Isn’t developing a Ten-Year Plan just creating more bureaucracy?
The Santa Barbara County Region enjoys a diversity and quality of housing and homeless services. However, we have failed to fully coordinate these services and establish a unifying entity with the responsibility of making change. As a result, we have not had as great an impact on reducing homelessness as we would like. Recognizing a need to change the way we respond to the issue of homelessness, local government, businesses, faith, service providers, philanthropists, civic leaders, and homeless and formerly homeless individuals and their advocates joined together and created Bringing Our Community Home.
