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PATH presents two‑year operations report; city readies interim operator as shelter provider exits

Santa Barbara City Planning Commission · November 6, 2025
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People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) told the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission on Nov. 6 that it has continued to operate a 100‑bed, year‑round interim shelter at 816 Casique Street and has provided services to roughly 650 individuals since the last planning commission report.

People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) told the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission on Nov. 6 that it has continued to operate a 100‑bed, year‑round interim shelter at 816 Casique Street and has provided services to roughly 650 individuals since the last planning commission report.

The report, required every two years by the site’s 1999 conditional use permit, said PATH recorded 66 placements into permanent housing and 554 program exits over the reporting period and continued partnerships with the City of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Barbara County agencies, Cottage Health and Be Well.

“We have the opportunity to have a lot of overlap with the new provider,” Tessa Uribe, PATH chief program officer, said of the transition, adding that PATH hopes that key staff “could potentially have the…

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