Safe Parking Program to Expand with New Home at City-Owned Site in Lompoc
The City Council approves a lease with New Beginnings Counseling Center for property on North I Street to give homeless people a place to go at night
A city-owned lot at 428 North I St. in Lompoc that once was used by a model railroad club is set to become the first safe parking program site in the city after a lease approval with New Beginnings Counseling Center. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
February 20, 2021
A proposed safe parking program in Lompoc now has a home.
New Beginnings Counseling Center’s Safe Parking Program Could Expand to Lompoc
The program, already in Santa Barbara, Goleta and unincorporated areas, gives people a place to go at night while they look to transition back into housing
New Beginnings Counseling Center’s Safe Parking Shelter and Rapid Rehousing Program, for people living in their vehicles, operates in Santa Barbara and Goleta plus nearby unincorporated areas. (New Beginnings Counseling Center photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
January 27, 2021
| 9:25 p.m.
A stalled safe parking program for people living in their vehicles in Lompoc may get some gas again as a model program in southern Santa Barbara County looks to expand north.