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Jack Nicklaus and NBC sportscaster Jim Gray lend an air of professionalism in opening Nicklaus’s redesign of the Montecito Club’s golf course, p. 6
LETTERS, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 27 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40
MONTECITO UPDATE THERE’S MOSTLY GOOD NEWS (BUT SOME TOUGH NEWS, TOO) IN ECONOMIC CONSULTANT ROBERT NIEHAUS’S EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF MONTECITO’S REALESTATE MARKET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE JANUARY 9, 2018 EVENT (STORY BEGINS ON P. 5)
Village Beat
Baske California, featuring leather goods and more, opens on Coast Village Road, p. 12
He Landed Safely
But then, the unexpected happened and we and the rest of the world lost physicist Julian Nott, the ballooning world’s brightest light, p. 18
Teresa McWilliams
Chased out of Poland by the Nazis, she and her family found shelter in England during WWII and arrived here in 1949 as refugees, p. 42
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5
On Real Estate
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Montecito Miscellany
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Letters to the Editor
Robert Niehaus’ in-depth analysis at how last year’s debris flow has affected Montecito’s housing market Montecito Club opening celebrations; Willard Thompson publishes new book; Shen Yun at Granada; Garrick Ohlsson impresses at Lobero; Council of Contributors concert; Carol Burnett to be honored; Ellen DeGeneres flips house; Gwyneth Paltrow’s nuptials date; Rob Lowe’s regret; MAW’s summer festival to wow; Drew Barrymore’s new home line; Janet Garufis new president of SB Symphony; Julian Nott passes; sightings A collection of communications from local residents Darlene Bierig, Helen Larsen, Jerry Lorden, Leon “Lee” Juskalian, Thomas C. Evans, Guy Strickland, Diana and Don Thorn, and David S. McCalmont
10 This Week in Montecito
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A list of local events happening in and around town; tide guide
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12 Village Beat
2014 – 2018
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Baske California opens on Coast Village Road; Land Use Committee discusses Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative; Hammond’s Meadow Restoration Plan update; Chip Hickman and Toni McDonald honored by SBCCSDA
14 Seen Around Town
CALM’s 33rd annual Celebrity Authors Luncheon
18 Coming & Going Personal. Business. Nonprofit. Wealth.
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MJ founder James Buckley’s heartfelt tribute to good friend Julian Nott; a new bundle of joy arrives at Cottage Hospital
22 On Entertainment
M O N T E C I T O R A N C H E S TAT E S
Concerts at Arlington; Out of the Box presents Fun Home; Black Comedy comes to Alcazar; Legally Blonde at Granada; classical acts around town
27 Brilliant Thoughts
Just in time for spring and the blooming of forget-me-nots, Ashleigh Brilliant explores the nuances of memory and forgetfulness
28 Spirituality Matters
“From Trauma to Embodied Wisdom” at Yoga Soup; Silent Tea Ceremony; more events at Yoga Soup; Genevieve Antonow signs book; Radhule Weininger and Michael Kearney host workshop; “Two Obscurations”; Ojai retreat; Buddhist meditation class
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New exhibition opens, highlighting the work of eight graduating art majors; renowned Choir of New College performs; professor’s new book keeps you Reimagining Your Love Story
Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales
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50 Legal Advertising 54 Classified Advertising
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1st Thursday; Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; The Beatunes play SOhO; Uptown Jazz Orchestra stops at Lobero; So Percussion at UCSB; Iliza Schlesinger does stand up; Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour; two nights of Speaking of Stories 42 Aging in High Heels Beverlye Hyman Fead profiles Teresa McWilliams, whose family arrived in Santa Barbara in 1949
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On Real Estate
by Robert Niehaus
Dr. Niehaus is widely recognized for his expertise in the economics of housing, water resources, and environmental quality. His firm, RDN, is an economic consulting company based in Santa Barbara, CA (www.rdniehaus.com) and specializes in regional and resource economic analysis for public/private agencies and utilities. For more information, please call (805) 618-2977 or email info@rdniehaus.com.
The Montecito Debris Flow One Year Later: Housing Market Impact and Recovery
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he Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flow on 9 January 2018 devastated portions of Montecito and surrounding communities. The debris flow killed 23 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and commercial properties. As of April 2018, insurance claims total $421.9 million, including 107 homes declared total losses (California Department of Insurance, 2018). Those affected have demonstrated remarkable resilience in the year since the debris flow. Many residents whose homes were damaged are determined to rebuild despite the risk of future disasters. This report analyzes the effects of the debris flow and subsequent recovery on residential sales, sales prices, and building activity. For an analysis of the debris flow’s impacts on the rental market, please see our companion report, Disaster Premiums in the Rental Housing Market: Exploring the Effect of the Montecito Debris Flow (Robert D. Niehaus, Inc., 2019). Based on industry data published by Zillow (2019) and the Santa Barbara County Assessor (2019b), total home sales in Montecito fell an estimated 25.5 percent between 2017 and 2018. Most of this reduction was concentrated in the first two months following the debris flow. Over the same period, annual home sales in the City of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County as a whole were essentially unchanged. Though sales in Montecito have shown signs of recovery in recent months, local realtors interviewed for this study report that they are still wary of buying/selling properties in the “red zone,” i.e. areas in Montecito and Carpinteria that County officials have determined are at significant risk of future debris flows. Our analysis of recent home sales indicates that the value of homes in the red zone has declined 25.9 percent since the debris flow whereas the value of homes outside the red zone has increased by 9.6 percent. This report also examines building permit data to gauge the current progress of reconstruction efforts. Of the 271 parcels with homes that were moderately or severely damaged by the debris flow (i.e. homes that initially received a Yellow Tag or Red Tag), 145 have been issued permits to demolish, rebuild, and/or repair all or some of their structures. Most permitted demolition projects have been completed; however, 38.5 percent of the demolition projects and 78.8 percent of the permitted repair/rebuilding projects are still underway.
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Jurisdiction (Total Sales in 2009) California (434,130)
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Figure 1. Annual Home Sales Index by Area, 2009-2018 (Sources: Zillow, 2019; Santa Barbara County Assessor, 2019b; and RDN estimates)
RDN conducted interviews with local realtors, property managers, builders, and insurance agents to learn their perspectives on how the debris flow has affected the housing market. While most property managers suggested that the debris flow did not significantly affect their business, realtors reported a slowdown for several months immediately following the event. Sales statistics support the slow-down in housing sales reported by realtors.
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Monte ito Miscellany by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 12 years ago.
From Marrakech to Montecito Club
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f you’re looking for the Wow! factor, look no further than Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s totally made-over Montecito Country Club, which threw an opening bash for 400 guests to mark the completion of a three-and-a-half-year $75 million renovation. Now renamed the Montecito Club, the 125-year-old establishment which closed in January, 2016, moved to its current 60-acre location on Hot Springs Road and Old Coast Highway in 1918. While it was closed for its spectacular transformation by golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, members played at Ty’s Sandpiper Golf Club and Rancho San Marcos. “My goal was to create the best country club in the world!” says Ty, who also owns the Biltmore, Coral Casino, and San Ysidro Ranch. “The
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club honors the legacy of the property and the game of golf while imparting a new, luxury standard that caters to multi generations. We have combined the Best of the Best.”
Given its decidedly Moroccan overtones, with finely crafted wood, African mahogany doors hand carved in Fez, rare Persian hand-woven carpets, exquisite tiling, gold leafed Venetian plaster ceilings, and custom-designed Swarovski crystal chandeliers, it was hard to decide whether I was in still in California or at the Marrakech Country Club, with the ivory, gold, and Burgundy textiles reinforcing the 14th century Moroccan-Andalusian influence while still complementing the Spanish architecture. The club also boasts a 6,500 sq. ft. fitness center, a two-lane professional AMF bowling alley with lanes that glow in the dark, a 4,800 sq. ft.
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TO THE EDITOR
If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
Signs of Trouble
Community Foundation’s work (the conversion of a gas station into the Corner Green, rural road signs, upgrading of all the bus stops throughout our community, underwriting the 4th of July event, funding trail renovations, etc.). Any assistance you could provide that would raise public awareness of the Foundation’s work and that its work is only possible because of private donations would be greatly appreciated. Darlene Bierig Director and Grant Committee Chair Montecito Community Foundation
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My suggestion, which has been met with 100% approval, and enthusiastic support from everyone with whom I have spoken is to educate students 3rd grade to 12th grade, all private schools, the colleges, and universities. I have already met with Susan Salcido, Superintendent of Schools in our area. I am told to contact the State Dept. of Education in Sacramento. I have spoken with the County Fire Education Officer, Mike Eliason, both the SB City and SB County Fire Chiefs have been contacted, and have recently spoken in front of three fire chiefs for our area at a recent Fire Safe Council Meeting. I also have contacted the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors, who then can present this program to the California Association of Realtors so they can put into each purchaser’s packet about what started our major fires, and have called the Newcomers for, of course, the same reason with no response as of yet. Here in Santa Barbara, we have Westmont College, SBCC, and UCSB, as well as the Foreign Language School on Chapala, located right next to our SB Assoc. of Realtors. I had nine Chinese students here on my property who could not read the two “No Smoking” signs posted on this property. They threw nine cigarette butts out in my parking area! It was
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This Week in and around Montecito
MONDAY, APRIL 8
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, APRIL 4
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Lobero Theatre Associate’s Hats Off To Hattie Luncheon The Lobero Theatre Associates will be hosting the annual Hats Off Luncheon beginning with a wine reception, raffle, lunch, and a very special presentation from historian Hattie Beresford, who has written for Montecito Journal as well as Montecito Magazine. When: 11 am to 1:30 pm Where: Loggia Ballroom, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive Info: scaldwell@lobero.org or (805) 679-6013 Cost: $150 per person
Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive. Join MUS administrators in the Via Vai Upper Village parking lot to walk to school and start the day with fresh air and exercise. When: 8 am Info: 969-3249
Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. The April poet is Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), a late-Victorian Poet, short story writer and journalist who was born in colonial India. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His famous books for children have never been out of print. Fables like The Jungle Book have entertained young readers to this day! When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, APRIL 6 State Trails Day Volunteer Workday Join for a volunteer workday on State Trails Day that will focus on restoring areas of our trails network damaged by the Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flow and rains. This year’s rains have added to continued wear on the trails. The trail work this year will be at Hot Springs Trail and Romero Trail. This is the second year that restoration has continued in the areas so devastatingly hit this winter and last winter. With these trails restored and others completed the community is closer to getting most of our Front Country Trails reopened and safe for hiking, biking, equestrian, and canines. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the many efforts necessary
Women of Inspiration Lunch Girls Inc. of Carpinteria hosts its annual “Women of Inspiration” luncheon featuring local entrepreneur and Girls Inc. of Carpinteria alumna Jessica Clark. An active member of the community, Clark is co-owner of Corktree Cellars and Peebee & Jay’s in Carpinteria with her husband, Kevin, and partner in Rincon Brewery and Peebee & Jay’s Port Hueneme. The fundraiser luncheon will also recognize three honorees with the 2019 Women of Inspiration Awards: Maeve Juarez, a wildland fire specialist at the Montecito Fire Department; Gail Persoon, a community volunteer and longtime Girls Inc. supporter and board member; and Emilie Neumann and the Weingart Foundation, a supporter of Girls Inc.’s programs. Proceeds from the event will support Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s mission to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. When: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Where: Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, 5315 Foothill Road, Carpinteria Tickets: $100 Info: www.girlsinc-carp.org to restore and keep our trails open to the public and available to future generations. There is plenty of work for both the experienced trail builder and first-time trail work volunteers. All tools will be provided, along with instruction and directions. City of Santa Parks and Recreation, County of Santa Barbara Parks, the Montecito Trail Foundation, U.S. Forest Service, Los Padres, and the Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers group will all contribute, creating a fun workday for all. When: 8:15 am to 1:30 pm; lunch provided from 1 pm to 2 pm Where: Meet at MUS, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: (805) 564-5439 or SBiddle@SantaBarbaraCA.gov Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free
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MONDAY, APRIL 8 Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678 TUESDAY, APRIL 9 Empowered Aging Series Community Partners in Caring and the University Club of Santa Barbara announce the “Understanding And Supporting Our Aging Brain: How We Can Enhance Our Memory” program that will take place at the University Club of Santa Barbara. As we age, we become increasingly aware of everyday memory slips. Although this can feel frightening, it is important to understand that these memory slips are not only normal as we age but that with cognitive training we can enhance and improve our brain power. Topics to be covered by this month’s speaker, Jo-Anne Blatter, include: What are normal cognitive changes in the brain as we age, techniques to address some of the most common memory challenges, and, an overview of life style changes that support brain health. Jo-Anne Blatter is a licensed clinical social worker psychotherapist, educator, and consultant and a licensed provider of UCLA’s Brain Boot Camp, a workshop based on the work of Dr. Gary Small’s 2 Weeks to a Younger Brain. The Empowered Aging Speakers Series takes place on the second Tuesday of each month (except December) at the University Club of Santa Barbara, and is free and open to the public. When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1332 Santa Barbara Street Info: (805) 925-0125 or anna@partnersincaring.org 4 – 11 April 2019
Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 After School at Montecito Library Come play on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month; activities include tech toys, arts and crafts, Legos, and more. Children under the age of eight must have an adult present. When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 1 to 2:45 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road THURSDAY, APRIL 11 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics. When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Amplify Adderley The Adderley Advance Conservatory presents: “Amplify Adderley” at SOhO. Special guests include 2019 Teen Star Winner and ADDERLEY Rock Star Sophia Schuster, as well as journalist and TV News anchor Alys Martinez of KEYT, who will 4 – 11 April 2019
be providing media coverage and MCing the event. Tickets include dinner and entertainment, and can be purchased in advance. Proceeds to benefit the Adderley School’s scholarship program and the upcoming May 4th and 5th production of Westside Story at the Lobero Theatre. When: doors open at 5:30 pm, show begins at 6 pm Where: SOhO, 1221 State Street Cost: $60 per person SATURDAY, APRIL 13
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Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this month’s title. New members always welcome. The selection for April is Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs. When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
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of warmth, endless weekends, and new experiences – features a carefully curated array of artisan brands as well as the couple’s own line of leather shoes and bags. “We designed the store to be a place where our customers can come and discover affordable designs that are
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CEO of CALM Alana Walczak and president of the auxiliary Connie Burns
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for the many programs that CALM gives. Thirty-three years ago the fundraiser, Celebrity Authors Luncheon, was launched to great response. It was modeled after a similar event in
Arizona witnessed by Sharon Bifano where the late Erma Bombeck chaired an authors luncheon to benefit the Kidney Foundation. The CALM ladies were looking for a fundraising idea and this was it. Sharon got her friend Stephanie Ortale to be her co-chair and a phenomenon was born. Susan Gulbransen told them about retired Columbia Pictures vice president Paul Lazarus and he became their first master of ceremonies. Stephanie and Sharon co-chaired the event here for 25 years. And so this year for the 33rd time over 400 ladies and gentlemen gathered at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort for one of my favorite days. The night before the current co-chairs Becky Cohn and Carolyn Gillio and their hardworking committee: Jeanette Carpenter, Diane Dukes,
Janice Ingrum, Pam VanBlaricum, D’Arcy Cornwall, Terri Fawcett, Lynn Wells, Charmaine Roger, Mary Ann Froley, Sharon Hooper, Sissy Taran, Martha Rogers, Laura Barnes, Susan Chapman, Marcia Wolfe, Phyllis Cox, Georgia Jameson, Jane Metiu, DiAnne Voorhees, Vicki Ahlgren, and Sharon Hooper and spouses all went downtown to the Youth Interactive, Santa Barbara space for a well deserved cocktail party. Carolyn and Becky have held their job for eight years and will be stepping down this year. One of the highlights of the annual fête is hearing from the guest authors who won’t be interviewed during the luncheon but have brought their books to sign and sell. Many are local
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not available online or in large stores,” Baek said of the small shop, which is located at 1268 Coast Village Road in the space formerly occupied by women’s boutique Leggiadro, which closed earlier this year. The couple, who have a background in fashion design, have been designing Spanish-made leather shoes and bags for several years under the Baske California label, selling them to larger vendors until opening their own retail concept at the Waterline collective space in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone in November of last year. “It helped us to see that we have a lot of clientele who wear our designs, and come back for more. When this larger space in Montecito became available, we knew it was the perfect backdrop to present even more of our unique and beautiful offerings,” Baek said. The neutral colored leather-made shoes for women are designed to be stylish, but also timeless and comfortable, the pair explained during a recent visit to the shop. With carefully selected heel heights, supple and soft leather, and high quality hardware, the shoes are meant to last season after season. “And they’re affordable!” Baek said. A men’s shoe line is forthcoming. The brand’s leather bags also offer comfort: they are designed to be much lighter in weight so they can be
Baske offers a carefully curated collection of small independent brands, as well as leather shoes and other goods designed by the in house Baske California label
carried all day with ease. Current offerings at the store also include items from Acote (France), Love Tanjane (Ojai), Bsbee (Italy), ATF (Los Angeles), All things Bell (Malibu), Vovage et Cie (Los Angeles), All the Must (France), Artesano (Ecuador), and others, as well as men’s lines Jungmaven (WA), Tori Richard (Hawaii), OAS (Sweden), and Studebaker Metals (Pittsburgh). The store offers clothing as well as jewelry, candles, and lots of accessories. “We continue searching for new independent brands that are meaningful, and
we’ve booked many more exciting brands for the fall,” Baek said. “We aren’t chasing fast fashion,” Baek said. “Our style is relevant and current for years to come.” The new Montecito location is located next to Ambiance in the shopping center that also houses Compass and Los Arroyos, at 1268 Coast Village Road. The hours are weekdays 11 am to 7 pm and weekends 10 am to 7 pm. The small collective space at the Waterline is also still open, located at 120 Santa Barbara Street. For more information, visit www.baskecalifor nia.com.
Land Use Committee Meets
Craig Lewis, founder of the Clean Coalition, was in front of the Montecito Association’s Land Use Committee earlier this week discussing the Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative, which is a project designed to provide indefinite renewable back up power for critical facilities in Montecito during emergencies. The Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative aims to build multiple community microgrids in the Montecito area, beginning with Montecito Fire District Station 1, then Montecito Water District, and then Montecito Union School. The proj-
ect will ensure the continuous operation of critical and priority facilities in the event of future disasters, as well as providing ongoing energy resilience to a broader Santa Barbara region that is served by a single, and highly vulnerable, connection to the high-voltage transmission system, via the Goleta Substation at the top of Glen Annie Road in Goleta. The “Goleta Load Pocket” spans from Point Conception to Lake Casitas, encompassing Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito, and Carpinteria. “Because the GLP is a highly transmission-vulnerable, disaster-prone region, it is the ideal place to bring renewable resilience,” said Lewis, who began looking at a microgrid project in Santa Barbara about two years ago at UCSB, but switched focus to Montecito following the Thomas Fire and 1/9 debris flow. The microgrid project, when built, would have the ability to power the Hot Springs distribution circuit, which would include the upper village, Coast Village Road, Montecito Sanitary District, Santa Barbara Cemetery, the Four Seasons Biltmore, and other areas. The first phase of the project, which would cost nearly $850,000, includes building a solar photovoltaic canopy on top of a single carport, to be
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y longtime friend and confidante, balloonist, scientist, physicist, thinker, inventor, conversationalist, and bon vivant, Julian Nott, passed away peacefully on March 26 after suffering multiple injuries from an extraordinary and unforeseeable accident following a successful balloon flight and landing in Warner Springs, California. Every second or third Saturday morning, depending upon his schedule, Julian and I would meet for breakfast at Tre Lune on Coast Village, where we’d discuss subjects from the existence of multiple universes to the presidency of Donald Trump and everything in between. I thought of him as my mentor; he knew so much about so much, though I may have had the edge in politics. I looked forward to our conversations and our breakfasts and have trouble believing that I’ll never see him again. A Little Background The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has described Julian as “a central figure in the expansion of ballooning as an organizer, pilot, and most
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Julian and his life partner, Anne Luther, first met in New York City, mid-July, 1989. They celebrated their 30-year-anniversary in New York earlier this year because they were there. “This is how I still feel after all these years,” Julian told her after this photo was snapped.
of all as arguably the leading figure to apply modern science to manned balloon design.” The craft he designed and built for his record-breaking early 55,000-ft ascent is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Over the past decade, Julian had tested and designed a type of balloon for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena that was meant to fly in the frozen nitrogen atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. To that end, he and two UCSB students set a world-record low nitrogen temperature during an experimental build-out simulation of Titan’s atmosphere in an unused building just off campus. Julian also headed up the StratEx
team that powered Google Senior Vice President Alan Eustace to a world-record 41,422 meters (135,899 feet) above the surface of the Earth in a balloon of Julian’s design and exact specifications, before landing back safely to the ground. Nott had been working on his patent-pending cryogenic helium experimental balloon with a pressured passenger cabin. The AN balloon used compressed helium in twin storage tanks instead of hot air, which allowed
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“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.” – Charles Lamb
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Anne and Julian, 25 years ago, sharing an intimate moment
Julian Nott was born and grew up in England; he held a Master’s Degree from Oxford University but was proud most of all of having become a U.S. citizen
it to stay aloft longer and fly at a much higher altitude. Katie Griggs, Western Region director for the Balloon Federation of America, said everyone in the industry was also closely watching Nott’s AN cryogenic balloon project. “It will probably be one of the most incredible inventions in ballooning,” she said. 4 – 11 April 2019
Our Conversation What follows is my conversation with Anne Luther at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Coast Village Road, just two days after Julian’s death. “It was always easier to say ‘my wife,’ rather than ‘my partner,’” Anne explains when I tell her I had no idea they weren’t actually married. “I was a little concerned [if that would cause a problem] at the hospital,” Anne says, but adds that she “had full power of attorney for everything.” She was told that trumped even a marriage certificate. “I’ve been married a number of times,” she says with a laugh, “and this relationship was much better than any marriage I had. He was the love of my life and I of his.” Julian had been working on this particular project for the past three years and he was nervous about it because every aspect of it was new. The cabin, the parachutes, the helmet, the lighting, the breathing apparatus, communications, everything that went into this aircraft he designed from the ground up. “It’s experimental,” Anne says. “Nobody’s ever done it like this before. I think he had twenty-six patents on it. His oxygen system was of his own design. He had sixteen serious scientific experiments on board. Everything had to be tested: the construction of the cabin, the way the cabin was shaped, the way the balloon was inflated, the way it was attached to the cabin, the insulation in the cabin, the pillow he was to sleep on...” On board were scientific experiments for Google, UCSB, Caltech, the University of Florida, and others. “Julian wasn’t just a balloonist,” Anne insists. “He was a scientist, an engineer; yes, his plan was also to go around the world (in the Southern Hemisphere) and break that record for speed too. But, it was never about the records; it was about the science.” What Happened He was going for two or three weeks to do the test flight. He left and he and
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On Entertainment by Steven Libowitz
Kansas’s ‘Driving’ Force Ronnie Platt: From Big Rigs to Big Gigs
Kansas celebrates the 40th anniversary of their album Point of Know Return on Sunday, April 7 at the Arlington Theatre (photo by Emily Butler Photography)
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ock singer Ronnie Platt had been making most of his money as a truck driver in Chicago for the better part of 25 years – singing along to Kansas’s “Dust in the Wind” and “Carry On Wayward Son” on classic rock radio in the cab – when someone forwarded him the press release indicating that Kansas’ original lead singer Steve Walsh was stepping down. “I figured they must already have his replacement lined up, but why not give it a shot. They knew me from when I had stepped in as lead singer for Shooting Star for a few years,” he said, recalling in details the events of five years ago. He was about to head over to his mother’s house to mow the lawn the next day when he got the invite to fly down the following day
Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.
for a meeting. He was checking email after one of the stops on his truck route a few days later when he got the word that he landed the gig. “I was a little shell shocked at first,” he said. “I mean, I’ve been a fan since the ‘70s when Leftoverture was on the radio all the time, and all the cover bands I’ve ever been in played Kansas hits. But I finished my run with the truck before quitting.”
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Joining the progressive rock band and started rehearsals calmed his jitters. But then he caught a VH1 “Behind the Music” segment where current Styx singer Lawrence Gowan revealed his difficult early days when he took over for Dennis DeYoung. “Oh my God, talk about impeccably bad timing,” Platt said. “I mean, there have been cases where the audience just yells “F--- you” to the new guy. But it wasn’t like that at all for me. From Day 1 I’ve just received an overall abundant acceptance of being in the band… I think from the beginning people recognized I have a genuine passion for this band. All I feel is love when I walk out on stage. And that makes me want to really kick ass. I put every molecule of energy I have into every note I sing, just selling it. I was on the other side for a long time and I know what it’s like to have those expectations. I just want to meet them. I owe it to the fans to just rip it up.” Powered by his soaring vocals, Platt has taken Kansas to a new plateau that, while perhaps still paling in comparison to the band’s heyday when they routinely sold out arenas, has found the revitalized group playing increasingly larger halls and more cities on each subsequent tour, which has included a cross-country jaunt in which they played Leftoverture in its entirety back in 2017 to mark the four decades since its release. Now they’re on the second leg of another trek paying tribute to the 40th anniversary of Point of Know Return, the band’s highest charting and biggest selling album of all. “I’m from the era when vinyl was king – when I put the needle on an album, I didn’t pick it up ‘til the side was done,” Platt recalled. “I played Leftoverture almost nonstop for a long time, just pausing to flip the record over. The sequence of the songs got embedded in my mind. So to play them that way in concert just feels natural to me.” Platt’s opportunity to contribute to a Kansas studio album came about two years ago, and that experience induced a bit of anxiety for a while. “That same fear factor of the first time I got on stage with them showed up in the studio when they asked me to co-write some songs. I’m writing lyrics for Kansas? For the band that [founding guitarist/songwriter] Kerry Livgren did all those classic songs for? Are you kidding?” But, Platt said, once the nervousness passed, contributing lyrics for The Prelude Implicit became an organic experience. “For all of us who weren’t original members, we’re just so influenced by Kansas that creating new music in that Kansas feel just comes naturally. It’s unconscious. We can’t help but have some element of Kansas come out in us.” That’s also how Platt stepped so
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seamlessly into Walsh’s singing shoes. “I attribute the development of my voice to listening to Steve and Steve Perry [of Journey] along with Lou Gramm, who had incredible vocals. You’re a product of your influences, you pick up elements of everyone who has inspired you. So it comes naturally to me to sing Kansas songs.” Still, he hasn’t let his dream job go to his head. Not only has Platt held onto his truck driving credentials despite every indication that his duties fronting Kansas would seem to have some job security, but even his mom isn’t that impressed. “My sister worked for M&M making candy for years before she retired not long ago,” Platt explained. “My mom still calls her the big success in the family.” (Kansas performs at the Arlington Theatre at 7 pm on Sunday, April 7. Call (805) 963-4408, or visit www.thearlingtonthe atre.com or www.axs.com)
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Figure 1 displays the recent trend in annual home sales for Montecito, the City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, and California as a whole (values are indexed relative to 2009 levels). Total sales in Montecito and the City of Santa Barbara increased sharply in 2012. While sales in Montecito fell an average of 3.4 percent each year between 2012 and 2017, they dropped 25.5 percent in 2018 after the debris flow. In contrast, annual sales in 2018 for the City and County of Santa Barbara grew 0.5 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively. Although total sales in Montecito declined sharply in 2018, the disruption was not evenly spread throughout the year. Several realtors reported a severe slow-down for four to six months following the January debris flow, but also indicated that an overall attractive market and pent-up demand spurred sales in the later part of the year. Figure 2 displays monthly home sales for 2017 and 2018 indexed to January 2017. As of this report’s publication, Zillow’s sales data for Montecito is currently only available through October 2018 – data for November and December 2018 are estimated based on transaction-level data published by the Santa Barbara County Assessor (2019b). Sales volumes in Montecito are volatile given the relatively low inventory, but
the market has shown signs of recovery in recent months – albeit with continued volatility. Additionally, realtors interviewed for this study report an asymmetry in the sales volume and prices of homes inside and outside of the debris flow risk area, or “red zone,” which the County finalized on 3 December 2018 (Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, 2018; Santa Barbara County Department of Planning & Development, 2019a). While the market for houses outside of the red zone has for the most part returned to normal, multiple realtors said that the debris flow has caused prospective buyers (and insurance companies) to reevaluate their perceptions of risk for homes within the red zone. Many realtors are hesitant or unwilling to show and sell homes in the red zone until new building/zoning requirements are finalized and the homes are fitted to withstand future debris flows and/or flooding events. The slowdown in sales in the red zone may be further exacerbated by changes in the fire and flood insurance market. Several insurance representatives reported that it is now more difficult to obtain insurance for homes in the red zone, and that some existing policies are unlikely to be renewed. According to one insurance agent, non-renewal rates are already on the rise for homes in high risk areas.
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Montecito’s rebound in housing sales in the later part of 2018 speaks to the coastal community’s appeal. The allure of living in the Montecito area did not disappear after the tragedy, which is why many of those affected by the debris flow chose to remain on the South Coast. Of the industry professionals RDN interviewed, roughly 85 percent suggested that everyone they knew that was affected by the debris flow chose to remain nearby, mostly in Montecito, but also with some movement to Hope Ranch and Goleta. Reported migrations away from the area were fueled by people who were approaching major life events such as retirement, and the debris flow was the catalyst which propelled them to move away from Montecito. Realtors interviewed for this study stated that the housing market in Montecito is currently strong and that prices have generally recovered from their dip immediately following the debris flow. However, as discussed in the previous section, the price of any single home may partially depend on whether the home is inside or outside of the red zone. To estimate this effect, we exam-
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Julian’s high-altitude cryogenic helium balloon was inflated in one of the few remaining dirigible hangars in the U.S.
Anne stayed in touch but the weather hadn’t been right. He took off from Tustin, California, in one of the few remaining vintage airship hangars, in which they inflated the balloon. While there, Julian had agreed to become the spokesperson for a campaign to preserve the enormous hangar, one of only four that still exist in the U.S. “He said we’re launching tomorrow; the weather looks good,” Anne recalls.
That was Saturday night, March 23. His chief of staff said they’d email her when they landed, which they did. “About five hours into the flight, it didn’t feel right,” Anne recounts, “but he called to tell me he had just landed. I asked if he was sure he was okay. ‘I don’t have a scratch on me; I’m fine,’ he said, but admitted he didn’t get everything he’d hoped for. Then he said he had to gather up the balloon,
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s far as I know, there is no legal penalty for forgetting. That is why “I just can’t remember” is so frequently adduced during testimony in court. It is the perfect excuse. The beauty of it is that there is no reliable way of proving whether you remember or not. “Lest We Forget” is a phrase often found on war memorials and other monuments. Its inspiration was Biblical, but those exact words can be traced back only as far as 1897, to a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, called “Recessional,” in whose five stanzas they occur no less than six times. Kipling’s message (written when Britain was celebrating Queen Victoria’s sixty years on the Throne, and when the British Empire, which Kipling’s own works had done much to glorify, was at its height) was nevertheless a somber one. It was a reminder that other great powers have perished – and in this semi–prophetic stanza he cites two of them from Antiquity: Far-called our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! Of course, most people in 1897 – let alone today – have indeed forgotten Niniveh and Tyre. But it seems ironical that Kipling’s three-word mantra, only a few years later, became primarily associated, not with national humility, but with preserving the memory of those who died in battle, particularly in World War I. In this connection, we have flowers which connote remembrance – notably Rosemary, as Hamlet’s Ophelia mentions in her ramblings – and of course the one actually called the “Forget Me Not” – although I have long thought that, particularly for placing on certain graves, there should also be a flower called the “Forget Me.” Of course, God never forgets anything – which is to say (if you believe it) that, even when the person who remembered has passed away, the memory itself remains fixed forever in the fabric of Time. The past is still there. What fascinates me is that so often we remember trivial things, while matters of more importance have com4 – 11 April 2019
pletely slipped our mind. My mother, when in her late forties, remembered an incident at a party when she was a young child, and was offered some tea, which she refused. A little later she accepted some from the same person, who said (apparently rather chidingly), “You didn’t want any the first time.” How do I know that this happened? Because my mother told me about it some sixty years ago. How did I remember it until now? I didn’t. It seemed completely new to me when recently I re-read, for the first time, the diary I had kept in 1954, in which I had recorded it. No wonder those people and devices which actually can help us to remember are so much in demand. Indeed, this has been the whole trend of technology over the last two centuries. From photography to sound recording, to computers, science is remembering for us in ways our ancestors hardly dreamed of. (But, speaking of dreams, that is an area in which memory still fails us. If only we could clearly remember the dreams which inhabit one-third of our lives, in that strange state called sleep!) Modern education, too, seems to be sadly lagging here, since so much of it is still based on trying to remember what you hear from teachers, and read in books – as demonstrated by your performance in examinations. But forgetfulness can at times truly be a blessing. In January 2011, I was struck by a car in a pedestrian crossing near my home. My body was thrown 25 feet, and I was badly injured. It was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. But to this day, I have no memory of it – only of the events, involving police and medical personnel, that followed. Of course, there is one profession whose main purpose is to ensure that we do not remember such unpleasant experiences – those who provide, where possible, the merciful oblivion we call anesthesia. Indeed, with apologies to Robert Burns, and considering all the people whom, for one reason or another, one would be glad never to see again, perhaps sometimes “Old acquaintance” should indeed “be forgot, and never brought to mind.” For help in such cases, it would be good to have a personal anesthetist, whose motto (I suggest) would be: “LEST WE REMEMBER.” •MJ
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Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.
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hings have evolved since last we heard from Yemaya Renuka Duby, the healer whose Bones of Freedom technique was the centerpiece of her practice, including an introductory session at Yoga Soup last spring. While she’s had some forays into nutrition and other modalities, Duby found herself drawn back to what had motivated her for years. “My real love is working with people who have had trauma and childhood adversity,” she explained. But now both the focus and the scope have shifted. “I’m still welcoming everybody, but now it’s more about targeting entrepreneurs and other leaders who have environmental and social awareness but have been limited by early adversity. I want to Yemaya Renuka Duby presents “From Trauma to help them create a healthier society Embodied Wisdom” on Saturday, April 6 at Yoga Soup to protect the planet.” Duby’s new organization, The Embrace ~ Mentoring to the Heart of the Matter, is now offering more than Yemaya could as a private practice. “It’s a team, a movement, to help people be more willing to feel their feelings, and befriend the uncomfortable emotions,” she said. The new program is an “extension of Bones of Freedom, going beyond doing
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Lizzie Smith, who has been studying Tea Ceremony for two years under Wu De and the Tea Sage Hut based in Miaoli, Taiwan, offers a special Silent Tea Ceremony at 3:30 pm on Friday, April 5. The new moon event offers an opportunity to cultivate stillness and acceptance of the present moment, so while sipping the tea prepared by Smith, participants will sit in reverent silence and connect to nature, ourselves, and one another. While tea ceremonies are abundant at the Lucidity Festival, which returns to Live Oak Camp next weekend, April 12-14, the nature of Tea Ceremony is very intimate, so only seven seats are available for Smith’s ceremony at Yoga Soup, which can be reserved online with a sliding scale donation of $7-$15.
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Ecstatic dance is also prevalent at Lucidity, even more so this year, but for those who don’t want to wait another week, the new month brings April’s First Fridays Ecstatic Dance to the yoga studio. The barefoot, substance-free, live DJ, get-down dance party starts with a Contact Improv Warm-Up from 7-8 pm, followed by the ecstatic dance ‘til 9:30 pm, with music loosely following an ecstatic dance/5rhythms “wave” with slow and mellow music building to chaotic intensity and then returning to stillness at the end. Admission is $15, and all proceeds are donated to a local charity to support our community. Elisa Rose’s Embodiment Alchemy Series continues on Sunday evening with a focus on “Rest & Relaxation.” Participants will connect to the power of your voice, the intelligence of your body and the creativity of your essence in an inner journey through a combination of somatic movement practices, vocal opening, sensory sensitization (blindfolding), dance, and playful wonder, with specific practices connected to the theme. “Sounds of the Heart” opened the series on March 31, and “Play & Creative Expression” closes it out on April 14. Admission to the 7:30-9 pm workshop is $25.
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art Store hosts a visual presentation and book signing with Genevieve Antonow, whose book Santa Barbara Sacred Spaces is a historical and illustrative exploration of the Central Coast’s diverse religious settlements, their distinctive houses of worship and universal spiritual paths amid the stunning landscape of the area. A keynote slideshow of shots from the book and more will be projected during the free 6-7 pm event on Thursday, April 4, to illustrate Santa Barbara’s remarkable history as a place of spiritual wealth, diversity, beauty, and tranquility. Visit www.sbma.net/events/sacredspaces.
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Santa Barbara Women’s Club, Rockwood Thursday, May 2, 2019 • 6 - 9:30pm Top chefs team up to create this sumptuous 5-course dinner to benefit local at-risk and homeless youth. Culinary creations will be paired with premium wines from local vintners. Contact Valerie Kissell for more information at 805.569.1103 x32 or at Valerie.Kissell@ciymca.org
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gratitude, participants will learn how to transform our habits of self-limitation. The 2-6 pm event on Saturday, April 7, will include lightly guided meditations as well as inquiry and sharing through structured, guided relational practice. Objectives include learning how to use the psychological and meditative building blocks of mindfulness of breathing and compassionate meditation as therapeutic ways to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Fee is $70. April’s Solidarity and Compassion Project – launched by Weininger and others in the wake of the 2016 election – takes a new tack via a World Café format. With a theme of “Active Hope,” the 7-9 pm event on Wednesday, April 10, looks at climate instability and the change in weather patterns with increasing instances of droughts, storms, rising tides, and melting ice caps, from the lens of learning how to talk about it and what to do with the information other than vacillate between panic and paralysis. After a brief meditation and a talk, a series of open questions from Joanna Macy will invoke an interactive exploration of thoughts and feelings, gathering resources from spirituality, psychology, science, and community-building to support each other in finding new ways forward that free us to feel and act on behalf of a world where everyone’s needs are respected. Rev. Julia Hamilton, MA, minister of the Unitarian Society, and UCSB climate scientist Catherine Gautier, PhD, join Weininger and Kearney for the event, which, in true café style, features tea, coffee, cookies, and music.
“Two Obscurations”
The new four-week series with Santa Barbara Bodhi Path’s resident teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips addresses how erroneous ideas, beliefs, and worldviews and afflicting emotions cloud our perception and insight into the true nature of our being and this world. The in-depth exploration of the only two serious hindrances on the path to awakening includes instruction on learning how to overcome them. “Two Obscurations” will be presented via Live Stream on site at the center as Phillips travels 7-9 pm on Thursdays, April 4-25. This weekend at the Santa Barbara center Khenpo Tsering Samdup – Phillips’ counterpart at Bodhi Path San Luis Obispo – presents “Confession and Taking Hold of Bodhichitta” from “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva. The program, which takes place 9 am to 1 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7, discusses how pure compassion is a virtuous state of mind, which in turn is a meritorious state of mind. Only through accumulating great merit can one experience the purest compassionate state of one’s mind. The two chapters from the book teach about skillful means of accumulating that merit which gives rise to most pure compassionate state of mind. Admission is $70 for both sessions or $40 each. Coming soon: Sunday at the Center – Thursday’s lecture meditations and Tuesday night’s weekly meditation from Santa Barbara Bodhi Path members are about to get a new partner. Meditation sessions on Sunday mornings start on April 14 and will follow the Tuesday format of two 20-minute sessions led by Sangha members. Admission by donation…
Power of Presence
Phillips pulls back into town in time for one of his periodic retreats in the area. “The Power of Presence – Deepening Your Inner Peace, Joy and Freedom” – which takes place April 29 to May 3 at Zimmer Retreat Center in Ojai – offers participants opportunities to experience a deeply personal exploration of awakened presence through mindfulness and meditation practice. Phillips, a recognized master of “modern day awakening” will outlay an array of personal access points to greater freedom, meaning, and wellbeing, and gateways to experience the transformative power of presence in all areas of life and work. The retreat is comprised of periods of silent meditation, personal inquiry, wisdom teachings, interactive transformational exercises and Q&A sessions. Registration ends April 11. Visit www.powerofpresence.org.
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Santa Barbara’s other popular walk-in Buddhist center also has a new class series running this month. “The Art of Acceptance: Buddhist Meditations for Everyone,” which takes place 6:30-7:30 pm on Wednesdays, April 3-24, tackles the tendency we have to regard difficult situations as concrete problems rather than realized that the difficult experience comes from the inside of the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind, they would perhaps transform from problems to opportunities for growth and development. Each class begins with a guided breathing meditation and culminates with a second meditation based upon the evening’s topic. Everyone is invited to drop in to any or all classes in the course, which is perfect for beginners or those with meditation experience, via a $10 donation at the door. •MJ
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare
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This top-tier roster of diverse and international millennial talent brings the leaders of jazz’s future together on one stage for a can’t-miss performance of original songs and classic jazz standards.
The Gloaming Sun, Apr 14 / 7 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall “A concert to blaze in the memory.” Sydney Morning Herald Deeply familiar and consistently surprising, The Gloaming merges Irish tunes and instrumental explorations, connecting the Irish folk tradition and New York’s contemporary music scene.
Jennifer Koh, violin Shared Madness 2
Fri, Apr 12 / 7 PM St. Anthony’s Chapel “The recital by violinist Jennifer Koh seemed straight out of Brooklyn... But unique to Santa Barbara was the venue’s sense of spiritual remove, magnificently enhanced by a reverberant enveloping acoustic that gave Koh’s violin a lustrous aura.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Featured composers include Philip Glass, Andrew Norman and Kaija Saariaho. Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Asian American Studies and the UCSB Department of Music
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was a new experience for me. I really had to learn the history of France, including the Belle Époque and the history of the Impressionist art movement. “My wife, Jo, and I spent many pleasant days walking the streets of Paris familiarizing ourselves with the charming metropolis.” Research at its best...
Jack Nicklaus with Jim Gray of NBC Sports during a Q&A session at the Montecito Club (photo by Elevated Horizon)
24-karat gold. Even the 14-seat private dining room was completely constructed in Marrakech, a vibrant city I have visited many times, staying at the fabled Mamounia hotel, with museum quality mosaics, hand-carved walls and a toned and textured cedar ceiling, with a table built of a single slab of wood milled from a Bunya-Bunya tree, and Bernardaud china. Former tennis ace Jimmy Connors, who was one of the first members on the 6,540 yard, par 71 Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course featuring bunkers of Augusta white sand, scored two holes in one on the old course, but Nicklaus, who has designed around 420 courses in 46 countries and 40
states, has made it more complex, with the signature hole being the downhill, par 4, 10th with the Pacific Ocean and Santa Barbara Harbor in the background. The club’s golf carts are even equipped with Visage technology which gives members accurate GPS yardages viewable from the on-board screen, while being able to connect smart phones via Bluetooth to play music from speakers installed in the canopy. Among the swingers attending the fab fête were Montecito Country Mart owner Jim Rosenfield, Marv Bauer, Greg Villeneuve, Blaine Lando, Monique Rodriguez, Judy Foreman, Jack Nicklaus, and Jimmy Connors.
Willard Thompson publishes latest tome
City of Love, City of Light Prolific Montecito author and avowed Francophile Willard Thompson has just published his fifth book, The Girl from the Lighthouse, about a young woman who goes from Santa Barbara to Paris to study art and her romantic relationships in the City of Light. “It came to me while I was at the Museum of Art when I saw a wonderful Impressionist painting, View of Paris from the Trocadero by Berthe Morisot, depicting two women staring out at the distant city, but blocked by a wood fence from moving towards it,” says Willard, Gold Medal-winning author of Dream Helper, who took two years to write the 428-page novel. “I thought how completely that image represented the oppression of women and their struggle for equality during the Victorian era. Writing it
Brimming with Brahms Pianist Garrick Ohlsson made a triumphant return to Santa Barbara on the heels of his virtuosic March, 2017, CAMA performance with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Ohlsson, 70, a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess, was at the top of his game with the all-Brahms recital at the Lobero. Nominated for three Grammy Awards, he finally won in 2008, and was the first and only American to win first prize in the International Frederic Chopin competition in Warsaw, Poland, in 1970. Shen Yun Shines Color and choreography reigned when the 13-year-old Chinese dance troupe Shen Yun returned to the Granada for a three-night sold-out run. The performing arts company has a mission to revive Chinese culture, which eroded in the late 40s and 50s when the Communist Party came to power. But the show, with a full orchestral accompaniment and its ancient style of clothing evoking different dynasties, regions, and ethnic groups, was an absolute tour de force. With 19 pieces, emceed in both English and Chinese, by Nancy Zhang
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and Perry Uzunoglu, the spectacular performance, which also featured soprano and bass singers, covered 5,000 years of China’s history in quite the most delightful way. Another Flip TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and spouse Portia De Rossi are looking to turn quite a profit on a shortterm investment.
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Back to Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was certainly ready for his closeup when the Music Academy of the West hosted a Council of Contributors alumnus recital at its cavernous Lehmann Hall with 32-year-old pianist Evan Shinners, who gained considerable notoriety last year when he performed works of the German composer for five hours daily for 37 consecutive
days in a pop-up storefront near New York’s Carnegie Hall. Evan was one of six winners of the academy’s inaugural Alumni Enterprise Award, which funds innovative ideas in areas including artistic expression, audience development, and community engagement. “It’s not good for the arms,” admits
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Dec. 4, 2017, 1:30 pm when I, spurred by anger, disappointment and safety issues began my campaign to contact all the entities who should provide information to all students at SBCC, UCSB, Westmont, etc. At 6:30, that very same evening, the Thomas Fire started. Only one person, the next day returned my call, Dave Zaniboni, County Fire, now retired, who was right in the middle of fighting one of the largest California fires ever. Our property insurance rates have risen, with some insurance companies no longer insuring properties in this state. I am exceedingly fire weary having been a resident since 1962 and a homeowner since 1970, enduring 13 major conflagrations. I, and many others, would appreciate more education and therefore, more protection. I cannot do it all by myself. I am pleading for assistance. Helen Larsen Montecito
Without, not with
When you printed my letter to the Montecito Water District Board (“MWD: Reconsider Water Deal... Please,” MJ # 25/12), you made an error that completely changed the intent of the first sentence in the second paragraph. The sentence should have read that the proposed agreement should not be undertaken without (not with) a comprehensive analysis... I would appreciate it if you would acknowledge this and run a correction in your next edition. Jerry Lorden Montecito (Editor’s note: Whoops, don’t know what or why that happened but it probably had something to do with retyping it from its print form. Sorry about that. – J.B.)
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Well Enough
Your Guest Editorial (“The Water Wells of Montecito,” MJ # 25/12) was very well thought-out and written by Bob Hazard (a fellow Rhode Islander who I’ve never met). I agree with every word. How fortunate you are to have him as your Associate Editor. Leon “Lee” Juskalian Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Mr. Juskalian informs us that he received a Master’s in Regional Planning from the University of Colorado, College of Environmental Design in 1977)
Mapping the Wells
I read the article by Bob Hazard about the private wells in Montecito and just wanted to pass along some information. When I was the Engineering Manager for MWD a few years back, I found a very good map of the District with all the private wells plotted. I only found the one print and it did not appear to be from a computer-generated file. I’m thinking it was hand-drawn and may have been associated with a study being performed by [Montecito geologist] Steve Bachman. At the time, I did show the map to former MWD General Manager Tom Mosby and indicated that it would be the starting point for a GIS based mapping that would be best way to track data for all wells in the basin. Having worked for Dudek as well, they have excellent GIS talent to perform that mapping, so hopefully they have found that map. It would be worth checking with Nick at MWD to see if they have it. Currently, I’m working for the City of SB managing pipeline and pump station projects and also I’m on the Goleta Water District Board.
In the long run, I’m working toward a change in leadership at GWD and getting it back to being a utility, not an arm of the third district Supervisor and the Democratic Party. I need two more Board members to align with and that may happen after next year’s election. Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading the Montecito Journal every week. Thomas C. Evans, PE Santa Barbara
Obstruction of Injustice
The Mueller Report found no collusion. The remaining undecided issue is “obstruction of justice,” which is a simple question for anyone but Robert Mueller. To the rest of us, since there was no collusion, then even if Trump obstructed anything, it was an obstruction of injustice. That is not a crime; in fact it is the opposite of a crime. Why is Robert Mueller unable to see this? The answer is that Mueller is a lifelong FBI guy. In his experience and in his mind, any complaint about the FBI is, by definition, an obstruction of justice. Anyone challenging the independence of the FBI is, per se, obstructing justice. On the other hand, he can’t say flat out that Trump obstructed justice in this case, because in this case, FBI malfeasance was so overt and well documented. So Mueller is conflicted and has to leave the obvious conclusion up to the rest of us. Guy Strickland Santa Barbara
Time for Reckoning
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected president. It shocked everyone. The pollsters, the media, academia, politicians, and celebrities were stunned. What happened next, was unprecedented. A systematic and intentional attempt to delegitimize the presidential election was started. The primary charge, Pres. Trump and his administration “colluded” with Russia, a hostile nation. In short, treason. Those involved in the coup, Democrats, some Republicans, the MS media, FBI leaders, Intelligence agencies and special prosecutor Robert Mueller with his group of leftist lawyers. Recently, the Robert Mueller investigation ended. The verdict, no collusion. Sadly, however, the witch-hunt against Pres. Trump, his family and friend continues. The above actors are now shifting to obstruction of justice. To heck with what is good for America. It is time for a reckoning, America. Balance and sanity must be restored. We must get to the bottom of what really happened. Accountability and punitive deterrences must be established. Otherwise there is no Justice.
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” – Winston Churchill
And without Justice, society implodes. Furthermore, another hoax will plague our nation. Diana and Don Thorn Carpinteria
Wasted Time
There will/must be consequences to calling your Commanderin-Chief a traitor, especially when there was absolutely no evidence to back up the yelling and screaming. It’s not so much the wasted 2.5 years; it’s the damage they were willing to inflict on our body politic, our Constitutional republican form of government. And, really, for what purpose? Because Democrats no longer can or will accept official results of elections. If Democrats can’t govern, apparently, nobody should be able to govern. It’s really as simple as that. If Democrats can’t run the show unimpeded, their motto seems to be “Let’s bring down the nation.” Americans in November 2020 should rise up and deprive Democrats of any/all power. Sweep Donald Trump into a landslide second term. Bring back the Republican majority in the House. This is fitting retribution for risking the destruction of our political nation in order to assuage Democrats’ fragile ego. The Mueller Investigation was all about Democrats losing. They just refuse to acknowledge when the voters reject them. David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Although Bill Clinton only won 43% of the vote the first time out [Ross Perot garnered 19%, depriving George H.W. Bush of a second – “Read my lips, no new taxes” – term], the nation accepted without complaint that Mr. Clinton was our president. Eight years later, when George W. Bush beat Al Gore, taking Florida by a couple hundred “hanging chads” (someone had to win), the Democratic Party called “Foul” and never really accepted Mr. Bush’s presidency. It didn’t help that Mr. Bush was unable to pick up a majority of the national vote. Another eight years went by and Barack Obama handily beat John McCain to become our president; Mr. Obama swept aside the meek challenge of Willard “Mitt” Romney four years later. Again, there was no one who could or would protest that Mr. Obama wasn’t “our” president, as he won both the Electoral College and the popular vote. Unfortunately, Mr. Trump lost the popular vote by some three million votes on his way to the Presidency via a strong Electoral College win. Of course, Donald Trump is our president and every citizen should acknowledge that. But many Democrats don’t and now seek to change the rules. So, if Republicans – and President Trump – want to have a stronger hold on the office, they need to turn out the votes and win overwhelmingly. – J.B.) •MJ 4 – 11 April 2019
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the show has played, mostly major cities. Out of the Box founder-director Samantha Eve’s persistence brought it to Santa Barbara, its first SoCal exposure outside of Los Angeles. Eve, who seemed even more excited than usual about presenting the musical, talked about OOB’s black box production that performs April 5-14 at Center Stage. Q. This seems like a show tailor-made for Out of the Box. A. Yeah, I knew immediately when I saw it on Broadway that this was a perfect show for us. It’s got an intimate feeling, with beautiful music, which is always high on my list. It has a very different sound, almost a little Sondheim inspired in the way that it’s written – things that aren’t always the obvious choice, harmonies that are a little crunchy, sounds that are a little off. But it’s also a story that wasn’t being told – a beautiful LGBTQ-friendly story about coming into yourself, who you are, who you want to be, and seeing your parents with a new-found maturity where you can realize that they are also independent human beings who weren’t put on this earth just to be your parents. The casting features three different versions of Alison at different ages. That sounds complicated. Once you get to know them it’s not hard to follow. We see her as an 11-12 year old pre-teen, then as a college freshman, and also an adult who is the narrator; we see it through her eyes. But she’s not the most reliable narrator, and even she doesn’t know what actually happened, so her drawings were based on memories. But each of the stories within the different ages progresses in a linear, chronological order. The soundtrack album was very popular when it came out, but the music is different than a typical Broadway show, right? Fitting music into dialogue is already weird, but a lot of the “songs” in the show are really spoken conversations underscored by music that lead into emotions and the music amplifies that. But the show is also like a comic strip in that it jumps around quickly, and the music as well as lighting and stages helps to indicate that. The pacing can be very quick. The story sounds way too serious to be all that fun. How does that work? There are moments that are really funny – like when Young Alison is helping the family make a fake commercial for the funeral home – and others that are heartfelt. What I love is that they’re not blurred, which can come across as insincere. The show really honors her life authentically. 4 – 11 April 2019
Lighten Up at Lights Out
Black Comedy, Peter Shaffer’s one-act farce, comes to Carpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre for a 10-day run April 5-14, when the fun work by the author of Equus and Amadeus gets its first local staging in years at the intimate Art Deco theater. The play – about a lovesick and desperate sculptor who tries to impress his fiancée’s pompous father with furniture and furnishings “borrowed” from the absent antique collector next door who unexpectedly returns – was written to be staged under a reversed lighting scheme and the title itself a bit of a play on words. Jordana Lawrence directs a cast that stars Todd Bollinger as Brindsley, plus Kymberlee Weil, Claudia Kashin, Van Riker, Marlene Matosian, Melinda Yohe, Paige Sleep, and Stuart Orenstein. Details at www.thealcazar.org or (805) 6846380.
OMG You Guys
Just as she did in the surprise hit movie Legally Blonde, Elle Woods tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams, only this time with lots of songs as the touring production of the Broadway musical arrives at the Granada for two shows April 9-10. The timely coming-
of-age story has been turned into a contemporary and sassy musical that moves almost as quickly as the back end of the bend-and-snap maneuver – which gets a hilarious dance treatment that puts the movie version to shame. Visit www.granadasb.org or call (805) 899-2222.
Classical Corner
A crowded calendar kicks off with the Quatuor Danel, which was founded in 1991 but only made its American debut during the 2015-16 season. Known for bold, concentrated interpretations of the string quartet cycles of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Shostakovich, and Weinberg, the foursome will play Beethoven’s Quartet in B-flat major; Op. 18, No. 6; Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101; and Weinberg’s Quartet No. 6, on Friday, April 5, at Mary Craig Auditorium in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art… CAMA also has dibs via a double dose of performances starting April 5 at the Granada with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra – which is exactly a century older than Quatuor Danel – in a concert marking Rachmaninoff’s 100th anniversary of arriving in the United States with a performance by Russian-American piano soloist Olga Kern in the composer’s Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43. Also on the bill: Sibelius’ Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No.5 in B-flat Major, Op.100. CAMA is also a co-sponsor of the Wednesday, April 10, concert with the world renowned New Oxford College Choir at Trinity Episcopal Church. The venerable ensemble, which was first established in 1379 and now includes 15 boy choristers and 13 adult clerks, will perform with a pipe organ from 1965, singing works from the 16th and 20th centuries from a wide variety of composers. Meanwhile, Westmont’s Chamber Singers are the special guests for the free Santa Barbara Music Club concert on Saturday afternoon, April 6, at the Faulkner Gallery, where they will perform several works followed by works for oboe and piano… In a chamber music showdown, that’s also when the 4th annual Schubertiade benefit finds violinist Claude-Lise Lafranque and pianist Allen Bishop playing Mozart’s Violin Sonata, K 379 in G major, and Beethoven’s Violin Sonata, Opus 24 in F major, at Music Academy of the West’s Yzurdiaga Hall… Finally the Santa Barbara Master Chorale is singing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “A Sea Symphony” at First Presbyterian Church Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, April 6-7. •MJ
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REQUIEM SAT, APRIL 13, 2019 8PM I SUN, APRIL 14, 2019 3PM I AT THE GRANADA THEATRE Nir Kabaretti, conductor Colleen Daly, soprano Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano Harold Meers, tenor Luca Dall’Amico, bass Santa Barbara Choral Society Santa Barbara City College Choirs North County Chorus
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Verdi, Requiem In a spirit of community collaboration, Verdi’s Requiem will see Maestro Nir Kabaretti conducting the Symphony alongside local community choirs and soloists Colleen Daly, Harold Meers, Krysty Swann and Luca Dall’ Amico. This powerful Requiem combines the drama of opera, the thrill of outstanding symphonic writing, and an abundance of virtuosic solo moments. In the words of Johannes Brahms, “Only a genius could have written such a work.” Artist Sponsors Selection Sponsor
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Ellen Pillsbury and Georgia Lynn at Lehmann Hall (photo by Phil Channing)
Evan, who studied at the Miraflores campus ten years ago. “I don’t know if it’s good for the soul or the mind either!” But the keyboard marathon has obviously not deterred Evan, a Juilliard School graduate, who next year aims to recite the piano works in one sitting – a physically and mentally challenging 15-hour effort. More than 160 guests listened to his entertaining MAW concert, including Anne Towbes, Seymour and Shirley Lehrer, Maurice Singer, Dan and Meg Burnham, Helene Beaver, Peter and Linda Beuret, Lee Luria, Jock and Ellen Pillsbury, Robert Weinman, and Terry and Pam Valeski. Honoring a Legend TV icon Carol Burnett, 85, is to be honored at the fifth annual Legends gala at the Granada in September, I’m reliably informed. The Montecito resident’s career spanned seven decades on the small screen, including the Carol Burnett Show on CBS which ran from 1967 to 1978, and she joins 25-year-old Opera Santa Barbara, and retired CEO of Raytheon Dan Burnham and his wife, Meg, as recipients of the coveted award. Meanwhile, I hear Carol’s 2013 memoir about her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton, is being adapted into a film, with the comedy veteran herself helping to produce it with Tina Fey. Carrie and Me will follow Carol’s relationship with her daughter throughout the latter’s life, including her problems with addiction and her death from cancer at 38.
Sorrow in September Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed she chose to have her nuptials close to her birthday to try and “reframe” the day after previously associating it with her father’s death. The Oscar winner, 46, organized her wedding to TV producer Brad Falchuk two days after her birthday last year after losing her father, Bruce Paltrow, while celebrating her 30th birthday in Rome, Italy, in 2002. She confessed that for years after his death she would fall into a deep depression around the anniversary of his passing and was determined to change the way she viewed it. “My father would not want this for me. So my birthday is September 27 and this past September I got married on the 29th in the garden of my home in the Hamptons where my father’s ashes are scattered.” Rob’s Regret Six-time Golden Globe nominee Rob Lowe has about “70 million” regrets over turning down the part of Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd in the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. “Dude, I turned down Grey’s Anatomy to play McDreamy,” says the Montecito actor. “That probably cost me $70 million!” The 52-year-old Brat Packer lamented his decision to the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. “But at the end of the day, I watched it when it came out and when they started calling the handsome doctor McDreamy I said, ‘Yeah, that’s not for me.’” Patrick Dempsey spent 11 seasons from 2005 to 2015 playing the hunky
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts London Symphony Orchestra
neurosurgeon on the long-running series, which won two SAG Awards and earned two Golden Globe nominations. Instead Rob signed on for a CBS series Dr. Vegas which was cancelled after just a month, he revealed in his 2011 memoir Stories I Only Tell My Friends. Summer in Space The Music Academy of the West’s 72nd annual two-month summer festival, which kicks off June 17, promises to be quite a cracker. Among the many highlights, the esteemed 115-year-old London Symphony Orchestra will be performing three different programs in a 72-hour period, says my mole with the martini. It kicks off July 12 with Voyager at the Granada, a space-themed program with an accompanying film by Victor Craven and a program, including Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets, and John Williams’ “Flying Theme” from E.T. The following day Michael Tilson Thomas conducts his own work “Arnegram” with works by Beethoven and Bartok, with the orchestra’s musicians at the Santa Barbara Bowl just 24
hours later for a community concert with works by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. At Home with Drew Former Montecito actress Drew Barrymore already has a successful makeup range, Flower Beauty. Now she’s showcasing her quirky boho style with a new venture – a homeware range at budget colossus Walmart. The 44-year-old has gone all out on a huge 200-piece collection featuring everything from rugs to vases, bed sheets, sofas, and wall art. Priced slightly higher than Walmart shoppers may be used to, the range starts at $37 for a throw pillow, up to $899 for a pink velvet sofa and $699 for a watercolor loveseat. Drew, who used to live a tiara’s toss from mega TV producer Dick Wolf, tells People the collection is inspired by her godmother, Anna Strasberg, and her godmother’s best friend, Lynn von Kersting, co-owner of celebrity favorite Los Angeles restaurant, the Ivy, one of my old lunch haunts when I was a commentator on the KTLA morning show.
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The monarch was only told of Harry’s hoax message when her private secretary Robin Janvrin called up and got the “shock of his life,” according to one aide.
New president of the Santa Barbara Symphony Janet Garufis with conductor Nir Kabaretti and Kevin Marvin
Janet’s New Venture Montecito Bank & Trust chairman and CEO Janet Garufis has now added another hat to her collection. In July Janet takes on the mantle as president of the Santa Barbara Symphony replacing current head honcho Don Gilman. Her extensive community service includes working with the Sansum Clinic, the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, the Music Academy of the West, Casa Pacifica, CASA, United Way and Habitat for Humanity, to name just a few. Music to our ears...
Practical Jokester Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, Prince Harry, is ever the prankster. Royal author Katie Nicholl in a biography, Harry and William, recounts the time the 34-year-old Duke of Sussex was asked by Her Majesty to activate a standard voicemail on a cell phone she had been given. The message the Vanity Fair and Daily Mail writer claims ran: “Hey, wassup? This is Liz. “Sorry I’m away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip press one, for Charles press two, and for the corgis press three.”
A Huge Loss On a personal note, I mark the passing of a good friend and great adventurer Julian Nott, who has died in a hot air ballooning accident near San Diego aged 74. A British boffin par excellence, Julian, who received a Master’s Degree from Oxford University, was an exceptionally brilliant man and world-record aviator, who was the first to cross Australia and the Sahara Desert in a hot air balloon. He broke an astounding 79 world ballooning records and 96 British records, including the world record for a high altitude civilian tandem skydive jump at nearly 32,000 ft., and designing and building a pressurized cabin for a hot air balloon, piloting it to 55,134ft. It is now on permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Center at Washington’s Dulles Airport. Julian, who rejoiced in exploration and adventure, also received the Royal Aero Club’s Gold Medal for outstanding achievement in aviation, at the time given to only 35 individuals worldwide since the club began in 1901, with other recipients including the Wright brothers, Charles Rolls, founder of Rolls Royce, and Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins of Apollo 11. The only consolation from what has been described as “an extraordinary and unforeseeable” tragedy is that
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Julian died indulging in the pastime he loved... Sightings: Actor Mel Gibson and longtime squeeze Rose Ross noshing at Olio e Limone... Ashton Kutcher, wife Mila Kunis, and children at Toro Canyon Park... Reality TV stars Heidi Montag, husband Spencer Pratt, and 17-month-old son Gunnar at the Rosewood Miramar Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmineards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at priscilla@santabarbara seen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ
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SEEN (Continued from page 14) Member of the CALM auxiliary Karen Merrill and author Kate Quinn, signing books before her interview
Cindy with her author husband Luis Alberto Urrea, one of the interviewees
Fourteen-year-old local author Romy Greenwald with her mom Anita Presser signing her children’s book
Jo Haldeman with her book about the White House days
Author Mindy Johnson at the cocktail party the night before the luncheon
folk, some not: Sheila Aron – I’m Glad I’m me: Weaving The Thread of Love from Generation to Generation; Julia Bricklin – Polly Pry, The Woman Who Wrote the West; Jane Sherron De Hart – Ruth Bader Ginsberg: A Life; Jeff Doubet – Creating Spanish Style Homes; Jo Giese – Never Sit If You Can Dance: Lessons from My Mother, Babe; Elizabeth Gould, M.S. – Your Best Health By Friday; Romy Greenwald (age 14) – Micken the Chicken & the Wishing Puddle; Ruth Grimes – Cat Speak; Jo Haldeman – In The Shadow of the White House; Catharine Riggs – What She Gave Away. The morning of the luncheon began with a large room full of books – a temporary treasure of a “book store” and their scribes, ready to show, tell, and autograph. What a great place to buy gifts with personal signatures! The three authors who were interviewed: Mindy Johnson, Kate Quinn, and Luis Alberto Urrea, were seated in the lobby for signings. Our erstwhile master of ceremonies who has given of his time for eight years, Andrew Firestone, was with us once again. There’s no one better. The interviewers were award winning television writer and novelist Dianne Dixon and Emmy award winning producer/director Tom Weitzel. The CALM CEO Alana Walczak spoke to the group telling us, “One out of three of us has suffered some kind
of trauma while growing up.” She gave kudos to the luncheon founders Sharon Bifano and Stephanie Ortale. The Claire Miles Award was presented to Martha Rogers for outstanding service to CALM. Therapist Deborah Holmes spoke because she is retiring after 31 years. She told of new methods in treating abuse and how CALM is leading the way. First interviewee Kate Quinn is The New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of historical fiction. She is a native of southern California and attended Boston University. Her books have all been translated into multiple languages. Her latest, The Huntress, was inspired by the true story of Nazis living in plain sight in post WWII America. How would you feel if someone you knew and loved turned out to be a cruel Nazi camp guard in their former life? Kate tells about the Nuremberg trials and how there wasn’t room to prosecute them all so many just went home. She also informs us about the Soviet Union’s little known all-female bomber regiment called the “Night Witches,” who served during World War II. Mindy Johnson is an award-winning author historian, filmmaker, educator, musician and more. She is a leading expert on women’s roles in animation and film history. She frequently speaks on these topics. Her latest book is titled Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt
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Disney’s Animation. Mindy told of the nearly vanished world of ink pens, paintbrushes, pigments, and even tea. She said, “At Disney maids in uniform served the ladies tea at 10 am and 2 pm. They also were not allowed to wear pants to work in the ‘forties.” As a military wife I was not allowed to wear them as late as the early ‘60s. The military wanted us to make good impressions on our host country, Italy. As Mindy says, “There’s a little bit of magic in all of us, we just have to find it.” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and award winning writer who uses his dual culture life experience to tell his stories. He grew up in San Diego so he has a Mexican and American heritage. He had a teaching fellowship to Harvard University and is the author of 16 books. The Devil’s Highway is his non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona Desert. It won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Nearly 100 different cities and colleges have chosen three of his books for community wide reading programs. His most recent novel is The House of Broken Angels and was named one of the best books of 2018 by the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR.org, PBS and more. His next book that he’s working on is based on his mom’s experiences serving in the Red Cross during WWII. CALM’s Mission is to prevent, assess and treat child abuse in Santa Barbara County by providing comprehensive, culturally competent services for children, adults and families.
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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 1st Thursday – The monthly art-and-culture evening takes a bit of a left turn with some of April’s offerings, and also finds a venerable venue marking a milestone. In the visual arts arena, Fuzion Gallery & Boutique (1115 State Street, 805687-6401) hosts glassblower Tim Lindemann’s organic glass creations that are the products of visions he had while learning from glass master Cesare Toffolo in the 1990s and Robert Mickelsen in the 2000s, while Bella Rosa Galleries (1103 A State Street, 805-966-1707) exhibits works by Kim Reneé, a self-taught Santa Barbara painter who excels at exploring the emotion and fluidity of color in her art… Visitors can get all hands on at Colette Cosentino Atelier + Gallery (11 West Anapamu Street, 805-570-9863) during OPEN STUDIO: Experimental Floral Paintings in oil on canvas, offering limited color palette with pops of color. Supplies will be on hand for you to create your own floral still life in the studio while chatting with artist Colette Cosentino in her flagship brick and mortar art studio and gallery… National Poetry Month will be celebrated at several locations including City Hall Gallery (735 Anacapa Street, 805-568-3990), where the opening reception for Mary Heebner’s fine art book, On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea by Pablo Neruda, will be feted by readings from the author and the new Poet Laureate Laure-Anne Bosselaar, as well as recitation from talented Adalante School students… Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery (11 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-
1460) hosts the historic 10th solo exhibition by Robin Gowen and also opens an exciting exhibition of mid-century modern paintings by Sidney Gordin and Jules Engel, while Hank Pitcher: Primal remains on view. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www. downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday Beyond Visual Art – At The Book Den, located right next door to Sullivan Goss, Eric Kelley celebrates 40 years as the owner of the enduring independent new and used bookstore in downtown Santa Barbara on 1st Thursday, just three days after the actual anniversary. The store’s adaptations to a changing market over the decades included moving next door and back again and deleting then re-adding selling new books to survive both chains such as Borders and online disrupter Amazon to enjoy the current resurgence in the popularity of indie locations. Join Kelley in commemorating the accomplishment with sparkling wine and cupcakes… Visitors can be part of envisioning the next 40 years of downtown Santa Barbara at The Impact Hub (1117 State Street), which hosts the Coalition for Sustainable Transportation “Reimagine State Street” event. Share ideas on creating an active, vibrant, safe State Street and take a look at what other U.S. cities have done to keep their downtown centers alive… In the more traditional (if trombones can be considered traditional) performing arts portion of 1st Thursday, the Santa Barbara Trombone Society’s Trombone Quartet – an offshoot of the 20-member-plus full society – plays music with styles ranging from Bach
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Uke it Up – The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain offers an evening full of “sheer fun and outright daffiness tied to first-rate musicality and comic timing,” opined The New York Times. But locals likely already knew this as George Hinchliffe’s world-renowned all-singing, allplucking band of uke superstars have already blessed Campbell Hall with at least two previous evenings of toe-tapping music, bountiful banter and everything you can do with multiple iterations of four-stringed instruments. Expect anything from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding, EDM and Spaghetti Western in another night of what the U.K.’s The Sunday Times called “unabashed genre crashing antics [where] nothing is spoof proof.” WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $35-$50 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Crescent City Jazz, Continued – The Uptown Jazz Orchestra was formed in 2008 to bring the traditional riff and blues sounds to school students in the New Orleans area. Under the direction of trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis – brother of Wynton and Branford – and anchored by Dirty Dozen Brass Band founder Roger Lewis on bari sax, the UJO sings and swings with confidence and soul, performing blues and standards that combine riffplaying, spontaneous arrangements and the famous New Orleans second line groove. It’s the second jazz show in a row featuring players from the Big Easy following Derek Douget’s set as part of his residency just three weeks ago. Comprised of jazz cats ranging in experience from young students attending New Orleans area universities and the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts to respected music industry veterans, the UJO keeps the old school jazz traditions alive. well as surprise visits by dancers, singers and grand marshals during any given set. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $39 & $49 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
to the Beatles at the corner of State and Anapamu Streets, by the Museum of Art, which itself hosts another popup performance from Opera Santa Barbara… That same outdoor location also serves as the site for a preview of the Santa Barbara Kite Festival. Kite Master Rakesh Bahadur will be on hand to help visitors color and build your own kite (free of charge, while supplies last) to get ready for the 34th annual festival at SBCC on Sunday, April 14… Back down on the ground and back near City Hall, Mayor Cathy Murillo will hold open community office hours on the front patio at Pascucci Restaurant (729 State Street) where she welcomes the public to stop by with their questions and concerns, or just to say hello. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: (805) 962-2098 or www. downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday FRIDAY, APRIL 5 The Beatunes – Tim Piper is the only member of this yet-another Beatles tribute band ever to play in any of the other making their money by impersonating the Fab Four. He performed with Revolution, and Rain, had roles in the CBS production The Linda McCartney Story, E! Channel’s The Last Days of John Lennon and Beatle Wives, and was the singing voice of John Lennon for the NBC TV Movie of the Week In His Life – The John Lennon Story. The others – bassist Dale LaDuke, lead guitarist Berington Van Campen, and drummer Matt Garrett (the latter ‘fesses up to never even having bought a Beatles album) – are new
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.” – Virginia Foxx
to the genre. Which is likely a blessing, because The Beatunes pride themselves on their motto: “No Tracks. No Wigs. No Costumes.” Instead they focus solely on honoring and playing as faithfully to the recordings as possible. From the early “Fab Four” days to the final recordings, the band members strive to bring more realism to the show, with every sound played live by the band. And apparently, it’s getting better all the time. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 in advance, $15 at the door INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Not Yet De-Throned – HBO’s epic Game of Thrones has become a widespread cultural phenomenon during its seven-year run that has seen George R.R. Martin’s best-selling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire turned into an iconic adventure story of a succession war between powerful families set against a genre-subverting backdrop of gritty realism. The show is notable for its high production values, expansive cast and engaging backstory, which requires top-of-theline talent in front of and behind the camera. As HBO gets ready to air the first episode of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones on Sunday, April 14, the Carsey-Wolf Center is reprising Season 7’s finale, “The Dragon and the Wolf,” at the Pollock Theater. The episode’s director, Jeremy Podeswa, will join Matthew Ryan for a post-screening discussion. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus COST: 4 – 11 April 2019
SATURDAY, APRIL 6 So There – Brooklyn-based So Percussion’s innovative work explores the extremes of emotion and musical possibility has kept the ensemble on the forefront of music programs – including The Ojai Festival a couple of times. Their “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor, and bedlam,” as The New Yorker put it, this time through includes Vijay Iyer’s “Torque,” Suzanne Farrin’s “a diamond in the square,” and Donnacha Dennehy’s “Broken Unison” before the concert closing “Amid the Noise.” For Jason Treuting’s set of short pieces framed by drones and subtly changing harmonies, the quartet expands its percussive arsenal with wood planks, metal pipes, a toy piano, and even duct tape. Listeners will likely be glued to their chairs. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $20-$35 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
free (reservations recommended) INFO: (805) 893-5903 or www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock Elder Millennial – Iliza Schlesinger, the only female and the youngest comedian ever to capture the title of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, has also been the star of a quartet of Netflix specials, including Freezing Hot and Confirmed Kills. The streaming service recently premiered Elder Millennial, promoting the special with a campaign that featured her styled in classic looks from the late ‘90s/early ‘00s; the show forms the basis for her current tour that stops by the Lobero tonight. But the funny female has lots more tricks in her bag, including a fan base who show their loyalty by creating their own Iliza inspired swag to wear to her shows; developing the TV series Halfway There for ABC Studios and CBS; penning her first book Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity comprised of a subversively funny collection of essays and observations on a confident woman’s approach to friendship, singlehood, and relationships; and a new podcast AIA: Ask Iliza Anything where she offers up her unique perspective to listeners, answering their questions on virtually any topic. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $45 ($145 VIP tickets include priority seating and a meet-and-greet event with Iliza following the show) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero. com
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Up Close and Personal – In a twisted tale of two types of storytelling tableaux, Speaking of Stories has seen its regular programming of accomplished actors reading often popular previously published short stories comes to a close due to insufficient ticket sales while on the other hand, SOS’s The Moth-like evenings (the original is at the Lobero on April 4, by the way) of local true tales continues to soar in popularity both among patrons and purveyors. In fact, this year the producers were bombarded with “so many great stories to choose from that we could not fit them all into a single show,” despite already breaking the presentation down into two set of 10 tales. So this week brings an entire second set of original 20 more true stories performed by their authors, two nights of 10 apiece. Stories of love, sex, family, childhood misadventures, and more are all part of the formula that has helped the format find success. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonightThursday WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets COST: $28 general, $18 students and military, $18 Early Bird Special (Monday and Tuesday night only if purchased by April 5) INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater. org •MJ
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UCSB ARTS & LECTURES Monterey on the Move – The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour celebrates the legendary festival’s 60th anniversary as one of the prime jazz events on the calendar with a knockout grouping of the next generation of jazz legends. Among the roster of today’s most critically-acclaimed, award-winning young jazz artists are Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura, and Jamison Ross. The top-tier roster of diverse and international millennial talent come together on one stage for a can’t-miss performance of original songs and classic jazz standards on one of the fabled festival’s favorite home-away-from-home venues. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $35-$50 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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AGING IN HIGH HEELS
by Beverlye Hyman Fead
Ms Fead moved from Beverly Hills to Malibu and then Montecito in 1985. She is married to retired music exec Bob Fead; between them they have four children, five grandchildren, and a dog named Sophia Loren. Beverlye is the author of I Can Do this; Living with Cancer, Nana, What’s Cancer and the blog www.aginginhighheels.com, and book Aging In High Heels. She has also produced a documentary: Stage Four, Living with Cancer.
Teresa McWilliams: A Horatio Alger Story
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eresa McWilliams was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1937, and lived there with her family on their farm in the countryside. Her father, Tomasz Glinski, was a concert pianist and composer in Poland, and they lived the gentry life, until the Germans came and occupied the country. When Teresa was just two years old, the Germans stopped at their farm, taking their larger car to transport their troops, leaving the family with only their DKW, which was a small vehicle, about the size of a Volkswagen. On September 12th, 1939, the Polish Army called Teresa’s family, telling them that Hitler’s troops would be at their farm within four hours. Teresa’s mother quickly packed some bags, but since they only had the small car left available to them, she had their chauffeur saddle up their horse and wagon to fill a couple of suitcases, and she told him to meet the family at a hotel in the south of Poland, where they would stay until the skirmish was over and Hitler was stopped. Since the bombing had already begun, and there were no gas stations open, the Glinski family soon ran out of gas. While waiting and wondering what to do next, a small Polish military plane with apparent engine trouble landed in a field close by. Teresa’s father, Tomasz, walked over to see if he could help. The
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two generals, who had been passengers in the plane, were in desperate need to reach their headquarters. Teresa’s father said he would leave his family in the little woods while he drove them there. He siphoned the gas from the airplane into their small car, and it was on this short 30-minute drive that fate took hold and changed their lives forever. The generals informed Tomasz that the German columns were so long and wide that it would be impossible for the Polish Army to stop them for even five minutes at any road or bridge and therefore, he and his family should leave Poland immediately. So, the family set off, in the dark, over the Carpathian Mountains and headed into Czechoslovakia, then on to Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, and finally into England. Once there, Teresa’s father contacted the Polish Embassy and there they stayed for a while, until they got a house on Baker Street. This house belonged to General Sikorski, the head of the free Polish Forces, and he was also her youngest sister Lily’s godfather. They were right in the thick of the war. In 1942, the family had a direct hit on their house by a V2 rocket which demolished the house, but luckily, none of them were killed or badly hurt. For safety, Teresa and her sisters were shipped off to the coun-
tryside with their nanny to a little farm school. Lily was two, Teresa’s sister, Ania, was nearly four, and Teresa was now five and a half years old. Perhaps it was this early education that she and her sisters had that enabled them to receive three scholarships each, to Stanford University, where they graduated. The girls continued their schooling at Exton Hall in Rutlandshire, Lord Gainsborough’s beautiful estate, which was lent to the school during the war. The sisters boarded at the school and loved living there. It was charming, with over a hundred acres of fields and woods and stables. It was there that Teresa’s love of horses developed. In the meantime, Teresa’s father was giving concerts and composing music in London most of the time, and her parents were invited to all kinds of fabulous parties, including the engagement party of Prince Phillip and Princess Elizabeth. After dinner, Tomasz was asked to play the piano, and he asked for any requests. Princess Elizabeth asked for Stardust, by Hoagy Carmichael, but her father did not know the song. So, Prince Phillip whistled it, and that is how Tomasz learned it, and it became his favorite American song. Teresa’s father then started a club with three other men called the White Eagle Club. Polish clientele could go there to eat, drink, dance, or play cards while the bombing continued in the city. There were over one million displaced Poles in London at that time. The club was open every night, and especially, while the air raids were going on, the customers would stay up half the night being entertained. One night, an American Colonel came in and got very drunk. He told Teresa’s father that he was so talented that he should come to America, and that they would love him there. The family gave it no more thought. About a month later, her parents received papers from Colonel Johnson Pentagon that had a full invitation to come to the States. This is how Teresa and her family were able to come to America. They were never able to contact the Colonel again to thank him, though they tried and tried. Upon arriving, the family had decided to head to Los Angeles, but it was one of those very hot days. A friend suggested driving to Santa Barbara where it was cooler. This was September 1949 and they never left! Within two days, all three girls had enrolled at Marymount School on the Riviera, on scholarship as boarders, as her parents arrived in Santa Barbara with only $25. Teresa’s father teamed up with a Hungarian violinist and the two got a job right away at the El Presidio restaurant.
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Teresa remembers that her father and his musician friend dressed in tails, and that they became very popular quite quickly. They met Ganna Walska at Lotusland, whose brother her parents had known in England, and she offered the family a cottage at Lotusland. After graduating from Marymount, Teresa attended UCSB and Berkeley, while her sisters both went to Stanford. Here is where the true Horatio Alger story begins. After graduating, Teresa started three travel agencies. She loved to travel. When asked her favorite destination she said “It was South Africa, on safari, and I can’t wait to take my grandchildren there, soon.” As if travel agencies weren’t enough, she then started a real estate company with two partners, Ed Bishop and Bob Erlandson. The three of them created a very successful company, on a handshake. The two men retired many years later, and the company was sold to Coldwell Banker, with whom Teresa still works today. She loves being involved in several charity groups, and has decided she has too much energy to retire from work and charity. She loves them both! Along the way, Teresa and her partners invested in real estate in all over Montecito and Santa Barbara, and of course they all wish they could have done more. I have a friend who tells me, from personal experience, she is the nicest landlady in town. We couldn’t tell the story of Teresa without talking about her love of tennis and horses. She played tennis, has gone to almost all of the great tennis matches all over the world, sponsored tennis matches herself, and of course she had always had race horses. Teresa currently has nine horses, and her horses have done very well in the racing world. It was during this time that she met her future husband, George McWilliams. She and George had two sons, Tommy and Brian. Tommy now has two daughters of his own, Tessa and Anna, and a lovely wife, Juliette, and two stepdaughters, Samantha and Madison. Brian has two sons, Dylan and Kellan, and a lovely wife, Kristin. Tommy lives in Oregon and has started his own company, called OTC, and Brian lives in Santa Barbara and is headmaster of the Santa Barbara Middle School. Tommy’s daughter, Tessa, has a son, Henry, who is two years old, which makes Teresa a very young great-grandmother at 81. The little girl, who was only two years old when she had crossed over mountains in the dark, has spread a lot of light, right here in her home town, Montecito! •MJ 4 – 11 April 2019
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Bucolic lawn bowling days in England, circa 1950s Julian also practiced in a pool, the art of getting in and out of the small escape capsule stored away in the large cabin of his craft
101, or something else, he was in a nature preserve, where he loved to be. If there’s any comfort that I can have from this is that he just finished a very successful flight and a very successful landing for a project that he’d been working on for three years and that he loved. It didn’t take his life. It was something else.” She has been comforted by hearing from so many people he’d inspired, many prominent in the world of aviation. “He was a good soul,” she says, “and he’s in a safe place and a happy place. I know that.” Julian wanted to be buried with his father in Surrey, England, where Anne and he had gone to visit his father’s grave many times, near a historic chapel and historic cemetery with a view. “If there’s a heaven on Earth, this is it,” she says. Julian will be on his way in a week or so. He’ll be interred in the Watts Chapel with his immediate family. He’ll be dressed in his favorite clothes: his 501 jeans, no socks, blue shirt, and his new flight jacket for this project, and an American flag, because he was so proud to be an American. There are aviator wings on the casket. “He and I had a symbol of our closeness,” Anne relates, “we always held hands before we went to sleep. About twenty-five years ago, he was going through a rough period and I gave him a large silver charm in the shape of a hand. I said ‘Why don’t you just put this in your pocket and pretend this is me when you’re on this trip (he was going to Asia).’ It meant so much to him and he kept it with him always. Often when he was in a faraway place and he was lonely, he’d send me a picture of him and the hand. I was together enough to remember to take it out of his pocket, so that will also be in his casket.”
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of Experimental Test Pilots will do something around the same time, as will the Aviation Trade Association in Oxford, the Smithsonian has plans to remember him too. Anne jokes that circulation of the Montecito Journal will go down by one, because Julian would never agree to read her copy. “I would pick up the paper and would have to pick up two copies,” she recounts, “one for me and one for him and his always had to be pristine. When he traveled, I always had to run around and have a copy for him when he came home. I’d put it on his desk.” Last year, he trained with the U.S. Navy Seals in San Diego, where they parachuted into a very rough and cold ocean, so he’d know if he was capable of jumping out of a balloon that may have been on fire into the ocean. They had survival rafts, custom made and covered with a hood and he practiced getting in and out of it. “It looked to me like a shark burrito,” Anne says. “He could have landed and had been devoured by some creature, or he
could have landed in hostile territory and taken hostage or shot. “But he landed safely.” ••• Julian Nott’s beloved Anne Luther, his brother Robert Nott, and nieces Elizabeth Salmon and Katherine Nott survive him. Interment will be in the Nott Family Plot in England. In lieu of flowers, Julian’s wishes were for donations to his favorite charity, SEE International, www.seeintl.org.
Hello Jada!
Every Friday morning when I’m in town, I spend 20 minutes at OsteoStrong, just off Las Positas, and so want to congratulate OsteoStrong’s Assistant Manager Lauren Farewell, who gave birth March 28, at Cottage Hospital, to a beautiful baby girl, Jada Michaela, weighing 8 lbs 4 oz and 20 and 1/2 inches long. Jada is looking forward to meeting her 2 1/2-yearold sister Alaina and 9-year-old big brother Joshua on her first trip home soon. •MJ
Mom Lauren Farewell and little Jada resting comfortably at Cottage Hospital
Julian Nott and Anne Luther (seen here at a recent event at Lotusland, in Montecito) were the loves of each other’s lives
Anne promises she will do something here in Santa Barbara to celebrate Julian’s life, probably in June, in association with what would have been his seventy-fifth birthday (the 22nd). But, it’ll depend upon when the airport can accommodate them. The Society “You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job.” – Laurence J. Peter
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located in the back parking lot area of MFPD Station 1 on San Ysidro Road. The panels would be able to power the station at the same rate or better than Southern California Edison’s current rates. Taking into account the state and federal tax breaks and the money earned by selling the energy to MFPD, there is a $285,000 gap to pay for the facility, which will be funded by grant money sourced by Clean Coalition. The Clean Coalition is looking to raise a total of $500K for the project from high net worth individuals, foundations, and government grants or corporate entities. The MFPD board of directors unanimously voted to move forward with the project, and is currently in the negotiation phase with Clean Coalition. The goal is to have the project at Montecito Fire Protection District online by the end of this year, Montecito Water District online three months after that, and Montecito Union School three months after that. “We want to have all three projects online by the middle of 2020,” Lewis said. For more information, visit www.clean-coalition.org. Also heard at Land Use: Dave Anderson and Pat Saley, who are spearheading the Hammond’s Meadow Restoration Plan, gave the committee a briefing on their plans for the meadow. The two-acre property, which is County owned, is located next to the Sea Meadows subdivision, bordered by Eucalyptus Lane to the east, Montecito Shores to the west, and the ocean to the south. The site is part of the original Chumash settlement, and is con-
sidered a sacred site. It is currently infested with tall weeds and gophers, and volunteers with Channel Islands Restoration have been attempting to abate the weeds for the last two years. A long term plan is currently in the works, with plans to plant native plants on the site following gopher and weed abatement; a number of constraints exist due to the sensitive nature of the property. These include not being able to dig into the soil, bring heavy equipment on the property, or add a water source. The project, which will be led by Channel Islands Restoration, is expected to cost $700K, with funding expected to come from foundations, neighbors, and others. “It will be a major fundraising drive that we’ll need to undertake,” Anderson said. The idea is that the site will be self sustaining in five years, and that the access through the site to the beach will not change. “Our goal is to restore the native habitat, create a landscape that is visually pleasing, protect the integrity of Chumash resources, reduce erosion and vandalism, increase the sense of safety and security for neighbors, and maintain public access,” Saley said. “We think it will be a benefit for everyone.” The project will be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission next week at a special time: 1 pm on Thursday, April 18. The Land Use Committee voted to send a letter to the MPC in support of the project. The full board of the Montecito Association meets next Tuesday, April 9.
Toni McDonald of Montecito Sanitary District and Chief Chip Hickman of Montecito Fire Protection District were honored with achievement awards by the Santa Barbara County Chapter of the California Special Districts Association
Special Districts Honored
The Santa Barbara County Chapter of the California Special Districts Association (SBCCSDA) honored Chip Hickman and Toni McDonald at their meeting last week, held at Root 246 Restaurant in Solvang. Montecito Fire Chief Chip Hickman received the 2018 General Manager of the year Award. Chief Hickman has been the Fire Chief for the past seven years and successfully led the organization through the two largest disasters the community of Montecito has ever experienced. Instead of resting on his laurels, Chief Hickman
continues to seek out ways to improve service delivery to the community. Recently, the District implemented a new Microwave internet system to improve dispatch connectivity, and updated the Community Wildfire Protection Plan to improve defensible space. Currently, the District is pursuing a renewable energy supply to improve redundancy and resiliency. Toni McDonald, District Administrator for the Montecito Sanitary District, received the 2018 Professional Staff Person of the Year Award. Toni has a wide range of responsibilities for the Sanitary District including Clerk to the Board of Directors, payroll, accounting functions, human resources and benefits, risk management and information systems, customer service, and front desk permit issuance functions. Toni proved to be invaluable to the Sanitary District following the January 9, 2018 debris flow event. Because of her dedication, accounting knowledge, and resourcefulness, the Montecito Sanitary District was able to complete permanent infrastructure repairs and return to full service by the time Montecito repopulated following the disaster. There are 35 represented districts within Santa Barbara County that provide vital services, including water, water conservation, healthcare, community, fire protection and public safety, mosquito and vector management, recreation, sanitary, and cemetery. The Montecito Fire Protection and Sanitary Districts are grateful for the continuous commitment to excellence that Chip Hickman and Toni McDonald display each day. •MJ
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Your Westmont by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College
‘Open/Close’ Marks Apex of Senior’s Art
The artists include Madison Cowan, Madeline Kilpatrick, Lauren Koo, Marissa Lin, Bianca Moser, David Peterson, Isabel Sheehan, and Amanda Zhang. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. It is closed Sundays and college holidays. For more information, please visit www.westmontmuseum.org or contact the museum at (805) 565-6162.
Choir of New College Oxford Sings in SB
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ight graduating art majors will offer their capstone art projects, which span oil painting, photography, serigraphy, sculpture, assemblages, and digital painting from April 4-May 4 at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “OPEN/CLOSE: Westmont Graduate Exhibition” is Thursday, April 4 from 4-6 pm at the museum. “I am most looking forward to seeing the culmination of all the hard work that the eight seniors have been
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investing in their new bodies of artwork finally displayed in the museum,” says Meagan Stirling, assistant professor of art. “It has been a wonderful opportunity to walk alongside them as they investigate themes of identity, self, friendship and the purely formal qualities of art. They are a tenacious and inspiring group of seniors.”
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One of the most highly regarded choral groups in the United Kingdom performs in Santa Barbara as part of a unique local partnership. The Choir of New College Oxford, first established in 1379, will perform Wednesday, April 10, at 7 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street. Tickets, which cost $20 for general admission, $10 for students, may be purchased online (westmont.edu/oxfordconcert) or at the door (pending availability). The concert, which features a pipe organ from 1965, will last 90 minutes with a brief intermission. The event is sponsored by Westmont, Trinity Episcopal Church, Community Arts Music Association, and The American Guild of Organists. The choir includes 15 boy choristers and 13 adult clerks, who are professional singers and/or undergraduate members of the college. “To bring an English men-and-boy choir of such distinction to Santa Barbara is a rare opportunity for the community,” says Grey Brothers, Westmont music professor and minister of choral and congregational music at Trinity Episcopal Church. “With its stunning visual and acoustical space, Trinity Episcopal is the ideal venue for the evening concert.” The choir will also perform earlier in the day at Westmont chapel at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym. “The primary purpose of this choir is singing Evensong in the college chapel in Oxford multiple times each week,” says Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship. “Few Westmont students have experienced this tradition of worship that has been at New College for more than six hundred years.”
New Book ‘Reimagines Your Love Story’
Relationships are complicated. Andrea Gurney, Westmont professor of psychology and a practicing clinical psychologist, has written a book born out of a desire to help create and maintain healthy, intimate connections that honor and glorify God. Reimagining Your Love Story: Biblical and Psychological Practices for Healthy Relationships was released March 26
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and is available at several book-signing events through the local region. “Fostering a healthy, intimate relationship is one of the hardest things for a human to do,” Gurney says. “And yet it is also one of the most rewarding things we can ever be a part of, integral to the way we were created.” Gurney, who began teaching at Westmont in 2005 and opened her private practice soon after, says love makes us vulnerable, but it also makes us strong. “I am reminded of this every day in my work as a clinical psychologist and college professor, but also as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend,” she says. “We need one another. We are designed for relationships, Imago Dei: We are created in the image of God. And at His core, our God is relational. But more often than not, relationships are messy.” Even though we are born wired as relational beings, dependent on one another for survival, we are illequipped to establish and maintain healthy and lasting intimate relationships. “Instead we pursue ‘the fairy tale,’” she says. “We want so badly to believe there is one perfect person out there, and once we find each other, our problems will disappear and life will be easy. At the end of the day, none of us has a fairy godmother or pixie dust at our disposal.” Reimagining Your Love Story is divided into three sections: “What’s Your Once Upon a Time?,” “Deconstructing the Myths of Love,” and “Working Toward Happily Ever After.” Gurney earned her doctorate at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, and her master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in couples and family counseling and a pre-doctoral internship in individual therapy at Harvard Medical School. The book signing tour stops include: April 9 at 7 pm at Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street; April 11 at 3:30 pm at Westmont College; and April 28 at 12:30 pm at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Road. •MJ 4 – 11 April 2019
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Post-Debris Flow Reduction (2018)
Remaining Value (2018)
Improvements Land
$165,217,000 $719,358,000
$143,978,000 $185,550,000
$21,239,000 $533,808,000
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$329,528,000
$555,047,000
Table 1. Reductions in Assessed Property Values due to Montecito Debris Flow (Sources: Santa Barbara County Assessor, 2019a; RDN estimates)
are uninhabitable, whereas Yellow Tags may allow for restricted use. Homes with Green Tags are deemed safe and cleared for occupancy (County of Santa Barbara Building & Safety, 2019). The County Assessor’s office reduced the total assessed values of affected properties from $885 million in fiscal year 2017 to $555 million in fiscal year 2018, for a total reduction of $330 million. This total includes damages to residential and commercial properties but excludes another $42 million in combined damage to the Four Seasons Biltmore and San Ysidro Ranch hotels. Broken down by type, the damages include $186 million to land and $144 million to structures (Table 1). Properties affected by the debris flow are eligible for a fast-tracked permitting process to rebuild. The County’s disaster recovery policy allows affected homeowners to rebuild up to their original square footage without impacting their assessed values. Owners who choose to rebuild a larger home than what was on the site prior to the disaster are only reassessed on the portions of the structure which exceed the previous footprint.
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Figure 4 maps residential properties in Montecito with their initial (January 2018) and updated (January 2019) inspection status, for all dwellings that were damaged by the debris flow. The map illustrates that many homes have changed status over the last year, especially homes in the Coast Village Road neighborhood located in southeastern Montecito north of US Highway 101. Figure 5 presents a snapshot of how the status of these homes has changed in the year since the debris flow (from January 2018 to January 2019). Of the 165 homes that initially received a Red Tag, 105 (64 percent) have since changed to a Yellow or Green Tag. Out of the 144 homes that initially received a Yellow Tag, 79 (55 percent) have since changed to a Green Tag. Note that a change from a Red or Yellow Tag to a Green Tag can indicate that significant repairs have been made; however, it may also indicate that a home has been demolished and the lot is now cleared as vacant land. Further analysis of the permitting activity elucidates the type of activity that prompted a change in inspection status. RDN collected permitting data from the Santa Barbara County Department of Planning and Development for all affected parcels initially tagged Yellow or Red (Santa Barbara County Department of Planning & Development, 2019b). Because each parcel may have more than one dwelling, the 309 dwellings initially tagged Yellow or Red (see Figure 5) comprise only 271 unique parcels. The Santa Barbara County Building and Planning website provides a database of all permits associated with each parcel; each permit entry provides a date, project name, and status, and other supplemental information. All parcels included in this analysis have a permit with some form of the project name “Montecito Mudslide – January 2018.” The file date for nearly all of these permits is between 23 January 2018 and 26 January 2018, though a few permits were filed later in 2018. Most parcels affected by the debris flow have since filed recovery-related permits. Permit project names provide information regarding the actions undertaken by the property owners. For example, a common project name in the permit data is “Partial Demo SFD,” indicating a partial demolition of a single-family dwelling occurring on the parcel. Projects are filed into distinct categories, including “demolitions,” “repairs,” “rebuilds,” and “remodels.” The County Building Department confirmed that demolitions, repairs, and rebuilds at affected parcels were likely connected to post-debris flow recovery efforts, while any remodels likely represented unrelated building activity. 40
Figure 4. Inspection Status of Affected Dwellings, January 2018 and January 2019 (Sources: Santa Barbara County Department of Planning & Development, 2019a; OpenStreetMap, 2019)
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Initial Post-Debris Flow Inspection
Figure 7. Total Reconstruction Projects by Status and Initial Inspection, March 2019 [1] Parcels with multiple dwellings may have received different inspection statuses for each dwelling. For example, the main dwelling may have received a Red Tag and the guest house received a Yellow Tag. In such instances, the parcel is represented by the dwelling with the highest level of damage. [2] Each parcel may have one or more reconstruction projects (issued permits). (Source: Santa Barbara County Planning & Development, 2019a,b; RDN estimates)
In addition to information about the type of construction, the permit database includes the date the permit was issued, as well its current status. When a project has been completed and inspected, the permit is marked “closed.” We classified projects as “complete” if the associated permits are “closed,” and classified projects as “in progress” if the associated permits have any other status. For parcels with multiple projects of the same activity – i.e., multiple demolition projects – we classified the projects as complete when all demolition permits have been “closed” and classified the projects as “in progress” under any other circumstance. Figure 6 displays a timeline of projects associated with the debris flow by type and date the permit was issued. The chart illustrates the high number of demolition permits issued immediately following the debris flow. In February 2018 alone, 38 demolition permits were issued. Demolition permits fell significantly in September 2018, after which no more than five demolition permits have been filed per month. As of March 2019, most of the demolitions have been completed. In contrast, most repair/rebuilding projects are still in progress. The findings in Figure 6 indicate that Montecito is likely not as far along in the rebuilding process as the change in inspection status might otherwise suggest. To explore this further, Figure 7 displays a snapshot as of March 2019 of the status of all reconstruction projects (demolitions, repairs, and rebuilds) for parcels that initially received a Red Tag or Yellow Tag due to damage from the debris flow. Despite these projects, many damaged parcels have not yet reported any permitting activity. Figure 7 displays the roughly 29 parcels initially marked Red and the 73 parcels initially marked Yellow that have reported no relevant permitting activity since the debris flow. Additionally, over 200 parcels that were initially tagged Red or Yellow have projects that are still in progress. This suggests that the change in inspection status summarized in Figure 4 has been driven by demolitions, as opposed to homes being rebuilt/repaired. The time between permit filings provides some insight on the timeline for reconstruction. For parcels that have been issued both demolition and subsequent repair/rebuild permits, the average time between their issuance was 120 days. Over one year after the initial mudslide event, only two rebuilding projects and 15 repair projects have been completed. Although not all recovery efforts require a permit, such as for removing mud from property, our analysis indicates that Montecito’s housing stock still has a long road to recovery. •MJ
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References
California Department of Insurance. (2018, April 2). Montecito mudslide insurance claims top $421 million. Retrieved from California Department of Insurance Website: http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2018/ release033-18.cfm
County of Santa Barbara Building & Safety. (2019, February 1). Red and Yellow Tag Fact Sheet. Retrieved from Ready Santa Barbara County Website: https://readysbc.org/rebuild/red-and-Yellow-tagging/
OpenStreetMap contributors. (2019). Planet dump from 14 February. Retrieved from OpenStreetMap: https://planet.openstreetmap.org
Robert D. Niehaus, Inc. (2019, March). Disaster Premiums in the Rental Housing Market: Exploring the Effect of the Montecito Debris Flow. Santa Barbara, CA. Retrieved from http://www.rdniehaus.com/rdn/
Santa Barbara County Assessor. (2019a, February 12). Total Tentative Impact on Debris Flow Properties 2018. Provided via email.
Santa Barbara County Assessor. (2019b, March). Recent Home Sales (Santa Barbara County). Retrieved from County Clerk, Recorder and Assessor Website: http://www.sbcvote.com/assessor/SearchPropertySales.aspx
Santa Barbara County Department of Planning & Development. (2019a, January 24). Interactive Map of Affected
Properties. Retrieved from Ready Santa Barbara County Website: https://sbcopad.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/ index.html?id=c1df066590034bfc83f6b1d3d0ea94bf
Santa Barbara County Department of Planning & Development. (2019b, March 22). Lookup Permit History by Parcel. Retrieved from Planning & Development Website: http://sbcountyplanning.org/
Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management. (2018, December 3). Debris Flow Risk Areas. Retrieved from Ready Santa Barbara County Website: https://sbcoem.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2dfd558de56f45158b4f67ef678a24e3
Zillow. (2019, February 14). Monthly Home Sales. Retrieved from Zillow Data: https://www.zillow.com/research/data/
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ORDINANCE NO. 5878 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SECTIONAL ZONING
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
ORDINANCE NO. 5879 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:
SANTA BARBARA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5823,
BID NO. 5739
REFERENCED IN SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE
THE 2017-2019 MANAGEMENT SALARY PLAN, TO ADD
DUE DATE & TIME: April 22, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.
SECTION 30.05.020, PERTAINING TO ZONING UPON
EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH PAY
MAP OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, AS
ANNEXATION OF ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO. 057-111-003
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on March 26,
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on March 26,
2019.
2019.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter
as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
California.
Municipal Tennis Court Parking Lot Repave Scope of Work to include removal of existing asphalt pavement and installation of new asphalt pavement at the Municipal Tennis Court Parking Lot located at 1414 Park Place, Santa Barbara, California. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on April 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., at the Municipal Tennis Court Parking Lot located at 1414 Park Place, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
California.
(Seal)
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids.
(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5879
ORDINANCE NO. 5878
STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on March 19, 2019, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on March 26, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES:
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
was introduced on March 19, 2019, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on March 26, 2019, by the following roll call vote: AYES:
Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on March 27, 2019.
on March 27, 2019.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on March 27, 2019.
March 27, 2019.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published April 3, 2019 Montecito Journal
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Published April 3, 2019 Montecito Journal
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” – William Blake
Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-12 Earthwork and Paving Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that they shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond of the (3) lowest bidders must be received by Purchasing within 3 City business days of the bid acceptance deadline in order to be considered responsive. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ___________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
Published: April 3, 2019 Montecito Journal
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
This may affect your property. Please read. Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Coastal Development Permit by the Planning and Development Department. The development requested by this application is subject to appeal to the California Coastal Commission following final action by Santa Barbara County and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. However, in compliance with California Coastal Act Section 30624.9, the Director has determined that this project qualifies as minor development and therefore intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Travis Lee at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101‑2058, by email at trlee@co.santa‑barbara.ca.us, or by fax at (805) 568‑2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided. WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Coastal Development Permit to the Montecito Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and ultimately the California Coastal Commission. If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Coastal Development Permit. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Coastal Development Permit is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Travis Lee at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101‑2058, or by email at trlee@co.santa‑barbara.ca.us, or by phone at (805) 568‑2046. PROPOSAL: JAMESON TRUST POOL & TRELLIS PROJECT ADDRESS: 1445 S JAMESON LN, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 1st SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE DATE OF NOTICE: 4/3/2019 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 4/24/2019 PERMIT NUMBER: 18CDH‑00000‑00002
APPLICATION FILED: 1/17/2018
ZONING: 3‑E‑1 PROJECT AREA: 2.29 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Bill Wolf Proposed Project: This project is for a Coastal Development Permit with Hearing to allow the construction of a 1,745 square foot pool patio including a 52 square foot barbecue covered by a 9‑foot tall trellis, a 700 square foot pool measuring 35’ x 20’ with an automatic cover, a 50 square foot pool equipment area attached to the existing 5,110 gross square foot single family dwelling, removal of an existing spa, and removal of an existing wooden fence along Montecito Creek. Grading would include approximately 100 cubic yards of cut to be balanced on site. No trees are proposed to be removed. Approximately 4,000 square feet of new drought tolerant landscaping is proposed. The parcel would continue to be served by the Montecito Water District, the Montecito Sanitary District, and the Montecito Fire Protection District. Access would continue to be provided by a private driveway off of South Jameson Lane. The proposed project is located in the Coastal Zone on a 2.29‑acre parcel zoned 3‑E‑1 shown as Assessor's Parcel Number 009‑320‑004, located at 1445 South Jameson Lane in the Montecito Community Plan area, First Supervisorial District. APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Coastal Development Permit 18CDH‑00000‑00002 may be appealed to the Montecito Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Coastal Development Permit. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so. Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non‑business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day. This Coastal Development Permit may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after an appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal. For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Travis Lee. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/forms/PermitAppHndt/AppsForms.cfm ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/permitting/ Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/boards/rbar/
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5736 DUE DATE & TIME: MAY 28, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Cationic Emulsion Polymers for Thickening & Dewatering Sludge The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING: A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at the El Estero WWTP conference room, 520 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara. The purpose of the meeting will be to answer questions, walk the site, give proposers access to visually inspect equipment and laboratory space to facilitate jar testing, field trials, and preparation of proposals. Bids will not be accepted or considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting. SAMPLE COLLECTION/JAR TESTING: A mandatory preproposal sample collection and jar testing for product selection will occur April 24, 2019 through May 1, 2019, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Failure to collect samples and jar test will render your proposal null and void. Proposers are to contact Thomas Welche at (805) 5681002 or twelche@santabarbaraca.gov to reserve testing slots, no later than 3:00 P.M. on April 23, 2019. Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________________ William Hornung Published: April 3, 2019 General Services Manager Montecito Journal
F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bella Vida Santa Barbara, 403 Orilla Del Mar #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Erin M. Schmidt, 403 Orilla Del Mar #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the
original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN No. 2019-0000703. Published April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rincon Strategies, 727 De La Guerra Plz, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Rincon LLC, 727 De La Guerra Plz, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County
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Notice Inviting Bids TUNNEL ROAD PUMP STATION REHABILITATION Bid No. 3935 1.
Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Tunnel Road Pump Station Rehabilitation Project (“Project”), by or before Wednesday May 15, 2019, at 3:00 PM, at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.
2.
Project Information. 2.1
Location and Description. The Project is located at 1501 Tunnel Rd (the northerly terminus of Tunnel Rd.) and is described as follows:
Rehabilitation of Tunnel Road Pump Station including; three new vertical turbine pumps and pump cans; piping, valves, and accessories; electrical equipment including motor controls, service gear, conduit and wire, lighting, and accessories; site work including buried piping, paving, entrance gate installation; roof replacement; installation of City-furnished process control panel; painting and protective coatings; new hydropneumatic tank; and associated demolition. Upgrades to Tunnel Road Reservoir including; exterior painting of the reservoir, new inlet piping and accessories; new tank mixing system; associated electrical and instrumentation, and control items. 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 350 calendar days. 2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $1,300,000. 3.
License and Registration Requirements. 3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A, General Engineering. 3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
4.
Mandatory Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday April 18, 2019 at 10:00AM, at the following location: Tunnel Pump Station, 1501 Tunnel Rd. (northerly terminus of Tunnel Rd.) for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. Attendance at the Bidders’ Conference is mandatory. A prospective bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference will be disqualified from bidding.
5.
Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.
6.
Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.
7.
Prevailing Wage Requirements. 6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. 6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.
8.
Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bond for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.
9.
Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
10.
Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
11.
Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
By: ___________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
Date: ________________________
Publication Dates: 1) April 3, 2019 2) April 10, 2019 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
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“I have great faith in fools — self-confidence my friends will call it.” – Edgar Allan Poe
Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 20, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000657. Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Solace Salon & Spa, 1819 Cliff Dr. Ste. E, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Brooke Cameron Merritt, 2567 Cobblecreek Ct, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362; Kelly Pam Merritt, 4445 La Paloma Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 14, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra Rodriguez. FBN No. 2019-0000615. Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sparrow, 1345 Danielson Road #F, Montecito, CA 93108. Nexa Marketing, 1345 Danielson Road #F, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 21, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office
of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2019-0000675. Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Martin Handyman, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117. Martin Sedano, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN No. 2019-0000442. Published March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019. F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dana V Wines, 1588 Mission Dr. Suite B, Solvang, CA 93436. Final Blend Wine Company, LLC, 3160 Glengary Rd., Santa Ynez, CA 93460. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 4, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2019-0000515. Published March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019. 4 – 11 April 2019
Notice Inviting Bids Conveyance Main Project Bid No. 3960 1.
2.
Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for Bid No. 3960, the Conveyance Main Project (“Project”), by or before May 9, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., through PlanetBids or at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office or successfully uploaded to PlanetBids prior to 3:00 p.m.. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office or the digital time stamp on PlanetBids will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Bids that fail to upload to PlanetBids prior to the deadline will not be accepted. Bidders are encouraged to upload bids by 2:30 p.m. to PlanetBids. Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located in the City of Santa Barbara, California approximately in Yanonali Street, Calle Caesar Chavez, Salsipuedes Street, Ortega Street, Olive Street, Sola Street, and Garden Street ,and is described as follows: the Work generally consists of construction of approximately 2.2 miles of 24-inch diameter potable water pipeline, a pressure reducing valve vault, pipeline appurtenances, paving, electrical and instrumentation equipment, and other miscellaneous work. 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 300 calendar days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.
Publishing Rates: Fictitious Business Name: $45 $5 for each additional name
2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $8,600,000. 3.
License and Registration Requirements. 3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A or C34. 3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.
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Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.
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Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of five (5) percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.
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Prevailing Wage Requirements. 6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. 6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.
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Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bond for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.
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Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.
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Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.
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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
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Mandatory Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on April 18th, 2019 at 12:00pm, at the following location: David Gebhard Public Meeting Rm, 630 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory. A bidder who fails to attend a mandatory bidders’ conference will be disqualified from bidding.
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Specific Brands. Pursuant to referenced provision(s) of Public Contract Code section 3400(c), City has found that the following specific brands are required for the following particular material(s), product(s), thing(s), or service(s), and no substitutions will be considered or accepted: Item: Gate Valve Plug Valve Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV) PRV Strainer Pressure Gauge Pressure Transmitter
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Required brand: Mueller Co. Dezurik Cla-Val Cal-Val Dixon (liquid filled) Rosemount
Reference: 15115 15116 15118 15125 17405 17405
American Iron and Steel. Unless a waiver has been obtained from the City, Contractor shall not purchase, provide, use or allow to be used “iron and steel products” produced outside of the United States on this Project, and Contractor shall certify and shall ensure that all “iron and steel products” used on Project will be produced in the United States. For purposes of this section, the term "iron and steel products" means the following roducts made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. “Steel” means an alloy that includes at least 50 percent iron, between .02 and 2 percent carbon, and may include other elements.
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