Orange County City Sues to Stop Hotel From Housing Transients With COVID-19

An officer from the Sheriff's Department speaks with a homeless woman pulling her cart of belongings beside the Santa Ana River in Anaheim, Calif., on Feb. 20, 2018. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—In what appears to be a first in the state, Laguna Hills has sued to stop a state-and-federal program administered by Orange County to house transients infected with COVID-19 in a hotel in the south county city.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court on April 14, alleges a “public nuisance” that will “directly endanger the health and safety of the residents of the city.”