“It's just a better way, an enhanced way, for us to provide the services we do for families that are unhoused in our community,” said Wendy Lewis, ECHO’s CEO.

The Grover Beach Planning Commission has unanimously approved a four story mixed use development project on West Grand Avenue. The project will replace the aging Beach Front Plaza shopping center between second and third streets.

After a month of public feedback, Santa Barbara city leaders are revising its proposed rent stabilization ordinance.

California housing officials warned the city of Grover Beach that a proposed ballot measure limiting building heights could conflict with state law.

Santa Barbara’s rent stabilization draft ordinance is moving into its next phase after several months of debate.

The process of planning and constructing a facility that transforms seawater into a usable supply is complicated and expensive.

In order to respond to California’s housing crisis, policy makers have pushed to make ADUs, a type of in-fill housing, easier and easier to build.

San Luis Obispo County’s Homeless Services Division will present the final 2026 Point-in-Time Count results during Tuesday’s SLO City Council meeting. The count provides a one-night snapshot of how unhoused people experience homelessness across the county.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors have approved the county’s annual homelessness update.

A proposed housing development west of Lompoc is taking another step forward as Santa Barbara County begins studying its potential impacts.