The Orange County Board of Supervisors is facing a wave of fury from Santa Ana residents and local business owners. The source of this outrage is a unilateral push to convert a youth guidance center at 3030 Hesperian Way into a massive adult reentry facility.
Without transparency, local input, or a shred of geographic fairness, the county quieted through the pipeline a project that positions newly released adult criminals directly in our backyards. Neighbors have made it clear that Santa Ana will no longer sit back and be the county’s dumping ground for failed progressive social experiments.
A reentry facility—often called a halfway house or residential reentry center—is a transitional housing facility for adult criminals leaving state prison or county jail. These centers are designed to house offenders during the final months of their sentences, offering substance abuse treatment, job training, and case management to help them transition back into society…