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Santa Barbara Historical Museum presents exhibit about Bohemian community - B1
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Improving parklets
House passes Protect Patriot Parents Act
Work continues on State Street to allow stormwater runoff to flow beneath, around or through dining areas
By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR
The Protect Patriot Parents Act, a measure that helps illegal immigrants whose children serve in the U.S. military, passed Tuesday in the House. U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, is the author of the bill, which makes parents of U.S. military service members eligible to adjust for Lawful Permanent Resident Status. The legislation allows those parents to apply for a green card. The bill is intended to prevent the potential deportations of parents of people serving in the U.S. military. The Protect Patriot Parents Act was approved as part of the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022, which now heads to the Senate for consideration. “The families of our service members deserve our respect for their sacrifice, not deportation — and I am pleased to see that the majority of my colleagues in the House
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U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal
agree,” Rep. Carbajal said in a statement Tuesday. “I am proud that this measure is now headed to the Senate for its consideration, and I strongly urge my colleagues to act on this and other critical commonsense immigration Please see ACT on A4
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The city of Santa Barbara is requiring State Street parklets to allow stormwater runoff to flow beneath them, around them or through them.
By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
About two-thirds of the 50 outdoor dining parklets inspected Friday by city staff did not have the changes necessary to allow stormwater runoff to flow beneath them, or around
them, or through them, Santa Barbara officials said Tuesday. As such, they missed last Thursday’s deadline for meeting that requirement. “We inspected 50 outdoor business facilities between the 400 and 1300 blocks of State Street,” Sarah Clark, downtown
plaza parking manager, told the News-Press. “Seventeen were fully compliant; 33 were not. “They were given written Correction Notices with a fiveday deadline to correct the violations.” She said city staff will conduct follow-up inspections this week,
most likely Thursday. The updated design requirements, which require installation of a drainage channel, only apply to businesses on the 400-1300 blocks of State Street. Please see PARKLETS on A4
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First responders use Narcan (naloxone) to help people suffering from an opioid overdose. On Tuesday, Emergent BioSolutions said the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to fast-track its review of the company’s application to make Narcan available over the counter.
FDA to fast-track review of request to allow Narcan to be sold over the counter
Santa Barbara City Council hires independent police monitor By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Barbara Andersen
The Santa Barbara City Council hired an outside professional Tuesday to work as an independent police monitor to help with the new civilian oversight commission for the city’s police department. But first, the council members had to overcome initial concerns that the new monitor might be perceived as “very pro-police.” Councilmember Mike Jordan suggested pulling the item from the council’s consent calendar, saying he did some online research on Hassan Aden of The Aden Group LLC, recommended by staff to be retained as the police monitor. “I don’t personally have a problem with a person being propolice,” Councilmember Jordan
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said, but apparently some of the comments he read online voiced concern that consultant Hassan Aden might be considered biased in favor of police officers because of his decades-long position in two police departments, including serving as police chief for one of them, and his later experience as a federal police oversight decree monitor. Barbara Andersen, senior assistant to the city administrator, reassured the council that that’s not the case with Mr. Aden. She said staff interviewed seven potential consultants with a range of experience serving as independent police monitors and executives overseeing police oversight committees. Please see MONITOR on A4
By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR
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Councilmember Mike Jordan
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted Emergent BioSolutions’ request to review its supplemental New Drug Application for the Narcan Nasal Spray to be sold as an over-the-counter emergency treatment for known or suspected opioid overdose, the company said Tuesday. The FDA also granted its request for priority review, which Emergent says “is the
first prescription-to-over-thecounter switch application in history” to be granted such a review. NARCAN (naloxone HCI) Nasal Spray 4 mg, was the first intranasal form of naloxone approved by the FDA, in 2015. It was developed to treat known or suspected opioid overdoses. If its application is approved, it would be the first 4 mg naloxone nasal spray available over the counter in the U.S. Please see NARCAN on A3
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Classified................. B4 Life...................... B1-2 Obituaries............... A4
Saturday’s SUPER LOTTO: 4-11-12-15-45 Meganumber: 24
Tuesday’s DAILY 4: 4-4-4-4
Tuesday’s MEGA MILLIONS: N/A Meganumber: N/A
Tuesday’s FANTASY 5: 1-4-10-29-36
Tuesday’s DAILY DERBY: 08-11-12 Time: 1:41.06
Monday’s POWERBALL: 35-45-47-54-55 Meganumber: 14
Sudoku................... B3 Weather................. A4
Tuesday’s DAILY 3: 1-3-5 / Wednesday’s Midday 1-7-6