are slated to be banned. On Tuesday, the L.A. County Board Of Supervisors approved a motion co-authored by Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, which includes the Santa Clarita Valley, to clear out homeless encampments in VHFHSZs, which ...

Bridge to Home (BTH), the primary homeless services provider in the Santa Clarita Valley, is expected to celebrate the first step in the construction of its new homeless shelter facility Monday with a virtual ribbon cutting.  The BTH event is set to mark the completion of the sewer and water hook-up to the agency’s site on Drayton Street as the ...

The City of Santa Clarita Planning Commission approved the proposed Bridge to Home permanent homeless shelter in Saugus during their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday. Approved by the Santa Clarita Planning Commission, the proposed Bridge to Home permanent homeless shelter is planned to be built on the northeast terminus of Drayton Street in Saugus. “We are privileged in bringing this ...

The Santa Clarita City Council voted to donate land valued at $1.6 million to Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley, a local homeless outreach organization, following a public hearing during their meeting Tuesday. After a public hearing during their regular meeting Tuesday, the Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously to donate 32,220 square feet of vacant land off Newhall Avenue. ...

Results from the 2020 Los Angeles County Homeless Count indicate that while the total number of people experiencing homelessness has increased in the county, the number of homeless individuals has decreased in Santa Clarita. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the community-level data from the 2020 “point-in-time” homeless count, which was conducted in January before the ...

Project Roomkey, an initiative to house the California homeless population in hotels and motels, is now operational in Santa Clarita, officials said Thursday.  Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California has received $150 million of FEMA support, which is set to provide hotel and motel rooms to homeless individuals to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. The state’s effort ...

Bridge To Home Shelter moved to a  larger location Saturday in efforts to make social distancing easier among their clients, with no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the homeless community as of Tuesday, officials said. “Public health guidelines recommend six feet of social distancing between people. Santa Clarita is offering our Newhall Community Center facility so these guidelines can be ...

The Santa Clarita community gathered to participate in the 2020 Los Angeles County Homeless Count on Tuesday evening. A number of unsheltered individuals live within Santa Clarita, and the purpose of this count is to have a better understanding of how many are in need of support, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). “There is not one ...

The City of Santa Clarita is seeking volunteers for the annual Los Angeles County homeless count, which is set to survey the growth of the homeless population to better provide services in the valley, officials said. According to the results of last year’s count, the City of Santa Clarita’s homeless population increased from 156 in 2018 to 256 in 2019. ...