Waterfront Regional Action Plan Tackles Homelessness Through Community Collaboration
Source: City of Santa Barbara
A new plan is providing relief and hope for people who are impacted by the issue of homelessness on the Santa Barbara waterfront.
In order to tackle the issue in a targeted way, SB Act facilitates a weekly Waterfront Regional Action Plan (RAP) meeting to engage stakeholders that are committed to creating and implementing solutions to homelessness.
Business and hotel owners, law enforcement and community members are all collaborating to get to the root of the problem with a chycle of accountability. The goal is to reduce the number of those impacted by homelessness in the waterfront area and ultimately get those individuals into long-term housing.
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Dec 21, 2021 02:53 PM"The root of the problem" Not enough immediate action (enforcement) The freeway campsites are already coming back. A giant one (huge mess) is visible at the Mission St. northbound frwy on ramp, and the Castillo St. On ramp(by the DMV) is showing signs of them coming back as well.
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Dec 21, 2021 03:52 PMYeah I've noticed exactly this. Just drove past Castillo today - hadn't been by it in a while. Looks to be in full swing. Pass Mission often and it was never disassembled that I'm aware of. Ugh.
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Dec 21, 2021 10:31 AMGiant piles of bikes and bike parts are a common feature of every homeless encampment. Why? Fires are a common feature, even in warm weather (On Nov 14th, it was 90 degrees). Why? Could these issues be addressed before referring to these residents as "people who are impacted by the issue of homelessness" and offering them free SB housing?
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Dec 21, 2021 10:13 AMwait community collaboration? we didnt want the homeless hotel on upper state. we didnt want the free housings.
where was OUR collaboration on that?
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Dec 21, 2021 08:32 AMHere we go again. The cities and county have been "ending homelessness" for decades and all that has happened is that we've spent millions of dollars and the numbers of vagrants and homeless keep increasing. Good luck with this one...
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Dec 21, 2021 05:40 PMYes, but the number of city/county employees has skyrocketed over this same time. Perhaps it would have been cheaper in the long run to have just hired the homeless to do nothing.
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Dec 20, 2021 09:26 PMSounds fishy to me.
Wonder if once they have the Waterfront homeless in one place, will they then offer a 'free boat ride"?
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Dec 20, 2021 07:59 PMIt’ll work as well as the last 500 plans
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Dec 20, 2021 08:32 PMNo way! The plan is to meet weekly to engage stakeholders to build and implement solutions. With that new and ingenious approach, how could they fail. (End sarcasm, for the intellectually challenged.)
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Dec 20, 2021 07:14 PMSend them BACK to the towns and States that they came from- PROBLEM SOLVED.
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Dec 21, 2021 04:49 PMWhat if we tried something the other way? Turn the Motel 6 into the Meth Head Motel and hand out the stuff to any druggie that wants it. They caveat is that they have to live there and stay off the streets and the City will supply all the meth they can handle.
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Dec 21, 2021 04:14 PMThe people you are talking about exist but they are not the ones living on the waterfront, or on our freeways, or pulling machetes out on State Street.
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Dec 21, 2021 03:44 PMBRD2TRS- I completely agree there are situation where help is needed and will be taken and used.
my take and feelings on living here my whole life, working at transition house more years than I remember.
there are two distinct groups of homeless. those than are down on their luck and need help. and those who CHOOSE to live this way. I have shown compassion more times than I have been SHOWN compassion. I have shown compassion and then have items stolen from my yard, people deficating in my walk way. there is a limit to the helping hand I will extend and continue to extend when its literally "sh*t" on.
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Dec 21, 2021 01:17 PM@BRD2TRS... lol, you must work for the SBHA! That is such cr@p... Most all the "Homeless" / VAGRANTS are from out of the County and out of State- Go do some street research and find out for yourself- Your narrative meets the requirements of "Homeless INC." There is plenty of help and outpouring of resources for true LOCALS who face not having a home... More than 20% of all housing units in the City are now subsidized.... Should it be 40%...? 60%...? I WANT to live in Beverly Hills (like the Weezer song) , is it MY RIGHT to live there? Should the City of Beverly Hills provide my housing....? Santa Barbara, a City of only 110,000 does more financially and socially (Housing, Medical Care, Alcohol/ Drug Rehab/ Foot Massages) than ANY OTHER Jurisdiction in the United States with the same or similar population- ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
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Dec 21, 2021 10:37 AMTweakers could have free everything and they'd still be tweakers. You could cap rents at $800 citywide and that wouldn't solve this issue.
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Dec 20, 2021 09:49 PMSadly, many long-term residents are facing homelessness. Affordable housing is so hard to find. Many can't get help until they become homeless. Fixed income and housing don't mix. Taking care of aging parents while raising children who were born here doesn't allow an opportunity to move. I invite you to take an orientation tour to Transition House to better understand how families are struggling. Two parents working two jobs at minimum wage won't cover the costs of living. Have a heart, especially this time of year.