Dana Point creates task force to take on ‘exploding’ homeless issue

Jeffrey Barro, who has been homeless for eight years, chats with Sheriff Lt. Russ Chilton in Dana Point on Monday July 24, 2017. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Josh Johnson in the backyard of his Dana Point home on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Johnson said homeless people were camping in the lot next to his backyard leaving trash and stealing his water. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Steven Gustafson’s pittbull A Pearl warns of visitors as Gustafson