The City of Santa Barbara has abruptly canceled its agreement with SB ACT to run the day center on Chapala Street over a variety of nuisance incidents, Noozhawk has learned.
City Attorney Sarah Knecht sent a 30-day written notice of termination of the agreement to SB ACT on Thursday.
The center is known as the FARO (Fostering Access, Resilience and Opportunity), which also means “lighthouse” in Spanish, and offers services to those who are homeless. The city partnered with SB ACT on the center in June 2024, but since the opening, neighbors, including Jodi House next door, have contended mismanagement of the program…