ECHO

The Super 8 Motel in Goleta will become a Project Homekey site.

Another motel on the Central Coast will become a shelter for unhoused people through Project Homekey

Benjamin Purper

Preliminary results from Santa Barbara County’s last Point-in-Time Count showed a 3.4 percent increase of people in the county experiencing homelessness since 2020.

Health, Science and Technology

Local drive to collect menstrual products addresses ‘period poverty’ in SLO County

Rachel Showalter

The San Luis Obispo County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls is holding a panel and menstrual product collection drive to address ‘period…

Paso Robles motel to be converted into housing for homeless

Angel Russell

A Motel 6 in Paso Robles will be converted to provide over a hundred rooms for emergency and permanent housing for homeless individuals, a project…

Culture and Identity

Central Coast Voices: COVID-19 effects on the Central Coast homeless population

Fred Munroe

Last year California’s homeless population climbed to 150,000, the most in the nation. Already communities have been struggling throughout the state to…

Community forum to explore coming Paso Robles homeless shelter

Months before the topic of homelessness came to dominate speeches by California’s governor, the city of Paso Robles moved forward with building a brand…