Irvine city officials are considering buying land to create the city’s first homeless shelter.
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The city council will meet on Tuesday to discuss a proposal to buy two buildings on Armstrong Avenue to build a homeless shelter and provide medical and mental health services, according to the Voice of OC .
The outlet also reported that it would cost the city $18.5 million.
This isn’t the first time city officials tried to set up a shelter. In 2018, there was a proposal to turn a former military base into a homeless shelter , but some residents protested it…