File #: 26-00112    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/30/2026 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 2/10/2026 Final action: 2/10/2026
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hollister Lofts, L.P., and Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara for the No Place Like Home (NPLH) Hollister Lofts Project, Second District, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute, on behalf of the County, a First Amendment to the MOU with Hollister Lofts, L.P., and Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara regarding the NPLH Hollister Lofts Project, a proposed affordable rental housing development at 4540 South Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, California (APN 061-040-030) (Project), to update the amount of the NPLH loan awarded for the Project from $4,822,998.00 to $4,565,305.00, and to increase the number of NPLH designated units for the Project from 16 to 17 units; and b) Determine that the recommended actions are not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQ...
Sponsors: BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment_A_Hollister_Loft_MOU_First_Amendment, 3. Attachment_B__Hollister_Loft_MOU_12.17.2024, 4. Attachment_C__Hollister_Loft_SSA_12.17.2024, 5. Attachment_D_Hollister_Loft_Standard_Agreement_20-NPLH-14582, 6. Attachment_E__CA_State_HCD_Change_in_Circumstance_Letter, 7. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hollister Lofts, L.P., and Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara for the No Place Like Home (NPLH) Hollister Lofts Project, Second District, as follows:

 

a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute, on behalf of the County, a First Amendment to the MOU with Hollister Lofts, L.P., and Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara regarding the NPLH Hollister Lofts Project, a proposed affordable rental housing development at 4540 South Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, California (APN 061-040-030) (Project), to update the amount of the NPLH loan awarded for the Project from $4,822,998.00 to $4,565,305.00, and to increase the number of NPLH designated units for the Project from 16 to 17 units; and

 

b) Determine that the recommended actions are not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are the creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and Public Resources Code section 21163.1, which states that a decision by a public agency to seek funding from the NPLH Program does not constitute a “project.”