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Santa Barbara Council approves $500,000 for immigrant legal defense and community support, pledges to replenish housing fund
Summary
The City Council voted 5-1 to direct $130,000 to the Immigrant Legal Defense Center and $370,000 to a Fund for Santa Barbara-administered grant program to support local immigrant-serving organizations, drawing extensive public comment and council discussion about replenishing the flexible housing fund used to finance the allocation.
The Santa Barbara City Council voted to allocate $500,000 from the city’s flexible housing and homelessness fund to support immigrant-serving organizations providing legal defense and emergency assistance to families affected by federal immigration enforcement.
Senior assistant to the city administrator Barbara Anderson presented staff recommendations to allocate $130,000 to the Immigrant Legal Defense Center (ILDC) to expand legal representation and casework and to partner with the Fund for Santa Barbara for a $370,000 grant program to distribute funds to local nonprofit service providers. Anderson told the council ILDC’s work would support an estimated 35 to 40 cases and that the Fund would receive up to 10 percent of its award for administrative support.
"This is just not a policy matter. It's a human issue,"…
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