Santa Barbara CARES South

I completely agree with the last writer; the woman she is referring to is short, fat with dark hair and a giant scowl on her face, as she marched uninvited into MY BACK YARD. I was assaulted by cop Rapp and literally held there, bruising me, until Her Highness arrived. She asked the most inane questions I’ve ever heard. I was going to a HAIR APPT—my car is in a detached garage, but they all thought I was trying to escape to go kill myself. Idiots—I asked “would I go get my hair done just to then commit suicide?” She answered “you might.” Eye roll. Then”who’s that man on your porch?” I said I didn’t know—probably trying to see what the ruckus was—did she think a 70 year old was running a brothel or a drug house? Try as they might, while violating every civil right I have, they were forced t

I wish I could give this place zero stars. The staff and organization of this place is terrible. Amina at CARES South has told me numerous falsehoods and put me down as a person. I'm not lying when I say my experience with CARES South and specifically Amina led me to attempt suicide. For any other organization this would be absurd. But it's especially so here because CARES South is supposed to help people who are in crisis. Instead, they push them deeper into that crisis. The name is particularly ironic, as I have not found a single person involved with CARES that actually cares.