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Race for Easter Eggs Hundreds of excited kids fill their baskets at Elings Park By DAVE MASON and KATHERINE ZEHNDER THE NEWS-PRESS

The countdown was on. “10 … 9 … 8 ... 7…” said an announcer at Elings Park, as hundreds of excited children and their parents waited before racing down a big field full of Easter eggs. Actually, the crowd at the Santa Barbara park started running before the announcer got to 0. The kids couldn’t wait, as they broke loose from the grasps of their parents! That was the scene Saturday morning at the Great Egg Hunt, where children happily filled

their baskets with what they found among the 19,000 candy-filled eggs. There were about 700 to 800 participants on Saturday morning. Smiling kids raced like crazy with their baskets, screaming in delight. Many of them even wore bunny ears. Santa Barbara resident Reed Tanner, who turns 3 today (happy birthday!), got dressed up as Tigger, with his parents noting their son’s celebrations of Halloween and Easter had successfully merged. The kids were divided into age groups as they ran toward the Easter eggs, which were lying in plain sight, just waiting to be scooped Please see EASTER on A5

SB police use ‘military equipment’ By KAITLYN SCHALLHORN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara City Council last week approved an ordinance allowing the city’s police department to use “military equipment.” Approval of the ordinance is mandated by an Assembly bill signed into law last year. But what exactly is “military equipment,” and why is it needed by the Santa Barbara Police Department? An inventory list of military equipment from the department includes one armored vehicle, multiple 40MM launchers and rounds, 35 distraction devices, 78 various breaching shotguns and a bevy of chemical agents and smoke canisters (such as pepper spray and tear gas), among other items. The items are “employed by many law enforcement agencies across the country as best practices to enhance citizen and officer safety,” according to a council report. “The use of the military equipment identified on the inventory list is vital to SBPD’s mission and will continue to be strictly Please see POLICE on A7

Zoe Elliott paints the face of Camila Alvardo, 5, of Santa Barbara.

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Jude Lieser, 3, of Santa Barbara proudly shows his collection of eggs from an Easter hunt Saturday at Elings Park.

SB City Council to consider rent stabilization efforts By KAITLYN SCHALLHORN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara City Council will tackle rent stabilization efforts during its weekly meeting Tuesday. The council is slated to receive a report on the scope of work for consulting services related to a proposed rental stabilization ordinance. This information was gathered through consultation with the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara and the Community Development Housing and Human Services. Additionally, the city council could provide direction on the potential implementation of a rent stabilization ordinance. In December, the council signified support for a rental registry program and requested an economic analysis of the long-term financial impacts of a rent stabilization ordinance. According to a council report, a rental registry could cost several million dollars to develop and implement. Additionally Tuesday, the city council is slated to review the city administrator’s recommended operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2023. The city council meeting will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and will be held at City Hall at 735 Anacapa St. The meeting can also be streamed at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP or at https://santabarbaraca-gov. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ BHXU9bk1SWq0ntGHplRq0Q. Parents and most of the children wait to be told they can run up to the eggs, but some kids just couldn’t wait.

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Gas prices start at $5.579 a gallon Saturday at the Fuel Depot at the corner of Fairview Avenue and Calle Real in Goleta. The American Automobile Association reported Saturday that the California average was $5.708 a gallon. Santa Barbara County’s average was a bit higher at $5.813.

Hillside announces new director of nursing taught me the importance of providing the individuals we care for with the holistic support they need to enhance their lives, in addition to the medical care they require. This unique combination of medical care and life-skills support provides the best opportunity for each resident to reach their full potential and highest quality of life,” said Ms. Ogoamaka. “We are happy to welcome Nonye to the Hillside Leadership Team! She has an excellent background – both academically and professionally – and a tremendous commitment to caring for others. I am confident she will enhance and strengthen every resident’s well-being.” added Michael Rassler, President and CEO of Hillside. To learn more about Hillside and how to support the residents, visit hillsidesb.org or contact Michael Padden-Rubin, director of development, at 805-687-0788 x115

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Hartmann holding office hours SOLVANG — Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Chair Joan Hartmann will hold in-person office hours on April 28. Supervisor Hartmann, who represents the 3rd District, will hold “County on Your Corner” office hours from 2-4 p.m. at the Mid-County Office, 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang. “Stop by to share your thoughts and discuss issues that are important to you,” an invitation said. Supervisor Hartmann has served on the board since 2017. Her district includes Lompoc, most of Goleta, the Gaviota Coast and the Santa Ynez Valley. For additional information, contact Gina Fischer at 805568-2192 or at gfischer@ countyofsb.org. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn

Construction is continuing on Highway 101 in the Carpinteria-Montecito area.

Construction Update Drivers are reminded to drive safely through the Highway 101 corridor and remember to slow for the cone zone. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph for safety throughout the construction areas. Two freeway lanes remain open in each direction during daytime hours.

Sunday nights from 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. will be reduced to one lane from Bailard Ave. to Sheffield Dr. with on- and off-ramps at Bailard Ave., Casitas Pass Rd., Linden Ave., Santa Monica Rd. and N. Padaro Ln. Monday - Thursday nights from 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. will

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be reduced to one lane from Bailard Ave. to Sheffield Dr. with on- and off-ramps at Bailard Ave., Casitas Pass Rd., Linden Ave., Santa Monica Rd. and N. Padaro Ln. The on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. will be closed for up to six months and is anticipated to reopen July 13 in the meantime drivers can use the on-ramp at San Ysidro Rd. The off-ramp at Sheffield Dr. will be closed for up to six months and is anticipated to reopen October 3 - in the meantime drivers can use the off-ramp at San Ysidro Rd. Flaggers are assisting during the morning peak periods at the San Ysidro intersections with Highway 101. Please see BLOTTER on A3

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Hillside has announced Nonye Ogoamaka as the new Director of Nursing at the Veronica Springs Road residence serving 59 individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She will be succeeding Kristen Goodell, who has been serving as interim director during the past seven months and assisting in the transition. As director of nursing, Ms. Ogoamaka will take on the direct supervision of all nursing department staff and perform a range of nursing activities related to residents’ care. Her experience – serving as the behavioral management and direct support professional for the past 14 years at Devereux Foundation in Santa Barbara administering medication, providing continuous patient

assessments, and reviewing treatment plans – is expected to serve her well in her new position. In addition, she supervised and efficiently scheduled over 50 employees to address client needs during her four years as the Healthcare Program Administrator at Novelles Developmental Service/CPES in Santa Barbara. Ms. Ogoamaka has explained that her name, “Nonye” means “stay with me” and that her plan is to stay with Hillside. Ms. Ogoamaka holds a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification and an Associate’s Degree in nursing, both from Santa Barbara City College; a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria; and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University. “My educational and professional experiences have

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Sunflowers on State Street A sculpture takes root on State Street as part of the “Sunflowers on State Street” exhibit. Six sunflowers are gracing the street during the exhibit. They were created by artists from The Environmental Makers and painted by students from various schools. This one was painted by students at Santa Barbara Junior High School. The exhibit is in connection with the Vincent Van Gogh exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Chaucer’s Books to virtually host Bram Stoker Award-winning author Alma Katsu By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Chaucer’s Books will host Bram Stoker Award-winning author Alma Katsu, virtually, to talk about her horror novel “The Fervor” at 6 p.m. April 27. The Fervor is set in 1944. As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko’s husband’s enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It didn’t matter that Aiko was American-born: they were Japanese, and therefore considered a threat by the American government. Mother and daughter attempt to hold on to elements of their old life in the camp when a mysterious disease begins to spread among those interned. What starts as a minor cold quickly becomes spontaneous fits of violence and aggression, even death. And when a disconcerting team of doctors arrive, nearly more threatening than the illness itself, Meiko and her daughter team up with a newspaper reporter and widowed missionary to investigate, and it becomes clear to them that something more sinister is afoot, a demon from the stories of Meiko’s childhood, hell-bent on infiltrating their already strange world. Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, The Fervor explores the horrors

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of the supernatural. With a keen and prescient eye, Ms. Katsu crafts a terrifying story about the danger of demonization, a mysterious contagion and the search to stop its spread before it’s too late. A sharp account of too-recent history, it’s a deep excavation of how we decide who gets to be human when being human matters most. Ms. Katsu is the awardwinning author of six novels, most recently “Red Widow,” “The Deep” and “The Hunger.” She is a graduate of the master’s writing program at Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University. Prior to the publication of her first novel, Ms. Katsu had a long career as a senior intelligence analyst for several U.S. agencies. She currently resides in West Virginia with her husband. To watch the event on Zoom, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/ j/85873880920. To watch on YouTube, go to https://www. youtube.com/channel/ UCRVxV4ZOqkmnBj8TvT25NFQ.

Inspired by the Japanese yokai and the jorogumo spider demon, The Fervor explores the horrors of the supernatural.

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A head-on collision left two vehicles damaged and four patients injured northwest of Los Olivos.

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From April 17 - 21, from 9 p.m. - 6 a.m., S. Padaro Ln. under Hwy 101 will be closed nightly for demolition of the old southbound structure. Drivers will be required to use detours along Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria Ave., Santa Ynez Ave., and Via Real or Via Real to N. Padaro Ln. Flaggers wil be used in the area as needed during bridge construction.

Sunday nights from 10 p.m. - 7 a.m. will be reduced to on lane from Sheffield Dr. to Bailard Ave., with on- and off-ramps at Carpinteria Ave., Reynolds Ave., Linden Ave., Casitas Pass Rd. and Bailard Ave. Monday - Thursday nights from 8 p.m. – 7:30 a.m., will be reduced to one lane from Sheffield Dr. to Bailard Ave., with on- and off-ramps at N. Padaro Ln., S. Padaro Ln./Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria Ave., Reynolds Ave., Linden Ave., Casitas Pass Rd. and Bailard Ave. Monday - Thursday days, April 25 - 28, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., off-ramp at Carpinteria Ave. The on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. is anticipated to reopen June 12 - drivers can use the southbound onramp at N. Padaro Ln. The off-ramp at Evans Ave. will be closed for up to nine months, and is anticipated to reopen Oct. 24 drivers can use the southbound off-ramp at Sheffield Dr. The on-ramp at N. Padaro Ln., closed for up to three months, is anticipated to reopen June 20 drivers can use the on-ramp at Santa Claus Ln. The off-ramp at S. Padaro Ln./Santa Claus Ln. will be closed for up to seven months and is anticipated to reopen Oct. 19 - in the meantime drivers can use the off-ramp at Carpinteria Ave. to Santa Ynez Ave., Via

N. Jameson Ln. by Sheffield Dr. During sound wall construction, N. Jameson Ln. by Sheffield Dr. will have a temporary speed limit of 30 mph with bikes sharing the eastbound lane.

Two-vehicle collision near Los Olivos A two vehicle head-on collision took place Saturday on State Route 154, a half-mile northwest of Los Olivos. The accident resulted in four injured patients - one with critical injuries was flown to Cottage SBCASU, and the other three were transported by ground. Extrication was required. The highway was temporarily closed for the ongoing investigation. — Katherine Zehnder

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California’s California department faces technology economic rebound blunders during public comment call The department conducted the teleconference to allow continues public commenters to voice support or opposition to By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

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(The Center Square) – The California economy continues to rebound from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent figures from the state Employment Development Department. In March, employers hired 60,200 workers for nonfarm payroll jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 4.9% versus February’s 5.3%. The nonfarm payroll jobs data is from a federal survey of 80,000 California firms, while the unemployment rate figures derive from a separate survey of 5,100 households. “Today’s report is more good news for California’s continued economic recovery,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a prepared statement, “representing thousands of new opportunities for workers throughout the state. We’re committed to building on these gains and our progress toward creating a stronger, fairer and more prosperous state for all Californians to live and work.” Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 431,000 jobs in March, and the rate of unemployment fell to 3.6%. The Golden State registered 14% of those nationwide job gains. The Golden State had clawed back nearly 90%, or 2,463,400 of the 2,758,900 nonfarm job losses in March and April 2020, when

Gov. Newsom issued a stay-athome executive order to slow the spread of COVID-19 that drove employment numbers down. None of California’s 11 industry sectors lost jobs for the second straight month. In March, leisure and hospitality hiring topped the list with 14,800 new hires, delivering a year-over-change of 410,300. Professional and business services employment grew 10,400 jobs in March, due in part to 2021 income tax filing activity, with 136,500 new hires from March 2021. In March, mining employment did not change, also the case in February and January 2022. The four California industry sectors that have recovered all job losses from pandemic closures are education and health services, professional and business services, trade, transportation and utilities and construction. California’s March jobs report shows less than one million unemployed workers, a first since February 2020. Meanwhile, The California Chamber of Commerce has put on its “job killer” list Assembly Bill 2932. AB 2932 would amend Section 510 of the Labor Code and define a full workweek as 32 hours for firms with more than 500 employees. According to the CoC, AB 2932 would hike the price of labor services via a requirement for overtime pay in excess of 32 hours weekly.

In March, employers hired 60,200 workers for nonfarm payroll jobs as the unemployment rate fell to 4.9% versus February’s 5.3%.

(The Center Square) – Blaring TV commercials, keyboard typing, loud coughing, street noise and laughter. These noises were among the many interruptions participants faced in a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation teleconference Thursday. The department conducted the teleconference to allow public commenters to voice support or opposition to CDCR’s plan to permanently enact emergency regulations adopted during the pandemic that increased the earning rates of good conduct credits for certain inmates, providing a chance for earlier release. In 2016, voters passed Proposition 57, which incentivized inmates to participate in rehabilitation programs by providing credit-earning opportunities. The program allows inmates who commit nonviolent crimes to collect credits faster than inmates who commit violent crimes. Proposition 57 also allows offenders who committed nonviolent crimes to be eligible for a parole process, and those who “demonstrate that their release would not pose an unreasonable risk of violence to the community,” could be eligible for release after serving the term of their primary offense, according to CDCR. During the pandemic, CDCR adopted emergency rules to increase the rate of good conduct credits for inmates not sentenced to death or life without parole. The department is now aiming to make those changes permanent, CalMatters reported. CDCR held a public comment session Thursday, where residents could call in and voice

CDCR’s plan to permanently enact emergency regulations adopted during the pandemic that increased the earning rates of good conduct credits for certain inmates.

their opinions on the proposed regulations. Callers spoke both for and against the regulations, with several sharing personal stories of incarcerated family members benefitting from the program. Public commenters, however, were often interrupted during Thursday’s session by an array of background noises, including hairdryers and toilets flushing, as well as conversations among other callers. The operator of the call had to continually stop to mute all participants, then unmute all callers so that commenters could continue talking. There were many times commenters’ voices were drowned out by background noise. Several public commenters opposed to the regulations brought up the recent mass shooting in Sacramento, which killed six individuals and injured 12. Last week, the Associated Press reported that one of the suspects arrested in connection with the shooting served less than half of his 10-year sentence because Proposition 57 provided an opportunity for early release. Several public commenters during Thursday’s call asked regulators not to expand the regulations, saying it would allow offenders out of prison who could threaten public safety. “The way these regulations are written and the way the credit will be calculated are not beneficial to public safety, nor are they helpful to inmates, who will use

them solely for the purpose of early release,” Christine Ward, executive director of Crime Victims Action Alliance, said Thursday. However, supporters of advancing the regulations said that the programs provide incentives for incarcerated individuals to take part in their rehabilitation. Several callers shared stories of family members and loved ones who are currently earning credits through the program. Several members of the AntiRecidivism Coalition called in Thursday to voice support, including one caller who shared that when he was incarcerated, the credit program was his “catalyst to change.” Other supporters said the program helps to create stability for individuals before they are released back into the public. “Credit earnings [are a] really important tool to encourage incarcerated people to participate in programs and focus on their personal growth and healing,” Emily Wonder, a policy and advocacy engagement coordinator

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Honorata Biernat and pre-deceased husband, Joseph, started life together in Poland before emigrating to the US. Honorata is survived by daughter Helene, son Joseph, his wife Christine, grandson Christopher and his wife Nicci and their two children Holden and Ramona, granddaughter Melissa and her partner Isaac, and son James and his husband Thom. Honorata cherished her deep connections with her neighbors and friends in Santa Barbara. Helene provided loving care to her mom 24/7 through to the very end. Honorata’s ﬁnal days were in the caring and loving hands of Serenity House ensuring that Honorata transitioned surrounded with loving spirit. Viewing hours at McDermott-Crockett Funeral Home on Thursday, April 21, 2022 from 9:00-10:00 am followed by a mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am in San Roque Catholic Church. Interment and graveside service will take place after the mass at Calvary Cemetery.

BATTEY, Betty Jean

1926-2022 Betty Jean Battey was born in San Francisco in 1926 and passed away in Santa Barbara on April 4. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education at UCLA and was an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles area. Betty was married to George Battey for 53 years and served in many local organizations in Burbank. One of her favorite service organizations was PEO, and she was an active member of Chapter AC, Santa Barbara. Betty and George Battey moved to Valle Verde in 2002 and remained active in their community. She is survived by her ﬁve children, George III, John, Barbara, James, and Joseph, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

VAN COTT, Eleanor October 17, 1923 to April 3, 2022

Eleanor was born October 17, 1923 in New York, to Albert and Anna McKay, joining her older brother, also named Albert, and in time was joined by younger sister Evelyn. Although the family knew challenging times during the Great Depression in Queens where Eleanor grew up, she developed a love of New York City which would stay with her for life. Eleanor passed peacefully from this world in the early morning hours of April 3, 2022, at home. She will be missed by many. She is predeceased by her parents and both siblings, her husband Walter, and nieces Rosemary Cisco and Donna Amoroso (Jojo Abinales). She is survived by nieces Jeanne McKay and Eileen Kaplan (Arthur); nephews William McKay, Alan McKay (Maggie), and Douglas Amoroso (Michelle). She is also survived by grandnieces Carolee McKay Trimberger (Ryan), Angela Amoroso Abinales, Elizabeth Mary Stebner (William), Emmeline Rose Kaplan and grandnephews Nick McKay (Caroline), Colin Amoroso and Devon Amoroso. Eleanor entered the work force around World War II. Her first job was in the Manhattan Trust Department of Bankers Trust Company (now Deutsche Bank). She later moved to Fiduciary Trust Company. While in New York, Eleanor worked nearly seven years for Joseph Trachman, a nationally known estate tax attorney. During this time she met her future husband Walter Van Cott. Together they explored the city’s bookstores and jazz record shops on their long walks around Manhattan. They were both big fans of the Yankees and this love too lasted a lifetime. After a brief time in San Antonio, Texas, Eleanor and Walter moved to Santa Barbara. Eleanor continued her work in law firms beginning with Schramm, Raddue & Seed until 1977, then transferred to the new law firm of Seed Mackall. Eleanor also served as the Executive Vice President and as a Board member of the Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation for many years. Apart from the demands and achievements of her career, Eleanor contributed much to the town of Santa Barbara. She founded and served as the first President of the Santa Barbara Associates, a group of career women joined to share professional experience and support with each other. She was also a founder and first President of GALS (Gather at Lunch and Study) and a member of RITA (Research Issues and Take Action). Eleanor served on the board of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and on the board of the University Club. She was the recipient of the Woman of the Year Award from the Women’s Economic Ventures organization as well as receiving other awards and tributes. Sincere thanks are owed to the organizations Visiting Angels and Visiting Nurses/ Hospice for their kind and professional care in Eleanor’s declining years. Eleanor made many friends among these caregivers. Eleanor was also blessed with the assistance given her by her longtime friend Evie Sullivan. Those wishing to make donations in remembrance of Eleanor may wish to consider the Santa Barbara Associates, P.O. Box 613, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; or the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 East De la Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA. 93101; or to a charity of their choice. There will be a memorial service Thursday, April 28, from 3:00 to 5:00 for Eleanor at the University Club of Santa Barbara, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara. Please RSVP to (805) 966-1601 ext. 110, or to membership@sbhistorical.org.

GUY, Gordon Douglas

Gordon Douglas Guy, better known as Gord, Gordy, Gordo, or Gordon, went to join his parents, Marney and Doug Guy, on March 15, 2022. Although his battle with cancer was short, he chose to accept the outcome with grace and dignity, the way he lived his life. He was born June 25, 1951 and raised in Honolulu. In 1980 Gord moved to Lubbock, Texas, to open and manage the ﬁrst Elephant Bar and Restaurant under David Nancarrow’s guidance. Over the next 28 years he opened most of the E Bars. Gordon was hired in 2013 as the Executive Director of Santa Barbara New House. Gordon found his dream work where he walked his talk and loved his life’s endeavors. He was involved in the Community of Santa Barbara in many ways and will be missed by all he knew. Anyone wishing to remember Gordon, and honor his work with the Community, can make a donation directly to this Santa Barbara New House link. www.sbnewhouse.org On Sunday, April 24, we will gather at 2:00 pm at The Veteran’s Hall in Santa Barbara to share stories and to honor and remember Gordon’s Life.

IN MEMORY BARBARA ANN METCALF February 1, 1941 - December 29, 2021

Barbara Ann Bollay was born in Tennessee and moved with her family to Annapolis, MD, where her father was an instructor at the US Naval Academy. The family moved to Southern California, where she spent her summers with her family in Lake Arrowhead and developed her love of water skiing. Barbara graduated from Anoakia, an all-girls’ school in Arcadia, CA., and then attended UCSB. She became a ﬂight attendant with United Airlines in 1960. She met her husband James Metcalf on a blind date. They moved from the Santa Barbara area to Steamboat Springs for three years and then to Aspen. In 1975 they moved back to Santa Barbara where they started Metcalf Tennis Court Construction. They lived in Goleta from 1975 to 2019 until they decided to retire in Prescott Valley, AZ. They remained side by side for 58 years of marriage. Barbara is proceeded in death by her mother, father, younger brother Jonathan, and her sister Suzy. She is survived by her husband James Metcalf, three children and their spouses, Jon & Kim, Scott & Cindy, Jim & Suzy, and her seven grandchildren: Lauren, Kyle, Morgan, Kevin, Jaci, Kinsey, and Logan. Barbara also leaves behind her younger brother Rob Bollay and sister Kathy Bollay. Barbara volunteered at her children’s schools as PTA President, room-mom, teammom and a troop leader for over 15 years. Barbara was the neighborhood mom and driver, who spent countless summer days at Hope Ranch Beach. Barbara loved hosting parties and was well-known for her dinner parties and social gatherings. People would ﬂy in from all over to make her Christmas party. After the boys left home, Barbara found golf and Ocean Meadows Golf Course. Barbara put on golf tournaments and ran the golf course. The golf course became her second family. There will be a celebration of Barbara’s life at Glen Annie Golf Club in Goleta on April 30th at 3:30 p.m., where we will share stories and toast to her love of life. All friends of Barbara are welcome.

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Continued from Page A1 up. And the kids did just that, with enthusiasm. Their parents had their phones out, taking photos of the children, and if the kids wanted to act silly in their pictures, the parents encouraged them. After all, it was Easter! Before the main event, kids had fun posing for photos with none other than the Easter Bunny. Maude Stok, 3, of Santa Barbara didn’t want to leave him, but finally was persuaded to return to her dad. “One or two toddlers were a little nervous about the Easter Bunny costume,” Dean Noble, executive director of Elings Park, told the News-Press afterward. And there were a couple bounce houses for the kids, who jumped around and yelled happily. After all that bouncing around, they still had energy to run for their eggs. Nearby, kids got their faces painted, and there was a table where they could color. “Face painting was a huge hit. Some of these kids may have never had their faces painted before,” said Mr. Noble. But for the most part, it was about the adrenalin rush of Easter. Accompanying the

excitement were recorded 1980s rock hits, everything from Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” to Toto’s “Africa,” coming out of big speakers. And there were other songs intended for specific dances. The announcer encouraged the kids to do the bunny hop, the Macarena, even some hokey pokey. That’s what it’s all about. “The DJ played the bunny hop, and kids were spontaneously hopping and dancing to the bunny hop,” said Mr. Noble. In fact, one dad was seen shaking his leg for the hokey pokey while his young daughter remained completely focused on filling her basket with eggs. For the most part, what got the kids excited were the eggs, the Easter bunny and, yes, the bounce houses. The atmosphere was “relaxed and festive,” Mr. Noble told the News-Press. “Everyone enjoyed being on the grass and the playground. No one was in a hurry to go home. It was a glorious day. “I hadn’t realized what a tradition this had been for so many local families, getting photos of their kids with the Easter Bunny,” Mr. Noble said. “They grow up so quickly you have to take advantage of these opportunities when you can. For

MORE ON EASTER Santa Barbara resident Evelyn Jacob talks about her special Easter gate. B1. many of these young children, the whole event was a brand new concept. “For families with young children, you measure your family time in seasonal events like this,” said Mr. Noble. 2019 was the last time this event was held, which means that some of these kids weren’t even born yet. “We were making joyful lifetime memories,” said Marinella Baker, Elings Park employee. The egg hunt happened at a time when Elings Park appears to be thriving. “We have a new bike path across Las Positas with lots more families coming on bikes or ebikes than before,” Mr. Noble said. “Bike traffic overall has increased at Elings park. Additionally, we will have 400 sheep and goats at the park as early as next week.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com, dmason@newspress.com

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Dressed as Tigger, Reed Tanner, 3, of Santa Barbara eagerly approaches the Easter Bunny.

After her turn for photos, Maude Stoker, 3, of Santa Barbara, second from left, continues to spend time with the Easter Bunny as he poses for photos with various families. She clearly didn’t want to leave her hero.

Many families enjoy the Great Egg Hunt Saturday at Elings Park.

A child enjoys his search for eggs.

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No. 19 UCSB Baseball (23-8, 12-2) hit the field ready to claim its fifth straight game win as well as its fifth straight series win and did just that, downing visiting UC San Diego (12-21, 4-7) 10-5. Mike Gutierrez earned the start and despite allowing several Tritons aboard, managed to escape with just an unearned run scored in his 4.1 innings of work. Nick Welch (2-1) was the pitcher of the record tossing four full innings with eight strikeouts. He was unscored upon until the top of the ninth when he allowed a trio of runs. Broc Mortensen stayed hot in the series, going 2-for-4 with four RBI. Christian Kirtley and Nick Vogt each collected RBI doubles as Vogt went 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs and two RBI. Bryce Willits went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Kirtley has now reached base safely in 19 straight games, Willits has in 17 and Johnson has in 13. Willits also extended his hit streak to

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UCSB softball defeated by Long Beach State By BRITT CALVILLO UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UC Santa Barbara softball team fell to Long Beach State 8-0 in its series opener. The Gauchos move to 11-27 overall and 3-10 in Big West play. LBSU is now 20-17 overall, 10-3 in conference. Madelyn McNally tallied the only base knock for the Gauchos and extended her hit streak to 12-straight, the longest of the season. McNally also recorded her tenth stolen base of the year - leading her team and good for sixth in the Big West. Both Lexy Mills and Ilona Sullivan registered two strikeouts, Mills has now collected 45 on the season, while Sullivan has 38. McNally led her team off in the top of the first with a chopper to

LBSU’s shortstop, but was too quick for Long Beach and safely reached first base. The Gauchos held their opponents hitless and scoreless in the first, but the second inning was when LBSU would break open scoring and put five runs up on the board. Unfortunately, the Gauchos wouldn’t register another hit for the rest of the game while the Beach found three more runs. The game ended in the fifth with the score 8-0. Santa Barbara will close out its three-game series against LBSU with a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m. Britt Calvillo writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

UCSB women’s tennis earns fifth straight win, third straight shutout By DANIEL MESSINGER UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The No. 25 UCSB women’s tennis team topped UC San Diego 4-0 Friday afternoon to earn their fifth straight win and third consecutive shutout. The victory brought the Gauchos

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bringing Sprinkle home. With only one out, UCSB continued to get their steps in with another walk by Vogt to bring in Klassen. Even more runs ensued as a two-RBI single by Broc Mortensen, an RBI single by John Newman Jr. and an RBI sac-fly by Nick Oakley made it a 9-1 ball game. In the top of the sixth came a Top-Ten play by Vogt, who layed out for a catch in center field and fired all the way to first for an incredible double play. The final Gaucho run scored in the sixth as Kirtley doubled down the left line to score Willits and make it 10-1. UCSD continued to fight with a run in the seventh and three more in the ninth but the game would conclude in UCSB’s favor 10-5. The Gauchos will look for their second straight Big West sweep, taking on UCSD in game three tomorrow at 1 PM. Daniel Moebus-Bowles writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

Warriors outslug Urban Knights By RON SMITH WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Westmont Baseball (37-6) took the first of three non-conference games against the Urban Knights of Academy of Art (11-29) in what proved to be a slug fest. The two teams combined for 32 hits, including 11 for extra bases. In the end, Westmont prevailed 12-7. The Knights, an NCAA Division II team and a member of the PacWest Conference, opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-RBI double by Travis Turney. Turney later scored when he stole third and trotted home on an overthrow from the Warriors’ catcher. The Knight’s tallied four hits in the opening frame. The Warriors took one run back in the bottom half of the inning on a RBI-single by Josh Rego to rightcenter field that drove in Simon Reid. Reid had reached with a two-out double that bounced high off the center-field fence, just under the yellow home run line. An awkward situation arose in the top of the second. The Knights had batted out of order in the bottom of the first, sending Charles Morgan to the plate as the eighth batter instead of Emil Jellinek. The two were reversed on the line-ups exchanged at the plate prior to the game. The first inning had ended when Morgan flew out on the first pitch he saw, before the Warriors had an opportunity to identify the error. Then, Jellinek came up to lead off the second, also out of order. After the first pitch, Westmont head coach Robert Ruiz alerted the umpires. The umpires ruled, however, that they should have been notified at the time the first person batted out of order. After a lengthy discussion, the umpires sent Jellinek back to the dugout, since he was batting out of order. However, they did not charge the Knights with an out. In Jellinek’s place, Adam Inouye, the Knight’s lead-off batter, finished the at bat, inheriting Jellinek’s 0-1 count. The Urban Knight’s would go on in the inning to load the bases with one away. However, Westmont starter Eric Oseguera retired the side on a pop fly to short and a strikeout, escaping the inning without further damage done. Westmont took the lead in the bottom of the second when the Warriors posted four runs on the scoreboard. After Justin Rodriguez delivered a lead-off single to right, Paul Mezurashi and Ryan Desaegher produced well executed back-to-back bunt singles to load the bases with no outs. Robbie Haw took advantage of the RBI opportunity and drove in all three runs with a double down the left field line. When Brady Renck grounded out to second, Haw moved to third. Then, Reid hit a deep sacrifice fly down the right field line to bring home Haw, putting the Warriors up 5-3. Parker O’Neil got things started for the Warriors in the bottom of

the third with a one-out single to left. When Rodriguez singled to center, O’Neil made it to third. Rodriguez took second on the throw to third. Mezurashi stepped to the plate and delivered a twoRBI double on a line drive to right-center field. Westmont’s lone run in the fourth inning came after Thomas Rudinsky sent a two-out double into left field. Rudinsky scored on a single by Rego to left, making the score 8-3. Westmont stretched their advantage to 9-3 in the bottom of the sixth. After leading off with a single up the middle, Haw took second on a wild pitch. When Renck singled to center, Haw took third base. With Rudinsky at the plate, Haw got a good jump on a ball chopped to third base by Rudinsky and scored on the play. In the top of the seventh, the Knights’ Ty Conrad pounded a lead-off home run beyond the left field fence to make it a 9-4 ball game. The following inning, the Academy of Art scored three more runs on four hits and a Warrior error, making it a 9-7 game. An RBI-single by Dominic Ruggiero accounted for the first run in the top of the eighth. The second run was scored on a wild pitch and the third on a RBIdouble by Conrad. Gabe Arteage was called out of the pen to prevent any further damage and he retired the next two batters on a strikeout and a ground out to third. In the bottom half of the eight, Westmont matched the Knight’s production with three runs of their own. With two away, Renck doubled down the right field line, then advanced to third on a passed ball. Reid followed his roommate with a double nearly in the same place, driving in Renck. Next, Rudinsky sent a towering blast down the left field line. There was no question that the ball was deep enough, the only question was whether or not it would stay fair. With two outs, Reid dashed to third then watched down the line as Rudinsky’s shot stayed inside the foul pole. The two-run home run restored Westmont’s five-run lead and accounted for the final score. Oseguera, who did not figure in the decision, pitched four innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on eight hits. He struck out one and walked two. Alex Blaszyk came on in relief and was awarded his first win of the season. Blaszyk allowed four runs on six hits while striking out two. He did not surrender a walk. The same two teams will meet again tomorrow for a doubleheader in what will be the final home games of the 2022 regular season. The Warriors’ seniors will be honored in a ceremony before the game that will begin at 10:30 a.m. First pitch is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Ron Smith is the sports information director at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

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by sophomore outside hitter Sam Collins. The Gauchos went on to win it 25-22 on an Eagle attacking error. Amoruso saved his best for last, putting up eight of his 14 kills in the third and final game while hitting at a .571 clip. UCSB trailed by as many as four points at 10-6, but Chalmers would go for four kills and Johnson contributed four blocks to help turn the tide. Leading 21-20, the Gauchos would score three straight points. Johnson and Collins combined for a block to make it 23-20, and two points later, Amoruso scored his final kill of the night to seal the win. Tomorrow night, the Gauchos travel to face No. 9 UC San Diego in their final match of the regular season at 7:00 p.m. at Rimac Arena.

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than half of the team’s blocks with a new personal-best of seven. Sophomore setter Conor Dunn surpassed the 30-assist mark for the second time this year, tallying a match-high 31 to go along with five digs and four blocks. In set one, the Gauchos used a 5-1 run capped by an Amoruso kill to go up 17-11 for its largest lead of the night. The Gaucho offense clicked to the tune of a .500 opening set hitting percentage. That didn’t stop the Eagles from making it a game though, as they closed the gap and kills by Owen Chun made it a one-point game at 23-22 and 24-23. Dunn set up Chalmers for the set-clinching kill as the Gauchos took the win in the closest game of the night. Chalmers stepped up with a big six-kill set two, while freshman libero Max Gordon went off for 10 of his 12 digs. After a 17-17 tie, UCSB went on a key 4-0 run capped by a big ace

Leaning on its depth Friday night on the road, the No. 6 UCSB men’s volleyball team got back to its winning ways with a clean sweep over Concordia, 25-23, 2522, 25-21. The Gauchos have now swept six of their last 11 opponents and will head into their regular season finale on Saturday with a 17-8 overall record. The Eagles are now 10-15 on the year. Outside hitters Dayne Chalmers (.393) and Nick Amoruso (.364) led the way with 14 kills apiece, both setting career-highs with an average of 4.67 kills per set. Chalmers also went for five blocks and six digs, while Amoruso posted three blocks and seven digs. The Gauchos ended the night with a 13-3 advantage in blocks, led by middle Dain Johnson. The sophomore got his fourth start of the year and contributed to more

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Gauchos flex their depth in sweep over Concordia By MICHAEL JORGENSON

UCSB Track and Field wrapped up the Azusa Pacific’s Bryan Clay Invitational Saturday with a number of events down at Cougar Stadium. Sophomore Saloni Khandhadia would begin the invite with a leading mark in the discus and a distance of 45.36m to earn sixth place overall out of four flights. In the high jump, sophomore Matthew Molina would face many other fierce competitors and step away with a final mark of 1.93m, which eight other jumpers would also contest as their finishing marks. Amanda Spear took 16th in a deep field in the

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14 Gauchos named to 2022 Big West Winter All-Academic Team By MICHAEL JORGENSON UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The Big West Conference released its 2022 Winter AllAcademic Team on Thursday, a list which included 14 UCSB student-athletes from the Gaucho men’s and women’s basketball programs. In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference honor, a student-athlete must carry

a minimum 3.00 cumulative institutional grade point average (GPA), have one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received and compete in at least 50 percent of the institution’s contests in the student-athlete’s respective sport. Making the All-Academic team from the women’s team were Megan Anderson, Johnni

Gonzalez, Ila Lane, Lauren Lee, Alyssa Marin, Danae Miller, Tatyana Modawar, Taylor Mole and Alexis Tucker. From the men’s team were Amadou Sow, Sekou Toure, Calvin Wishart, Robinson Idehen and Jay Nagle.

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UCSB women defeats UC San Diego 4-0 TENNIS

Continued from Page A6 Elizaveta Volodko and Filippa Bruu-Syversen kicked things off with a 6-2 doubles win over Naomi Nguyen and Katelyn Vu on court two. Priscila Janikian and Marta Gonzalez Ballbe secured the doubles point for Santa Barbara on court three, beating Adriana Tabares and Rachel Wagner 6-3.

In singles, Bruu-Syversen dominated Ngyuen, beating her 6-0, 6-0 on court three. On court five, Janikian put UCSB on the verge of victory, only giving up two games with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Rachel Wagner. Amelia Honer clinched the win with a 6-1, 6-1 win of her own over Vu on court two. Daniel Messinger writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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thunderous bang with a bright light and are used during situations with suspects considered to be dangerous and other high-risk arrest situations, according to the SBPD. The police department has multiple rifles listed on its military equipment inventory, including several variants of a Colt M-16 automatic rifle, a few Tactical Operations Tango 51 .308 caliber sniper rifles, one Remington 700P .308 caliber sniper rifle, several Colt AR-15A3 rifles and many Colt M4 Carbine semi-automatic guns. “Only members that are POST certified are authorized to use a patrol rifle. Fullyautomatic rifles and .308 caliber sniper rifles are only deployed by

authorized and trained SWAT personnel,” according to the department’s description. The list of equipment is already funded and included in the department’s operating budget for 2023. No new tools that would be deemed “military equipment” are expected to be purchased at this time, according to the council’s report. The Santa Barbara City Council adopted the ordinance related to the military equipment use policy Tuesday without any fanfare. The inventory list and more about the equipment can be found here: www.santabarbaraca. gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload. aspx?BlobID=244808. email: kschallhorn@newspress.com

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Performs a full range of moderate to complex IT infrastructure and system administration duties. Designs, maintains, and implements network/ server level hardware, mixed (Windows, Linux, OSX) server environments, enterprise backup, cloud computing, and virtualization services. Responsible for the implementation, verification, and execution of failover, and disaster recovery solutions and scenarios. Proposes, identifies, and implements moderately complex desktop hardware and software solutions in support of desktop and computing lab users. Responsible for administering, and troubleshooting a full range of user accounts from a variety of departmental and interdepartmental services. Provides input on the computing needs for a facility of moderate size and makes recommendations for the purchase of new computer hardware, software, and application of services and emerging technologies. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience and/or training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to work outside the regular 8 - 5 schedule as required. Ability to respond to after hours calls. $67,500 - $90,000/yr. Salary commensurate with experience and internal equity. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 4/18/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 33604

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DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Arts & Lectures

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The bid guarantee shall be in one of the following forms: a bid bond written by a satisfactory corporate surety, a cashier’s check drawn by a National Bank, a check certified by a National Bank or cash. The power-ofattorney for the bonding company’s agent should be on file with the Santa Barbara County Clerk. Said check or bond amount shall be paid to said District, as liquidated damages, in the event the bidder depositing same does not, within fifteen (15) days after written notice from District that the Contract has been awarded to the Bidder: 1) enter into a Contract with the District, and 2) furnish all required insurance documents, a bond of faithful performance and a payment bond as described in the Specifications. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date of opening the bids, within which time an award may be made. 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The Contractor will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the Contract price. Pursuant to the provisions of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Department of Industrial Regulations of the State has ascertained and determined the general prevailing rate of wages for each craft, classification or type of workers needed in the execution of Contracts under the jurisdiction of the Goleta Cemetery District. The schedule of said rates is on file at the District’s office, and is hereby incorporated and made a part thereof the same as though fully set forth herein. The schedule of said rates is available on the internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/PWD/ Southern.html. The Contractor shall post a copy of said document at the job site. The Contractor and any subcontractor under him shall pay not less than the therein specified prevailing rate of per diem wages to all workers employed in the execution of the Contract. The Contractor shall be fully responsible of compliance with Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of registered apprentices. The project is subject to prevailing wage compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations. At the request and expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to any amount withheld by the District to insure the Contractor’s performance under the Contract shall be deposited with the District, or with a State or Federally-chartered bank as an escrow agent, pursuant to the District’s then existing rules or policies providing for the implementation of the Public Contract Code, Section 22300, legal obligation of District to provide for such arrangements with respect to withheld Contract funds.

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Date: March 29, 2022 APR 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 / 2022 -- 58198 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF HEARING: APRIL 27, 2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The California State Legislature recently passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 361, which amends the Government Code to allow Brown Act bodies to continue to meet remotely after September 30, 2021, if there is a proclaimed state of emergency and the State or local officials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Based on the proclaimed state of emergency and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer’s recommended social distancing, the Planning Commission meeting will not provide in person participation at this hearing. The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: 1. You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. • Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar - Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

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When: April 27, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: County Planning Commission 04/27/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_165IDoUBSPKAqCJyH_jlyg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 720 928 9299 or +1 971 247 1195 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 602 753 0140 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 470 250 9358 or +1 646 518 9805 or +1 651 372 8299 or +1 786 635 1003 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 267 831 0333 or +1 301 715 8592 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 827 3583 7912 The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above. The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission. Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/ hearings/cpc.sbc a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000. If you challenge the project(s) 21APL-00000-00075, 21APL-00000-00047, or 19LUP-00000-00371 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. 21APL-00000-00075 Mirelez Appeal of Razo Homestay Los Olivos Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 Travis Seawards, Deputy Director (805) 568-2518 Adam Orta, Planner (805) 934-6266 Hearing on the request of Leona Mirelez to consider Case No. 21APL-00000-00075, an appeal of the Director’s approval of Case No. 21HOM-00026, which authorized the use of two bedrooms within an existing dwelling as a homestay. The appeal was filed in compliance with Chapter 35.102 of the Land Use and Development Code. The subject property is zoned Single Family Residential (E-1) and is located at 2480 Grand Ave, Assessor’s Parcel Number 135-240-073, in the Los Olivos area, Third Supervisorial District. 21APL-00000-00047 19LUP-00000-00371 17EIR-00000-00003

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Hearing on the request of Pierre La Barge to consider Case No. 21APL-00000-00047, an appeal of the Director’s August 27, 2021, decision to approve Land Use Permit (LUP) Case No. 19LUP-00000-00371, for the ABL Partners, L.P. Lot 13 Cannabis Cultivation Project (Project). The appeal was ﬁled on September 7, 2021, in compliance with Chapter 35.102 of the County Land Use and Development Code. Approval of the LUP allows 5.09 acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation in hoop structures on a 10.22-acre parcel, zoned Agriculture II (AG-II-40), shown as Assessor’s Parcel Number 099-420-013, located at 2045 Sweeney Road in the unincorporated area of Lompoc, Fourth Supervisorial District. Five-Year Comprehensive Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for FY 2021-2026 Comprehensive Plan Conformity Review Countywide__ Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) David Lackie, Supervising Planner (805) 568-2023 Yamillet Brizuela, Planner (805) 884-8060 Hearing at the request of Planning and Development Department (P&D) staff on behalf of the Board of Supervisors to review the proposed new projects in the Five-Year CIP for Fiscal Years 2021-2026 and report to the Board of Supervisors as to their conformity with the Comprehensive Plan, pursuant to Government Code §§ 65401 and 65402. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) APR 17 / 2022 -- 58167

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The Easter spirit graces the gate at the Santa Barbara home of Evelyn Jacob and her partner Mindo Rosenblatt.

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nquiring minds want to know … One of them is Lynne Abbey, who sent this email: “There is a home on Foothill Road a few houses to the left where Mission Canyon comes into it, a house that always celebrates everything with exceptionally exuberant and arty seasonal decorations along Foothill Road. I almost drive into a ditch when I go by because it’s so interesting to look at. Who lives there? Why do they go to all of this trouble to celebrate with creative decorations? “These are not your typical Home Depot decorations that take 10 minutes to put up. Hundreds of people pass this home every day along Foothill. I suspect many of them have the same curiosity about the places as I do.” Meet Santa Barbara resident

Ms. Jacob likes decorating her gate for Easter and other holidays.

Evelyn Jacob, who lives in the house with her partner Mindo Rosenblatt, who designed the gate and helps install the decorations that adorn the attention-getting massive carved wooden gate that is 6 feet tall and 15 feet wide. “It was made 21 years ago by Victor Di Novi, a local furniture maker, to look like giant leaves although some people think of them as flowers. It is made of redwood,” said Ms. Jacob, who was more than happy to talk about the various decorations like the Easter display that is currently delighting passersby in cars and on foot. Notes are left in the mailbox: “’Thank you so much for making the world a better place.” “I smile every time I drive by.” “My kids want to see what you’ve done.” “Really lovely.” During a News-Press interview, Ms. Jacob described this year’s creation. “The Easter eggs are made

of cardboard covered with decorative wrapping paper and then decorated with recycled Nespresso coffee pods. The flowers are all made from recycled materials like CDs, empty spools from our 3D printer, pipe cleaners, plastic plates, sparkly jewels, wire, scraps of fabric and shiny trim, hangers, hula hoops, plastic forks, pool noodles and silk flowers,” she said. “A poignant touch is the Ukrainian flag donated by a friend.” The gate decoration tradition began the Christmas after the gate was installed. “We put a huge stuffed Santa — he was about 6 feet tall — sitting next to the mailbox so passersby could pose for pictures with him. A few years later, somebody stole him. People were irate. They left notes in the mailbox saying ‘Shame on you!’ Then, all of a Please see GATE on B4

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seen it used by rock stars, movie stars, star surgeons — and I use it on a daily basis myself. Positive self-talk is also a great way to self-soothe, and you can use it anywhere. It can help in dialing back the anxiety and depression from your moods, and it’s a very simple method of building your self-esteem. The real beauty is that all these things happen at the same time when you say positive things to yourself. When it comes to positive self-talk, the simpler the better. My own personal favorite is “I’m OK.” Back when I was in the movie business, I used to hang out with the stunt team and always marveled at how they could fall down a flight of stairs and not even break a fingernail. I was told that the secret was to stay loose and talk to your body. I had the chance to try it out one

day, and, no, not as a stuntman. My apartment was on the second floor of a duplex, and one rainy day I slipped on the top step and started tumbling down. The only thing I could think of doing was what the stunt people said: “Stay loose.” And I did. I talked to my body and told it we were OK.. I fell down two flights of steps, talking to myself this way. At the bottom I was flat on my back, wet and scared, but I started trying to figure out what to do next. Checking out how I was feeling as I lay there, I noticed no sharp pains anywhere, and I could wiggle my toes and fingers. Gradually the feeling came back into my body, and I slowly rolled to my side and began standing up. Much to my surprise I was just fine and went into the house to shower. I believe to this day that it was the positive self-talk

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sudden, he was returned,” said Ms. Jacob, with a chuckle. “If only he could talk.” Next came decorations for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Summer Solstice and July Fourth. “I’ve been in the Solstice parade for 35 years, so coming up with creative ideas is never a problem,” she said. The decorations kept getting more elaborate, moving from the mailbox to spilling over the gate, and there are now locks and security cameras to prevent theft. “Recently, we added a character named Jeff, who shows up for each holiday. On Thanksgiving, he was a chef holding a bowlful of salad. At Christmas time, he was an elf, and for Valentine’s Day, he was Cupid Jeff,” said Ms. Jacob. The decorations appear the first day of the month in which the holiday occurs, and they disappear the day after to a secret hiding place behind the gate, where there is a garden filled with magic and whimsy. “I have an area in my cactus garden that’s called the Brunswick Bed because it’s bordered with black bowling balls with baby cactuses growing out of the thumb holes,” said Ms. Jacob, the mother of two adult sons, Joss and Bowie. She also creates artwork from old Nespresso capsules that she has been working within since 2011, creating everything from jewelry and clothing to sculptures and homeware. “I just couldn’t throw them away,” said Ms. Jacob. “When I wear earrings made out of the

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capsules, I get so many comments from people. They say, ‘What are those made of?’ ‘Are they coins?’ ‘Are they bottle tops?’ And if I gave them 100 guesses, they would never know because they don’t recognize the capsules when they’ve been transformed. It just shows you that so much of this is about thinking outside the box.” Among her pieces are metallic, ceramic and glass fish and large-scale items that include a chainmail quilt, alluring wizard poles and lifelike colorful snakes. She doesn’t see herself ever giving up on using Nespresso capsules as a material. “It’s always exciting to me when they come out with a new flavor because it’s a different capsule and a new color. I thoroughly love what I’m doing, and I can’t imagine ever being done. There’s certainly no shortage of ideas.” Another passion is her volunteer work with Food From the Heart, the nonprofit she founded 28 years ago that delivers food to those in need free of charge every week. “When I moved to Santa Barbara in 1978 from Los Angeles, I was one of the owners of the New York Bagel Factory, the only one in town. When that closed after 17 years, I was suddenly without a job, and I wondered what I would I like to do. Since I love to cook,I went to what was then called AIDS Project Central Coast and asked if they had people who were too sick that I could cook for. They gave me 15 people, and I just started cooking at my house.”

Today, she and other volunteers gather in the kitchen at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church to provide food for 160 healthcompromised clients. “We have a base now of 50 volunteers, men and women, who come regularly and do different things. We work together really well, and at the end of Wednesday when we see the bags of food go out and get delivered, there’s no feeling like that because you know that these people have food now. They are going to be OK for a few days,” Ms. Jacob said. “People are given a huge bag with nutritious beautifully presented food. There are two entrees, a soup, a deli salad, a vegetable salad, fresh fruit and a bag of bread.” A recent menu featured Curried Red Lentil Soup, Baked Pasta with Creamy Pesto, Orange and Fennel Chicken thighs, Asian Noodle Salad and Cranberry Swirl Cake. Bread was donated by Ethnic Breads and baked goods were donated by Vons. The clients, usually referred by a social service agency, tend to be a mix of AIDS, cancer and Alzheimer’s patients and the occasional accident survivor who is neither old enough nor poor enough — or a combination of the two – to receive help from the government. “We’re their bridge to better health or passing on,” said Ms. Jacob, who includes meditation and tai chi in her daily routine. “It’s really important to be happy. Our gate reflects our joy in being creative. It is our way of sharing our hearts with everyone.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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omorrow is when probably who will care if Mark the minority of the Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos have to country paid the kick in a few billion more? majority, 52%, of the Truth is it won’t help a thing country’s taxes. It’s because ultimately, they won’t also that time of year we watch our pay. It makes a good story, but the money slip through our fingers uber wealthy have figured out long to be squandered in the halls of ago how to use the system to their Washington corruption advantage, and there’s and given away to people nothing legally wrong with who don’t belong here. it. President Joe Biden So where is all this made our ears ring in pain money going and what are for over a year pushing our taxes actually paying vaccines, then the booster for? and now, another booster Keep in mind, numbers and soon even a fourth. are fudged all over the Henry How’s that working out place to protect the guilty. Schulte now that all of Washington With that said, the Biden is getting the virus? administration diverted The author He printed money lives in Solvang $850 million that was intended to be used as supposed to support the the solution of all things nation’s COVID-19 testing COVID. While his administration and instead used it for president’s is allocating some $3 billion to massive self-inflicted border crisis Ukraine to protect its border, our — not to seal the border but in an border still gets zero. attempt to take care of the mess President Biden wants to print he created, it included housing for even more paper to add to the illegal immigrants. The trillions he’s already wasting. $2 trillion rescue bill allocated only But for what? His solution to pay 9% to the virus, with 91% used to for all the counterfeit cash is bail out liberal states, bike trails, to tax the “super” wealthy. His golf courses, apartment buildings, administration’s reasoning is green-new-deal stuff and a myriad

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of other things having nothing to do with COVID. It didn’t put milk in the fridge or gas in your tank, but it sure greased the palms of fellow Democrats. And with all that knowledge, our own U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal and fellow Dems are asking for another $17.5 billion for COVID supplies and treatments. To add

insult to injury, they want to send an additional $5 billion more overseas. Does anyone think those additional billions are going to be used any better than the billions already unaccounted for or misused? The term “billions” is being tossed around like snowballs that eventually melt away with nothing to show for their existence. To put it in some perspective, let’s say you wanted to save a billion dollars and you can put $100 away every day. It would take you more than 27,000 years! So let’s not toss a few billion here and a few billion there as though it means nothing. It means a ton. While American children are being indoctrinated on how to change their gender or being told white is evil, Health and Human Services allocated $129 million to care for unaccompanied illegal immigrants who are children. I’m pretty sure they’re not being brainwashed at the border; they have to wait until they start their free education. Another $60 million goes to provide shelter for the illegal kids, and another $103 million to transport the same, which could

reach $200 million. (Likely all the numbers are much much higher). The waste doesn’t end there. The laundry list of freebies allocates millions more for resettlement, hotel rooms, facility infrastructure (not your roads and bridges), emergency mobilization, long-term foster care, airline flights, charter buses and even free cell phones. It’s a waterfall of tax dollars for people who are not supposed to be here. American citizens are told to shut up and are ousted from school board meetings because they voice their concerns about their legal children’s education while illegal children are treated a “billion” times better. Illegal border crossing numbers are staggering with 7,000 or more a day. (Again, numbers are likely much higher). And the story finally making headlines is once the administration does away with Title 42. (No one ever checked if any of the illegal immigrants had the virus anyway.) America will be swarmed with a human tide like grunions flopping on the beach. So when Please see SCHULTE on C4

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ast week, we printed she has not said a word about the part one of my review. conversation with Q. So you believe she should have Santa Barbara County said or done something, or at least superintendent of had a public opinion on the review? schools candidate Christy Lozano. A. Yes. It’s doing nothing that What follows is part two, edited for has caused schools to fail and clarity and space considerations. teachers to become upset in Q. I’m a parent. I just school districts... I mean, PURELY learned my child is being I would think that a 53POLITICAL taught something that I page negative review of don’t agree with. What do a superintendent of the I do? What are you going largest school district in to make different for me the county would be a red that I can’t do now? flag warning to the county A. Well... Let’s see. superintendent. Yet, she I don’t think parents didn’t get involved in that. are being listened to Somebody defended her right now. My door by telling me, “Well, she James Buckley will be open. If that doesn’t have the power to becomes part of the control it.” policy from the county I disagree. She does have superintendent’s office and the the power of her influence and her doors are open to the districts to position to have conversations with come and discuss things or vice people and to question what’s going versa, then, hopefully, leading by on and see if she can do something example, it would have a trickleto help make it better. And, so far, I down effect. have not been made aware that she Q. Do you believe that the current has said a word about the review. superintendent, Dr. Susan Salcido, California went from first to is an advocate for teachers, the worst in the past 40 years. The administration, and the system state is now ranked 50th in literacy rather than for parents and of all 50 states in the entire United students? States of America. A. I wouldn’t say (the current superintendent) is an advocate for Q. If elected, you’re going to teachers. For example, teachers be overseeing a one-hundredgave the superintendent of Santa million-dollar budget. Is there Barbara Unified School District some place you’d like to cut or at a scathing negative review. What least repurpose some of that money was the county superintendent’s that could bring a real change to comments about that? I’ve never the district? Do you plan to shake read that she commented on it things up? at all. She does have oversight A. I first have to find out where over that district. It was 53 pages the money is being spent and for of negative feedback, and so far, what purpose. My first priority

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is “restoring transparency” and making budgets available and accessible to the public. Budgets are currently very hard to find. Once we find out where the money is and what it is being spent on, it may need to be repurposed and most definitely brought back into the classroom. When you look at how many people were in the classrooms, let’s say, 20 years ago, you’ll see that there’s been a tilt, a full tilt. At the elementary level, for example, teachers now have 28 kids in a class. It used to be 20 just a short time ago. There were more aides in the classrooms too. These are positions that come at a reasonable cost and are very effective for students and really help to meet their needs. Q. Let’s say you’ve just been elected county superintendent of schools. What do you do on Day One?

A. On the first day, I will commit to refocus my core team to restore transparency and budget accountability in the county office of education and all districts below it. On day one, I would also implement the Franklin Elementary School model for students enrolled in the county office education school. Lastly, I will request specific data from all districts regarding LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan) monies and programs to determine if they are focused on positive educational outcomes.

years people haven’t had a choice who would lead the schools in the position of superintendent. Now people have a choice. To get back to where we belong, we can’t keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. We have to commit to these five fundamental priorities to turn our schools around: 1) Restore transparency. 2) Restore positive educational outcomes. 3) Restore safety. 4) Restore nonpartisanship. 5) Restore engaged leadership.

Q. Can you, as county superintendent of schools affect the curriculum? A. With regard to curriculum, I would affect it by first directing districts to make their curriculum transparent for parents to see. I believe it is important for the parents and community so see it and engage the community so that decisions can be made about what is best for students. Secondly, in the 10% of the lowest performing schools in the county, I would implement the Franklin Elementary School model immediately. I know a little about what goes on over at Franklin. Casey Kilgore is a principal who supports her teachers. She listens to them, and because of her strong leadership skills, they’re successful. So, success is possible in this environment. Q. So what goes on beyond Day One? A. We went from first to worst over the last 40 years, and for 40

Q. Any thoughts about the amount of spending taking place? A. Yes, the county superintendent of schools oversees more than a billion dollars, and the outcome is that over half of the 67,470 students in the county’s schools are below state achievement levels. A website that tracks educational progress (edsource.org) has determined that California is 50th of 50 states in literacy in the entire United States of America. This is a terrible outcome for our one billion dollars. If you’d like to learn more or get more involved, you are invited to visit her website: www. christylozano.com or e-mail her directly at christy@christylozano. com. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. You can find Jim’s Journals on file at jimbs.substack. com, and he invites you to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

id you know student proficiency in reading, writing and comprehension in English and competency in math, in all grade levels in our own Santa Barbara Unified School District, is shameful? It is doubly shameful that our school system is graduating 12th graders without the adequate skills in English and math to qualify for college admission or to qualify for training in a skilled job. Many read at a 5th-grade level. We passive taxpayers, uninformed voters and uninvolved parents share the blame. It’s past time for all of us to reclaim control and act. Last week we learned that the superintendent of schools for Santa Barbara County is paid approximately $300,000 a year. Dr. Susan Salcido has four assistants whose salaries combined, total more than $800,000, as of 2019. We also discovered that the Santa Barbara County schools budget is $1 billion a year! If Proposition 13 is the cause for schools lacking the funding for adequate public-school education, explain then the ability to maintain a $1 billion dollar budget! It’s inconceivable that with an important position that pays so well and wields a budget of a billion dollars for school kids, that the incumbent superintendents have run unopposed for more than 40 years. Why? We suspect the reason is political interference and deterrence preventing anyone from running against a party-preferred incumbent or candidate. This explains why there were attempts to prevent challenger Christy Lozano from even getting on the ballot for superintendent of schools only a few weeks ago. By the way, if the superintendent of Schools makes $300,000 a year, or $144.23 an hour, why is our school district authorizing the payment of $1,800 an hour to CWABG’s James Joyce to counsel parents and children? We find no academic qualifications nor specific, monitored or successful experiences with the parents and children of middle school for him to do so. For much of his career, he was a reporter for local newspapers, until he became employed in politics. While on this subject, can anyone explain why a 12-yearold boy was summarily expelled from school and given no time nor assistance to understand and regret the fact that he perpetrated a racial incident? Without any opportunity for reflection and remorse, for learning of the needless hurt he caused, no opportunity for an apology, nor forgiveness, nor reconciliation — what has he learned? In fact, retribution seems to be the order of the day. Shouldn’t the offender be included in the discussions, as Mr. Joyce’s contract reads, “of a teachable moment video”? During Santa Barbara Unified School District’s first in-person board meeting (since 2020) on Tuesday, parents during the public comment period begged the school to take away the iPads issued to each student because of the deleterious effects on their children (and not just because of their unlimited access to YouTube videos). A local pediatrician cautioned against the amount of screen time causing problems with motor abilities, attention deficit and the Please see DONOVAN on C4

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hristians today more fruitful. It gives a value are celebrating to the present which is beyond Easter Sunday, all count.” the day that Jesus Finally, Rev. Holden states, Christ rose from “Christ transformed his the dead, after giving his life people’s outlook on death. as a sacrifice for the sins of After death’s reign was mankind. defeated, death became but Jesus was God’s innocent a door into a larger and surer sacrificial Passover lamb who kingdom, a door whose keys took the sins of the world on the Son of Man wears at his his shoulders as he went to the girdle. The act of dying came cross. to be regarded as the mere As John 3:16 says, casting off of a ship’s “God so loved the moorings. Men were world that he gave his bidden to look upon only begotten son, that death as a servant whoever believes in ministering to their him should not perish highest interests.” but have eternal life.” Our era is unique British pastor in that we scarcely Andy Caldwell John Stuart Holden consider death, let wrote the following alone eternal death. during World War Previous generations, I, “We sometimes forget however unfortunate, were that the mere fact of death all too acquainted with has brought a richness into death in ways that are today life which it could not else unimaginable in America. have. It is, for instance, the Their faith in an afterlife certainty of death which takes thereby sustained them. the littleness out of life and In this day and age, all that invests it with seriousness. matters is the here and now “The elaborate emptiness, to most people. They are too the complicated triviality busy and distracted to think and the carefully planned much about the fate of their nonsense which go to the souls as it pertains to things make-up of life for so many, eternal. Hence the impetus to are all revealed in their go back to a message written worthlessness when death over 100 years ago. intrudes upon any circle in Easter represents the earth’s fellowship of frivolity. blessed hope that any person It is then that those who are who realizes they need saving left are ready to listen to the from the guilt, penalty and voice of the most eloquent power of sin in their life, preacher of all, and under along with the abject fear of his warning to set themselves death, is welcomed to repent toward the Life that is life and receive forgiveness indeed. And it is the enforced and eternal life because recognition of death which the blood of Jesus satisfied energizes men to worthy God’s penalty for the sins of activities.” mankind — the penalty of Rev. Holden continues, which was death. If you could “Death helps, like nothing else earn your way to heaven does, toward concentration based upon your own good upon the present duty of living works and behavior, then worthily. And it is the sureness Jesus didn’t need to die at of death which puts passion Calvary. Hence, Christianity is into human love. For it no glorified self-improvement deepens all our relationships, course. and clothes our friendships Alternatively, Christians with a significance which they believe eternal life is theirs could never otherwise wear. only by virtue of the death “It gives eyes to our of Jesus, and the subsequent affections and acts as an empty tomb of their risen inspiration to the duties of savior, who conquered death. sympathy and consideration. Happy Easter Sunday! Hearts are bound closely together when they share the Andy Caldwell is the COLAB certain knowledge that one executive director and host of day they must be separated “The Andy Caldwell Show,” far beyond sound of voice and airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on touch of hand. Yes, death has KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press a real mission in making life radio station.

ast Sunday’s article on parklets (“Parking vs. Parklets Debate Continues on Coast Village Road,” News-Press) and our Mayor Randy Rowse asking what does the public want galvanized me to compose this letter. THE PUBLIC WANTS THEM OUT! I am referring to Santa Barbara residents, not the weekend visitors who are here only for a short time in our beautiful city. There was a time when parklets were a life preserver for the restaurants on State Street and a few other streets. They were necessary for the financial saving of the business. There wasn’t a soul who was against parklets including me. But that time has passed. COVID-19 has raised its ugly head and has been tamed. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says we will have to learn to live with COVID as we do flu and other contagious diseases. Yet the parklets remain cluttering up State Street, and now we find out that they were illegal due to their spilling over into the street so that emergency vehicles (fire trucks and ambulances) could not access incidents on State Street. Mayor Rowse, you are a businessman and a previous restaurant owner so your connection is easy to see. My question to the mayor would be how do you justify as a government official giving those restaurants a leg up and an obvious and unfair advantage over all other restaurants in Santa Barbara? This appears to be favoritism of the worst sort. The additional insult is that these now unfair parklets are dictating that our 98th world famous Fiesta Parade will NOT be able to make its way up State Street. Why are their now unneeded and unwanted presence allowed to change an almost a century-old parade route? I have noticed that our local

media have not really put that out to the public so most do not realize that all our favorite parades will no longer be up State Street. Get rid of the unfair advantage parklets and reopen our beloved State Street and let our beautiful town return to normal activities. Margaret Mann Santa Barbara

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

Let’s provide Ukraine with aircraft

ooking at the photos from Bucha, the world should be stunned and outraged. Innocent civilians, hands tied behind their backs and shot in the head says everything we need to know about the madman we are dealing with: Russian President Vladimir Putin. I would like to propose some unnuanced, layman’s solutions to the cauldron boiling in Ukraine. The two major components swirling at the surface involve some rusting Mikoyan-Gurevich aircraft (MiG-29s) and the perpetual, hand-wringing reluctance to drag a war criminal before a tribunal for crimes against humanity. Unlike most Banana Republic dictators, this bad boy has a twitching finger on the launch buttons and deserves civilization’s

“special” attention. Apparently, “optics” are everything, and the U.S. doesn’t want to appear unfriendly (or unwoke) by flying a handful of old jets out of Ramstein Air Force Base and into Ukraine. Poland doesn’t want to be the only country, with its head sticking above the foxhole, caught flying its dilapidated MiG-29s directly into a country being decimated by President Putin. Why not disperse all 29 aircraft randomly, via lottery, among each NATO country? From Lask Airbase, each member state would receive just ONE MiG-29, with a maintenance crew and a box of white flags. None of these aircraft will be allowed to land at any U.S. military base. After reaching its new home, each plane would “simmer,” in a non-threatening manner, on the tarmac for a couple days, to establish residency. Unarmed, the MiG-29s would, on the same day and hour, fly (or be towed) into Ukrainian airports and wheat fields. This would give the appearance that ALL NATO COUNTRIES ARE UNITED, and, most importantly, that the U.S.A. is not directly participating in aggressive or provocative behavior. These clever, confusing, “...All war is deception...” tactics were applied by General Sun Tsu in war, in his life and as described in his second (kinder and gentler) best selling book, “The Art of Peace Through Appeasement and Compromise,” co-authored in 1939 by Neville Chamberlain. A more capitalistic, some say “unthinkable,” option is to offer a huge reward ($100+ million) for the live capture of Mr. Putin. The reward, targeted to members of Mr. Putin’s inner circle who don’t want to participate in Nuremberg 2.0, would be reduced dramatically if any body parts were missing or there were signs of torture. Take a long look at the Bucha videos and photos. Don’t you agree that the individual(s) responsible for bringing this serial killer to justice should also be nominated Please see LETTERS on C4

Biden hides border moves behind Russia-Ukraine crisis ‘The best way to conceal the truth is to hide it behind something of less significance.” – Confucius

n 2008 during the Great Recession, President Barack Obama hammered an $800 billion stimulus bill through Congress. Those who actually read it found it was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It had little to do with stimulating William the economic Haupt III recovery and everything to do The author is a with stimulating Center Square the progressive contributor docket. When reporters queried President Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel about this deceptive tactic, he didn’t even try to hide the fact it was a progressive wish list. He stoically retorted, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” With a slip of the tongue, “Rahm’s Rule” for progressive politics was coined. Progressives use Rahm’s Rule to publicize one crisis to cover up a crisis they chose to hide. The greater the magnitude of a crisis, and more public attention focused on it, the easier it is to enact unanticipated, regressive progressive policies. “He who is out of sight is out of mind.” — Homer

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President Joe Biden put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge of border security.

Progressives know the world is focused on the crisis in the Ukraine and will “not let this crisis go to waste.” They have evoked “Rahm’s Rule.” Like Nero fiddled while Rome burned, as Ukrainian cities burn, progressives are “fiddling” with U.S. border policy with no concern for American safety. The day he took office, President Joe Biden eradicated many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies with his executive eraser. This included halting construction of the border wall, reviving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act and canceling most of Trump’s

immigration constraint defenses. President Biden axed these policies despite a projection from the Princeton Policy Advisors that showed this would result in as many as 2,000,000 illegal immigrants crossing the southern border based on recent trends. They noted that Biden’s policies would lead to the largest influx of illegal immigrants in U.S. history; and they did. Illegal crossings reached 1.7 million in 2021, the highest since 1960. Securing our border was such a low priority, President Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of border security, which was obviously below her pay grade. “I can see myself as the one in charge, not the one following the leader.” — Vice President Kamala Harris The most critical immigration covenant that President Biden eradicated was the Migrant Protection Protocols, aka “Remain in Mexico” program. Since the Southern Border Processing Centers can only hold 4,750 migrants, border agents ran out of detention facilities a month after President Biden ended the MPP. Confirmed security data show the number of illegal crossers increased from 101,098 in Please see HAUPT on C4

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merica and Britain play cold-war games with Russia in the Arctic.” That headline sums up a situation growing steadily more ominous. The message is not current, but rather from two years ago in the influential British weekly “The Economist.” Since then, Russia’s massive infrastructure and military buildup in the Arctic has continued. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the continuing bloody war, underscore the importance of the Arctic rivalry. The headline reflects British fondness for irony, but Arctic developments are no game. Big money and big militaries are involved. Today, Russia gives disciplined, long-term priority to the Arctic. Today, melting ice encourages both commercial investment and military activity. Other major powers have devoted relatively little attention to the changing geopolitical dimensions of northern latitudes. Neither the Obama nor Trump administration gave the Arctic priority, but we no longer can afford that complacency. Both China and Russia are extremely assertive there, as elsewhere. Russia President Vladimir Putin relentlessly pursues power and influence in this part of the world, as in others. Operations of surface ships go beyond customary presence of submarines. Early this year, analysts interpreted Barents Sea operations as preparation to invade Ukraine. Russia publicly denied any such intent. Russia’s deployments comprise components of a wider disciplined, comprehensive strategy. That nation spearheads organizing a region of tremendous economic potential. In April 2019, Russia hosted leaders from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in an Arctic Forum held in St. Petersburg. In 2021, Russia succeeded Iceland in chairing the Arctic Council, which also includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. President Barack Obama did visit Alaska in 2016, but the trip was largely symbolic and rhetorical. This is unfortunate since the U.S. also chaired the Arctic Council at the time. There has been some Atlantic area assertiveness. In 2018, NATO held the Trident Juncture military maneuvers anchored in Norway. This large operation was unusual since the end of the Cold War. A U.S. aircraft carrier entered the Arctic Circle for the first time since the Cold War. Also notable: Finland and Sweden participated along with NATO nations. Historically Britain has led in polar matters, joined in the 19th century by the United States. Germany also emerged as a leader, until disastrously sidetracked by militarism. Traditional, serious territorial conflicts continue, and Russia’s aggressive actions exacerbate them. Current disputes align Russia against Canada and Denmark regarding control of the Lomonosov Ridge, most of which is in international waters. Other involved nations include Finland, Iceland, Sweden and the U.S. Longer term, history is encouraging regarding international Arctic cooperation. International Polar Years occurred in 18821883, 1932-1933 and 2007-2009. The first two inspired the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958, during the height of the Cold War. Discovery of the Van Allen Radiation Belts was among important IGY scientific discoveries. American scientific and government leadership was instrumental Please see CYR on C4

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GLSEN’s groomers in plain sight

verything old is new again as a new generation of parents takes on kiddie-porn curriculum producers masquerading as anti-bullying crusaders. So let me repeat a warning I’ve issued repeatedly to families across the country: “Diversity.” “Tolerance.” “Safety.” If a corporate-funded educational nonprofit targeting K-12 students employs those weasel words, get your kids as far away as possible, start following the money and stop being afraid. For 25 years — yes, friends, a full quarter-century — I’ve reported on the perverse and pedophiliapromoting work of a massive propaganda network founded in 1990 and originally called the National Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teachers Network, or GLSTN, “to address homophobic and heterosexist behavior and bias in schools.” Radical leftist community organizers in Chicago spearheaded GLSTN’s hijacking of elementary, middle and high school classrooms under the guise of creating “safe schools.” Through annual conferences, educator training, brainwashing films such as “It’s Elementary,” and dissemination of sexually explicit and ageinappropriate books, the group enticed children into the alphabet

mafia and demonized Christian boys embraced in a kiss. A third nuclear families who dared person, whose face is not shown dissent. but is also bare-chested, stands GLSTN was renamed the Gay, off to the side with his hand on the Lesbian and Straight Education head of one boy. Below the vivid Network, or GLSEN, in color photo, which is posted 1997 as it expanded its on the Internet home page political advocacy and of a group called ‘AltKids,’ deepened its coffers is a caption explaining filled with cash from that the group provides a Fortune 500 companies service ‘in which gay and targeting children bisexual kids can find including Hollister, partners or friends of the Disney, YouTube, same sexual orientation.’ To Michelle Malkin post messages on the site’s Urban Outfitters and Nickelodeon. Other ‘Alternative Connections’ major sponsors and page, users must register contributors to GLSEN hail not just their name and age, but from Wall Street, pedo-clogged their height, weight, hair color, eye Hollywood circles: convicted color, address and phone number. sex predator Harvey Weinstein“Until last week, after West tied talent agency CAA, Goldman Seattle citizen activist Linda Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Marilyn Jordan and other concerned and Jeffrey Katzenberg. parents complained to the school I reported extensively on the board, this on-line ‘service’ was vile and toxic GLSEN reading advertised on the ‘links’ section materials pimped by President of the National Gay, Lesbian, Barack Obama’s safe schools and Straight Teachers Network czar and GLSEN head Kevin (GLSTN). GLSTN provides support Jennings in 2009, but I first learned to a chapter in Washington state, of GLSTN/GLSEN’s grooming many of whose members are activities in the fall of 1997 while employed by the Seattle School an editorial writer and columnist District’s Sexual Minority Advisory at the Seattle Times from my Council. The Council promoted the friend Linda Jordan, a citizen national GLSTN office’s website whistleblower and relentless in literature made available to independent investigator. schoolchildren. Here’s what I wrote at the time: “Prior to Jordan’s complaint, “Picture this: Two bare-chested Seattle students had unlimited

access to the GLSTN site and to the smutty AltKids link. After viewing the photos, the district’s legal counsel, Mark Green, contacted the national GLSTN office, which has removed the AltKids link from its site pending further investigation. Green told me that district computer technicians have blocked the site from public school computers. Kudos to Jordan for making the schools safer. But where were all the district’s guardians? What other exploitative materials are children being exposed to in the name of teaching tolerance and self-respect?” Ms. Jordan had been raising hell about child sex abuse in the Seattle public schools and juvenile court system for years — and flagged the longtime allegations of young boys who accused powerful King County Superior Court Judge Gary Little of molesting them while he was a teacher and volunteer counselor. She could smell a child predator from a mile away, and she knew their habits. Judge Little committed suicide outside his chambers hours before the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was set to publish a long-suppressed expose of Mr. Little’s sex crimes against children and systematic abuse of power. Everything Ms. Jordan told me was right. The newspapers and powerful NBC-TV affiliate had

covered up Judge Little’s pedo record. So had the statewide Commission on Judicial Conduct. One reporter told The Washington Post that local elites kept quiet about Mr. Little’s creepy proclivities and suspicious sleepovers with juvenile delinquents because Seattle was “a liberal city” and “some people refrained from criticizing Little for fear of being accused of unfairness to gays.” And so it has been for the entire kiddie-porn industry that has metastasized in America’s K-12 schools for at least 25 years, when I first reported on that internet pedo recruitment website in Seattle schools. Silence is complicity. Complicity in the sexual exploitation of children in the name of “diversity,” “tolerance” and “safety” is an unconscionable crime. The groomers aren’t even hiding in plain sight. They’ve been out in the open, feeding on your fear and feasting on your children. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

Biden, other Democrats should listen to the voters Editor’s note: Hank Naughton is the president of the Centrist Democrats of America and a former Massachusetts state legislator who chaired the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.

hen our economy is strong, that typically correlates with the U.S. president having a good job approval rating. But even though the country added 431,000 jobs in March, and unemployment has hit a pandemic-era low of 3.6%, President Joe Biden’s favorability with the American people continually hovers in the Hank low 40s — Naughton which isn’t good. With the midterm elections looming this fall, a lot of Democrats are wondering what the president and his allies in Congress can do to restore trust with the American people. After all, unless President Biden’s poll numbers improve, it is more likely than not that Democrats will suffer serious losses this November, ceding the House and perhaps even the Senate back to Republican control. One potential theory about why Mr. Biden is suffering from such low approval ratings, is the concern that the president, his administration and many Democrats are out of touch or focusing on the wrong issues. Or in other words, focusing on policies that prioritize the progressive elements of the Democratic Party, but are issues that most people either disagree with or simply don’t care much about.

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Ninety-one percent of respondents in a recent poll are either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about the high costs of gas and oil. Forty-four percent of those surveyed said high gas prices are “making it hard to make ends meet.”

For example, as the American people struggle with record high gasoline prices, the secretary of energy touted the importance of a recent $5 billion government investment in charging stations for electric vehicles, often called EVs. It’s not that EVs — over time — won’t play an important role in our effort to reduce our dependence on oil. It’s just that prioritizing EVs is not a lifeline for workingclass Americans trying to make ends meet. After all, the cost of the average EV is nearly $52,000. Looking closer at this issue, my organization just commissioned a poll on the attitudes of the American people on EVs. Unfortunately, yet unsurprisingly,

the poll found that most people are struggling with the price of fuel at the pump. We found that 91% of respondents are either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about the high costs of gas and oil. Sadly, 44% of respondents said high gas prices are “making it hard to make ends meet.” When we asked people how Congress should prioritize spending, issues that were most appealing were increased funding for “ending childhood hunger,” “fixing our roads and bridges,” and “for police training and hiring.” Coming in dead last among respondents: “More funding for increasing the number of electric

vehicles.” Here are some other key findings of the poll: — Only 7% of respondents strongly support adding “an additional charge on people’s electrical bill to help fund the building of charging stations for electric vehicles.” — Only 14% of the 1,000 respondents say they are “very likely” to purchase an EV in the next two years. — For those not likely to buy an EV in the next two years or more, expense was the top concern. — To get gas prices down, the most popular solutions are: “Temporarily stop charging state and federal taxes on gas,”

“Increase the number of permits for drilling for oil and gas,” and the president’s recent decision to release gasoline from the strategic reserve was popular with just over half of the respondents. — But to combat these high gas prices, only 26% of respondents think “we need to do whatever we can to get as many electric vehicles on the road as quickly as possible, including the federal government subsidizing the costs of the cars and building the infrastructure for charging stations.” While Democrats are struggling today, the good news is that the American people are not hiding the issues that they prioritize and find meaningful. There is abundant polling out there that shows strengthening the economy, confronting inflation, and the pandemic and the cost of health care are issues that are at the top of people’s minds. As the leader of a group advocating for politically moderate policies, I urge the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to listen to the voters and focus on their priorities. If Democrats respond to the needs of the nation, then I think we can both do well in the midterms, but more importantly, help our fellow Americans make ends meet during these challenging times. Hank Naughton is the president of the Centrist Democrats of America and a former Massachusetts state legislator who chaired the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. This commentary was provided to the News-Press by The Center Square, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism.

The great sovereignty reclamation movement

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022

he great debates of our time are not exclusively those hardhitting ones affecting human anthropology and political community — how many genders exist, what criteria we should look for in prospective immigrants, and so forth. Certainly, many of our most notable debates do implicate those most foundational rifts. But some of our other most politically urgent and galvanizing disputes revolve less around substantive questions, such as the nature of justice, than they do around one of the oldest procedural questions in the history of political science: “Who decides?” A look around the world at this present juncture suggests an emerging consensus: We the people, through our own internal deliberations and our own political processes, should decide the fate of our own nation-states. Recent or ongoing examples in Hungary, France, Ukraine and Israel are all instructive. For political actors paying attention here on the American homefront, there are clear and compelling lessons to take away. In Hungary on April 3, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who had been facing relatively tight polling in the lead-up to the national

election, cruised to a fourth term. his occasional anti-woke musings Mr. Orban’s defiant national is pro-European integration and conservative Fidesz party utterly firmly center-left, finds himself dominated the unified opposition, in a political dogfight. Per Atlas which had included everyone Politico, in a runoff election from outright communists to between Macron and his most full-on antisemitic fascists in a likely challenger, the right-wing ham-fisted — and ultimately illEuroskeptic Marine Le Pen, Le fated -— ttempt to topple the Pen leads by the shockingly small government. Fidesz was wildly margin of 50.5% to 49.5%. Le Pen successful everywhere has likely benefited from outside Budapest itself, the Overton windowand even gained seats shifting effect of Eric in the parliament — this Zemmour’s own furtherdespite the sustained, right-wing presidential yearslong campaign to run, which has had the decry Hungary’s alleged effect of normalizing Le “democratic backsliding” Pen. from The New York The key lesson from Josh Hammer Times, George SorosFrance: The liberal funded nongovernmental imperium faces an organizations and the existential threat. Aside other usual suspects. from Germany, there is no more The key lesson from Hungary: A important EU nation than France. proud nationhood is one that fights A more humble liberal imperium to secure its customs, folkways and would acknowledge there is traditions from the overweening, nothing wrong whatsoever with heavy hand of the liberal national pride. imperium (here, the BrusselsIn Ukraine, local forces have based European Union). fought Russian invaders over the In France, the world’s seventhpast month and a half to a seeming largest economy and an anchor of stalemate. This despite the fact the modern European integration the Russian military is orders project, current polling for the of magnitude larger and more presidential runoff election is powerful, and despite the fact genuinely eye-opening. According President Vladimir Putin has long to an Atlas Politico poll from coveted reincorporating Ukraine, April 4 through April 6, President Soviet-style, into “Greater Russia.” Emmanuel Macron, who despite Whatever one thinks of greater

American and NATO involvement in the Ukrainian theater — and I have been vocally opposed to escalation — the reality is that the Ukrainian people’s defense of their own nation-state has (with some notable exceptions) been inspiring. Ukrainians have successfully rallied in defense of home and hearth in a way that few would have been able to anticipate prior to Mr. Putin’s invasion. The key lesson from Ukraine: The interdependent bonds of mutual loyalty that tie together a particular people, such as commonality of language, heritage and general mannerisms, can lead to extraordinary things amidst intense threat of revanchism. Finally, in Israel last week, member of Knesset Idit Silman formally left Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ragtag governing coalition, which had been composed of a bare 6159 parliamentary majority. Mr. Silman’s departure means the Knesset is now split evenly 60-60, and the coalition will require at least one vote from the Likud/Benjamin Netanyahuled opposition to advance any legislation. Mr. Bennett’s coalition, which consists of everyone from purported right-wing Zionists (such as Mr. Bennett himself) to Muslim Brotherhood-aligned antiZionists such as Mansour Abbas,

was always extraordinarily fragile. Crucially, due to the coalition’s presence of Abbas’ Ra’am party, the erstwhile national conservative Bennett permitted anti-Zionists to thwart the Israeli national interest on core issues, such as the Iranian nuclear threat and the territorial dispute over Judea and Samaria. The key lesson from Israel: A proud, self-governing people will only tolerate for so long a parliamentary (or congressional) coalition in which subversive fifth column actors, perhaps in cahoots with external NGOs, wield veto power. Looking back at the 2016 tidal wave of the United Kingdom’s dramatic “Brexit” and the dramatic election of President Donald Trump, and continuing through today, the great sovereignty reclamation movement is alive and thriving. For Americans who seek forwardlooking inspiration, the lesson is simple: The nation-state, and the tangible flourishing of the nationstate’s people, must always come first. There is no more important lesson for a decadent, late-stage republic to imbibe. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

John Stossel

Books about conservatives

ookstores now sell only certain kinds of children’s books. “Go into Barnes & Noble,” says Bethany Mandel in my new video, “and you will be met with a wall of biographies. Probably 27 different books about former Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Great. A ton about Kamala Harris. Great.” But where are the biographies on conservatives? There weren’t any. She found lots on people like Hillary Clinton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren and Rachel Carson, but not one on conservatives like Margaret Thatcher or Amy Coney Barrett. “It’s time to bring those books to the market because Lord knows the publishing industry won’t,” says Ms. Mandel. So she created Heroes of Liberty, a company that will publish books on conservatives like Supreme Court Justice Barrett, President Ronald Reagan and Thomas Sowell. “You’re indoctrinating kids just like the left does,” I tell her. “That’s a very fair question,” she responds. “My answer is, ‘Read the books!’ “ Her top seller is her biography of Dr. Sowell, who overcame adversity to become a famous economist. When Dr. Sowell’s family moved to New York, his new teachers put him in a lower grade because they assumed that he couldn’t compete. Dr. Sowell went to see the principal. “He didn’t play the victim. He stood up for himself,” says Ms. Mandel. “He said, ‘I will prove to you that I’m capable of doing fourth-grade math.’” The principal actually listened and gave him a test. When Dr. Sowell aced it, the principal told the teachers, “Take this young man to fourth grade, where he belongs!” Dr. Sowell didn’t let racism or poverty stop him. He helped pay his family’s expenses by getting jobs, like delivering groceries. By contrast, Ms. Mandel says, books from today’s big publishing houses portray black people as victims who advance only through protest. Ibram X. Kendi’s popular “Antiracist Baby” teaches kids to focus on color. “If you claim to be color-blind, you deny what’s right in front of you,” Please see STOSSEL on C4

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Continued from Page C2 for the Nobel Prize by preventing World War 3? Offering $100 million “finder fee” (or reward) seems like a good investment against a nuclear winter and may prevent our little planet from glowing for the next 10,000 years. Bin Laden and other terrorists have held coveted positions on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List. Why isn’t Mr. Putin currently on this list? Ukraine has already posted a $1 million prize to Russian pilots who defect. Why hasn’t Uncle Sam? (See www. popularmechanics.com/military/ aviation/a39432683/ukrainedefense-contractor-will-payrussian-pilots-to-defect). In years past, the U.S. military has managed to attract defectors with money. Examples include the 1975 Russian MIG-25 Foxbat flown into Hakodate Airport in Japan. (See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Defection_of_Viktor_Belenko.) During the Eisenhower administration, there was even a plan called Operation Moolah, offering $100,000 and freedom to any commie who could deliver a combat-ready enemy jet to our military. (See en.m.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Operation_Moolah.) For an extensive list of enemy pilots (with planes) who accepted the cash-on-delivery and a new life, Google “Cold War Pilot Defectors,” turn to en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ Cold_War_pilot_defections. The issues bogging down everyone’s “courage” over the invasion of Ukraine are reminiscent of pre-World War II Germany. Winston Churchill repeatedly warned his fellow naive, reality-averse bureaucrats, that failure to recognize Hitler’s intentions, would be catastrophic for everyone. As the late Madeline Albright also observed, in nature (and human nature), weakness always attracts vultures. When a white flag has no meaning, isn’t it time the experts (?) stop seeking diplomatic and socalled “crushing letter” solutions from inside the “group-think” box? If that same flag has been tied

behind the victims’ back and sealed with a bullet, it’s time that more primitive, instinctively recognized, universally respected and, unfortunately, necessary “solutions” be considered. Dale Lowdermilk Founder, notsafe.org Santa Barbara

accommodate and serve the homeless. A few members of the City Council point to the Rose Garden Inn experiment as a rousing success. That’s where $2.8 million was spent to house 66 homeless in hotel rooms with 27 of the 66 returning to our streets and no long-term tracking of the other 39. Only in government-speak would that be considered a success. James H. Smith Santa Barbara

I support Christy Lozano

have knowledge and a solid foundation for life. She tried going through regular channels in the school system to change the curriculum, but the system is totally corrupt. The school establishment sued to have her name taken off the ballot. Thanks to an honest judge, there was a ruling in her favor. 4. Lastly, I can’t believe the teacher’s union and regular teachers keeping quiet about all that is happening in schools. Not a peep; keep everything secret and away from parents. Christy needs help. Be a little brave, and join her for a better school system. Tony Krejdovsky Goleta

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Councilmember Mike Jordan

More money won’t solve homelessness

lbeit disappointing, it comes as no surprise that Santa Barbara City Councilmember Mike Jordan’s answer to every government problem is “more money.” In this case, it’s more money to solve the homeless problem by floating a bond or increasing sales tax. Never has more money been spent to solve the homeless problem. Yet today, never has the homeless problem been worse. That would leave any reasonably intelligent person to conclude that money is not the answer. I am tired of walking to work each day and stepping over homeless people sprawled out on the State Street sidewalks. Fed up with their trash on the ground two feet from a garbage container. Done with the hypodermic needles and human waste in the planters. Yet some on our City Council want to again reach into the pockets of the productive citizens of this community to better

am voting for Christy Lozano for Santa County Superintendent of schools. The reasons are: 1. The current superintendent, Dr. Susan Salcido, has been in office for four years. There are close to 34,000 students in the county performing below California achievement levels. This is a disaster. She should be impeached. And to think she gets paid at least $277,624 a year. Instead of helping those 34,000 students get extra help, Dr. Salcido is pushing gender changing, critical race theory and Black Lives Matter — and keeping this secret from parents. How much money is going into these programs. Who knows? 2. Christy Lozano has 18 years of practical experience in teaching at high schools, junior high and elementary schools. She understands children’s need for a fair, unbiased education. She also understands there is gender indoctrination going on. For example, if you are a boy, how would you like to be a girl? There is CRT teaching that if you’re white, you’re racist. Children 5-, 6-, 7-year-olds are going home telling their moms the teacher called her racist because she is white. Finally, there is BLM. Only black lives matter, not all lives matter. 3. What I like best about Ms. Lozano is she wants to teach critical thinking skills, so students

SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022

A revelation of America’s intent

he Grammy awards this year revealed a lot more than quivering flesh and costly lighting. It showed that we are fully intent on fiddling while America burns this summer. The music industry not only took off masks, but also pared down sense, taste and vocabulary. It don’t take much no more. Russia is coming to a cyberspace near you, the bug will be back before Chris Stapleton’s beard gets an inch longer, and the next coup attempt will come quicker than a John Batiste dance move, but no one in that Vegas ballroom gave a tinker’s dam. Only Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky brought the scene to a semblance of reality, but only for a moment. The show was a triumph of form over substance, breasts over benevolence, emotion over reason, lust over lyric, dexterity over discipline. The sheer weight of the metallic vision of this party surely alerted economists about overemployment in the designer industry. Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah (Former Goleta resident)

School board meetings are not to be missed DONOVAN

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addictive nature that we all experience with even the ping of a phone. Isn’t the school also responsible for enabling the behavior of the expelled student? After all, his offense was the tik-tok video shown to classmates on his iPad. School board meetings are not to be missed. Not only is it inspiring to see how much these parents love their children but how hard they are willing to fight for them as they ask for the best education and learning environment. Yet their pleas appeared bothersome to the board. The parents were so forthright as they expressed concrete concerns regarding the educational system and how it is applied. The board seemed best at glad-handing, as they congratulated and appreciated each other ad nauseum. It was far worse than the saccharine accolades at city council. Dr. Hilda Maldonado’s report on antiblackness was not substantial enough for a fifth grader’s book report. She presented a definition to be used for racial incidents in the district, “…any

incident in which a person or group is targeted for their race or perceived race…,” and that an anti-blackness workshop will be held Wednesday. Are whites not being targeted via CRT and implicit bias training? We are not getting our monies’ worth. Dr. Maldonado, the district superintendent, revealed that of the 12 racial incidents, 11 occurred in elementary schools within a three-week period. Will they expel third graders next? We are confused with the conflicting information. Some report an incident on Feb. 16 at Santa Barbara Junior HIgh School, and some use March 16April 7 for the dates of the racial incidents. The Santa Barbara Unified School District agenda seems like an extreme overreaction to threats about racism from the BLM/HJ group. We see no positive results from Just Communities’ $300,000 annual contract for the last seven years with the school district. (Just Communities — committed to a world free of white supremacy, xenophobia and racism.) Could indoctrination by introduction to CRT and Implicit Bias, cause impressionable minds to act out in the schoolyard? A sort

of role-play? How different is this from pedophiles grooming their victims? With transgenderism being taught in schools for the last eight years, no wonder kids are questioning their sexual identity. That a 5-year-old boy who said he was a dragon yesterday, but today the school tells him he may be a girl. “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” — Clarence W. Hall “Schools exist for the education of children. Schools do not exist to provide iron-clad jobs for teachers, billions of dollars in union dues for teacher’s union, monopolies for educational bureaucracies, a guaranteed market for (graduates of) teachers’ colleges, or a captive audience for indoctrinators. Bad schools stay open because those schools still provide good jobs for adults. Whether or not the children are learning is a secondary concern at best.” — Thomas Sowell Having scared into submission our SBUSD administrators with threats of racism, our local BLM/ Healing Justice crew now turn their attention to demoralizing and crippling our police

department. We must help Interim Santa Barbara Police Chief Bernard Melekian prevail with the City Council to reject the BLM/city staff proposal to oversee and control our Police Department. At 1 p.m. Friday at the Gephard Room, 630 Garden St., will be a presentation/discussion of the recommendations of the Community Formation Committee. Their recommendations include creating a new city department at an annual cost of $600,000 with the focus of overseeing the police department without any police experience or training and a questionable controlling agenda. Yahoos. For an eye opener, read the final recommendations of the CFC on the city’s websit (www. santabarbaraca.gov.) Dated 04/14/2022. Happy Easter! “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” — Pope John Paul II Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

Biden says he plans to open our borders anyway

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Continued from Page C2 February, to 212,672 in July. This massive increase was a 60-year high, in a little over half a year. “Our plan is to give everyone who wants to come to America a pathway to citizenship.” — President Joe Biden In April, Texas and Missouri sued the Biden administration, arguing that his policies would increase crime and financial hardship for them. In August 2021, a Texas District Court judge ordered President Biden to enforce the MPP, citing his actions violated Section 1225 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The judge rejected Mr. Biden’s effort to block his ruling and the court ordered him to enforce it ASAP. Progressives won a key court battle for migrant minors seeking asylum. This enabled parents to send their children across the border alone, which enabled them to then join them at a later date.

“Many of these asylum seekers are only seeking access to our social services.” — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va. The Russia-Ukraine war was the crisis progressives needed to invoke Rahm’s Rule to increase the number of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. With Americans focused on the Ukraine crisis, the word leaked out. Since President Biden failed to end the MPP, he’d do an end run around it and scrap Title 42. This was a Trump policy that restricted illegal immigration to protect Americans’ health as well as their security. Despite pleas from vulnerable Democrats up for re-election and warnings from border agents that the U.S. can’t handle thousands of more illegal immigrants, Mr. Biden says he plans to open our borders anyway. “Viruses always spread regardless of borders. That’s no excuse to keep people out.” — President Joe Biden

When President Biden announced he’d be ending Title 42, it sparked fears in states around America. There is no way they can finance this record-shattering surge of illegal immigrants. Homeland Security anticipates more than 18,000 illegal migrants a day entering the U.S., which is over triple that of the current level! White House spokesperson Kate Bedingfield said, “Yes, when the CDC lifts Title 42, there will be a massive increase in Southern border crossings. And we are looking into ways to deal with this.” Title 42 was put in place with the onset of COVID-19 to allow border agents to stop the spread of the virus. Border agents claim this enabled them to keep more than 2 million illegal migrants out of the U.S.

“Texas can’t take care of its own citizens, let alone a new wave of aliens.” — U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas The progressive panic to

increase illegals in U.S. states stems from Census data that shows blue states are losing population to red states. With businesses and the middle class fleeing liberal high tax states for the tax and business friendly red heartland, the left needs bodies to replace them. Since Congressional representation is based on population, they are obsessed with having open borders. It has been said that “rules are not as sacred as principles.” The Rahm Rule is the gold standard for progressives. Even though America has an endless potpourri of problems trying to enforce our immigration laws, President Biden is looking under every legal rock for ways to justify and “openly” break our immigration laws! Progressives only care about increasing the blue state head count in Congress. This commentary was provided to the News-Press by The Center Square, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism.

It’s a feel-good waste of money SCHULTE

Continued from Page C1 you pay your taxes, for those of us who do, keep in mind where your money is being wasted. And even if you don’t pay taxes, just think of where those trillions that were supposed to fight COVID, keep our country safe, fix your bridges and roads are going instead. While Americans are struggling like never before; dealing with runaway inflation and extreme gas prices, there are millions of illegal immigrants enjoying the money that could have gone toward helping you, fixing your schools, your roads and insurance needs. There’s no end in sight, millions, billions of dollars will be spent to support millions living on America’s dime, with inflation, it’s America’s dollar. Everyone will be paying in more ways than you know. Since President Biden is running the least transparent administration in history, there’s no way of knowing what’s the truth and how many more tax dollars are fluttering in the wind. But here are some other numbers to raise your blood pressure. The massive spending bill has $17 billion — there’s that billion again — allocated to improve American ports, which sounds good considering that’s another one of Mr. Biden’s failures. However, to make the climate change crowd happy, the money will be used to transition ports from good old fossil fuel toward windmills and solar, not help improve the distribution bottleneck. That wasted money isn’t doing a darn thing about getting products moved, and, in fact, will be stolen and flow into the greedy hands of the selfproclaimed do-gooders to “save the planet.” At the same time, it will give China even more dough to profit

off solar panels and thereby help their fentanyl production. Another $70 billion is supposedly going toward improving our electric grid, for wind energy transmission lines. Not to improve our antiquated and on the verge of collapsing power network. It’s a feel-good waste of money. When the wind doesn’t blow, you won’t be happy when your AC doesn’t come on in August. Amtrak hasn’t turned a profit in forever and will get $66 billion (2019 Amtrak had a $33 billion maintenance backlog) more to blow on who knows what, pensions? You would hope they would fix the tracks or upgrade the trains, but don’t hold your breath. And another $40 billion on public transit that only the homeless will use as their traveling hotel rooms. It’s an endless list of waste and corruption. Billions were stolen in the early virus days when funds were supposed to be used for personal protective equipment. Billions more are just floating around looking for a toilet to flush it down. And we’re still being asked for billions more. While President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are making whoop-de-dos about so many stupid things, they’re oblivious to the real world issues swirling and crumbling around them. For God sakes, c’mon man, focus! Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@gmail.com.

‘Being a mother is no less important than being a judge’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 writes Mr. Kendi. That’s “toxic,” says Ms. Mandel. “When you promote this hyper awareness of race, kids see their friend as black, white or brown, instead of Lucy or Sally.” Although conservatives make up about half the country, book publishers rarely try to appeal to them. “When they produce 27 books about Ruth Bader Ginsburg or ‘Antiracist Baby’ board books, those are bought in bulk by libraries,” says Ms. Mandel. Libraries buy many more books than moms and dads. “(So book publishers) have this incentive built in to churn out progressive ideological books.” That surprised me. I thought of librarians as apolitical. But no, today they are part of the progressive mob. Ninety percent of librarians’ political donations go to Democrats. “It’s our tax dollars buying 1,000 copies of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and zero about Amy Coney Barrett,” Mandel points out. Ms. Mandel is frustrated that “girls” children’s literature rarely focuses on motherhood. The books suggest, “You can be a NASA scientist, an entomologist, (but) girls are not taught that you can have all these career ambitions and also be a mother.” Justice Barrett has seven kids.

Ms. Mandel’s book says: “For Amy, being a mother is no less important than being a judge.” Ms. Mandel’s books are mostly about conservatives. She recently released one about John Wayne. I’m libertarian, not conservative, but I am still glad she’s producing alternatives to what today’s publishers pick. Other authors are fighting back, too. The Tuttle Twins’ books feature libertarians like Frederic Bastiat. Julie Borowski’s books teach kids about the free market. All had to self-publish because traditional publishers were hostile to people like them. Even illustrators turned down Ms. Mandel’s books for fear of being “canceled.” “We have a hard time paying people many thousands of dollars to illustrate books! We’re never going to get a book printed about Amy Coney Barrett with a Scholastic (or) Penguin Random House!” Fortunately, a free market can’t be held back forever. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2022 BY JFS Productions Inc.

The first major arms control agreement of the Cold War CYR

Continued from Page C2 in launching and completing this comprehensive global enterprise. President Dwight D. Eisenhower also initiated demilitarization of Antarctica. This was the first major arms control agreement of the Cold War and laid the foundation for others. President Eisenhower combined scientific cooperation with attention to national defense. In August 1958, the new nuclear submarine Nautilus made the first undersea voyage to the North Pole. In 2007,

two mini-submarines planted Russia’s flag on the North Pole seabed, far below the surface. President Putin’s Ukraine invasion is one brutal component of a comprehensive strategy. Newly energized NATO must plan, and act, accordingly. Complacency no longer is an option. Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage.edu.