Constructed in 1917, the 23,000-square-foot building at 601 E. Monticito St. in Santa Barbara houses the non-profit La Casa de la Raza. And since May of this year, it's faced significant challenges after being red-tagged due to major building and fire code violations. But a positive change came on July 17, when Jaqueline Inda of the Restorative Justice Education Center says, the building was reopened with the exception of two areas: the media room, which is red-tagged, and the kitchen, which is yellow-tagged.

"[For the kitchen] we need to rewire the gas lines, and that's the only space that right now we don't use other than the refrigeration," Inda said.

As for the media room, a second exit must be created before it can be occupied.

Inda explains that the current owner of the building h

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