An Orange County work-release center once proposed for reuse as a homeless shelter is set to be torn down after county commissioners voted against adapting the site.
Orange County commissioners voted 5-1 Tuesday to move forward with demolition, instead of spending an estimated $20 to $35 million needed to fix structural and electrical issues in the nearly 45-year-old building. County Commissioner Kelly Martinez-Semrad cast the lone dissenting vote.
According to county staff, the deteriorating 57,198-square-foot building at 130 W. Kaley St. was designed to be used as a single-gender correctional facility, not a shelter…