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Santa Barbara Triathlon concludes with short distance events
Lawmakers bring back amended zero bail bill By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE
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Parents and their children compete in the parent/child triathlon as they start the bicycle portion of the race on Cabrillo Boulevard during the Santa Barbara Triathlon on Sunday.
By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The second day of the Santa Barbara Triathlon focused on short distance events for both men and women, and while each event had a winner, only one was someone who also won yesterday. Sarah Terry won the women’s title of both Saturday’s longcourse co-ed event and Sunday’s short-course co-ed event, according to Triathlon co-owner Elizabeth Rodriguez. “That’s amazing,” Ms. Rodriguez said. “That’s really something else.” Sunday featured a 500 meter swim, 6 mile bike race and 2-mile run. She said Sunday started out with heavy duty fog, “but that didn’t dampen anybody’s spirit.” About 600 athletes participated Sunday, the same amount as Saturday, Ms. Rodriguez said, describing the two-day event as “spectacular.” “Everybody had an amazing time,” she said. “There was a lot of energy.” She thanked city officials, sponsors and about 200 volunteers for their support of this year’s Triathlon.
At left, Steven Hunt took first place overall in the sprint triathlon with a time of 40 minutes and 3 seconds. At right, Santa Barbara local Sarah Terry smiles after winning the women’s title of the sprint triathlon.
“There was a tremendous amount of community support behind this event,” she said, “We’re grateful for their support.”
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Ms. Rodrigues co-owns the race with her husband, Gerry. They purchased the race from Joe Coito at the end of 2020 when Mr. Coito moved his family to Texas.
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“We are here and we plan on being here for years to come,” she said. email: nhartstein
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She told the News-Press Saturday that they wanted to assure the community that even though Mr. Coito is gone, the race will remain.
(The Center Square) – With California’s legislative session set to end Aug. 31, lawmakers this week resurrected a last-minute proposal to reform the state’s bail system. The proposal, contained in Senate Bill 262, would prohibit the “costs relating to the conditions of release on bail from being imposed on persons released on bail or their own recognizance,” according to the bill text. The bill would also require a court to return money paid to a bail bond licensee on behalf of the arrestee if the case is dismissed or no charges against the arrestee are filed within 60 days. The measure allows a bail bond licensee to retain a surcharge of 10%, meaning an arrestee could get back 90% of their money if a case is dismissed and charges aren’t filed within the deadline. In April 2020, the California Judicial Council established a policy to set bail at zero for most misdemeanor and low-level felonies to keep the jail population low during the pandemic, as reported by ABC7. The council voted to end that policy in June 2020. Sen. Robert Hertzberg, DVan Nuys, the author of SB 262, had previously introduced the measure in January 2021 to require an affordable bail for many offenses. Sen. Hertzberg ultimately decided to shelve the measure after the murder of 61-year-old Kate Tibbitts in Sacramento last September. Ms. Tibbitts was raped and murdered in her Sacramento home. The accused killer, Troy Davis, had a past criminal history and was released on zero bail for a June 2021 car theft, according to KCRA. Mr. Davis also accused of killing Ms. Tibbitts’ dogs and setting her home on fire. A previous version of SB 262 would have required a court to “first consider whether nonfinancial conditions will reasonably protect the public and the victim and reasonably assure the arrestee’s presence at trial” before setting a bail amount. If a court ultimately decided that bail was necessary under these conditions, courts would be required to inquire about the arrestee’s ability to pay the bail without “substantial hardship,” thus requiring courts to set an affordable bail. The current amended version of the bill appears to have struck the provisions requiring affordable bail. A spokesperson for Sen. Hertzberg’s office, however, could not confirm whether or not the affordable bail provision still applies to the amended bill. Sen. Hertzberg’s office did not respond to comment requests from The Center Square within deadline about the reintroduction of the legislation. The reintroduction of the measure garnered pushback from Republican lawmakers in the Senate earlier this week. Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk, RSanta Clarita, cited data from the Yolo County District Attorney that Please see BAIL on A2
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