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History
Responding to the need for standard rentals at affordable rates for
low income persons and families, the Santa Barbara County Board of
Supervisors passed a Resolution on June 30, 1941, creating the Housing
Authority of the County of Santa Barbara, hereinafter referred to as the
"Housing Authority" or the "Authority". The State of California
allowed local jurisdictions to create housing authorities through the
Enabling Act of 1939 (reference State Health and Safety Code, beginning
with Section 34200, for additional history, background, powers, duties,
tax-exempt corporate status, etc.) The County's Board of
Supervisors also appointed (which is still current practice) the
governing body of the Authority, a Board of Commissioners. The
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners met for the first time on
October 6, 1941. The agency's by-laws, organizational seal, first
municipal cooperation agreement (with the City of Lompoc), and initial
funding sources were adopted at that meeting.
Our Function
The Housing Authority functions primarily to build, acquire, own
manage and maintain residential rental units for persons of extremely
low income (less than 30% of area median income), very low income (less
than 50% of area median income), and to obtain rental payment assistance
for similar households renting in the private real estate market.
Operating through a central administrative office in Lompoc and housing
management and maintenance offices in Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Maria and
Guadalupe, the Housing Authority provides direct services to applicants,
tenants and private property owners. The Housing Authority is the
largest property management organization in the County.
Governing Body
The power of the Authority is vested in the
commissioners in office from time to time. The Board of
Commissioners is comprised of seven persons who are local business and
community leaders who represent the interests of each community
throughout the county. The ensure adequate representation, each
County Supervisor appoints a member from his/her district (a total of
five), and the entire Board of Supervisors appoints two other
commissioners who must be tenants in housing units owned by the Housing
Authority, as required by state law. One of the tenant
commissioners must be a person at least 62 years of age.
Functioning much like a Board of Directors in other
corporations, the Authority's Board of Commissioners is responsible for
setting agency policy. Persons interested in serving on the
Commission should contact the off ice of the County Supervisor for their
district for an application.
Our current Board members are (back row) Ted Zenich, James Pearson, John
Lizarraga (front row) Frederick C. Lamont, Executive Director, Mickey Flacks, Mary Lou Miller and Fran Clow,
Commissioners.
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