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Gov. Newsom vetoes ‘No Tax Exemption for Insurrection Act’
Foodbank of SB County launches campaign to retrofit its new Sharehouse in Goleta
By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE
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The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County recently opened the Sharehouse and its Administration and Nutrition Promotion Center at 80 Coromar Drive in Goleta.
By JARED DANIELS NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is undertaking a fourmonth fundraising campaign to retrofit its recently-acquired Goleta warehouse into a fully functioning “Sharehouse,” which will enable the organization to increase its food storage capacity, improve services in South County and play a major role in disaster relief management for the region. The organization has set a goal of raising $6 million by the end of the year. That figure includes $2.5 million the Foodbank will need to carry out the renovations to the new facility, located at 80 Coromar Drive. The rest will be used to maintain regular operations during the process. “The new Sharehouse in South County is going to have a major impact on all of the groups that we serve, whether they are lowincome families, seniors and veterans who are on a fixed income and unhoused people,” Foodbank of Santa Barbara County CEO Erik Talkin told the News-Press. “What it’s going to mean is a lot of extra capacity across the county because we’ll be able to keep more food up in the north and not bring it down to the south, so it will mean a rise in capacity across the county and across all groups.” That rise in capacity will equate to an additional 80,000 pounds of
FYI To learn more about the Sharehouse project, and to donate and get involved with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, visit foodbanksbc.org.
By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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A crowd gathers at the recent Sharehouse Festival at the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s new facility in Goleta.
food coming into the Foodbank every week. That will help remedy the shortcomings of the organization’s current South County facility on Hollister Avenue, which only holds 15% of the food resources needed for operations in South County. The remainder is currently trucked down from the Foodbank’s North County facilities. In addition to improving services for populations the Foodbank regularly serves, another primary use of the South County facility will be storing 1.2 million pounds of food to be Please see FOODBANK on A4
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The new Goleta warehouse will greatly increase the Foodbank’s storage capacity.
happening again.” The bill sailed through the Legislature before reaching Gov. Newsom’s desk, receiving support from Democrats while many Republican lawmakers declined to vote. Supporters had argued the bill would ensure California’s tax exempt status is not abused by extremist groups. Since Jan. 6, 2021, at least 919 people have been charged with crimes tied to the insurrection, according to a tracker from Insider. John Eastman, a founding director of the California-based Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, wrote a memo laying out the steps for how former Vice President Mike Pence could block Congress from certifying the November 2020 election, as reported by the New York Times. Just last week, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced it is seeking thousands of Mr. Eastman’s emails in its investigation, according to CNN.
Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies quickly tracked down and arrested a La Mirada man Friday in Goleta on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. At approximately 9:16 a.m., deputies responded to the area around Staples in the Camino Real Marketplace for a report of an alleged assault with a knife that had just occurred. As deputies arrived at the shopping center, they learned that the suspect, described as a white male with a long beard and wearing a backpack, was last seen entering nearby Home Depot. Deputies established a perimeter around the area and, with the assistance of Home Depot staff, vacated the business. While deputies
searched for the suspect inside Home Depot, additional deputies were on the lookout for the suspect in the surrounding area. At approximately 9:57 a.m., deputies spotted a man who matched the suspect’s description behind Target. Deputies detained 43-year-old Jeremiah Jacobson of La Mirada, who was subsequently positively identified as the suspect and arrested, according to Raquel Zick, the public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office. Mr. Jacobson was booked at the Main Jail in Santa Barbara on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon (felony) and is being held on $30,000 bail. Ms. Zick said the victim was not physically injured and did not require medical attention. email: kzehnder@newspress.com
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(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would strip the California tax-exempt status of a nonprofit that engaged in criminal acts of conspiracy, like insurrection or treason. Senate Bill 834 would have allowed the state’s attorney to make findings that a tax-exempt organization has engaged in treason, seditious conspiracy, government overthrow or insurrection. The attorney general would then be required to notify the Franchise Tax Board, who could then revoke the tax-exempt status of the nonprofit. The bill was introduced following the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. In a veto letter, Gov. Newsom wrote that extremist groups who participated in January 6 “should be renounced and investigated for their participation,” but said these issues “should be evaluated through the judicial system with due process and a right to a hearing.” The bill’s author, Sen. Scott Wiener, responded with disappointment to the governor’s veto, arguing that the governor’s suggestion of “mandatory judicial oversight of tax-exempt status revocation” is unprecedented. “Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and we must be clear on where California stands when it comes to organizations trying to undermine our democratic system,” Sen. Wiener said. “January 6 was a dark day in our nation’s history, and we should do everything in our power to prevent an insurrection from
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