Tag: City of Anaheim

Anaheim Recognizes Brookhurst Corridor as “Little Arabia”

The Anaheim City Council Aug. 23 designated a mile-long portion of the Brookhurst corridor, between Broadway and Ball Road, as “Little Arabia.” The corridor contains a variety of buildings ranging from retail, office, and commercial to residential. The highest concentration of Middle Eastern-serving businesses is contained in the Brookhurst corridor, more than in any other…


Anaheim’s Homelessness Strategy Helps Hundreds off the Streets

More than 400 homeless people have exited the streets of Anaheim, Calif. since the city changed its approach to homelessness, officials say. The city’s new strategy focuses around a community response team made up of trained professionals, who are called upon to help addicted or mentally-ill homeless people. “Before, the police department had trained police…