Orange County Homeless Deaths Nearly Quadruple Over Last Decade: Report

Orange County Homeless Deaths Nearly Quadruple Over Last Decade: Report
A homeless encampment in Santa Ana, Calif., on Oct. 5, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Deaths in the homeless population have sky-rocketed over the last decade in Orange County, California, primarily due to drug-related overdoses from fentanyl, according to a Feb. 27 report from county law enforcement.

In light of increasing homeless deaths in the region, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes last year created the county’s first committee to analyze their numbers and causes.