The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors split Tuesday on a decision to relinquish a $38.9 million state grant for a transition complex that was recently cut from plans for a North County jail.
The 3-2 decision effectively kills a last-minute proposal from Sheriff Bill Brown, who sought reconsideration of the grant to alternatively fund the 228-bed treatment facility, which would have been staffed by the county’s Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Services department.
The board rejected Brown’s proposal on Nov. 17, deciding not to proceed with the so-called Sheriffs Transition and Reentry, or STAR complex, because of ongoing operational costs. The grant would have paid for 90 percent of construction costs.
The project initially called for a locked facility, designed to help inmates transition back into the community with education and life skills classes, along with substance abuse treatment.
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