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Supporters ask Santa Barbara City Council for 120-day extension of Faro Center funding and lease
Summary
Representatives of SB Act and the Faro Center urged the Santa Barbara City Council during public comment to extend city funding and the center's sublease for 120 days (to Dec. 1, 2025), saying recent changes have improved neighborhood impacts and the program has helped more than 100 people into housing.
Representatives of SB Act and the Faro Center asked the Santa Barbara City Council on May 20 for a 120-day extension of city funding and the center's sublease, saying the center has placed clients into housing and is implementing neighborhood-focused changes.
Beth Collins, speaking for SB Act, told the council that “staff, unfortunately, unilaterally canceled critical funding for the Faro Center as well as its sublease as of May 2025.” She asked the council to “give SB Act and the Faro Center a 120 day extension on both the funding and the sublease.”
Collins said SB Act has assembled “a very experienced team…
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