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2009 Selected Articles (Archival purposes only)
June 30, 2009 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: "Guest Opinion" (Affordable Housing), Affordable Housing Myths
June 18, 2009 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: (Stimulus Recovery Funds), Stimulus Funds Will be Used for Senior Living Center
June 18, 2009 Santa Barbara News-Press TV: (Bringing Our Community Home, 2-Year Progress Report), "Bringing Our Community Home" - John Buttny, Interim Executive Director; Rob Pearson, CEO/Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, interviews.   Watch Video!
June 17, 2009 Noozhawk - E-Newsletter: "Noozhawk e-Bulletin" (Stimulus Recovery Funds), Housing Authority Begins Restoration Project
June 16, 2009 Noozhawk - Online News: (Stimulus Recovery Funds), Housing Authority Begins Work on Restoration Project
May 17, 2009 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Pearl Chase Society Recognizes Housing Authority's Efforts to Develop Attractive and High Quality Public Housing
May 2, 2009 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: (VITA Success), Tax Assistance Program Sees 10 percent Growth
May 2, 2009 Noozhawk - E-Newsletter: "Noozhawk e-Bulletin" (VITA Success), Tax Assistance Program Nets Record Refunds
May 2, 2009 Noozhawk - Online News: "Local News" (VITA Success), Housing Authority's Tax Assistance Program Nets Record Refunds
April 12, 2009 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: "House & Home" (VITA), Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Offers Free Income Tax Preparation for Low-Income Families in Santa Barbara
April 9, 2009 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: "The Week Spot" (VITA), Single File
April 3, 2009 Pacific Coast Business Times - Weekly Newspaper: "Week in Review" Housing Authorities Get Funds
March 27, 2009 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Stimulus Money Coming to Housing Authority (Cover Story)
March 26, 2009 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Group to Offer Tax Help for Low-Income Filers
March 25, 2009 Santa Barbara News-Press TV: Free Tax Preparation for Low Income Families.  Watch Video!
March 19, 2009 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: "News Briefs" (512 Bath Street), City
March 12, 2009 Montecito Journal - Weekly Newspaper: "Seen Around Town" (Talking About My Generation), Garden Court
January 2, 2009 Fronteras - Weekly Newspaper: FSS Graduation, Sueno que se hizo realidad

2009 Selected Media Coverage
April 15, 2009 Univision - Television News: VITA Success, Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, interview (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm news)
April 11, 2009 KTMS-AM 990 and KIST-AM 1490 - Radio:"In the Public Interest", VITA, Victor Omelczenko, IRS Media Relations, interview; additional exposure on 4/12.
April 9, 2009 KEYT-TV - Television News:VITA, Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, interview  (5:00 pm, 6:30 pm, & 11:00 pm news)
April 8, 2009 Univision - Television News:Taxathon (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm news)
April 7, 2009 KCOY-TV - Television News:VITA
January 4, 2009
KEYT-TV - Television News:"In Focus" Rob Pearson, CEO/Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, interview.

 

2008 Selected Articles (Archival purposes only)
November 29, 2008 Noozhawk - Online Daily News: For Graduates Housing Authority Program Opens the Door to Self-Sufficiency
November 12, 2008 El Mexicano - Bi-Weekly Newspaper: Ceremonia en honor de seis nuevas familias "autosuficientes"
November 8, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: FSS Graduation
October 1, 2008 Community Voices - Quarterly Magazine: Success by Association: Doubling Public Relations Effectiveness through Relationships
August 8, 2008 Fronteras - Weekly Newspaper: Ayuda con la declaracion (VITA Program)
July 18, 2008 CASA Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: On the Move... Rob Fredericks, New Deputy Executive Director
July 13, 2008 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: Federal Homeless Official Tours Santa Barbara
July 11, 2008 CASA Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: On the Move... Skip Szymanski, New Deputy Executive Director
July 9, 2008 Noozhawk - e-Bulletin: Housing Authority Heralds Tax Payers
July 8, 2008 Noozhawk - Online Daily News: Tax Preparation Program Doubles Results, Wins National Merit Award (VITA Program)
June 28, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Filing Cabinet - Rob Fredericks, New Deputy Executive Officer
June 27, 2008 Pacific Coast Business Times - Weekly Newspaper: Newsmakers - Rob Fredericks and Skip Szymanski, New Deputy Executive Directors
June 21, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Filing Cabinet - Rob Fredericks, New Deputy Executive Director
June 16, 2008 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Movers & Shakers - Skip Szymanski and Rob Fredericks, New Deputy Executive Directors
June 14, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Filing Cabinet - Skip Szymanski, New Deputy Executive Director
May 30, 2008 CASA Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: Housing Authority Celebrates Graduation of Family Self-Sufficiency Participants
May 22, 2008 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Invitation to Bid (Bids for Presidio Springs rec room remodel)
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Public Square-Take a Bow: FSS Graduation
May 11, 2008 Noozhawk - e-Bulletin: Graduates on Road to Self-Sufficiency
May 9, 2008 Noozhawk - Online Daily News: Program Graduates on the Road to Self-Sufficiency
May 1, 2008 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County Loan
April 24, 2008 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: HTF Partners with Northern Trust (Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County Loan)
April 17, 2008 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: County Mental Health Cuts a Self-Sabotaging Strategy, Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
April 11, 2008 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Community Calendar - VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
April 6, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Lighting the Way/Bright Spots - VITA Centers - Free Tax Preparation
April 5, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: The Home Front - VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: El Carrillo Award
March 30, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
March 23, 2008 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: Development (El Carrillo Award)
March 20, 2008 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: "Give a Little" VITA Centers
March 20, 2008 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Noozhawk - Online Daily News: Free Tax-Prep Services Offered for Low-Income Households
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: Height Fight on Chapala
Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: VITA Centers
CASA Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: Free Income Tax Preparation
SBParent.com - Online News & Resources: Free Income Tax Preparation Centers
Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Homeless Housing Project Garners Award
Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Free Income Tax Preparation

 

2008 Selected Media Coverage
July 10, 2008 Univision - Television News: Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, interview (VITA Program) (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm)
May 2, 2008 Univision - Television News: FSS Graduation, Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, and Aurora Gonzalez, FSS Graduate Interviews (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm)
April 15, 2008 Univision - Television News: ADMHS Budget Cuts Press Conference, Marcela Sanchez Velez, Casa Esperanza Resident, Alice Redit, HACSB Housing Management Specialist, and Marty Blum, Santa Barbara Mayor, Interviews (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm)
April 9, 2008 Univision - Television News: Taxathon, Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, and Orlando Hernandez, VITA Volunteer (IRS) Interviews (6:00 pm & 11:00 pm)
March 9, 2008 KTYD - FM Radio: News Brief - El Carrillo Award (11:30 pm)
March 9, 2008 KTMS - AM Radio: News Brief - El Carrillo Award (5:00 pm)
March 9, 2008 KLITE - FM Radio: In the Public Interest - El Carrillo Award (6:30 am)
February 27, 2008
KTYD - FM Radio: News Brief - El Carrillo Award

 

2007 Selected Articles
Noozhawk - Daily Online News: Santa Barbara Not Helpless in the Face of Homelessness
November 15, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: The Santa Barbara Projects
November 11, 2007 Noozhawk - Daily Online News: FSS Graduates Celebrate Financial Independence
November 9, 2007 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Graduating from Welfare Dependence - City Program Helps Families End Their Reliance on Government Assistance
November 8, 2007 Daily Nexus - UCSB's Daily Newspaper: Six to Complete SB Self-Sufficiency Program
July 2, 2007 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: A WAY HOME: Ten-year plan to help local homeless being re-assessed
June 28, 2007 Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: News of the Week - NAHRO Award
June 26, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Housing Authority Receives Honor for Affordable Studios
June 12, 2007 Santa Barbara Newsroom - Daily On-line News: Permanent housing for homeless begins to yield results
June 12, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: El Carrillo a 'God Send' for Homeless
June 1, 2007 Casa Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: Eight Months Off the Streets
May 25, 2007 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Take a Bow - Family Self-Sufficiency Program May Graduation
May 18, 2007 Casa Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: There's No Place Like Home
May 16, 2007 El Mexicano - Bi-Weekly Newspaper: Sociales
May 11, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: City Housing Authority set to graduate 10 families
Santa Barbara Independent - Online News: Housing Authority Offers Tax Assistance
Santa Barbara Independent - Weekly Newspaper: News of the Week - El Carrillo Design Excellence Award
April 4, 2007 El Mexicano - Bi-Weekly Newspaper: Ayuda gratuita en la declaracion de impuestos (Locales)
April 2, 2007 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Take a Bow - Garden Court Tile Dedication Event (Public Square)
March 27, 2007 Santa Barbara News-Press - Daily Newspaper: Local Assistance - Free IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers in Santa Barbara County (Business)
March 20, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: City Offers Free Tax Help
March 16, 2007 Casa Santa Barbara - Weekly Newspaper: Garden Court Honors Former Mayor Harriet Miller
March 15, 2007 Santa Barbara Daily Sound - Daily Newspaper: Former Mayor Honored

 

2007 Selected Media Coverage
April 9, 2007
Univision 6 pm & 11 pm News: Live Volunteer Phone Tax Assistance, VITA Volunteers, Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, Housing Authority & Orlando Hernandez, Tax Compliance Officer, Supervisor, Internal Revenue Service, Mayor Marty Blum ("Taxathon" Special Programming)
April 9, 2007
KPMR - Univision 6 pm & 11 pm News: Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, Housing Authority, interview (Daily Tax Tips Series)
April 1, 2007
KEYT - Television News: In Focus - Rob Pearson, Executive Director & CEO, HACSB and Orlando Hernandez, Tax Compliance Officer, Supervisor, Internal Revenue Service (Tax Centers)
March 26, 2007
KPMR - Univision 6 pm & 11 pm News: Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, Housing Authority, interview (Daily Tax Tips Series)
March 25, 2007
KEYT - Television News: Coastal Business Report - Rob Pearson, Executive Director & CEO,  interview (Tax Centers)
March 19, 2007
KPMR - Univision 6 pm & 11 pm News: Frank Quezada, Resident Programs Coordinator, Housing Authority, interview (Daily Tax Tips Series)

 

2006 Selected Articles
Casa Santa Barbara: City of Santa Barbara Receives National Award for El Carrillo Homeless Housing Project
Santa Barbara Daily Sound: City Receives Housing Award
Santa Barbara News-Press - In Brief: City Housing Project Wins National Award
Santa Barbara News-Press - Bright Spots: El Carrillo, Realtors Donation
September 13, 2006
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: Santa Barbara creates "a place to call home" for people in need of permanent supportive housing
Santa Barbara Daily Sound: Hoag Foundation Grants Money to Housing Project
Santa Barbara Daily Sound: Housing Facility Opens
Santa Barbara News-Press - Local: Taking the Tour: El Carrillo Studios to Accept Tenants Starting Next Month
Santa Barbara News-Press - Local: A Place To Call Their Own
League of California Cities, Housing Focus: Santa Barbara Turns Blighted Area into Affordable Homes

 

2006 Selected Media Coverage
December 5, 2006 KSBY 6 pm News: National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies Award Presentation
December 5, 2006 KEYT 5 pm & 6:30 pm News: National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies Award Presentation
November 17, 2006 Univision 6 pm News: Family Self-Sufficiency Program Graduation
November 17, 2006 KSBY 5 pm News: Family Self-Sufficiency Program Graduation
August 27, 2006 KEYT Local News: Homeless Housing (Video)

 

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