Santa Barbara County’s 20 Head Start campuses serving 600 families have no announced cuts, though Patricia Keelean, CEO of CommUnify, expressed grave concern that it was only a matter of time before the budget ax fell.
Plus, history repeats itself at the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors.
Sheriff and mental health advocates disagreed on number of beds.
The board approves the $233,000 funding package “to advance racial equity and justice” over objections by the ever-outspoken Andy Caldwell.
The average wait time to receive a voucher, already five to six years, will increase even more.
NOAA’s harbor offices and its “Shearwater” slip are on the chopping block.
The nonprofit faces $1.23 million in federal cuts to its food supply programs.
No harm, no foul, case dismissed.
The nonprofit is feeling the pinch of increased requests for assistance from disaster-struck locations and poverty engulfed nations.
Did it really cost $1.6 million plus years of chaos and confusion? Probably.
