1 CoC Board Updates to Governance Charter, March and June 2026 Adopted by CoC Board Action on 3/12/2026
Update certain CoC Board membership seat titles and definitions, Article IV.F.2.b. CoC Board Selection to call for “An Elected Official of…” each represented jurisdictio n; and to update the CoC Board Seat Definitions (PDF page 3) to allow delegates of those elected officials to be seated.
Updates to the CoC Charter and Seat Definitions from Governance Committee discussion and recommendation on 2/12/2026.
From CoC Governance Charter. Edits in red:
CoC Board Selection
[…] b. […] The stakeholders that are currently included on the Board are:
o E
lected Representative of the City of Goleta
o Elected Representative of the City of Lompoc
o Elected Representative of the City of Santa Maria
o Elected Representative of the City of Santa Barbara
From CoC Seat Definitions. Edits in red:
Seat Definition
Elected Representative of the City of Goleta An elected City of Goleta public office holder or their delegate.
Elected Representative of the City of Lompoc An elected City of Lompoc public office holder or their delegate.
Elected Representative of the City of Santa Maria An elected City of Santa Maria public office holder or their delegate.
Elected Representative of the City of Santa Barbara An elected City of Santa Barbara public office holder or their delegate.
Attachment C
CoC Board Updates to Governance Charter, March and June 2026 2 Adopted by CoC Board Action on 6/18/2026
Update certain CoC Board membership seat titles and definitions, Article IV.F.2.b. CoC Board Selection to:
a) Create an additional seat, “Recovery Housing / Sober Living Representative”, to be filled in the upcoming CoC Board Elections in August, 2026;
b) Re-define the Public Safety seat as the “Local Law Enforcement” seat (effective immediately); and
c) Update the published CoC Board Seat Definitions accordingly.
From CoC Governance Charter. Edits in red:
CoC Board Selection
[…] b. […] The stakeholders that are currently included on the Board are:
o Recovery Housing / Sober Living Representative {Added} o Local Law Enforcement {Changed from “Public Safety”}
From CoC Seat Definitions. Edits in red:
Seat Definition
{Proposed New Seat}
Recovery Housing /
Sober Living Representative
Senior staff member from a local homeless or
social services agency or who serves as
leadership of a program that provides for
treatment- or recovery housing; and/or sober
living.
Public Safety Local Law Enforcement
Seat.
{There is no proposed change to operational
representative seat definition]