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.
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Mexican cultural center faces off with city of Santa Ana over homeless encampment
More than 40 people live in El Centro Cultural of Mexico in Santa Ana, pictured on Feb. 24, 2021. Most of them arrived since December, according to a spokesman.
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Feb. 25, 2021 10:18 AM PT
A Mexican cultural center in Santa Ana is butting heads with the city over a homeless encampment in its parking lots.
Established by a group of migrant women more than two decades ago, El Centro Cultural de México at 837 N. Ross St. is a linchpin for the local Latino community.
But since the beginning of the pandemic, homeless people have been living in the cultural center’s parking lots. The numbers have steadily grown to an encampment with more than 40 people.
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A record 40 people died “without fixed abode” in January. Their names are:
Dong YI who died on January 2 in Westminster; Miguel LOPEZ who died on January 4 in Fullerton; Samantha HERZIK who died on January 5 in Westminster; Michael LLAMAS who died on January 5 in Santa Ana; Dionte VALDEZ who died on January 5 in Santa Ana; Leuren LOSITO who died on January 6 in Anaheim; Salvador AVILABRAVO who died on January 8 in Santa Ana; Jose PANO MEDINA who died on January 12 in Anaheim; Albert ARCHIBEQUE JR who died on January 12 in Westminster; Edith GUZMAN who died on January 14 in Westminster; Dean TELASKY who died on January 14 in Garden Grove; Leon WILLIAMS who died on January 15 in Santa Ana; Kathleen HURLEY who died on January 15 in Santa Ana; Hermenegildo ORTEGA who died on January 16 in Mission Viejo; Jeffrey JENKINS-SMITH who died on January 16 in Buena Park; Algerine CLARK who died on January 16 in Orange; Rick GARCIA who died on January 16 in Orange; Max GAMBOA who died on