March 2, 2021 at 5:35 pm by Holly Rusch
In the two months since Good Samaritan established 20 temporary pallet homes in Isla Vista to provide relief to houseless residents beleaguered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the service provider has provided housing, job opportunities and basic needs support to 36 people.
The pallet homes were installed in early December in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Community Center.
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Installed in early December in the parking lot of the Isla Vista Community Center, the pallet homes â currently occupied by 26 people â will continue to provide shelter to houseless residents until June, according to Gina Fischer, district representative for SB County Third District Supervisor Joan Hartmann.Â
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The Isla Vista Recreation & Park District opened People’s Park for those who are unable to relocate to the temporary emergency shelter at 976 Embarcadero Del Mar in Isla Vista. People’s Park is shown here on Monday afternoon. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
February 23, 2021
| 8:40 p.m.
With the unsheltered population increasing in the region, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a 100-page community action plan to tackle homelessness in the county.
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A homeless encampment in Isla Vista’s Anisq’Oyo’ Park was cleared out on Monday by officials who cited numerous health-and-safety concerns. Efforts were being made to find alternate shelter for those living in the park. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland and Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writers | @NoozhawkNews
December 21, 2020
| 10:54 p.m.
For the past nine months or so, Santa Barbara County native Christine Mercado has been living at Isla Vista’s Anisq’Oyo’ Park.
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