{"id":154725,"date":"2026-01-29T09:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154725\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:55:08","slug":"another-31-people-died-without-fixed-abode-in-oc-in-december-324-for-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154725\/","title":{"rendered":"Another 31 People Died Without Fixed Abode in OC in December, 324 for the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another 31 people died without fixed abode in Orange County in December 2025.\u00a0 Their names are:<\/p>\n

Jarod ENTWISTLE who died on December 2nd in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Truong NGUYEN who died on December 2nd in Orange<\/p>\n

Hugo GARCIA who died on December 5th in Garden Grove<\/p>\n

Wade HARPER who died on December 5th in Huntington Beach<\/p>\n

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Terry BECK who died on December 7th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Victor RODRIGUEZ who died on December 10th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Tilden BERGER who died on December 11th in San Juan Capistrano<\/p>\n

Angel SANCHEZ who died on December 11th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Eric BRUNS who died on December 12th in Tustin<\/p>\n

Andrew WELLS who died on December 12th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Michael MAUER who died on December 12th in Rancho Santa Margarita<\/p>\n

Steven HOFMEISTER who died on December 13th in Fullerton<\/p>\n

Linda BANKER who died on December 15th in Laguna Beach<\/p>\n

Karina PONCE who died on December 16th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Angel OJEDA-GOMEZ who died on December 19th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n

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Steve ADAMS who died on December 19th in Newport Beach<\/p>\n

John TRACEY who died on December 22nd in Fullerton<\/p>\n

Michael DELUNA who died on December 23rd in Westminster<\/p>\n

David NELSON who died on December 23rd in Fountain Valley<\/p>\n

Rene ORTEGA who died on December 24th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

Bernadette DIAZ who died on December 27th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n

Mark LACROIX who died on December 27th in Costa Mesa<\/p>\n

Carol LARA MARTINEZ who died on December 28th in Orange<\/p>\n

Rebecca SWORDS who died on December 28th in Anaheim<\/p>\n

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Robert BAGWELL who died on December 28th in Orange<\/p>\n

Patrick DONOLDSON who died on December 29th in Fullerton<\/p>\n

Roberto JACOME who died on December 29th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n

Felipe LEON SIERRA who died on December 29th in Fountain Valley<\/p>\n

Elton HARRELL II who died on December 29th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n

Guy BORGES who died on December 30th in Orange<\/p>\n

Samuel GRECO who died on December 31st in Garden Grove<\/p>\n

In total, 324 people died without fixed abode in OC in 2025.\u00a0 This is the lowest number since 2020, when 337 had died.\u00a0 At its peak, the death toll was 495 in 2022 and 500 in 2023.\u00a0 The death toll has thankfully dropped.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will begin to understand why the death rate among those without abode has been decreasing in recent years, with the release of the OC Sheriff\u2019s annual report on the matter (for 2024, when the homeless death rate first began to decrease) sometime in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, with the expected cut of $33 million in HUD money that OC used to receive to provide subsidized housing for people, generally seniors or people suffering from disabilities who had previously been homeless, the fear is that many or most of these people will return to the state of homelessness.<\/p>\n

So the challenges are great, but solutions are not impossible.\u00a0 A reconfiguration of priorities on the State or County levels could keep these vulnerable seniors and people suffering from disabilities with roofs over their heads.<\/p>\n

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Fr. Dennis Kriz, OSM,\u00a0Pastor St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church, Fullerton.<\/p>\n

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