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Memorial Service Announced For Longtime South Coast Homeless Advocate

Plans have been announced for a memorial service for a longtime South Coast social worker well known for his efforts to help the homeless.

Ken Williams was a Vietnam veteran who spent more than three decades working with Santa Barbara County’s homeless. He went out into the community to find and help people living on the streets. Williams also helped create a number of community programs to help those in need.

Williams died last month as a result of leukemia. He was 68. The community memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday, at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.