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<\/a><\/p>\nSalvador TORRES who died on Aug. 5th in Westminster<\/p>\n
Rafael PESCADOR JR. who died on Aug. 7th in Orange<\/p>\n
Rosalino NAVARRETE GIL who died on Aug. 8th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Joshua SCOTT who died on Aug. 9th in Buena Park<\/p>\n
Robert HOUSE who died on Aug. 10th in Yorba Linda<\/p>\n
Kevin ARISTONDO who died on Aug. 10th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Gregory MONTVILLE who died on Aug. 11th in Anaheim<\/p>\n
Don HARN who died on Aug. 11th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Sipho KHUMALO who died on Aug. 12th in Anaheim<\/p>\n
Ismael CUEVAS DEL PILAR who died on Aug. 12th in Lake Forest<\/p>\n
Esteban RENTERIA who died on Aug. 16th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Hugo MORALES who died on Aug. 17th in Garden Grove<\/p>\n
Dana MANIER who died on Aug. 18th in Cypress<\/p>\n
Hernan GUTIERREZ who died on Aug. 19th in Anaheim<\/p>\n
Andrew GALLO who died on Aug. 19th in Anaheim<\/p>\n
Gabriel GONZALES who died on Aug. 19th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Rania JAJIEH who died on Aug. 21st in Newport Beach<\/p>\n
Diana ESPINOZA who died on Aug. 23rd in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
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Jose GUZMAN TAPIA who died on Aug. 23rd in Anaheim<\/p>\n
Ephraim BAUTISTA who died on Aug. 24th in Costa Mesa<\/p>\n
Erika ROCHA who died on Aug. 25th in Fountain Valley<\/p>\n
Michelle MCBETH who died on Aug. 26th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Daniel HERRERA who died on Aug. 26th in Santa Ana<\/p>\n
Ronald ACOSTA who died on Aug. 28th in Westminster<\/p>\n
Larry BENN who died on Aug. 28th in Garden Grove<\/p>\n
Espiridion MEJIA BAUTISTA who died on Aug. 28th in Orange<\/p>\n
My ROMEO who died on Aug. 30th in Orange<\/p>\n
Thanh VIEN who died on Aug. 31st in Fountain Valley<\/p>\n
This may seem like a spike.\u00a0 However, each year August seems to bring more homeless deaths than in July and, more often than not, more deaths than in September.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s because it\u2019s the heat of the summer.\u00a0 This year, due to a larger than normal number of hurricanes below us on the Pacific side of Mexico, we\u2019ve also had more humidity accompanying the heat than is usual.<\/p>\n
Policy decisions of course have a long-term effect on climate.\u00a0 However, policy decisions, both local and national, affect the health and state of the community of persons living without fixed abode on our streets as well.\u00a0 It will be another four months or so before we see the County\u2019s review of the homeless deaths during 2025 and a year more before we see this year\u2019s death statistics reviewed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the meantime,\u00a0 we can watch and pray and seek to minimize the deaths of the unhoused on our streets, and work to provide stable roofs of over the heads this vulnerable population in our midst.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In as much as we do so, it will improve the quality of life for us all.<\/p>\n
Fr. Dennis Kriz, OSM<\/p>\n
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