Mexican cultural center to sign agreement with city to clear homeless encampment
About 40 people live on two parking lots at El Centro Cultural of Mexico in Santa Ana on Feb. 24.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
March 16, 2021 6:57 PM PT
After facing fines and the threat of an abatement court order, a Mexican cultural center in Santa Ana has agreed to work with the city to clear a homeless encampment in its parking lots.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, homeless people have been living in the El Centro Cultural de México’s lots. The numbers have steadily grown to an encampment with more than 40 people.