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The Coalition is supported by a broad swath of your friends, neighbors, farmers and concerned citizens. Our Chairperson--Blair Pence--has withstood personal attacks for doing nothing more than leading the fight for REASONABLE and very basic cannabis regulation. As an Organization, we thought you should see his letter (edited for length) to the Board of Supervisors regarding the continued need for Conditional Use Permits for commercial cannabis cultivation: Members of the Board of Supervisors: The Coalition for Responsible Cannabis has been fighting since 2016 for basic regulations of cannabis cultivation. By now, it should be fully apparent that the Land Use Permit system for entitling cannabis projects is not only dysfunctional, but absurd. A model that is a dream come true for the lawyers and other consultants getting rich off a process that has absolutely no chance to succeed. When neighbors are completely ignored, what other outcome can rationally be expected? There is no chance of any negotiations when the public is excluded. Indeed, as more projects are summarily approved under the current structure, public advocates and their attorneys become more efficient at navigating the process and are thus able to manage yet more appeals and lawsuits.

What a colossal waste! Millions of dollars are being spent by both sides fighting a battle that is totally avoidable. In the meantime, the county spends more money managing the cannabis process than it collects in revenue, while putting established businesses and industries at risk. Residents are literally trapped in their homes with headaches and respiratory illnesses by a new industry that claims to be inspired to help people cure their ills. Is the irony not obvious?

In exchange for its campaign contributions and assurances of massive tax receipts, the cannabis industry has been uniquely promised a green light in this county and no speed limits. That was a promise that never should have been made. Let’s treat this issue in a manner that is fair to all, including the marijuana entrepreneurs who perhaps ignorantly relied upon an unrealistic process that was bound to fail. There are certain facts of life that will continue to hold true and it’s long past time to accept them: 1. If it’s too good to be true, it probably is; 2. Recognize that in a civilized world that no product can be manufactured at the expense of the citizenry regardless of its profitability and potential tax revenue; 3. There comes a limit to the benefits of unbridled greed. As the saying goes, “pigs get fat – hogs get slaughtered”; 4. Comprehend that even the best PR efforts cannot overcome the reality that marijuana operations literally stink and no one wants to smell it all the time.

5. Acknowledge the risks cannabis poses to legacy agriculture and stop trying to obfuscate the obvious with highly paid consultants who always arrive at the desired conclusion; 6. Come clean and acknowledge the fact that under Federal Law, cannabis entrepreneurs are drug producers - not “Farmers” (good or bad) - as defined by the Right to Farm Act; 7. Admit that cannabis producers most certainly are not recognized as “Great Neighbors” by anyone other than themselves and those whom they are paying; and 8. Understand that the public, as it finally gains full awareness, will not tolerate this travesty.

This issue is tearing our community apart and it is not going away. On June 2, you have an opportunity to listen to your Planning Commission’s 5-0 vote, put things back on track, and plot a course wherein we may yet return to civility. Or you can make the problem worse by coming up with a backroom compromise that placates the cannabis industry at the expense of everyone else. If you choose the latter, the public will see right through this ruse, the outcry will grow louder, the lawsuits will continue, and another opportunity to right the ship will have been scuttled. It will confirm for everyone that the campaign contributions have succeeded beyond our worst nightmare and that the inmates truly run the asylum. Respectfully submitted, Blair Pence [as an Individual].

PS: On June 11, 2020, the Board of Supervisors ignored the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the voices of a multitude of concerned citizens by denying a Cannabis-CUP requirement across Santa Barbara County.

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by Indy Staff tate health officials put County Public Health on notice last week that two of the six criteria that allow reopening were in the red zone, so relentlessly steep has been June’s upward climb of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

Not only has a superior court judge tested positive for COVID, so too has the head of the county jail, Vince Wasilewski. Eight skilled nursing facilities have now reported outbreaks, with the largest continuing to be at Country Oaks Care Center in Santa Maria, where nine residents have died.

Three weeks pass before we “see the effects of our behavior” when it comes to COVID-19 infections, said Dr. Henning Ansorg at a press conference on Friday, June 19. The county’s public health official was talking about the crowds building up since Memorial Day weekend. At that time, 12 people had died in Santa Barbara’s disease outbreak and about 1,600 people had tested positive. By this past Tuesday, positive cases had risen to 2,509 and the death toll stood at 27 people.

Departing from his usual professional calm, Ansorg raised the temperature a notch on Friday as he explained the urgent need for the public to take COVID-19 seriously. He described how 17 patients in hospital intensive care units were “fighting for their lives.” Doctors from around the county were calling him, concerned that a severe storm of COVID cases could be brewing: “They call and text me and call again, and tell me, ‘Dude, do something. We are really concerned here. Don’t open anything anymore.’

“If you come down with the COVID disease, the first three to five days are most critical in determining if you are going to get really ill, or if you are on the way of recovery,” Ansorg said.

“Once you turn the corner toward getting worse, it is a very rapid decline, usually that easily ends up in the intensive care unit. So,” he went on, “if you only have 30 patients in all of our hospitals in our county, you only have 30 ticking time bombs where you have to anticipate a very rapid decline in their health care. Today it was 67 of them.

“We did expect that our numbers would increase a bit,” Ansorg said of Memorial Day. “However, I did not imagine it would happen to such a degree.” He regretted that opening hotels, movie theaters, bars, and restaurants had sent the message that COVID was over and all was back to normal as before. “Unfortunately, that is not the case,” he said. “COVID

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is still very much among us. Reducing the mobility of people is the best way to slow it.”

To that end, Ansorg hit the brakes on further Phase 2 reopenings. Personal care businesses—those that provide spa treatments, tattoos, cosmetology and waxing, piercings, or massage—are on pause until hospitalization and new case numbers improve.

Asked if the recent rallies and protests had produced cases, Ansorg said the contact tracing team was finding that most patients contracted COVID at home or at work. “The reason is that your exposure at home or at work is much longer than even at a rally or a visit to a restaurant,” he said. “We really urge employers to be more vigilant about protecting their workforce, the employees themselves, and really prioritize this.”

At least one Santa Barbara Superior Court judge tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was quarantined at home, court administrator Darrel Parker confirmed. He declined to confirm the identity of the judge who tested positive, though court watchers contend it was a South Coast judge who used more than one courtroom and reportedly did not strictly adhere to face-mask protocols. Seven members of the court were tested—two were judges, five were staff. Of those, he said, the results for two were negative. The rest have been ordered to quarantine until their test results reveal they are negative.

COVID cases at the County Jail increased as well — 13 custody staff and two inmates. They included Chief Custody Deputy Wasilewski, three custody lieutenants, and a sergeant, Sheriff Bill Brown said on Friday. One resident inmate had complained of symptoms that morning and had tested positive— the inmates in his housing area were being tested. The tive second inmate had been extradited from Arizona; he and the two detectives who accompanied him were in isolation.

When it came to the names of the skilled nursing homes, Public Health officials referred reporters to the state’s online database. One of the eight is Casa Dorinda, the most prestigious and expensive among county retirement homes. There, one private-duty caregiver tested positive around June 13, said Brian McCague, executive director for the Montecito facility.

The individual worked for a third-party company and not Casa Dorinda, McCague said, and no cases among residents or workers have cropped up since the asymptomatic worker left the grounds.

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ON THE RISE: The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county has been on the rise this month. On June 1, 29 COVID patients were in the hospital, nine of whom were in the ICU; as of this Tuesday, those numbers had more than doubled to 61 and 19, respectively.

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One health-care employee tested positive at Samarkand around June 20, its parent company, Covenant Living Communities, voluntarily disclosed at Covenant’s website, with no others infected. In Lompoc, the Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center stated they had no recent cases. The Santa Maria Care Center did not want to comment to reporters, and the Independent Independent’s phone calls and emails were not returned by three others; they are Marian Regional Medical Center’s Extended Care Center and Santa Barbara’s Valle Verde and Buena Vista Care Center.

To continue California’s progress against the disease, the state required the use of face coverings in high-risk settings on June 18, citing a growing body of scientific evidence that it reduces the spread of the disease. This replaces the county mandate, importantly, in the guidance on age. Children above the age of 3 are now also required to wear face coverings in crowded situations.

“As we move more, we are at greater risk,” said Dr. Sonia Angell, director of the California Department of Public Health. “Continued increases in COVID-19 cases are expected, and likewise, hospitalizations are starting to increase. The safest place for all of us is at home, and when we go out for essential needs or services, we must wear face coverings and keep physical distance from others because that’s what helps us protect one another. Our ability to move forward as a state depends upon it.”

A cautionary message also came on Friday from Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons, chair of infectious disease at Cottage Health. The hospital’s daily reports were reflecting quickly rising hospitalizations over the past two weeks. “This should get everyone’s attention,” Fitzgibbons is quoted as saying in the report.

“The epidemic locally is not over. Every case we see here impacts our community as a whole,” Dr. Fitzgibbons wrote.

“To protect each other, we need to recommit to the safety precautions which are essential to prevent spread of the virus.

This means wearing a mask to cover both nose and mouth, diligent hand hygiene, safe physical distancing— distancing and maintaining these protections any time you need to be outside your home and in the community. Carefulness in these small steps could save someone’s life. The work of our community members to protect each other is what makes the difference.”

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Sometime in 2016, Altavilla’s notice says, without providing an exact date, Bedolla lied in a report about a stolen vehicle she had located on the 300 block of Bath Street. She wrote she’d spotted the car “while en-route to another call,” but her patrol vehicle’s GPS system, investigators later discovered, showed she had in fact stopped and parked nearby for several minutes and never responded to another call.

When first confronted, Bedolla denied any wrongdoing. When pressed, she acknowledged fudging the language in her report but claimed it was normal for officers to use phrases that might be misleading. “[I]t is common for us to write certain languages in the report, I don’t want to say to safeguard, but there is certain language we use at times,” she told investigators. “There are times you can put ‘while enroute’ when you are not necessarily ‘en-route.’ ” It was only when Bedolla realized she was in real trouble did she admit she had actually stopped to have a “personal conversation” with an off-duty police officer from HAPPIER TIMES: Crystal Bedolla, pictured above in 2016, was once a decorated detective with the Santa Barbara Police Orange County. She refused to disDepartment. Two years after this photo was taken, however, she would be abruptly dismissed for a pattern of flouting cuss the nature of the conversation. orders and acting against department policy.

In August 2017, Altavilla said, Bedolla responded to assist a parking enforcement officer who was in the process of citing a man for operating his car with two different license plates. Again, investigators found, Bedolla included misleading statements in her report about her interactions with the suspect and

by Tyler Hayden appeared to rush through the interor 16 years, Crystal Bedolla was a rising star in the Santa view process because she “had an appointment.” Moreover, Bedolla Barbara Police Department. Like all new hires, she started recorded just seven minutes and 21 seconds of the 31-minute call on out as a patrol officer, but her toughness and gumption her patrol vehicle’s dash cam, when standard operating procedure quickly earned her a promotion to the Gang Suppression dictated the camera remain rolling for the entirety of her response.

Team, where she helped put away violent Westsiders and track She couldn’t account for the missing time.

Then, in September 2017, Altavilla continues, Bedolla was disdown a murder suspect on the lam in Mexico.

Later in her career, as a detective in the Major Crimes Unit, patched to Canalino School in Carpinteria to investigate a sexual Bedolla’s investigatory skills led to the arrest of a child molester, assault. When she called back to police headquarters with her who is now spending the rest of his life behind bars. She was initial findings, she was directed to “stand down” and let Sheriff ’s publicly commended on more than one occasion for her work Office detectives take over the case, since the school was in the in prosecuting sex crimes, and in 2015, she earned an award from county’s jurisdiction. Bedolla ignored the order and instead canthe District Attorney’s Office during National Crime Victims’ celed the call to the Sheriff ’s Office investigators and then interRights Week. viewed the victim’s parents herself. Under questioning about her That same year, however, Bedolla used her position as a sworn decision to disobey a direct order, she said, “I’ve never had to call a officer to “gain influence in a non-department related incident,” supervisor for every little thing.” Later, a supervisor asked Bedolla according to her disciplinary file. Then, in 2018, Bedolla’s career to not log any overtime while writing her report. Instead, she as a decorated member of the force came to an abrupt and uncer- clocked 2.2 hours of overtime while having a leisurely breakfast at emonious end.

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Information on Bedolla’s firing, and the process that led up Chief Luhnow said while Bedolla’s dishonesty in the stolen car to it, were provided to the Santa Barbara Independent as part report was grounds for termination on its own, it was her pattern of its ongoing request for police records on officer misconduct. of flouting orders and acting against department policy that conThis initial disclosure offers a glimpse into the department’s vinced her to uphold Altavilla’s recommendation for dismissal. normally secretive process of scrutinizing and disciplining its “There is no doubt that Police Officers are held to a higher standard own. Additional records are forthcoming. In response to the because of their important duty of serving and protecting the pubkilling of George Floyd and longstanding grievances over police lic,” she wrote. “Therefore, it is imperative that officers adhere to a abuse, regional organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement strict code of truthfulness at all times. In accepting employment are also now pushing for the creation of a civilian review board by the public, officers take a sworn oath that they will not engage in the city. in conduct which calls into question whether they at all times will Bedolla’s firing is described in two separate documents, a truthfully perform their official responsibilities.”

“Notice of Intent to Dismiss” written on July 16, 2018, by Lt. Alex Bedolla currently works as a licensed private investigator for Altavilla, and a “Final Notice of Dismissal” authored and signed Hayes Law Offices in Santa Barbara. Multiple requests to the firm September 15, 2018, by Chief Lori Luhnow. The records describe for comment went unanswered. Attempts to reach Bedolla were multiple instances of “dishonesty,” “insubordination,” and the not successful. During her last year with the Police Department, “falsification of records” by Bedolla. n she earned $195,000 in pay and benefits.

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NEWS BRIEFS CITY In partnership with Healing Justice: Black Lives Matter Santa Barbara, city leaders crafted a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis and condemns police brutality. The City Council unanimously adopted the resolution on 6/23. “These are just words,” said Councilmember Meagan Harmon. “We are the ones who must animate them. We have to see that through with every single vote we take and every issue we hear before us.” To read the full resolution, see independent.com/news.

A large mural honoring George Floyd on the wall of Eos Lounge was vandalized 6/17, with the words “ALL LIVES MATTER” spray-painted in bright-yellow lettering over Floyd’s last words. The mural, painted by Chad Westmoreland and Griffin Lounsbury, was completely restored the following day, according to Westmoreland. The city department that oversees vandalism is investigating the incident.

About $16.4 million is headed for the city’s Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. MTD is one of four California transit providers receiving federal funding through the initiative. According to district General Manager Jerry Estrada, “MTD’s goal is to stretch the funding over the next two fiscal years to support essential public transit service within the South Coast as well as the ADA paratransit service provided by Easy Lift on behalf of MTD.” George Buell announced he’s stepping down as director of the city’s Community Development Department effective 7/16 and soon taking a post with an as-yet unnamed real estate development company. Buell’s resignation came as calls for his termination have grown increasingly loud — both outside and inside City Hall — by those critical of his inability to reform the development review process. See independent .com/news for the full report.

COUNTY A total of six cannabis storefronts will open in areas controlled by the county, and the public is invited to comment on the business application criteria and neighborhood compatibility. Six virtual meetings will take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting July 1, each focusing on one of the locations: Isla Vista, Santa Ynez, Toro Canyon/ Summerland, Orcutt, Eastern Goleta Valley, and Los Alamos. Information on the merit criteria, licensing team, and how to attend the virtual meetings are at cannabis.countyofsb.org/retail.sbc.

Former S.B. County sheriff Jim Thomas has announced his intent to run for Solvang City Council should Chris Djernaes be removed from office in a forthcoming recall election. Djernaes was presented with a recall notice on 6/16, and official paperwork was filed the following afternoon, according to City Manager Xenia Bradford.

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by Delaney Smith heGOLETA Santa Barbara Unified school board Ave 5757voted Hollister unanimously Tuesday to take action on all six of the demands issued to the district by Black Student Youth S.B., a small group of district high school students who led a 3,000-person protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement earlier this month.

One of the original demands from the students calls for the district to defund any contracts it has with the Sheriff ’s Office or the Santa Barbara Police Department. The students later reduced this demand to a requirement that all school resource offi¢ cers complete bias training and learn deescalation training and protocols.

The district took that demand a step further. Per the new action plan, law enforcement officers working on district campuses will be required to have completed professional learning in de-escalation techniques, implicit bias, cultural competence, adolescent brain development, and working with students¢with disabilities. The district will also create an evaluation tool to measure student and family perception of the officer, which will be given to law enforcement for the officer’s annual evaluation.

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Around 10 people spoke for Fair Education. Many members and nonmembers pointed to the district’s low reading and math scores as evidence that it should not comply with the student demands, including the one demanding that ethnic studies courses be required for graduation, because the scores prove that students should learn about core academic subjects rather than “activism” in schools.

Fair Education has an open lawsuit against the district over its contract with Just Communities, and Fair Education’s legal counsel, Peter Scott, suggested they would take additional legal action against the district for meeting the students’ demands. He said he believed that the boardmembers’ private meeting with the teens to discuss the demands was a violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open-meeting law. The district’s legal counsel, Craig Price, said the Brown Act was not broken and that there is “no merit whatsoever to the claims that were made.”

Many commenters also slammed the resolution and action plan because they said they believed the Black Lives Matter movement is rooted in Marxism and communism. After the repeated suggestion that the district’s low test scores are a result of the emphasis put on cultural and ethnic studies, fear of communist teachings seeping into schools was one of the most cited reasons for not supporting the students’ demands.

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“We just want to know what happened to my brother,” said older sister Sayon Kaba, who lives in Missouri. Mamoudou was from Kansas and was serving time for bank robbery. He was scheduled for release in six months, his family said, and had plans to start a trucking business. In the meantime, he was tutoring other inmates in math. “They need to at least tell us how they found him,” Sayon said. “Was he in bed? Was he sick? Was he stabbed?”

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But there were many supporters, too. Of no room for racism, but in order for that the 50 who spoke to the students’ demands, to happen, we need the people influencing roughly half were in full support of them, them to think so, too.” and many went beyond that and voiced disdain for those who were against them.

“I’m very frustrated and harmed from the amount of racism that I have heard from the folks that live in this community, from Fair Education, and from folks who don’t live here because [Fair Education] recruits folks here,” said Krystle —SCHOOL BOARDMEMBER WENDY SIMS-MOTEN Farmer Sieghart, a prominent (PICTURED ABOVE) local Black Lives Matter leader who co-organized the city’s first Black Lives Wendy Sims-Moten, the only black Matter protest. “The youth are telling us boardmember, said she also found the what they need; let’s listen to them.” comments enlightening. “I want to thank Talia Hamilton, an incoming senior at everybody for all the comments, even San Marcos High School and a main leader the ones that we don’t like to hear,” Simsof Black Student Youth S.B., spoke at the Moten said. “It’s important to hear all sides end of public comment. “The racist words of it because sometimes when I’m hearing and ideas spoken by some of the public things I don’t want to hear, I wonder about commenters was shocking,” Hamilton said. their private thoughts. I’m glad things do “We need to teach the youth that there is come out in terms of that.” n

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he Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday adopted a $146 million budget for fiscal year 2021 with $6.5 million in coronavirus-related reductions. In solidarity with the economic pain many residents are now experiencing, each member of the council also vowed to forgo a scheduled 10.7 percent salary increase. City Attorney Ariel Calonne explained Santa Barbara’s charter won’t allow them to reject the money outright, so they must find ways with the Human Resources Department to evenly funnel the cash back into the city.

Over the last three weeks, regional Black Lives Matter organizers and their allies had heavily lobbied the council to reduce the Police Department’s budget, which consumes more than a third of the city’s financial resources. City leaders ought to prioritize human services and community equity over boots and guns,

they argued. The council stopped short of slashing the cops’ budget but agreed to conduct a full audit of the department to determine how officers spend their time and where cost savings might be found.

The full 2021 budget breakdown is as follows: • • • • • • • • • •

Police: $47.2 million Fire: $30.8 million Parks & Recreation: $18.6 million Community Development: $13.4 million Public Works: $9.6 million Finance: $6.2 million Library: $6 million City Attorney’s Office: $3.9 million Mayor & City Council: $3.5 million Human Resources: $1.7 million

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nity have I seen City Hall manage to move so excruciating slowly and so perilously quickly at precisely the same time about the same thing. Clearly, I need to freshen up on my Theory of Relativity.

Let’s start with the most obvious case, the conversion of downtown State Street into a massive pedestrian mall, love-me-love-mybarking-dog park, bicycle zig-zag course, and extended outdoor drinking and dining extravaganza. I’d suggest expanding the farmers’ market, bringing back food trucks, encouraging more street musicians, and adding weekly swap meets while you’re at it.

getting crammed back into its bottle. In

fact, we’ve already come to take the whole arrangement — a wonderfully messy, cluttered, improvised hodgepodge of this and that—for granted.

Don’t.

Some perspective is called for.

The idea of a pedestrian State Street was first brought to the City Council back in October 1992. It was not a happy event. The Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Organization, and about 35 self-appointed guardians of the business galaxy showed up—rakes and pitchforks at the ready — demanding that even the theoretical possibility of such an abomination be expunged from all planning documents.

Only one speaker—archiI love State Street’s new tect Barry Berkus —liked the frolicsome vibe. It’s good for the soul. idea, suggesting a car-free State Street could become But I also worry about short-sighted “an urban meadow.” City transportation planner Rob stupidity. Masks, anyone?

Dayton —then still a squeaky voiced alt-transit visionary—sought to calm the mob, For those who don’t believe change is predicting the idea won’t get off the drawpossible in Santa Barbara, I’d offer this over- ing boards for 20 or 30 years. That predicnight transformation as proof positive to tion, it turns out, was amazingly precise. the contrary. Although I’ve yet to find incesEarlier, in 1984, the mere idea of tables sant barking cute, I’d say the whole experi- on the sidewalks — let alone on State ment has proved such a screaming success Street — was considered so unspeakably that it’s impossible imagining this genie radical, it died an ignominious death when

it went before council. Restaurateurs loved the idea, but City Hall lawyers fretted about possible litigation and nixed it.

So that’s where we’ve come from. Where we’re going, I don’t pretend to know. But I am alarmed at the recent numbers.

This Tuesday, county public health officers reported 63 new COVID cases. There are 61 COVID patients sick enough to warrant hospitalization. Of those, 19 were placed in intensive care units. That’s a jump. On June 1, by contrast, we were reporting just 10 new cases, only 29 COVID patients in the hospitals, and just nine in intensive care.

Our increased caseloads are not breaking the bank. But when you have hospital clinicians telling County Public Health czar Dr. Henning Ansorg —known for his dead-pan style—“Dude, do something,” we’d all best pay attention.

I love State Street’s new frolicsome vibe.

It’s good for the soul. But I also worry about short-sighted stupidity. Masks, anyone?

Your right to cut off my nose to spite your own face ends just before my lungs are engulfed by a COVID-induced cytokine storm and I’m placed in an induced coma, with a rubber breathing tube shoved down my throat. I’m touchy that way.

In all this forced solitude and isolation, people are rediscovering the simple joys of one of humankind’s greatest inventions: the bicycle. Not to state the obvious, but there

are few better ways to get out and about while maintaining a safe social distance. Hazards and Bicycle Bob’s report their bike repair waiting lists longer than Trump’s Tulsa rally reservation list —only there are no K-pop agitators and saboteurs involved. Bikes that sell for $500 flew out the door a month ago.

Electric bikes are everywhere.

With so few cars on the road, the streets are safer. For a while, every day felt just like Sunday morning.

Who would want to mess with this? City Hall, of course — where great minds are now considering whether cyclists should be banned from State Street. That would be

hilarious if it weren’t so crazy. Yes, some young dudes are popping wheelies three blocks long.

But just like people who forget—as opposed to refuse — to wear masks, these riders can be approached. Perhaps even ticketed.

Ironically, Santa Barbara just won a major, prestigious national cycling award. The city ranked third in the country for best bicycling by Peopleforbikes, a bipedal advocacy group hatched by a consortium of major bike manufacturers. Last year, we came in 12th.

Making this award curious, Santa Barbara’s numbers (pre-COVID) for bicycle commuters have actually been going down. But bicycle-related accidents have been going up.

Offsetting these wrong-way stats has been the $40 million in state transportation grants that City Hall has secured for new bike lanes.

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Is the church an active conscience for America? If you had no conscience, what would your next decision be? When we look at lawlessness in law enforcement, how many churches, based on their role as conscience, have ever taken responsibility for that lawlessness?

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Your Faith Needs to Be Disinfected

The Father of American Evangelicalism, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a study in current practices. He lamented the cruel slave trade, but he purchased and owned Africans. This kind of duplicity runs rampant in American religion. Some people explain, “But he was just a man of his times.” What they ignore is that abolitionists were working hard on this continent long before Edwards chose to buy Venus, his first acquisition, a 14-year-old girl.

While you spray-clean your church buildings, while you scrub your Eucharist elements and sanitize your hands, they all remain contaminated. Your faith needs to be disinfected.

Western Christianity gave up the immune system of its liberative properties in order to accommodate imperial power. Western Christianity, conservative or liberal, bears responsibility here for disinheriting both Native nations and Africans, and that’s before we start talking about other continents and islands.

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for 36 years and running, I understand the importance of pastoral responses to troubled times. Religious leaders of all stripes are invited to be present during people’s most difficult experiences.

We seem to be at a national inflection point because white dominance knelt on George Floyd’s neck just as it has knelt on our collective neck for four centuries. I have heard white church leaders calling for prayers to “heal our divided nation,” but the only healed America Black people know is in our dreams. In this moment, we are not thinking of healing the nation; we are gasping for breath.

“White dominance,” “white supremacy,” and “white nationalism” are terms that are rarely ever studied, even uttered, by white people, including many Christians, and especially white evangelicals, but they pose an ongoing threat to the well-being of African Americans.

I am amazed, but also alarmed, that several church leaders have reached out to me in response to this difficult experience. My head is spinning.

Your interest is a good thing. We need relationship. We need solidarity. We need koinonia. I love the ancient text that promises the day when the lion will lie down with the lamb. Note, however, that only one of them needs to do deep internal work regarding predatory tendencies.

When I was a child, African Americans were entertained by programs that erased us. I watched Leave It to Beaver, Father Knows Best, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and The Flintstones, and in order to enjoy them, we had to pretend that African Americans don’t exist, or that we are a novelty. We have similarly experienced your churches.

I hope you understand my slowness to engage as reasonable. Recently, I was asked by more than one church to

participate in a “service of lament.” I have been in a state of lament all my life. I don’t need a service for it. Until now, many of you have questioned my experiences and brushed aside my lament.

After Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd, some of the same religious leaders who declined to publicly recognize Colin Kaepernick, perhaps for fear of alienating donors, rushed to the closest African American they could find. You may be sincere, but I am not ready to talk about this until you are more ready to talk to me. While you shielded your congregation from controversy, you failed to honor your parishioners who remain frustrated, seeking spiritual solace in a hostile environment.

It feels as if you are more interested in saving your organization than saving Black lives. That’s what history tells us. A quarter of a century ago, I sat in a room with some 30 church leaders in Santa Barbara after the LAPD brutally beat Rodney King. I did not realize when I entered the room that the objective of the meeting was to pray for law enforcement.

It is cause for celebration that people around the globe are noticing the oppression and insult that African Americans and the rest of the diaspora live with daily. Vigils and marches, led by people of all ages and races, have gotten the attention of church leaders, and you are having to reckon with your complicity with that oppression and insult and your silence.

If You Had No Conscience, What Would Your Next Decision Be? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.

If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it

I know many of your churches have been reached out to by white Christian anti-racism advocates and you denied them. You said, “It is not our focus right now” or “We are already doing the work” or “Our church is not ready for that.” Perhaps you are beginning to see your mistake of not engaging sooner. A popular saying among churches that choose to remain silent in the face of mortal, neck-crushing injustice is, “We want to make the main thing the main thing.” This is code for somehow featuring the name of Jesus without the message of Jesus. You can heartily sing hymns and choruses about the very Jesus you ignore.

To some, our struggle for freedom may come off as angry and confrontational … because it is, and confronting is the thing the churches in Santa Barbara have not effectively done, or even tried, in most cases.

Five persons who spoke at the rally led by Healing Justice: Black Lives Matter S.B. are people of deep faith who uplift Jesus, including myself. So, I am here as a Black pastor in Santa Barbara standing for Black liberation, lifting up Black joy, and celebrating Black life. If you want to do the same, I invite you to join us. Recognize the essentiality of Black faith.

Black Joy Is Real

Rev. James Ficklin has led a faith community, Greater Hope Baptist Church, longer than anyone here, for some 54 years. He has a story to tell that you need to hear, of growing up as a Mississippi sharecropper, migrating west, and dealing with new expressions of anti-Blackness in Santa Barbara. We all have our stories, but we are more inclined to tell them when the listener is serious about creating change.

As I said at the aforementioned rally of May 31 at the Sunken Gardens, “A lot of you see the Black joy we have with all the artists, the music … the joy of the brilliant, beautiful young women leading this movement. Black joy is real, but you cannot have Black joy without knowing Black pain, Black sorrow.”

If you are serious about this, email me.

Find me on Facebook.

Come to our churches. n We need churches to stand for Black liberation.

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Rita Shaw, who lived in Santa Barbara for over forty years, died June 11th at Vista Del Monte Retirement Community. She was 97, and less than a month away from her 98 th birthday. A fiercely independent spirit who lifted up everyone she knew with her generosity, Rita, as friends described her, was a “force of nature” with strong affection for those she loved. She cared passionately about her four children and spoke with them almost every day. Rita projected warmth and was always kind and respectful to the greatest and the least who crossed her path.

She was especially supportive of the disempowered. Rita loved the underdog. “Do something just for you,” she used to say.

She may have seen us all as underdogs!

Conversations with Rita were often abbreviated. She didn’t like aimless chit chat.

If you didn’t have something to talk about, she would say, “You have my permission to withdraw” or “Are we done now?” and this was as likely to happen in person as on the phone. But even when she expressed herself tersely, it was with sincerity and a light touch of mischievous humor. As she often said, “We’re all in this together,” and with Rita you felt it. She would always be there for you in your hour of need.

Rita was born in Leeds, England in 1922. Being a child in the north of England, where the great depression hit hardest, and her later experience of rationing during WWII, gave her a lifelong sense of frugality. In 1933 she moved to Devon, where she was 14

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encouraged to moderate her broad Yorkshire dialect to speak with a more socially acceptable accent.

In 1939, at age 17, Rita was called to the Home Office to work as a secretary in London for the British Merchant Navy.

She was in London during the Blitz when her fellow Brits descended to the Underground every night for protection from the German massed bombing raids. The war experience left her with a deep appreciation of the courage and resilience of her countrymen. She embodied those traits herself throughout her life. Rita was incredibly resilient dealing with both physical and emotional pain. As a fellow countryman put it, “she combined a core of Yorkshire steel with a most profound humanity.” She never complained, preferring to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. Following the allied invasion of Italy, Rita was posted to Algeria where she met her future husband and the father of her children, Norman Shaw, a colonel in the U.S. Army.

After the war, Rita came to the U.S. and moved to her husband’s hometown, Lincoln, Nebraska, where she spent the next 25 years.

Rita developed life-long friendships and grew to love the stark beauty of the prairie landscape and the Colorado Rockies where she vacationed with her family.

They twice travelled to Europe, with four small children, taking long trips in a VW microbus, traveling through the Pyrenees and finally settled for three months on the Balearic island of Ibiza. Eventually the marriage broke down and Rita joined the few courageous women of that generation who chose to get a divorce. She raised her four children alone, attended their sporting events and worked two, sometimes three jobs, to make ends meet. Rita believed in her own capa-

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bilities. She asked Cliff ’s Notes’ if she could write the booklet for D.H. Lawrence’s, Sons and Lovers. “Only college graduates write those” was the answer. She replied, “Just try me.” She set up her typewriter in the middle of the living room amidst her children. Fifty-five years later, Cliff ’s Notes’ Sons and Lovers is still in publication.

Not bad for a girl who left school at 16.

She got into TV through her voluntary work with the Junior League, created a TV talk show, and then produced and hosted many successful programs with KOLN TV. Perhaps her most ground-breaking production was with penitentiary convicts, The Prisoner Speaks, where Rita interviewed prisoners with the same unsparing and generous attention she gave everyone else. For Rita, they were people first, prisoners second, and the program was a landmark in local TV. At this time, she also supported a gay friend, prominent in the community, to overcome the cruel ostracism to which he was subjected.

In 1972 Rita married Al Rung, Vice President of Burlington Northern Railroad, and moved to Minnesota, where she was hired

by KTCA, the PBS affiliate of the Twin Cities. Rita became a director of many successful TV programs, serving as on-air moderator for most of them. An admirer of her work at KTCA put it plainly, “Rita was a legend.” She made a difference. In 1980, Rita and Al (now retired), moved to Santa Barbara where her son had enrolled in graduate school at UCSB. Rita and Al started a business, Great Days, that sold commemorative scrolls of news events on the day people were born. The business took off, and they lived in an apartment overlooking Leadbetter Beach, where Rita continued to live after Al died. She loved having her apartment filled with her children and grandchil-

dren each summer.

Although running a successful business demanded much of her energy, Rita still found time to serve on the S.B. Library Board, join Women Against Gun Violence, Hospice, The Monday Group, the Unitarian Church, and virtually any group that worked for equal rights and against violence. She was an avid movie goer, sometimes even demanding a refund if she deemed the movie was not worth seeing, and she got her refunds! Rita loved listening to people’s stories and asked irreverent questions with a twinkle in her eye. She could be trusted with one’s deepest secrets.

She heard countless confessions and did not impose sanctimonious moralities on anyone. People felt they could safely tell Rita anything if they spoke with an authentic voice.

Rita loved to sing and could recite many of the Romantic poets by heart.

She also loved to dance and took lessons for years at Arthur Murray Dance Studio.

She took risks and loved to travel, often visiting her younger daughter in the mountains of northern New Hampshire, and her sons in Massachusetts.

Rita made trips all over the world, visiting her daughter Leslie, including a week in Tripoli, Libya during the time of Gaddafi. She also visited Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and spent time in Spain and Mexico in language immersion programs.

She would sleep on a floor, put up with any kind of food in a restaurant, caring more about the working conditions of the servers.

After Rita lost her driver’s license in 2014, she moved to Vista Del Monte. She loved to be teased, playfully insulted, and loved to give it back. At VDM, Rita was involved in the ukulele group, Vista Voices, a play reading group and she loved to sit in the library reading the New York Times from where

she would call us to talk about current events. She remained avidly interested in the world and recently reminded us all to “wear your mask.” Even in these last months, in conversations, Rita did not miss a thing.

Rita often used to say “When I’m dead, I don’t want a memorial service with people saying maudlin things about me, going on about how wonderful I was.

Forget it. Just go out and have a good time. Live your life.” That is surely what Rita did. She lived her life with a full heart and adventurous spirit. Like her beloved Brits during the Blitz, she was tough, resolute, and humane.

She was a model for how to live. She will be never be forgotten by anyone who knew her, and she will be sorely missed. An English relative said, “Her inner humanity and compassion illuminated her entire being” and as someone at Vista Del Monte put it, “All human beings should be like Rita.”

Rita is survived by her daughter Leslie Corcos and husband, Robin, Gregory Shaw, Christie Shaw-Doran and husband, Ched, Cameron Shaw and wife, Carol, eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

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Happy Birthday Dad! We miss you so much!

Often we feel like you are still with us until we remind ourselves how we lost you in that tragic accident. Your friends still miss you and talk about you. We are doing our best with your plants and only wish we could watch you dance just one more time.

We trust that you and Mom are dancing now.

Love, your family!

Marjorie E. Covell “Marge”

2/22/1917 - 6/4/2020

Marge passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, just a few months after her 103rd birthday. Born in Osmond, Nebraska, Marjorie Esther Kuhl, was the seventh child of eleven. When she was seventeen, the family moved to Sioux City, Iowa where she attended Cathedral Catholic High School for her senior year. It was at a school dance that she met her future husband, Paul Covell. They married in July, 1941.

Paul joined the Army Air Corp/Air Force shortly after they married, which began a 30-year military life for them. During this time, they raised their

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seven children. Oftentimes Marge was on her own when Paul was stationed overseas. Retirement brought them to Santa Barbara, CA where Marge lived until her death.

Marge’s greatest joy in life was her family, but everyone that knew her felt they were special. Her eyes would light up when you entered the room. She was the perfect example of grace, independence, and unconditional love.

Marge’s curiosity when traveling or simply taking a “Sunday” drive took her to many unexpected places and countless adventures.

She was always looking forward to what was around the next bend in the road. She loved flowers and challenged herself daily with all types of puzzles.

Marge was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, Paul, her son, Robert (Bob) Covell, her daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Skelton and all but one of her siblings.

She is survived by her children, Mary Jo Comer, Patty Covell Zsoka, Michael Covell (Mary Carol), Norma (NJ) Kittle (Steve), Ruth Georgi (Peter), her daughter in law, Gretchen Covell, and son in law, Chuck Skelton. She was a proud grandmother of sixteen, great-grandmother to twenty-three and greatgreat grandmother of two.

She is also survived by her sister, Norma.

Marge was a long time parishioner of St. Raphael Catholic Church and was generous to many charities over the years. In Lieu of flowers, although she

loved them dearly, please plant something in her honor or make a donation in her name to a charity or church of your choosing.

The family is grateful for everyone’s love and support.

Services will be held at a later date.

Eric Duane Schulenberg 11/6/1954 - 6/25/2009

Beloved Brother-Father-Son We have missed you every day

Charlotte Ann Fleisher 4/3/1932 - 4/28/2020

Charlotte Ann Fleisher was born in Albuquerque NM on April 3rd, 1932 to James P. and Charlotte Ann Threlkeld. Charlotte’s mother took care of Charlotte and Charlotte’s sister Janet while their father travelled New Mexico selling books.

Her father later started the New Mexico Bookstore in 1940, the only bookstore in NM at the time. Charlotte acquired her life-long love of books from her father, and she was always an avid reader. Charlotte also enjoyed singing in the church choir, and thus began her love of music which she passed on to all three of her children.At

age 12 Charlotte was challenged by thyroid cancer, but eventually was cured.

Charlotte attended local schools, and she treasured her years at Albuquerque High School. Upon graduating from high school, she elected to go to Scripps College for Women in September of 1950. There she met the love of her life, Robert Fleisher, a senior at Pomona College. Shortly before Robert left for the Korean War, Charlotte and Robert married in March of 1952.

In September of 1953 and upon Robert’s return from Korea ,they both entered Stanford University. A biology major, Charlotte also took part in Stanford musical theater, graduating Stanford in 1955, after which both she and Bob returned to Albuquerque to start their family.

Charlotte always wanted to return to California, which she and her family ultimately did in 1963, settling in Goleta. The next few years saw Charlotte cherishing her role as mother and homemaker, frequenting the local beaches with family and friends and continuing to express her musical side through participation in local theater productions.

In 1973, she furthered her education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and obtained her Master’s degree in Marriage and Family counseling. She then spent three years working as a counselor for Planned Parenthood. She followed this with three years at Sanctuary House, a treatment facility and halfway house for people recovering from mental illness. A new endeavor without adequate fundINDEPENDENT.COM

ing, she also managed its day to day financial affairs.

While the position was challenging, she relished the opportunity to work closely with the residents while also ensuring the facility’s financial health and viability. After Sanctuary House, Charlotte continued her counseling career working from both home and office with private clients..

Charlotte and Robert loved to travel both before and after retirement, and over the years they went on many trips to both the European continent and Great Britain. She especially delighted in the art galleries of London, Paris, and Amsterdam.

She is survived by her loving husband Robert James Fleisher and their two sons, Robert Fleisher Jr. and John Lisle (Lyle) Fleisher of Goleta, John’s partner Alma Guss of Santa Barbara, Charlotte’s daughter Kathleen Hansel and her husband Bruce Hansel of Grant’s Pass, Oregon; her grandchildren Natasha Maria Fleisher and Ian Santiago Fleisher and their mother Lourdes Fleisher; her beloved niece Linda Socha of Albuquerque and her husband Gary Socha, and their daughter, Maria Socha.

Charlotte is also survived by her dear friends Jill Bitterman, Margaret Bluett, and many others.

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obituaries George T. Chelini

6/18/1931 - 6/17/2020

George T. Chelini, Santa Barbara native and former director of the Santa Barbara Boys and Girls Clubs, passed away on June 17, one day short of his 89th birthday.

George grew up just off Milpas on Alphonse Street; graduated in 1949 from Santa Barbara High School, where he played basketball and football; served with the U.S. Air Force in the Korean War; and attended Santa Barbara City College (where he was Student Body President) and UC Santa Barbara.

He started working for what was then the Santa Barbara Boys Club in 1956.

He spent 37 years with the organization, eventually unifying all the Clubs in Santa Barbara County and becoming their overall Director. George mentored many well-loved staffers at the Clubs who became local legends in their own right, including Sal Rodriguez, Pat Wargo and Donnie Yee. He also drummed up lots of donations, improved the Clubs’ facilities and ran sports leagues, all while keeping in close touch with the children who came to the clubs for entertainment, exercise and guidance. He was one of the first directors in the country to invite girls into the Clubs, leading to a renaming of the organization as the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara.

Even long after retiring in 1993, there weren’t many times when George went out in public in Santa Barbara when he wasn’t recognized by several people 16

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who’d been kids at the Boys Club during his years there.

Nearly all, now grownups, would express how much George and the Boys Club had meant to them in guiding them into leading worthwhile lives.

Somehow, even while raising his family and steering his nonprofit, George also found time to spend multiple terms on the Goleta School Board.

George leaves behind his beautiful and loving wife Margie, four children — Karen, Eric, Marilyn and Remy — 9 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and a stepdaughter, Polly Frost.

Dr. Bill Skeen

6/29/1953 - 6/9/2020

Our beloved Dr. Bill Skeen -- husband, cousin, friend, musician and truly exceptional human being -- courageously left this world on June 9, on his own terms, after an unsuccessful course of treatment that left him with no hope for recovery. Bill was surrounded by loved ones. As he left, he shared with us his abundant optimism for this world to move forward in love and equality for ALL people: “One Human Family” Bill was born on June 29, 1953 in Santa Barbara at St. Francis Hospital to William D. and Mona (Yturri) Skeen. He was very proud of his SpanishBasque heritage and spoke beautiful fluent Spanish. He attended Garfield Elementary, La Colina Jr. High and San Marcos High School, graduating from Stanford University in 1976 and UC San Francisco Medical School in 1980. Bill practiced emergency medicine for 10 years before dedi-

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cating his career to public health policy in the nonprofit sector. He was very committed to combating the AIDS epidemic and fighting for quality affordable health care for all. He served as Director of Policy for Florida AIDS Action and Executive Director for California Physicians Alliance. He most recently served as Interim Director for the Santa Barbara Pacific Pride Foundation.

Drawn by its excitement and energy, Bill moved to Miami in the late 1990s and found love with Ricardo Pelaez, a warm-hearted talented artist. Together, they enjoyed great success and happiness in the art business. They forged a successful partnership, in which Bill served as president and manager, allowing Ricardo the freedom to create. Bill and Ricardo loved traveling, especially to Ricardo’s home country of Colombia, enjoying its diverse and rich culture. Bill was embraced by Ricardo’s loving family and participated in many stimulating conversations about music, the arts, and public health.

Bill and Ricardo relocated back to Santa Barbara to be closer to family. Their new life was filled with lots of friends, music and gaiety. They hosted great parties and were generous and kind. Bill was a founding member of Fratelli Gay Men’s Chorus, as well as a volunteer on the Fund for Santa Barbara’s GrantMaking Committee.

Bill will be deeply missed by all, especially his dear cousin Cindy McMahon of Santa Ynez and, of course, his devoted and adoring husband Ricardo.

To make a donation in Bill’s memory, please consider The Fund for Santa Barbara, Pacific Pride or the California Physicians Alliance. A celebration of Bill’s life will be planned for a future date.

Suzanne Anderson 10/7/1933 - 5/31/2020

On May 31, 2020, Suzanne Anderson, beloved matriarch, devoted wife, incredible mother of 5 passed away surrounded by her family at age 86.

Sue was born on October 7, 1933 in Spokane, WA to Richard and Theodora Sauer. She went to Washington State and always spoke fondly of her time in sorority. She met her first husband, William Bennett, while working for the Office of Special Investigations as a Legal Stenographer in the Air Force.

She was quick to adapt to becoming a mother of 3 and moving households many times as they traveled from base to base. Sue was widowed at age 34 when her husband lost his life in Vietnam. Sometime later she met Ken, was married and the two of them built an incredible life together.

The family grew and thrived while building and working the family business, The Palms Restaurant in Carpinteria, Ca. Her children would say there are not words that can bring to light the true meaning of all that she was for her family. She taught her children what it means to be a family, how to stand up and be bold, how to work hard, how to stick together and how to keep going. She was beautiful, successful, confident, loving, held strong beliefs, was steadfast in her faith and an

incredible model for living life to the fullest. Her love was fierce and didn’t waver even amidst her long journey with dementia.

She was one tough cookie and when she walked in a room, her strong, beautiful presence was known. She had a love and sense for fashion.

Some of her children’s favorite memories were gathering at the table for a beautiful meal she had prepared and shopping trips to Nordstrom’s where she not only knew how to pick out what would look perfect on you – she’d buy it for you too.

She and Ken celebrated 50 years of marriage in September surrounded by their family. They were an inspiration to many.

The love of her family was the centerpiece of her life. Together, they sure knew how to squeeze the most from everyday life.

Her spirit is carried on by her five children, Bill, Tod, Joanie, Carla and Kenya, her 9 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and nephew Richard, and nieces Candy and Kathy.

“So I commend the enjoyment of life because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 Private family service to be held in July.

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Everyone should read it twice to get a feel for how our local police department acts. Judges, lawyers, politicians, and those affected by our police need to know this data to make informed decisions about how to discuss the subject of police misconduct and pending new legislation by local authorities.

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The move to landmark the African Methodist Episcopal church on Olive Street evoked memories: Prince Alanis My uncle lived next door and let me tell you, on the weekend, that church was bumping!

No speakers needed. So loud with praise. Good memories. • Erin Chavo Guereña Mrs. Shirley Wright, who I believe was the first black teacher in Santa Barbara, took me to that church as a kid. There is a beautiful mural of angels and she told me that her mother was the model for two of them. • Leba Ortsac If any church should be demolished, let it be the Old Mission. The atrocities that they stand for!

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’ve grown concerned with the crowds found on State Street the last few weeks since it was closed off to traffic. Before COVID, I would have thought this street closure a blessing. But with the current health crises escalating — it’s bordering on irresponsible.

I have seen hundreds of people walking around without masks. I have also seen restaurants squeezing in as many people as they can, many less than six feet apart. With COVID numbers on the rise nationally, and local hospital beds filling up, we can’t continue this way. Health experts have a real fear of a “fall snap” of surging cases, stressing the need to quickly slow down how fast we’re opening, or else.

Santa Barbara should be leading the way.

I implore city officials to reassess the rules for State Street for the time being. I fear if we don’t, we’re going to be partially at fault if we find ourselves in another full shutdown come fall. —Jay Loza, S.B.

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I used the figurative term “circle the wagons.” The idiomatic meaning of this term refers to a uniting in defense of a common interest. But it also has a historical context based on the old western scenario of Anglo settlers invading native territories in wagon trains and drawing their wagons in circles to defend themselves and their livestock and belongings from those seeking to repel the invasion. I apologize for —Frank J. Ochoa, S.B. this error.

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FINDING SAFE FUN in the SANTA BARBARA SUN O AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL AGES DURING THE SUMMER OF COVID-19

ver the past couple of decades, the Santa Barbara Inde-

pendent traditionally published the region’s most extensive Summer Camp Guide in the early spring and then our Blue & Green Outdoor Adventure Guide in the early summer. And then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut us all indoors for months and remains a worldwide health threat. Most summer camps were canceled, and the extensive adventures we loved to write about weren’t so easy to plan.

But as Santa Barbara slowly opens for business again, we are all wondering how to salvage the summer, especially for our bewildered and cooped-up

kids. We felt that it was a good time to share some of our own insight on outdoor activities that seem safe, and some are so socially distant that you can even do them with friends!

The following stories are far from revolutionary, as these are all activities we’ve covered extensively before, from sailing past Stearns Wharf and paddleboarding the harbor to car camping at Lake Cachuma and exploring the Channel Islands. But in our forever-changed world, even simple things like roller skating and surf fishing take on a new shine, so we encourage you to get out and have fun in the summer sun.

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SURF FISHING’S SALTY MEDITATION IN SEARCH OF HALIBUT WITH SIMPLE GEAR, EASY ACCESS, AND GENTLE MOVEMENTS

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Now Ben is learning the ropes, explaining. “The sand lovers on West Beach as the mornings can be really good because there aren’t a tangerine-hued sunshine dims durlot of people.” The sport, by design, is socially dising a recent weekday afternoon, and even the tant, as fish don’t like tons of people either. sailboats look languid, the last few skippers Gear-wise, all you need is a spinning rod (anything leisurely slipping into the harbor for the night. around seven feet will do), a line with a six-pound test, But on the shore, there’s a steady stream of and some cheap lures. “That’s the joy of doing this gentle but focused activity, as Mike Edwards kind of fishing,” said Edwards. “There’s low overhead.” and his 12-year-old son, Ben, smoothly cast You can also do it anywhere the sand meets the their lines into the lapping surf, hoping to land water, although this stretch of West Beach as well as a halibut.

Sandspit are particularly good for halibut. The day Edwards, who grew up and lives in the we met up, Edwards had just caught a corvina on the house two doors down from me in Goleta, east side of the wharf. Goleta Beach can be great for spends most of his days looking at a computer white sea bass, although the water conditions there screen as IT director for UC Santa Barbara’s are much more variable.

College of Engineering. For years, his primary Kids under 16 don’t need a fishing license, but diversion was riding his mountain bike up Old there are risks. Ben once stepped on a bat ray, and CAST-AWAYS: Ben and Mike Edwards brave the lapping waters of San Marcos Road, which he still does at an West Beach in search of halibut. had the stringer not gone straight into his shoe, the alarming rate, not to mention occasional rides pain may have kept him out of the water for a while. all the way to Solvang.

Remember to shuffle your feet when in sandy water, no matter what you are up to.

But he recently reconnected with surf fishing, a hobby introduced to him by “If you look down the beach, you’ll see silvery fish just getting airborne,” Edwards his late father four decades ago. “When I was about 30, I got him back into it,” said explained of the good omen. This was not his day, but like fishermen everywhere, he’s Edwards, in between casts. That was about 20 years ago. “It took me a pandemic always got the memories, assuring me, “I’ve caught some big halibut over the years.” to get me back out here again,” he admitted. 

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hen it comes to socializing in a small

yellow water taxi. Red and green channel buoys flank the deepest part of the harbor where it’s safe to maneuver without risking an inadvertent scrape on the bottom.

Emerging from the harbor most often means encountering a freshening breeze out of the north northwest. Head up to close-hauled when you see the familiar red and white harbor buoy and begin tacking back and forth to windward. This course offers the day sailor his or her safest bet for a carefree experience. While crewmembers gawk, wave, and whistle at the sea lions lounging on the base of the buoy, you’ll be feeling the confidence that comes with recognizing and using the region’s aids to navigation. Awareness of approximately where you are, how fast you are traveling, and what will be involved in returning to the harbor at any moment are the fundamentals of a satisfying sail, and a good skipper, no matter how close the shore may appear or how much fun everyone on board RIGGED FOR LIFE: The author (above) escapes pandemic life by sailing is having, will never lose these crucial threads. the Santa Barbara coast.

The coast curves outward into the the breeze not only to power their journey but also channel as you pass Leadbetter Beach, and you will to sweep the air around them clear of most of the air- begin to notice that your time on port tack grows borne droplets released by normal conversation. It’s shorter before you reach the shallows and head an ideal way to embrace again the sense of freedom back out into open water. Don’t be surprised by how quickly you find yourself quite far offshore on that comes with unimpeded natural movement.

Mask up for the trip from the harbor parking the return trip. Thanks to the angle of the coastline, lot to your point of embarkation, and bring some a straight shot downwind will not take you back disinfectant wipes if the boat you plan to use is one to the breakwater. In fact, the downwind return that’s available to other sailors. Keep a sharp look- trip often requires a little more patience than the out as you navigate the channels that lead from the upwind journey out, as finding the right series of inner harbor to its mouth between Sandspit and broad reaches to lay the harbor efficiently can be a Stearns Wharf, as the traffic, especially on weekends, challenge to even the experienced helmsman. But can be significant. Kayaks and paddleboards share don’t forget to enjoy it too! As you head home, the the lanes with all manner of craft, from glamorous day will open out before you like a giant jewel, the cruising yachts to venerable fishing boats, sleek rac- blue of the sea merging with the sky into a single ing dinghies, and even Lil’ Toot Toot, the harbor’s bright- cerulean celebration of your decision to sail away.  group of three to five people, few outdoor activities can compare to sailing.

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by Brian Osgood

he beauty of Santa Barbara, and its blending of the moun-

tains and the ocean, is best seen from the water. Last Wednesday afternoon, I took out a stand-up paddleboard, or SUP, from the Santa Barbara Sailing Center and made my way down the canals of the Santa Barbara Harbor. I cruised past the bustling crowds at Brophy Brothers, the quaint houseboats and rugged fleet used by our commercial fishermen, and the crusty dredge that withdraws and deposits sand into the harbor’s channel. Tracing the channel that lines the breakwater, I eventually passed Sandspit and unlocked my favorite view of the city, one that showcases famous landmarks while capturing our Mediterranean style.

I’ve spent countless hours exploring Santa Barbara’s coast via paddleboard, but the views never get old. During my time at SBCC, I was a paddleboarding guide and kids’ camp instructor with the Sailing Center. For beginners, learning how to stay balanced can take time, but the harbor is just as fun to explore as you learn. It’s also a great activity for kids, physical enough to keep them busy but low-key enough for them to socialize with their friends.

With explosive growth over the past decade, paddleboarding is now a very popular recreational activity. On any given day, you can see people sticking out of the ocean and cruising along the coasts at spots like Devereux, Leadbetter, and Butterfly Beach. While it is possible to surf with paddleboards, they are large and bulky and can pose a danger to surfers and others in the water if they get out of control. Those wishing to try should make sure that they’re doing so responsibly, and only if they’ve become highly comfortable on the board.

Several locations rent paddleboards in the Santa Barbara Harbor, an ideal spot for beginners, so long as you stay out of the middle of the channel and are mindful of traffic. The S.B. Sailing Center ([805] 962-2826; sbsail.com), Paddle Sports Center ([805] 617-3425; paddle sportsca.com), and the nearby Cal Coast Adventures ([805] 6282444; calcoastadventures.com) at West Beach all rent paddleboards.

There’s also a Paddle Sports Center at Goleta Beach. The Sailing Center is offering memberships for a “Paddle Club,” which allows boards to be borrowed at any time.

“This is a great way to get some exercise and get out on the water,” said the Sailing Center’s Arianna Kamp. “There’s really no better place to be in Santa Barbara than out on the ocean.” 

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or the previously housebound, especially those oversaturated by screen time, a day trip to Santa Cruz Island is the perfect slap-offresh-air reminder that there’s still a big, beautiful world out there begging to be explored.

On a recent Thursday, Ventura’s Island Packers — now back in service after a three-month coronavirus closure—fer-

their leisure, a National Park Service ranger told us, provided they stay on public property and respect the protected land. We opted for the five-mile, thereand-back trail to Pelican Bay. Along the way, we took in the pretty but lonely vistas that only islands can offer, stopping every so often to appreciate bunches of bush poppies and island paint brush. On two occasions, bold and curious island foxes trotted from behind manzanita bushes to check us out. They squinted and we smiled before we parted ways.

The hike itself wasn’t easy but certainly not too difficult either, the perfect workout for sedentary legs suddenly put to use again. Even though the weather was cool, we were happy we brought lots of water. There are no drinking founfoun tains on Santa Cruz. We ate our packed lunches on a bare outcrop overlooking the bay, listening to the ocean crash into sea caves and shore birds cackle somesome where out of sight. Way in the distance, whale spouts misted the horizon.

The walk back to the boat was a little less enjoyable, only because it meant we were going home. We could have easily spent another day or two on the island.

And maybe next time we will; Island Packers offers drop-offs and pickups for backpacking trips. A few of us bought beers while we motored north. Others napped. But we all quickly jumped to our feet when another dolphin pod came splashing toward us. Their gray backs glistened as they jumped through the air, and their white underbellies flashed as they played and turned just below the surface. 

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ried a group of mainlanders across a glassy Santa Barbara Channel. The crew took all the proper health precautions, asking everyone to wear their face masks and making sure we sat as far apart as possible. Hand sanitizer was readily available. The strangeness of the times was quickly forgotten as, clutching cups of warm coffee, we pointed and whooped at a pod of dolphins chasing our bow and surfing our wake.

We soon docked at Prisoner’s Harbor, where history abounds. We stood where the Chumash village of Xaxas lived and breathed for 3,000 years. Inhabitants gathered acorns and cherries while hunters plied the channel in redwood tomols.

We also heard how the place got its Anglo name. (It’s a fascinating story, involving 80 shackled men from an Acapulco penal colony, but you’ll have to head there to get all the details.) A big-bodied raven landed nearby. Seals poked their heads up from the shallows.

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cation, I hopped on Lake Cachuma’s website and reserved a camping site. It was late May and the Santa Barbara County park announced it would begin accepting reservations for its opening June 1. After months of not going more than a few miles from home, the possibility of spending two nights in the Santa Ynez Valley made me giddy with anticipation.

My partner and I are campers and have made several week-long trips northward, pitching our tent at state parks from Santa Cruz to Arcata. We’ve even traveled to the Grand Canyon and throughout Utah, and yet we had never spent the weekend at Lake Cachuma.

We tended to dismiss it as a destination because it is so close to home.

But the pandemic has changed our perper spectives of most things. Suddenly, driving over the mountains to spend a weekend on our own patch of nature—replete nature with a fire pit, picnic table, and oak trees—felt trees like an adventure. We splurged and reserved a large, lake-front spot.

Our camping sleep situation has always been a tent, but for this trip, we were going in style. During lockdown, my partner had spent hours modifying his tool trailer to double as a “camper.” He affixed solar panels to the roof for elecelec tricity, put insulation between the alumialumi num shell and the plywood interior, and put LED lights around the ceiling, among other cozy details.

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On Friday, June 5, after work, we loaded up the trailer with our camping gear, filled the truck bed with firewood, and began the 40-minute drive to Lake Cachuma. The wind was whipping off the lake at a speed that made it impos-

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The next day was a perfect lazy Saturday. I took a long walk around the grounds and checked out the camp store. Although the playground and swimming pool were closed and physical distancing and mask-wearing was required in the bathroom and store, I felt far from the ceaseless COVID-19 worries. Being outdoors for two days, we found the wide-open space, the sound of the lake lapping on the shore, and even the unrelenting wind to be balms that soothed our stressed psyches as only nature can.

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he idea was a mellow day on the ocean,

checking out birds, sea life, and coastal views while paddling kayaks in the lazy waters off of Haskell’s Beach, with the green lawns of Sandpiper Golf Course and architectural elegance of the Bacara resort adding some development spice.

But there was a slight swell last Friday morning, so when my friends Sarah and Owen, who is 10, embarked as our group’s first explorers, those of us on shore watched slightly slack-jawed as their boat nearly flipped in back-to-back waves.

“Whoa,” I said with a chuckle, as they paddled toward calmer outside waters. “I thought our first boat was gonna be a disaster.”

Of course, nothing too disastrous can really happen in waist-high water, aside from getting wet.

And such is the joy of kayaking, the safest, sanest way to experience the sea in up-close-and-personal ways—and, with the tandem option, certainly the best way to introduce kids to the water. It’s particularly bulletproof when taking a tour with the Santa Barbara Adventure Company, one of the region’s oldest and most established outfitters.

I met SBACo’s owner, Michael Cohen, soon after he’d started his company almost 20 years ago, when I paddled with a group from Gaviota to Refugio state beaches. That launched both a friendship with Cohen and a personal confidence in kayaking. I’m nowhere near an expert, but I’ve done numerous sea cave tours at the Channel Islands, even once paddling a dozen miles or so from Santa Cruz Island to Anacapa (a story I’ve told possibly 500 times, whenever kayaking or with a clear view of the that gap), and have been occasionally called on by Cohen to help out when nearby newbies get sideways. I’m not the boldest waterman—no desire to scuba, for instance—but kayaking is calming to me.

The morning started out normal, albeit with our group of nine — including three adults and three kids plus Cohen, his son Blake, and our guide, Kyle Fischler—all wearing masks during the brief lesson.

Our boys tested fate by saying they wanted to see a killer whale and shark. The adults stuck to less jinx-y things, like big fish and bugs on kelp. Once we hit the

water, masks came off, and we watched Sarah and Owen survive.

Better-timed launches were easier for the rest of us. My son quickly spotted a Mylar balloon, so we snatched it up before another dolphin died. Cohen talked about how he’s kept his businesses, which includes Channel Islands Adventure Company, afloat during this bizarre time. He started running tours again in early June, but the past weekend’s island trips were blown out by wind. “We finally get to open,” he explained with a what-can-you-do smirk, “and then we have to deal with all the normal things that make this a tough business.”

Soon we were talking about how fast kelp grows, that the spots on the leaves are actually little apartapart ment complexes for mini-beasts, and how good the fresh tendrils taste, which was only a mild exaggeraexaggera tion. We paddled to “Bird Island,” those pylons where cormorants build their guano-plant nests, and spotspot ted chicks poking out of the poop. Recently, some cormorants had been hopping into kayaks, and FisFis chler wondered whether they were saved from the Refugio Oil Spill and had fond memories of human helpers. He also showed us the cactus patch that connects to the Japanese attack on Ellwood during World War II, which may have been more revenge against prickly pears than military strategy.

As we paddled upcurrent toward the oil pier, Cohen started a little competition, in which we had to secretly stash tiny “bad breath” and “body odor” balls — really just his dog’s toys — in each other’s kaykay aks. The kids loved the tag-like game, while the adults tried mainly to keep the boats right-side up. At the pier, we ogled at the variety of shellfish and listened to the powerful calls of a great-tailed grackle while plotplot ting later trips up the coast toward the Naples reef.

The waves were holding steady when it was time to land. My son and I managed to ride one in most of the way, until we got crooked and I told him to leap out at the last second. It was a flash of exciting adventure in an otherwise educational outing. As Fischler chased down our boat, we stood right up in knee-high water. My hat wasn’t even wet.

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see warm summer nights and hear music. Whether you’re stuck to a tile hallway in your apartment or cruising down the street without a care in the world, roller skating is good fun and a great workout. Just make sure you wear your helmet!

I spent a huge amount of time as a child racing around my neighborhood on rollerblades. I loved going as fast as I could, and at one point, my stubborn self decided to try skating with my hands and my feet. After sliding down the driveway face first, I never tried that again, but it couldn’t dampen my love for gliding through the street. I considered myself to be somewhat of an expert at skating, but that was only on blades.

From the moment that I saw Roll Bounce, I wanted to groove on the quads too. After being cooped up from quarantining and seeing one too many TikToks about roller skating, I bought a pair and set out to teach myself how to use them, with the end goal of being able to skate backward as well as forward. Next mission was to find a crew to skate with, so when Celina asked if I wanted to join a socially distant skate sesh, I was ecstatic.

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. And if you have virtual events coming up, submit them at independent.com/eventsubmit.

6/25:

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Bear Cave Comedy Pride Night Laugh out

SUNDAY 6/28

loud and celebrate Pride with an all-LGBTQ+ lineup that includes Sam Bear, Aidan Park, Sarah Mowry, and other special guests who have performed at venues such as Flapper’s and Laugh Factory and on Conan and HBO. A portion of all ticket sales and any direct donations made will directly go toward Pacific Pride Foundation’s Summer of Pride. 7pm. $7.50-$25.50 donation.

Sam Bear

6/28: Franklin Haynes Marionettes: Frankie’s 4th of July Watch this star-spangled variety show featuring patriotic marionettes tell the story of what happens to Frankie, who wakes up early for Fourth of July fun. This recorded perforperfor mance will be available for one week only.

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6/28: Live from the Lobero Presents Kenny Loggins

A Brief History of the Best Ani Animal in the World: The Striped

Grammy Award winner, area resident, and humanitarian Kenny Loggins will perform a live pay-per-view concert to benefit the Lobero Theatre and the National Independent Venue Association, bringing his hits and big heart in support of this historic venue. If you can’t watch live on June 28, your ticket link will allow you to view the concert anytime until July 1. 7pm. $15. Read more on pg. 37 37. lobero.org

Skunk UC Berkeley’s Hastings Natural History

Reserve director, Jen Hunter, PhD, who has studied cheetahs, leopards, and black-and-white ruffed lemurs, will talk about why she reveres striped skunks the most! A 30-minute Q&A will follow the lecture. Register to receive a Zoom link. 7-8:30pm. Free.

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THURSDAY 6/25

SATURDAY 6/27

6/25: 10th Annual Flower Empower Virtual Luncheon You are invited to this

6/27: Uncorked: Virtual Wine Fest — Santa Barbara Reds

annual event that will raise funds for Flower Empower, a volunteer-driven program that delivers beautiful bouquets, fresh-baked cookies, chocolates, and handmade cards to hospices, cancer centers, and personal residences. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the program and hear from volunteers, supporters, and flower professionals. Visit the website for a list of auction items, including a trip to Hawai‘i. 11-11:45am. Free.

MONDAY 6/29 6/29: Virtual Recess Kids ages 4-10 can invite their family and join the fun for virtual games and movement. Get silly and play Simon Says; Red Light, Green Light; speed challenges; home scavenger hunts; charades, and more! 10:30-11am. Free. Ages 4-10. Call (805) 962-7653 or email youth services@santabarbaraca.gov.

Uncorked Wine Festivals is teaming up with Cambria Vineyards, Nielson Wines, and Ex Post Facto by Brewer-Clifton Winery for a live chat with the winemakers, interactive trivia, fun sketches, live music, and more! You can either have access to the virtual party and BYOW, or, have three bottles shipped to your door.

5-7pm. Party only: $10; wine and party: $65 (plus $15 shipping). Ages 21+ (adult signature required).

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TUESDAY 6/30 6/30: 805 Youth Film & Arts Festival This online film and arts

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Free Online Film Series: The Light Lightkeeper, A Great Ride, The Vow from Hiroshima The Ojai Film Festival presents frustrated moviegoers the opporoppor tunity to see these three American films that will remain available for viewing through July 17. This week’s movies will be the 2017 short The Lightkeeper Lightkeeper, about a hardened young woman’s unexpected friendship with a reclusive old man; the 2018 documentary The Great Ride, about three lesbian women who confront growing older with courage and determination; and the 2020 documentary The Vow from Hiroshima, about Hiroshima survivor and 2017 Nobel Peace Award recipient Setsuko Thurlow. Free.

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festival for the S.B. community will feature works created by teens ages 12-19. Teens from the 805 created not only this festival but also the films, art, photography, music, and poetry/literature that will be showcased, demonstrating their passion for art and appreciation for the Central Coast. All donations received will go to Direct Relief.

Noon. Free.

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FOODBANK PICNIC IN THE PARK 2020 Children and teens, ages 1-18, are invited to pick up a free nutritious meal. There are no income requirements, sign-ups, or registration needed. Meals are served on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please wear a face mask and be prepared to follow social-distancing guidelines. Lunches will be served “grab and go” style, Monday-Friday. Visit the website for North County locations.

Los niños y los jóvenes, de 1 a 18 años, pueden comer una comida nutritiva y gratuita. No hay requisitos de ingresos ni de documentos. Tampoco se necesita registrar para poder participar. Las comidas se sirven por orden de llegada. Favor de usar mascarilla y estar preparado seguir medidas de guardar la distancia. Se sirve los almuerzos para llevar a menos lunes hasta viernes. Visite el sitio web para obtener información sobre las ubicaciones del norte del condado.

foodbanksbc.org/programs/lunch Carpinteria Middle School (June 16-Aug. 14)

S.B. Central Library

5351 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria 12:30-1:30pm

40 E. Anapamu St. 11:30am-12:30pm

Canalino Elementary School (June 16-Aug. 14)

Solvang Elementary

1480 Linden Ave., Carpinteria 12:30-1:30pm

565 Atterdag Rd., Solvang 12:15-1:15pm

S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS The S.B. Unified School District will provide Grab & Go breakfast, lunches, and supper from the Mobile Cafés to students age 18 and younger at the following sites and times, Monday-Friday.

Students do not have to be present; parents or guardians may pick up meals for students. Visit the website for more information and a map.

El Distrito Escolar Unificado de S.B. proveerá desayuno, almuerzos y cenas de los Cafés Móviles a los estudiantes de 18 años y menores en los siguientes sitios y horarios, de lunes a viernes. Los estudiantes no tienen que estar presentes; los padres o tutores pueden recoger las comidas para los estudiantes.

Visite el sitio web para obtener más información y un mapa.

sbunified.org/lunch-services-during-closure Breakfast and Lunch Service (11:30am-1pm)

Supper Service Eastside Locations:

Adams Elementary Franklin Elementary Harding Elementary

23 S. Canada St. 4-4:20pm.

1104 Cacique St. 4:30-4:50pm.

1124 E. Mason St. 5-5:20pm.

900 E. Haley St. 5:30-5:50pm.

(Corner of Arrellaga and Gillespie, in front of the A-OK office)

Monroe Elementary Dos Pueblos High School San Marcos High School (off Hollister) Santa Barbara High School (flagpole) La Cumbre Junior High La Colina Junior High Goleta Valley Junior High Las Flores Preschool (at Haley and Bath streets)

Westside Locations: 601 Eucalyptus Ave. 4-4:30pm.

1507 San Pascual St. 4:40pm-5:10pm.

320 W. Gutierrez St. 5:20-5:50pm.

GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS GUSD will be offering free meals for anyone 18 years and younger at the following locations from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both breakfast and lunch will be provided. You do not have to be a student to receive meals. No application or sign-up required. If you are driving, food will be brought to you. If you pick up in person, please take it from the table and maintain six feet of distance from others. Call (805) 681-1200 or email gusd@goleta.k12.ca.us.

GUSD (El Distrito Escolar de Goleta) volverá a proveer alimentos gratis para personas 18 años y menos en las siguientes locaciones de 11:30am-1pm. El desayuno y el almuerzo se proporcionará a cada persona.

No es necesario ser estudiante para recibir las comidas. No hay requisitos de ingresos ni de documentos.

Tampoco se necesita registrar para poder participar. Si va a conducir, te traerán losalimentos embol embolsados hasta usted. Si va llegar caminando por favor manténgase a seis pies de distancia de los demás.

Llama (805) 681-1200 o envíe gusd@goleta.k12.ca.us. goleta.k12.ca.us/departments/food-services

El Camino Elementary

Isla Vista Elementary

5020 San Simeon Dr.

Goleta Valley Community Ctr.

6875 El Colegio Rd., Goleta

7686 Hollister Ave., Goleta

5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta

555 N. La Patera Ln., Goleta

Ellwood Elementary

La Patera Elementary

WEDNESDAY 7/1 7/1: Indivisible Night Virtual Community Phone Bank Indivisible and the Grassroots Democrats HQ have gone virtual because of the coronavirus threat. On Wednesdays, you can make an impact from your living room by joining a community virtual phone bank to call voters on behalf of the Democratic candidates. After a short video training, sign up for a shift to receive a Zoom link. 4pm. Free.

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S.B. Zoo Now Open! Come meet Twiga, the baby giraffe born during the closure; and the two new lions, Felicia and Ralph! The zoo has implemented safety enhancements and modifications set by the state and county to protect the health and safety of all guests, staff, and animals. Guests will need to make an online reservation to visit. Masks are mandatory, and there will be limited daily attendance, one-way pedestrian traffic, added sanitation stations throughout the zoo, and more precautionary measures, including a guideline video that you can find on the zoo website. 10am-5pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. GA: $19.95; children ages 2-12: $11.95. Parking: $11. Call (805) 962-5339. sbzoo.org

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Detained Just for Being Black

NBA Great Jamaal Wilkes Recalls LAPD Incident, Hopes Time Has Finally Come for Racial Equality PAUL WELLMAN FILE PHOTO

by John Zant

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THEN AND NOW: The current outpouring of support for the Black Lives Matter movement reminds Jamaal Wilkes of the Civil Rights era.

Right: author John Zant’s original article on Wilkes’s confrontation with the LAPD.

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hirty years ago, Jamaal Wilkes was as upright a citizen as you could find in Los Angeles. He was the owner of a financial services company, Smooth as Silk Enterprises, that echoed a nickname he had acquired on the basketball court. A 1970 graduate of Santa Barbara High, he played the hoops game with an understated finesse that won the highest admiration from John Wooden, the legendary coach at UCLA. The 67 forward went on to a 12-year NBA career, earning four championship rings (one with the Golden State Warriors and three with the Lakers).

He was a proud Black American who always stood for the national anthem and supported the work of the police to keep the community safe. So what was Wilkes doing in handcuffs at a downtown L.A. street corner on a December night in 1990? He was wondering the same thing.

He was driving home from his office on Wilshire Boulevard when two LAPD officers pulled him over, ordered him out of his car, and cuffed him with no reasonable explanation. They said something about his license tags being about to expire. Eventually, they let him go on his way, but the humiliation stayed with him a long time. It was an egregious case of a person being detained simply for driving while Black.

Wilkes filed a complaint but did not follow up on it because, three months later, the brutal beating of Rodney King by four L.A. policemen was captured on video. That incident, Wilkes figured, would make an irrefutable case that the LAPD needed to purge racist behavior from its ranks. A year later, all four officers were acquitted, setting off a horrific five-day riot. “I was shocked by the verdict,” Wilkes told me. “I was further shocked by the riots.”

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I interviewed Wilkes after the riots subsided, a week before he was to be guest speaker at the 1992 Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame banquet. During our conversation, he recalled his own disturbing experience with the LAPD. “Standing there handcuffed, I felt like a common thug,” he said. “What hurt me most was that I was on their side. I’ve always been a supporter of law enforceenforce ment. But their treatment of me was arrogant and disdis tasteful. They acted like I was dangerous.

“The way they handled things, it could have gotten ugly. If I got angry and said, ‘Why are you doing this?’ it might have started something. I realized how easily police brutality could happen. It made me more sympathetic toward the common guy who isn’t famous and gets into a situation like that.”

Jump ahead to May 25, 2020, when another 67 former basketball player, one who was not famous, was arrested by Minneapolis police over what was believed to be a counterfeit $20 bill. His name was George Floyd. I was on the phone with Wilkes last week.

“There’s no mistaking what happened to George Floyd,” he said. “He was clearly murdered. We don’t have to speculate about it. [The police] can no longer hide behind the blue wall.

We can’t tiptoe around the elephant in the room that is systemic racism.” Wilkes sees the Black Lives Matter movement as an essential response. “Of course, all lives matter,” he said.

“But not all lives are being slaughtered in the streets.”

In the immediate wake of the 1992 L.A. riots, Wilkes spoke words that could be applied to the entire country today: “We have to think of long-term solutions. Los Angeles needs to be rebuilt physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually.

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The issues that must be confronted are complex, to say the least. It will involve a lot of people approaching it from dif different perspectives and angles to make it happen. We’ve got to come up with solutions to our problems and make them stick. If people don’t have hope that they can make it in the system, they’ll go outside.”

The problems still cry out for solutions. Innocent Black people are still being harassed harassed— last week, my colleague Victor Bryant, another responsible citizen, revealed he had been pulled over by traffic cops five times in one year without being ticketed — and arrests are esca escalated into tragic killings. You have to wonder how many atrocities were committed before phone cameras started recording them.

As a white person, I cannot imagine living in fear of such oppression. I have inherited a privilege that goes back 400 years.

Wilkes is hopeful that the time has finally come. The current global outpouring of support for racial equal equality reminds him of the civil rights movement when he was a child. He remembers the courageous demon demonstration of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the podium at the 1968 Mex Mexico City Olympics.

“I don’t know if I agree with that form of protest, but I respected that,” he said. “They didn’t gain anything; they became outcasts.” Likewise, he respected Colin Kae Kaepernick’s kneeling to protest racial injustice during the national anthem and thinks the black blackballed quarterback deserves another shot in the NFL. Wilkes himself has never resorted to an overt display of outrage. “I am a private guy,” he said. John Wooden had described him as “a beautiful young man” with such qualities as being courteous and polite. Wilkes expressed simple gratitude, no shouting and exulting, when he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

In quietly but vividly describing what happened to him 30 years ago, Wilkes delivered a powerful message. If this thoughtful, mild-mannered man can be subjected to abuse because of the color of his skin, anybody can. “I’m still proud to be an American,” he said. “No society is perfect.”

Yet if there is one thing that could bring this country significantly closer to perfection, it would be the end of racial inequality. “I’m encouraged,” Wilkes said. “The protests need to be converted to votes.” n

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ayaking trips around the Channel Islands National Park always require detailed planning and some luck with the weather and sea. Counting on favorable conditions is not realistic, especially around a chain of islands swept by wind and fog.

However, when Scott Sillett, a biologist with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, texted me about meeting up with him and his crew of researchers to trap and study island scrub jays, the opportunity was too good to pass up, even though stiff northwest winds were going to make me work for it. After all, it’s not every day you get to talk with an expert in the field about one of the rarest birds in the world. “A fascinating and ecologically really important bird,” said Sillet. “There are a lot of unknowns surrounding it.”

The island scrub jay is found on Santa Cruz Island and nowhere else on Earth. There are about 2,400 of them on the island, making it the smallest home range of any bird in North America. Overall, they are a third larger than their mainland counterpart — the western scrub jay — have thicker bills, and boast a more brilliant blue hue.

All adults participate in hunting down the acorns of the endemic island oak tree. Although they are prolific hoarders of acorns, they will cache just about anything of interest, including island cherries. “They put as much food away as they can to get through a winter,” said Sillet.

One jay can stash between 3,500-6,000 acorns a year. Most importantly, they lodge them point down, setting them up to become seedlings for the next generation of island oaks. They also plant them up-slope, which is vital in restoring the natural habitat of the largest isle off the California Coast. For decades, Santa Cruz was ravaged by sheep and feral pigs, denuding it of its unique flora.

“I like to think their role is restoring oak woodlands,” said Scott Morrison, director of California Conservation and Science Programs for The Nature Conservancy (TNC). “They’re ecosystem engineers, and they have prolific memories. The recovery of vegetation on Santa Cruz Island is pretty phenomenal, and the jays have had a hand in it.”

There was a time when island scrub jays inhabited neighboring San Rosa Island, but they went extinct in the late 1880s due to overgrazing by sheep and cattle. Biologists, however, are now taking their cues from the birds by planting oak acorns on Santa Rosa in the hope that the trees will once again stand sturdy and strong on its rolling ridge tops. “This gives communities a head start on climate change,” said Morrison. “I’m a big believer in a whole bunch of species benefiting on the islands.”

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NEW OIL FROM OLDER OLIVES: The S.B. Trust for Historic Preservation’s “Olio Nuovo” project connects modern olive oil lovers with the region’s agrarian past.

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n an average day, Michael Imwalle’s job

typically involves a lot of paperwork and phone calls. As the associate executive director for cultural resources at the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP), where he also served as archaeologist for nearly 30 years, Imwalle oversees the property management and maintenance of some of Santa Barbara’s most beloved historic landmarks.

But every fall season, Imwalle steps out of his office for something that isn’t exactly in his job description: leading the production of one of the freshest olive oils in the world. Called Olio Nuovo, the oil is produced from a blend of five olive varieties—Arbequina, Grappolo, Lucca, Manzanillo, and Mission—that are harvested on the grounds of the historic Santa Inés Mission Mills. The name “Olio Nuovo,” or “new oil,” reflects that freshness, which can be tried every fall when the oil is released for sale.

“This olive oil is crushed in November, bottled in November, and for sale in November,” said Imwalle. “And it’s gone by the following November.”

Commercial olive oils typically spend most of their lifespan in an impersonal shuffle between warehouses and grocery stores, meaning that most are more than a year old before they reach customers. In contrast, the Olio Nuovo project

is a community-driven effort: Volunteers help harvest ripe olives each fall, and within 48 hours, the olives are crushed and bottled only 30 miles away at Figueroa Farms in Santa Ynez.

The result is an extra-virgin olive oil loved not only for its distinct grassy and peppery taste, but also for its nutritional benefits. Crushed olives produce a nutritious sediment that ordinarily sinks to the bottom of the barrel in other operations. Because the Olio Nuovo olive oil is bottled before the oil even settles, each bottle is packed with particles containing antioxidants and heart-healthy polyphenols.

The key to achieving the optimal flavor and nutrition lies in picking the olives when they’re perfectly ripe — right between green and black in color. “The green olives produce a lot of the really tangy flavor and antioxidants that are really good for you, and the black olives produce smoother oil,” Imwalle explained. “It’s a combination of those two that we like: a smooth oil with a sharp flavor.”

That also means that harvesting is an incredibly time-sensitive operation. The olive oil becomes more mellow as the olives ripen, so even a day’s delay can greatly alter its flavor.

Couple that with the fact that the harvest season occurs during late fall when bad weather begins, and producing the oil is no easy feat.

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drive-through Zizzo’s Coffeehouse & Brew Pub, which opened at 370 Storke Road in Goleta in January 2009 in the former home of Storke Road Drive Inn, closed last Saturday. The coffee spot had expanded to three locations within a threeblock radius by 2016 then trimmed back to just the original.

Of all dining destinations in Santa Barbara County, Zizzo’s happens to be the closest to my home, so I walked over to confirm and saw a long message posted on the front door. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, it is with heavy heart that after 12 amazing years, Zizzo’s Coffee will have to close,” it read, noting how many relationships the restaurant had fostered. “We didn’t make much money on this place, matter of fact we lost a lot of money, however we felt we were providing a muchneeded community-building service. Building relationships were far more valuable to us. It was never about making a ton of money. It was ‘Good Friends, Great Coffee,’ which has always been our motto and we sincerely believe we lived by that.”

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another dining icon. Last month, we lost Enterprise Fish Company, a Santa Barbara institution since 1977. This weekend, the Dutch Garden restaurant, which has been dishing up German cuisine to area residents since 1945, will be serving its last meal. “Unfortunately, Saturday, [June 27], will be the last day for us,” confirmed head server Leslie Walbridge.

The Dutch Garden restaurant opened in 1925 as Poppy Café. In 1945, the eatery changed hands and the new owners originally wanted to call it the German Gardens. But sentiments sursur rounding World War II were such that the euphemistic name Dutch Garden was used instead.

German food used to be plentiful in Santa Barbara, but I believe it will completely disappear when the Dutch Garden departs.

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caring for the olives is a year-round process. The trust’s agricultural and maintenance supervisors, Tom Walton and Leanne Haslouer-Walton, live on-site and mow, irrigate, and prune the trees daily. That also includes protecting the trees from pests like the Mediterranean olive fly, which implants its seeds in the fruit of the olive and necessitates vigilant pesticide treatment.

The Waltons’ efforts culminate in an annual community picking day manned by volunteers, who also receive a free lunch and tour of the site. The event provides the trust with a way to engage with the community and spread awareness of the mill’s historical significance.

“Every year, the turnouts have gotten bigger and bigger,” Imwalle said. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to do it again this year in October without having too many restrictions because it’s a good social distancing activity.”

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ROMANTI-EZER CLOSES: Reader Steve H. let me

know that Romanti-Ezer at 701 Chapala Street closed permanently on June 11. The restaurant originally opened in September 2006.

The restaurant posted a message on the window, explaining, “This was not an easy decision to make; due to Covid-19 we tried as hard as we

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fall, the olive oil production has increased from 30.5 to nearly 150 gallons of oil. Its origins trace back to the early 1990s, when the former owners of the mill planted 78 Manzanillo-variety olive trees on the property. In 2007, the Santa Inés Mission Mill Committee and the SBTHP Board of Directors decided to plant additional olive trees and begin an independent olive oil operation to provide an income stream to support the organization.

The operation reflects the agricultural history of the site. The Santa Inés Mission Mill is where olives were first introduced to the Santa Ynez Valley in the 1800s, and olive trees were a common fixture on missions at the time. “The idea was to plant something that was in communion with the Spanish colonial agricultural industries,” Imwalle said.

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Although Loggins and the Lobero plan to donate a portion of the proceeds to NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association, the goal of the event is to help artists and venues in an even more tangible way by establishing a business model that could potentially keep many of them from closing for good. “We’re looking to establish a template for clubs across the country,” said Carruthers. “It’s a way forward in the interim. People outside the industry may not know it, but a lot of their favorite venues are simply not going to be able to hang on” through an extended period of inactivity.

Speaking with both men by phone last week, I heard tremendous determination to create something that’s truly safe —a level of social distancing and “contact-less” interaction that’s designed to make artists and technicians alike fully comfortable with the experience.

Kenny Loggins I also heard their shared enthusiasm and gratitude at being able a dynamic, concert-film style, “like The Last to kick this new venture off with Kenny LogWaltz, or seeing a band on Saturday Night gins as the artist. No one has done more than Live,” according to Carruthers.

Loggins to exemplify and stimulate the spirit Tickets to the online event are $15 and of togetherness in Santa Barbara, and none the show, unlike many of the recent “from of us need to be reminded that he’s still got home” streams we’ve been seeing, is not a “the voice.” Tickets for Kenny Loggins, “Live benefit. It’s a new form of what the Lobero from the Lobero,” a pay-per-view livestream has been doing for decades: charging a event, are for sale now at lobero.org lobero.org. Buy one fair price for the best possible live music and be part of this valiant effort “to save live experience under the circumstances. Yes, music and the places where it lives.” circumstances have changed — have they —Charles Donelan

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In January, Santa Barbarans reveled in the 11-day annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which for the past 35 years has been a staple of our California winter.

Little did we know at the time it would be one of the only film festivals of 2020. Two months later, the world came to a standstill thanks to the coronavirus.

The pandemic has upended and undone countless industries, including the global film community. “There has never been a more critical time to celebrate cinema and its ability to get us through extremely challenging circumstances, whether on a personal level or on a global scale by keeping us entertained, informed and inspired,” said SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling in a prepared statement.

To that end, the SBIFF will return in 2021, but with new dates. Rather than warming us through the dark winter nights, the festival will usher us into the delight of spring Beanie Feldstein and Dave Karger as it takes over downtown March 31-April 10.

Fortunately, the dates are the only change the festival has made — it will be back full-force for its 36th annual event with more than 200 films featuring international and U.S. premieres, industry panels, celebrity tributes, and free community programs, among other events. See sbiff.org.

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The pandemic closure posed one kind of challenge for dedicated fans, and another, more existential one for those who make their living by performing or by presenting performances. When David Asbell, the executive director of the Lobero Theatre, looked at a calendar full of empty dates stretching indefinitely into the future, he knew he had to take action. “Everything was uncertain,” he said; “we felt we had no control” over when the theater might reopen. Unwilling to remain passive in response to the crisis, Asbell reached out to his large network of musicians and producers with one thought in mind—let’s find a way to come back. “We have to be active,” he told me. “This is a momentumbased business.”

The results of this comeback will be seen on Sunday, June 28, at 7 p.m., when the Lobero will present Kenny Loggins with a trio live online. The show will happen on the theater’s large stage with the musicians observing social-distancing guidelines.

There will be no audience in the venue.

Instead, there will be a five-camera setup produced and directed by television and music veteran Byl Carruthers. The plan is to capture the event and stream it on Vimeo in

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Needless to say, the show did not go on … but it will, in the spring of 2021. After an initial attempt to reschedule the production for late August of this year was struck down by safety concerns from Actors’ Equity, Ensemble took the wise precaution of delaying the last two plays of spring 2020, American Son and Tenderly Tenderly, a musical biography of singer Rosemary Clooney, until March and April of next year. The season scheduled for 2020-2021 will now take place the following year.

This doesn’t mean, however, that theatergoers will have to wait until 2021 before they see another live performance. Beginning in October 2020, Ensemble will present two one-person shows (titles and details to be announced) presented to an audience limited to one-third of the New Vic’s approximately 300-person capacity. Flex passes will allow patrons to sit where they want as long as they remain in the pods with whom they came to the theater.

These runs will be open ended, continuing until all flex-pass holders have been accommodated. Through a special arrangement with Actors’ Equity, streaming versions of the shows will be available to ticket holders who prefer to remain at home. For more information, see etcsb.org.

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his field. I hope this story inspires you Sagittarians to be on the lookout for catalytic teachers and colleagues who can expedite your evolution. The planetary omens are favorable for such an eventuality.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): In addition to being a magnificent

storyteller, Aries author Barbara Kingsolver raises chickens at her home. “There are days when I am envious of my hens,” she writes, “when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg.” Do you ever experience that delightful rush of assurance, Aries? I suspect that you’re likely to do so on multiple occasions in the coming weeks.

And if you are indeed visited by visions of a perfect and sure purpose, your next task will be to initiate practical action to manifest it in the real world.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Nobel Prize–winning Taurus

physicist Richard Feynman got his undergraduate degree from prestigious MIT and his PhD from prestigious Princeton University. Later, he taught at prestigious Caltech. But his approach to education had a maverick quality. “Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible,” he advised his students. I think his strategy will work well for you in the coming weeks, which will be a favorable time to gather valuable information and polish your existing aptitudes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re entering a phase when

you’ll have the potential to upgrade and fine-tune your relationship with money. In the hope of encouraging that prospect, I offer you the counsel of author Katharine Butler Hathaway. “To me, money is alive,” she wrote. “It is almost human. If you treat it with real sympathy and kindness and consideration, it will be a good servant and work hard for you, and stay with you and take care of you.” I hope you’ll consider cultivating that approach, dear Gemini: expressing benevolence and love toward money, and pledging to be benevolent and loving as you use the money you acquire.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Who would deduce the dragonfly

from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant?” Author Diane Ackerman asks her readers that question, and now I pose the same inquiry to you — just in time for your Season of Transformation. “We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors,” Ackerman says. I will add that you Cancerians now have the potential to be exceptional shape-shifters and magical reinventors. What new amazements might you incorporate into your life? What dazzling twists and twinkles would you like to add to your character? What will the Future You be like?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Qabalistic teacher Ann Davies asked,

“If you stick your finger in the fire, do you then complain that it is unfair when your finger gets burned?

Do you call the fire bad?” I offer you this caution, Leo, because I want to encourage you not to stick your fingers or toes or any other parts of you into the fire during the coming weeks. And I’m happy to inform you that there are better approaches to finding out what’s important to learn about the fire. The preferred way is to watch the fire keenly and patiently from a modest distance. If you do so long enough, you’ll get all you need.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In accordance with upcoming astro-

logical portents, I urge you to engage in a vigorous redefinition of the term “miracle.” That will open you up to the full range of miraculous phenomena that are potentially available in the coming weeks. For inspiration, read this passage by Faith Baldwin: “Miracles are everyday things. Not only sudden great fortune wafting in on a new wind. They are almost routine, yet miracles just the same. Every time something hard becomes easier; every time you adjust to a situation which, last week, you didn’t know existed; every time a kindness falls as softly as the dew; or someone you love who was ill grows better; every time a blessing comes, not with trumpet and fanfare, but silently as night, you have witnessed a miracle.”

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Libras become authoritative

enough to wield clout in their own sphere of influence, it’s often due to three factors: (1) the attractive force of their empathy; (2) their abilities to listen well and ask good questions, which help enable them to accurately read people’s emotional energy; (3) their knack for knowing specific tricks that promote harmony and a common sense of purpose. If you possess any of these talents, dear Libra, the next eight weeks will be a favorable time to employ them with maximum intensity and ingenuity and integrity. You’re primed to acquire and wield more leverage.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is only one kind of erotic inti-

macy between consenting adults that can truly be called “unnatural”: an act that is physically impossible to perform. Everything else is potentially vitalizing and holy. No one knows this better than you Scorpios.

You’re the champions of exotic pleasure; the connoisseurs of blissful marvels; the masters of curious delight and extraordinary exultation. And from an astrological perspective, the coming weeks will be a time when these aspects of your character could be especially vivid. But wait a minute. What about the pandemic?

What about social distancing? What about being cautious in seeking intimate connection? If anyone can work around these constraints so as to have sexual fun, it’s your tribe. Use your imagination!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When he was 22 years old, Sagittar-

ian-born Werner Heisenberg received his doctorate in physics and mathematics from a German university — even though he got a grade of C on his final exams. Nine years later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics because of his pioneering work on quantum mechanics. What happened in between?

One key development: He was mentored by physicists Niels Bohr and Max Born, both of whom also garnered Nobel Prizes. Another factor in his success was his association with other brilliant colleagues working in

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You Capricorns aren’t renowned for causing controversy. For the most part, you’re skillful at managing your reputation and keeping it orderly.

But there may soon be a departure from this norm. A bit of a hubbub could arise in regard to the impressions you’re making and the effects you’re generating. I’m reminded of Capricorn author JD Salinger, whose book The Catcher in the Rye was for a time widely taught in American schools but also widely banned because of its allegedly controversial elements. These days, the book is regarded as a beloved classic, and I suspect you will weather your commotion with similar panache.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Novelist Tom Robbins articulated a vision of what it means to be bold and brave. He said, “Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness.” I’m hoping you will make that formula your keynote in the coming weeks. The time is right for you to summon extra amounts of fortitude, determination, and audacity. What new possibilities are you ready to flesh out in ways that might prod you to revise your beliefs and welcome transformation and expand your awareness?

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Joan of Arc performed her heroic and

magical feats in 1430 and 1431. But she wasn’t canonized as a saint until 1920 — almost five centuries later. It took a while to garner the full appreciation she deserved. I’m sure you won’t have to wait as long to be acknowledged for your good deeds and fine creations, Pisces. In fact, from what I can tell, there’ll be a significant honor, enhancement, or reward coming your way sometime in the next four months. Start visualizing what you’d like it to be, and set your intention to claim it.

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THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for the examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 8/13/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the

California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg;1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

Published Jun 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUCKY TAIL at 5694 Via Salerno Goleta, CA 93117; Rosebrook, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Susan M. Minier Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001379. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RUSTIC SOL DESIGNS at 909 E. Haley Street, Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Tania Comrie (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Tania Comrie Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001239. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TOMPEET’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC at 113 West Mission St. Suite F Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Peter Frederiksen 6582 C Stagecoach Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by an Individual Signed: Peter Frederiksen Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001182. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AVALON LABS at 7626 Hollister Avenue Unit 332 Goleta, CA 93117; Avalon Conservation LLC conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Andrew Jacobs Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001312.

Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 805 INDUSTRIES at 350 S. Kellogg Ave., Ste L Goleta, CA 93117; 805 Induztries, Inc. conducted by an Corporation Signed: Stephen Tack Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001332. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOCAL CANNABIS CO. at 1628 Cravens Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013; Bosim 1628 Management Company, LLC 1072 Casitas Pass Road #284 Carpinteria, CA 93013 conducted by an Limited Liability Compay Signed: Ed Schmults, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001323. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST STENOGRAPHY at 130 W. Valerio St., #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christopher M. Dunsmore (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Christopher M. Dunsmore Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001324. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DIFFRACTION OPTICS at 3820 State St Ste B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; AMC Acquisition Corp. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Robert Olson, CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001187. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARTNERS PERSONNEL at 3820 State St Ste B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Decton Partners, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Scott Houston‑Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001222. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GPM GOLETA PROPERTY MAINTENANCE at 301 Santa Rosalia Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Steven A Fuhrer (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 2, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001357. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LONEWOLF SUSPENSION at 3455 State St,.

Suite 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Brian Alexander 33 Van Reposa Solvang, CA 93463 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Brian Alexander Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001143.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DAWN’S HOME ESSENTIALS at 232 W De La Guerra St B Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: Stephanie Kay Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001322.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: THAI KITCHEN at 4317 State Street #D Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Pira Israchanpanich 102 N. Hope Avenue #110 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001142. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CJ BOLIVAR at 900 W Laurel Ave #11 Lompoc, CA 93436; Christine Bolivar (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001311. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOWNTOWN BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION at 1421 State Street, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Carpinteria Downtown Beach Neighborhood Coalition (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001186. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KENMAR SALES ASSOCIATES at 6137 Manzanillo Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Kenneth Just (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Kenneth Just Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001207.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOUGLAS ELLIMAN at 150 El Camino Drive Beverly Hills, CA 93210; Douglas Elliman of California 575 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001457. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHRYSTYLES BEAUTY at 120 S Hope Building F127, Suite 105 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Chrystal S Martinez 130 Alisos St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by an Individual Signed: Chrystal S Martinez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 6, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001386. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DH FAMILY GENEALOGY at 125 Canyon Acres Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; David M. Hirt (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: David M. Hirt Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001290.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 88 STRS ENTERPRISES at 1060 Collen Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jamaal Wilkes (same address) conducted by an Trust Signed: Jamaal Wilkes Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 8 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001407. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB MOBILE NOTARY at 4509A Auhay Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Alexis C Henderson (same address) Nels Henderson (same address) Married Couple conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Alexis Henderson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001267.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING (Held Electronically and Telephonically) VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL (VMT) CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) THRESHOLDS ATTENTION: Pursuant to of the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings telephonically and electronically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular meeting of the City Council July 7, 2020 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. It will be broadcast live on the City’s website and on Cable Goleta Channel 19. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during the meeting. City Councilmembers will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution recommending adoption of VMT CEQA Thresholds developed pursuant to SB 743 (Case No: 20-0002-UCPVMT). The City Council agenda for the public hearing will also be posted on the City website (www. cityofgoleta.org) at least 72 hours prior to the Council meeting. The agenda will have instructions regarding how to participate in the public hearing. The date, time, and location of the City Council public hearing is set forth as follows: HEARING DATE AND TIME:

Tuesday July 7, 2020 at 5:30 P.M.

PLACE:

City Hall (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California 93117

PROJECT LOCATION: The VMT CEQA thresholds that would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: In 2013, the State of California passed Senate Bill (SB)743. SB 743 changes the focus of transportation impact analysis in CEQA from measuring impacts to drivers to measuring the impact of driving. The change to how transportation CEQA analysis will be conducted is being made by replacing Level of Service (LOS) metric with a Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT) metric.

VMT is calculated by multiplying the number of vehicle trips that a proposed development will generate by the estimated number of miles driven per trip. LOS impacts were typically offset by increasing roadway capacity (i.e., widening roads) as a mitigation measure to increase vehicular throughput. Under the new metric, VMT mitigation for projects with potentially significant traffic impacts will be focused on changes to the development proposal itself as opposed to intersection and segment improvements at specific locations.

To implement SB 743, the City of Goleta needs to determine appropriate VMT methodologies, baselines, thresholds, and feasible mitigation measures based on requirements and guidelines established by the State of California. All jurisdictions are required to start using the VMT metric as of July 1, 2020. The Planning Commission provided input on the VMT CEQA Thresholds on June 22, 2020.

Environmental Review: The VMT CEQA Thresholds are not a project within the meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21065 and State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. The VMT Thresholds would not lead to a direct or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the physical environment. The VMT Thresholds are an administrative activity of the City. Specifically, the VMT Thresholds provide guidance to property owners, project developers, applicants, and proponents for determining the significance of transportation impacts of land use projects under CEQA. The VMT Thresholds do not approve any specific development and would not lead to any particular physical change to the environment.

PUBLIC COMMENT: All interested persons are encouraged view the meeting and to provide written and/ or oral comments. All letters/comments should be addressed to City Clerk cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org.

Letters must be received by City Clerk on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing.

IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, written comments may also be submitted as instructed above via email to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by other electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing.

Instructions on how to submit a comment or to call in during the hearing will be available on the City’s website: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meeting-agendas-and-videos NOTE: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 69009[b][2]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information is on file at the City Clerk’s office, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 or can be obtained by calling Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk (805) 961-7505. For specific questions regarding the VMT CEQA Thresholds, contact Current Planning Manager Lisa Prasse at (805) 961-7542 or lprasse@cityofgoleta.org.

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEGACY INVESTMENT WORKS at 102 Hixon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Legacy Investment Works (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Carl Palmer Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 8 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001402.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CASTANEDA REALTY at 3868 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Castaneda Dance Inc. 7076 Sunland Ave Ventura, CA 93001 (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Felipe Castaneda Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001277.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIVA SANTA BARBARA at 1416 San Andres Street Ste C3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Rafael C Martel (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Rafael Martel Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 9 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001417.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SONYA’S INTERIORS at 1608 Bath St Santa Barbara. CA 93101; Sonya Chiacos (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Felipe Castaneda Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 10 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001433.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRO FARMS at 5756 Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Thornwood Distribution LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited liability Company Signed: Wil Crummer Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jone 11 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001446. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LARS DESIGN at 621 North St. Lompoc, CA 93436; Leslie Robimson‑Stone 621 North Y St Lompoc, CA93436 conducted by an Indicidual Signed: Leslie A. Robinson‑Stone Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001232.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EYEWRIS at 220 W Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Times 4 (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Kenzo Singer Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 5 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN

Number: 2020‑0001395 Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BOONBANI at 2508 Janin Way Solvang, CA 93463; Alexandra Senechal (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Alexandra Senechal Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 1 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001337 Published: Jun 25.

July 2, 9, 16 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CROPLAND HEALTH at 321 N 2nd St Lompoc, CA 93436; CLH Retail Solutions, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Richard L. Smith Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 10 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001436 Published: Jun 25.

July 2, 9, 16 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CROSSNOKAYE at 1216 State Street, 3rd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Crossno & Kaye, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Bryan Kaye, President & CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 9 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001423 Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COAST SIDE SKATES at 3400 Calle Real Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Candice J Clifford 2120 State College Blvd #1015 Anaheim CA 92806 conducted by an Individual Signed: Candice Clifford Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001491 Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ST. JOHN PUBLISHING COMPANY at 1220 Coast Village Rd., Ste.310 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Beta Financial (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: J. Wesley St. Clair, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 2 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001364 Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2020

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NICHOLAS PATRICK CONNELL ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01838 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: NICHOLAS PATRICK CONNELL TO: NICHOLAS PATRICK MACKENZIE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing

to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING July 21, 2020 10:00am, Dept 3, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated May 27, 2020 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court.

Published: June 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS In re the Patricia Ann Kandler Hiles Trust created June 15, 1988, as amended and restated, by Patricia Ann Kandler Hiles, Decedent SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION Case No. 20PR00168 Notice is hereby given to the credtors and contingent creditors of the above‑named decedent that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court, at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, and deliver a copy to Marilyn D. Anticouni, as trustee of the Patricia Ann Kandler Hiles Trust created June 15, 1988, as amended and restated, of which the Decedent was the settlor,at 1234 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, as provided in Probate Code 1215 within the later of 4 months after date of first publication of notice of notice to creditors or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code 19103. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested. Marilyn D. Anticouni;Attorney at Law SBN096697 1234 Santa Barbara, Street SB, CA 93101; (805) 882‑9255 Published June 4, 11, 18, 25 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION Estate of JOSEPH ARTUSO, Decedent Case No. 19PR00328 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE (PROBATE CODE §§10300, 10304) Department 5 (Hon. Colleen Sterne) 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, subject to confirmation by this court, on June 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., or thereafter within the time allowed by law, MUFG UNION BANK N.A., as administrator of the estate of the above‑named decedent, will sell at private sale to the highest and best net bidder on the terms and conditions stated below all right, title, and interest of the decedent at the time of death and all right, title, and interest that the estate has acquired in addition to that of the decedent at the time of death, in the real property located in Santa Barbara County, California.

2. This property is commonly referred to as 1115 E. Ortega, Santa Barbara, California, assessor’s parcel number 031‑131‑016, and is more fully described as follows: THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 182A IN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACCORDING TO THE MAP OF THE ARATA TRACT FILED IN BOOK 1, PAGE 12 OF MAPS AND SURVEYS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT PIPE ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF ORTEGA STREET, 165.00 FEET NORTHEASTERLY, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF ORTEGA STREET WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF VOLUNTARIO STREET; RUNNING THENCE: 1ST, NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF ORTEGA STREET, 60.00 FEET TO A PIPE; RUNNING THENCE 2ND, NORTHWESTERLY, AT RIGHT ANGLES, 222.74 FEET TO A PIPE; RUNNING THENCE 3RD, SOUTHWESTERLY AT AN ANGEL OF 89°58’, 60.00 FEET TO A PIPE, RUNNING THENCE 4TH, SOUTHEASTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 90°02’, 222.71 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 3 The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of

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way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price.

4. The property is to be sold on an “AS IS” basis, except for title.

5. The administrator has given an exclusive listing to Bowen Lee, Compass Realty (Cal DRE# 01968703), 801 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805.895.3503; email: bowen@compass. com. Contact the listing broker for showings and disclosures.

6. Bids or offers are invited for this property and must be in writing and can be emailed to Bowen Lee, email: bowen@compass. com, or delivered to Bowen Lee personally, at any time after the first publication of this notice and before any sale is made.

7. The property will be sold on the following terms: Cash, or cash to a new loan, the terms of such credit to be acceptable to the undersigned and to the court. The estate shall pay only such real estate broker’s commissions and in such amount as allowed by the Court out of the proceeds of the sale.

8. Taxes, rents, operating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of confirmation of sale. Examination of title, recording of conveyance, transfer taxes, and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers. ..

9. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.

10. For further information and bid forms, contact Bowen Lee, Compass Realty (Cal DRE# 01968703), 801 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805.895.3503; email: bowen@compass. com.

Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Cal Bar #264666 BARNES & BARNES 1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687‑6660 Attorneys for MUFG UNION BANK N.A., Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Artuso.

Published June 11, 18, 25 2020.

SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION Estate of JOSEPH ARTUSO, Decedent Case No. 19PR00328 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE (PROBATE CODE §§10300, 10304) Department 5 (Hon. Colleen Sterne) 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, subject to confirmation by this court, on June 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., or thereafter within the time allowed by law, MUFG UNION BANK N.A., as administrator of the estate of the above‑named decedent, will sell at private sale to the highest and best net bidder on the terms and conditions stated below all right, title, and interest of the decedent at the time of death and all right, title, and interest that the estate has acquired in addition to that of the decedent at the time of death, in the real property located in Santa Barbara County, California.

2. This property is commonly referred to as 1111 E. Ortega, Santa Barbara, California, assessor’s parcel number 031‑131‑017, and is more fully described as follows: THAT PORTION OF BLOCK ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY‑TWO A (182A) BEGINNING ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF ORTEGA STREET 115 FEET NORTHEASTERLY FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF VOLUNTARIO STREET, AND RUNNING THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID LINE OF ORTEGA STREET 50 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES NORTHWESTERLY 116 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHWESTERLY 50 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES SOUTHEASTERLY 116 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING 3. The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price.

4. The property is to be sold on an “AS IS” basis, except for title.

5. The administrator has given an exclusive listing to Kat Hitchcock (Cal BRE# 01968703), Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, 1170 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108; Tel: 805.705.4485; email: kat@hitchcockre.com. Contact the listing broker for showings and disclosures.

6. Bids or offers are invited for this property and must be in writing and can be e‑mailed to Kat Hitchcock, email: kat@hitchcockre.com, or delivered to Kat Hitchcock personally, at any time after the first publication of this notice and before any sale is made. be at the expense of the purchaser or

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purchasers.

9. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.

10. For further information and bid forms, contact Kat Hitchcock (Cal BRE# 01968703), Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Tel: 805.705.4485; email: kat@ hitchcocicre.com.

Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Cal Bar #264666 BARNES & BARNES 1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687‑6660 Attorneys for MUFG UNION BANK N.A., Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Artuso.

Published June 11, 18, 25 2020.

Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTORâs performance under the contract. At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR.

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Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.

01‑NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS 1.OWNER: Montecito Union School District 2.PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: 2020‑2021‑01: 363 San Ysidro Road Demolition Project 3.PROJECT LOCATION: 363 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 4.PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 1.

Removal and disposal of existing residence and carport complete with foundation.

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Capping and disconnection of existing utilities outside the area of work to be by owner.

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Existing asphalt to be protected in place.

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Existing trees are to be protected in place.

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Patios, decks and associated hardscape elements to be removed by contractor.

6. Soils disturbed by demolition process to be compacted to stable condition.

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Any items to be salvaged are to be removed by the owner prior to demolition.

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Hazardous materials report to be provided by the owner. Removal of hazardous materials (if any) to be by contractor 9.Project to start on or by 7/27/2020 and to be completed by August 14, 2020 5.BID DEADLINE: Bids are due on Monday, July 20, 2020 not later than 2:00 p.m.

6.PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All Bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Virginia Alvarez 7.SCOPE OF WORK AND INSTRUCTIONS ARE AT: Montecito Union School District, www.montecitou.org and at, www. tricoblue.com 8.ALTERNATES: If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.

9.MANDATORY JOB WALK:Meet at Montecito Union School Office on July 7 at at 9:30 a.m. Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as non‑responsive. Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation.

10.This is a prevailing wage project.

OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNERâs office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.

11.A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.

12.Pursuant to the provisions of Public

13.To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor’s license of the following classification(s) C‑21 No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of § 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5. No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the DIR. DIRâs web registration portal is: w w w. d i r. c a . g o v / P u b l i c ‑ Wo r k s / Contractors.html 14.CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format.

Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/ Public‑Works/Certified‑Payroll‑Reporting. html is required to use the eCPR system.

The following notice is given as required

by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workersâ compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter. Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTORâs representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements.

15. OWNER will retain 5% of the amount of any progress payments.

16. This Project does not require prequalification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors 17. BID PACKET will be provided at the job walk to attendees.

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NOTICE OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HEARING (Held Electronically and Telephonically) Monday, July 6, 2020 at 11:00AM

Residential Unit in Old Town Goleta 5836 Hollister Avenue; APN 071-053-013 18-076-DPAM/CUP ATTENTION: Pursuant to of the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings electronically and telephonically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scheduled meeting of the Zoning Administrator on July 6, 2020 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. City Hall will not be open to the public during the meeting.

The Zoning Administrator, staff, applicant and interested public, will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present at the City Hall.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Administrator will conduct a public hearing on merits of the proposed Development Plan Amendment (DPAM) and Minor Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The date and time of the Zoning Administrator hearing is: DATE/TIME:

Monday, July 6, 2020 at 11:00 AM

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Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FINDINGS: The Zoning Administrator hereby finds the proposed DPAM and CUP is categorically exempt pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.; “CEQA”) and CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs. §§ 15000, et seq.). Specifically, the project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15301(a) (Interior alterations); § 15303(b) (Conversion of small structure); § 15304(b) (New gardening or landscaping) and § 15311(b) (Small parking lots).

The existing development is located within an urbanized area in commercial land use and zoning designations (described in Project Location). The proposed DPAM and CUP will make minor changes to the site layout for parking and landscaping. No new building square footage is proposed and the use of second floor of an existing building will be changed from commercial to residential. The property will continue to be served by existing streets and driveways, and will not change the demand on the existing services. Further, the project would not alter any biological resources, cultural resources, geologic, drainage, or have visual resources. Therefore, given the minor nature of improvements, the project will not a significant effect on the environment.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Dennis Story of HomeSafe Design & Build on behalf of John Weh Ho, property owner, has requested approval of a Development Plan Amendment and Minor Conditional Use Permit (18-076-DPAM-CUP). The project consists of converting a 1,953 gross square foot portion of an existing warehouse space to legalize a new residential apartment unit. Existing development on the project site includes a retail commercial space of approximately 4,427 square feet on the front portion of the property, and 3,737 square feet of warehouse consisting of a 1,784 square foot first floor and a 1,953 square foot second floor. The most recent permit for the property included a small landscape strip at the rear of the property which will be relocated to the parking lot area as a rock garden. The parking lot will be reconfigured to accommodate nine parking spaces with two garage parking spaces for the residential unit.

The Zoning Administrator will be the decision maker for this project, unless its decision is appealed to the City Council. This project was reviewed under Article III, Inland Zoning Ordinance as the project was vested and deemed complete prior to September 1, 2019.

PROJECT LOCATION: The site is located at 5836 Hollister Avenue; Assessor’s Parcel Number 071-053-013.

The project site is a .31-acre site with a commercial building fronting Hollister Avenue. The proposed residential unit is in the rear of the property, in a separate building, occupying the second level. Access to the residential unit is from Magnolia Avenue using an easement across adjacent property to the west. The City’s GP/CLUP Land Use Designation and Zoning for the site is Old Town-Commercial (OT). The previous Zoning Ordinance designation for the site was General Commercial (C-2).

CORTESE LIST: The Project site is listed on the EnviroStor online database of hazardous site records maintained by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control TSC in coordination with the California State Water Resources Control Board consistent with Government Code § 65962.5 (the “Cortese list”).

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Staff reports, project plans and related materials for the Zoning Administrator hearing will be posted on this website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Materials will not be available at the City as City Hall is closed to the public due to Covid-19.

ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION: Please register for Zoning Administrator Hearing on July 6, 2020, at 11:00 AM at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7736954769577734669 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

You will be connected to audio using your computer’s microphone and speakers (VoIP). A headset is recommended.

Webinar ID: 440-661-307 You can also select the option to use your telephone, but you must use the Go To Webinar software to interact with the meeting. Select “Use Telephone” after joining the webinar in order to use your telephone.

Oral comments during a meeting may be made by electronic participation only.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, Supervising Senior Planner at 805-961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org.

Note: If you challenge the City’s final action on this Project in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised in written or oral testimony and/or evidence provided to the City on or before the date of the public hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b) [2]).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact Deborah Lopez, City Clerk, at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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