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Opinion by Jeffrey Sachs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 John Palminteri’s Community Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sigrid Toye: Harbor Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Community Market & Legals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-24 Galleries & Art Venues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 - 2 7

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Karen Jane Jones of Santa Ynez has been arrested for activities on January 6th at the Capital 9

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Harlan Green: Economic Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Jesse Caverly: SB Revels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Jeffrey Wright to receive SBIFF Montecito Award

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Dr. Frawley named Santa Barbara County Physician of the Year 9

Celebrating 50 years of providing compassionate care and services to our community.

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December 22, 2023

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14th Revels Visits 1924 Ellis Island

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By Jesse Caverly / VOICE

ITH A MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE, Santa Barbara’s very own Revels is back, at the Lobero Theatre for the 14th year. Tales from Ellis Island, this year’s theme, is a feel-good journey with folk songs, Christmas carols, and a dash of Paganism. In a year that has brought the world so much conflict and acrimony, it seemed fitting that we consider our similarities more than our differences and celebrate what brings us together rather than what might drive us apart.

Drawing largely from Judeo and Roman Catholic traditions, and from Ireland, Russia, Germany, and Mexico in particular, The Revels: A Winter Solstice Celebration is set on Ellis Island, 1924. The story is straightforward: families await to get their visas stamped as newly landed immigrants to America. While they do so, they share stories, songs, and dance from their respective cultures. They learn about each other, find common ground, and reflect on the journey that brings them to a new country, with all the promise it has of a better tomorrow.

The most poignant of these tales (and song) was Christmas in the Trenches, based on the true story of a momentary truce between warring sides on the Western Front in World War I. As the story goes, there was a quiet, unofficial ceasefire on Christmas Eve, wherein soldiers exchanged gifts, sang carols together, and even played a game of football (soccer, as we heathens call it).

There are several sing-alongs during the show: Angels We Have Heard on High and Dona Nobis Pacem, most notably, that the audience is invited to join. A few songs by Ry Cooder and the Chieftains bring a modern flair to the set, telling the story of Los Patricios, the Irish battalion that switched sides to fight along Mexico in the MexicanAmerican war, and a tale of forbidden love.

Perhaps the most striking moment in this year’s Revels is the Straw Mummers Play, an intricate dance and ritual with swords and brooms to welcome in the new year. It is laugh out loud funny, as Old Man Winter and the Rooms, played by James McCarthy and Olivia Avent, Giullian Conway, and Sarah Gorman, trade barbs as they usher him past death’s door to make way for the New Year.

This year’s Revels invited families to come together and celebrate what makes us unique and yet also good neighbors, part of a larger community, all within the warm interior of the Lobero. santabarbararevels.org

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Santa Barbara Celebrates The Nutcracker

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UGAR PLUM FAIRIES AND SANTA BARBARA DANCERS filled The Granada stage for State Street Ballet’s performance of the Nutcracker, a community event which warmed hearts and drew three full houses.

Exquisite dancing of the familiar story of dreams and holidays past was presented by 150 performers during Saturday’s ballet as gallants nearly flew and ballerinas and princesses were on-pointe. The story’s Clara was performed by State Street Ballet’s own professional dancer Brenna Chumacero.

Thoughtfully, the two matinees provided opportunities for two more Claras: Everley Rohde and Charlotte Haimerl and a rotation of dancers.

Principal casting also included Marika Kobayashi and Saori Yamashita as Sugar Plum Fairy, with Cavaliers Harold Mendez and Ryan Lenkey. Sergei Domrachev is featured as Herr Drosselmeyer, and Rachel Hutsell and Aimee Le as Snow Queen.

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Nutcracker music is by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with Costume Design by A. Christina Giannini, Nicole Thompson, and Mary Etta Lang. Set Design was by Daniel Nyiri and Yuriy

Samodurov. Mask and doll design by Robert Joyce.

This season’s Nutcracker included students from State Street Ballet Academy performing alongside State Street Ballet’s ensemble, along with trainees from the company’s Professional Track program, accompanied by Opera San Luis Obispo Grand Orchestra, under the direction of Brian Asher Alhadeff.

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December 22, 2023

DignityMoves, Good Samaritan, and Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Provide Continuum of Support Leading to Independence for Area Homeless.

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By Christopher Davis / Special to VOICE

HE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAS REACHED RECORD LEVELS in recent years nationwide, and Santa Barbara is no exception. Only a third of people without housing have spots at shelters, leaving the majority of them in a constant state of instability and on the streets.

However, with the help of organizations like DignityMoves, Good Samaritan, and the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara, more and more people are able to move from the streets to interim housing to permanent housing, setting them on a course to drastically improve their lives and to become contributing members of their communities.

This year, the partnership results of these three organizations saw fruition when Vera Cruz Village of the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara opened in downtown Santa Barbara and 14 people moved from interim housing to permanent housing.

These 14 residents of DignityMoves who moved into Vera Cruz included eight females and six males, all with some level of physical or mental health disability including drug addiction and alcoholism. They represent a wide range of ethnicities including Hispanic, Native-American, Asian, African American, and Caucasian and are from 38 to 76 years of age. All were previously homeless or at severe risk of homelessness.

One of those residents is Jesus Alfaro.

“I lived in cars and living in the cars was tough . . . really tough,” Alfaro said.

Outreach representatives ran across Alfaro and helped him get a space in DignityMoves, a tiny village consisting of 34 private rooms in Santa Barbara.

DignityMoves is an organization that provides interim supportive housing as a stop-over between the streets and permanent housing. Their goal is to help people go from survival-style living to stable living where they can take a breath, have their own private room, get access to showers and laundry facilities, internet and cell phone charging, and all the necessary components to getting a job and moving forward with their lives.

DignityMoves Santa Barbara offers 34 private rooms for individuals experiencing homelessness.

Each room has a bed, a desk and chair, heating and air conditioning, and a lock on the door.

Most importantly, DignityMoves removes all the barriers that prevent homeless individuals from accepting help including allowing them to take their possessions, their pets, and even their

partners. Unlike most other congregate care facilities, DingityMoves offers each resident their own room to give them privacy. All residents have access to shared bathrooms, kitchens, and supportive care/case management staff provided by DignityMoves’ partner, Good Samaritan.

There, Alfaro enjoyed a period of peace as he adjusted to being housed once more.

He was supported by the range of services provided by Good Samaritan including alcoholism counseling and medical assistance.

Good Samaritan provides an array of wraparound case management support services that are specific to the needs of each DignityMoves resident. These include mental health services, drug and alcohol treatment, and community education services, helping to end the cycle that drives homelessness. Additionally, Good Samaritan coordinates food services, job training and guidance, and on-site medical care, along with their partners. Good Samaritan also provides on-site support for individuals working to combat alcohol and drug abuse, as well as mental health issues. All of these programs and services facilitate wellness and wholeness in an environment of hope and dignity. This part of the three-pronged partnership is key because it is with the Good Samaritan support that residents are empowered to enter the next phase of their journey with more permanent housing.

With the time, attention, respect and dignity shown to these residents, Good Samaritan assists many in turning their lives around. Through these comprehensive and substantive programs, Alfaro began to feel his life shift in a positive and profound way. In August of 2023, Alfaro was chosen as one of 14 DignityMoves residents who would move into new permanent studio apartment housing in downtown Santa Barbara: Vera Cruz Village.

And this is where the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) steps in. This year, between the interim housing provided by DignityMoves and the support services provided

by Good Samaritan and their partners, 14 individuals were prepared to move from interim to permanent housing when the HACSB’s Vera Cruz Village opened its doors at the end of August 2023.

The day before the move-in, Alfaro was asked

about what his thoughts were about moving into his new lodgings.

“Tomorrow, when I get in here (into Vera Cruz Apartments), is the reality,” Alfaro said. “I’ve been dreaming. I mean, I’ve been coming here every night looking. The place is beautiful. I haven’t been inside yet, but, you know, it’s a great opportunity for me and all the other people that are going to come here.”

Vera Cruz Village, located at 116 East Cota Street, provides 28 new, affordable rental studio units to people who would otherwise face significant barriers to permanent housing in Santa Barbara County. All units are subsidized by Project-Based Vouchers, reducing the rent to 30 percent of each resident’s income.

Besides offering private, secure housing, the 28 unit property also provides parking, a full-time on-site manager, free internet, laundry rooms on each floor, a community room for group activities, and on-site support services with New Beginnings Counseling Center, including case management and free instructor-led educational and health and wellness classes.

Alfaro’s apartment is on the fourth floor, where the views are most expansive. Looking around from his new home, Alfaro got a little choked up.

This comprehensive partnership to house and provide a continuum of care and support for formerly homeless in our community is just the beginning in Santa Barbara County. This model of assistance is also being studied by other counties in California and beyond.

After three months in his new apartment, Alfaro has plans to return to the world of music and television. If his dream of getting permanent housing after all these years can come true, who’s to say his other dreams won’t come true, as well?

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By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE

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TOCKS AND BONDS ARE RALLYING after Chairman Powell sounded dovish for the first time at his December press conference following their last FOMC meeting of the year.

“The question of when it will be appropriate to begin dialing back the policy restraint” was clearly “a discussion for us at our meeting today,” Powell said. The Fed is “likely at or near the peak rate for this cycle.”

rates. I predict it should drop below five percent sometime next year as inflation continues to decline and the Fed begins its rate dropping schedule.

We are already seeing the results— holiday sales are booming. Retail sales are surging now, up 4.1 percent annually both online and in stores.

Dining out is up eleven percent annually.

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“Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for

By Harlan Green November 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day Plunging interest rates are differences, but not for price changes, best illustrated by the ten-year benchmark were $705.7 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.5 fixed rate Treasury note yield that sets percent)* from the previous month, mortgage rates. It has dropped below and up 4.1 percent (±0.7 percent) above four percent for the first time since the November 2022, ” said the Commerce pandemic.

Department.

And the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage The housing market is on hold until fell for the seventh week in a row, mortgage rates fall more. averaging 6.95 percent as of Dec. 14, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was averaging at 6.31 percent.

It remained below five percent from the end of the Great Recession until May 2022 when the Fed began to raise interest

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How Low Can Interest Rates Go?

rise next year – by 13.5 percent compared to 2023, and the median home price will reach $389,500 – an increase of 0.9 percent from this year.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes is improving slightly. It rose three points to 37 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/ Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun forecasts that 4.71 million existing homes will be sold, the housing market is expected to grow, and Austin, Texas will be the top real estate market to watch in 2024 and beyond.

Yun predicts home sales will begin to

“With mortgage rates down roughly 50 basis points over the past month, builders are reporting an uptick in traffic as some prospective buyers who previously felt priced out of the market are taking a second look,” said NAHB Chairman Alicia Huey. “With the nation facing a considerable housing shortage, boosting new home production is the best way to ease the affordability crisis, expand housing inventory, and lower inflation.”

The Fed’s abrupt change in course has also boosted Q4 economic growth prospects. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow

growth estimate just leaped from 1.2 percent to 2.6 percent, due to “…fourth quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth, fourth-quarter real gross private domestic investment growth, and fourth-quarter real government spending growth.”

So, I don’t believe it’s too early to predict a better New Year for investors and homeowners!

Harlan Green © 2023 Follow Harlan Green on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ HarlanGreen Harlan Green has been the 16-year Editor-Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, a weekly syndicated financial wire service. He writes a Popular Economics Weekly Blog. He is an economic forecaster and teacher of real estate finance with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)4527696 or email editor@populareconomics.com.

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December 22, 2023

OPINION

Stop Bullying US Students Calling for Justice for Palestine

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By Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares December 14, 2023

HE BULLYING OF AMERICA’S UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR STUDENTS

BY CONGRESS and donors threatens to destroy a crucial pillar of American democracy: political free speech. The war in Gaza has inflamed tensions in the US and around the world. Yet rather than encourage public deliberation, historical understanding, and the search for peace, politicians and donors are aiming to shut down public opposition to the policies of the Israeli government.

The latest victim of the bullying is the University of Pennsylvania, where the President of the University and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees were induced to resign after attacks by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).

Stefanik crudely twisted basic terms in her verbal attack on three university presidents. Her vulgar manipulation and a push from Wall Street donors led by a CEO of a private equity firm has brought a top university to its knees.

While the Harvard trustees backed the Harvard President, the assault on the universities continues.

The UPenn donor has now sent the university a list of highly intrusive questions regarding hiring, student admissions, course selection, and other topics core to academic freedom and governance. The executive Jeffrey D. Sachs director of the Penn Chapter of the American Association of University Professors wrote that “Today, unelected trustees with no academic expertise are evidently attempting a hostile takeover of the core academic functions of the University of Pennsylvania — functions related to curriculum, research, and the hiring and evaluation of faculty.”

In attacking the UPenn President, Stefanik baselessly asserted that universities are not cracking down on students who are calling for genocide against the Jews.

The charge is bogus. Student protests are not calling for genocide, but for Palestinian political rights. AP has debunked false claims made on social media that proPalestinian protestors are calling for Jewish genocide. On the contrary, the protestors were charging Israel with genocide in Gaza, a charge supported by the Center for Constitutional Rights. (There may be cases of individuals calling for genocide, but nobody has yet produced even a single documented case that this applies to the campus protests, much less that it constitutes a widespread pattern.)

During testimony of three university presidents before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Stefanik crudely misrepresented the meaning of terms to make her phony case. When questioning President Gay of Harvard, she asked: “Will admissions offers be rescinded, or any disciplinary action be taken against students or applicants who say, “from the river to the sea” or “intifada” advocating for the murder of Jews?”

Stefanik’s charge that these terms mean “advocating for the murder of Jews” is baseless. The two phrases are about politics, not murder.

As even Stefanik probably knows, the phrase “from the river to the sea” is about who governs the territory from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The expression and closely related phrases are used by those Israelis who reject the State of Palestine and by those Palestinians who reject the State of Israel.

The 1977 manifesto of Israel’s right-wing Likud Party, that is, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s party, declared “Between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” In 2014, Israel’s agriculture minister stated “Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea there will be only one state, which is Israel.” Israel’s self-professed fascist finance minister Bezalel Smotrich recently gave a speech with maps showing Greater Israel including the West Bank, Gaza, and parts of Syria and Jordan, that is, Greater Israel from the river to the sea.

Thus, both Israelis and Palestinians invoke the concept. By itself it is a political concept, not a call to murder, but a claim of political sovereignty. It could take on a murderous intent in some contexts or by some speakers, for example if an

Israeli right-winger used the phrase specifically to justify the mass destruction and depopulation of Gaza. In their testimony, the three university presidents talked about the context of language, all the more important since the very premise of the questioning—that student protestors are calling for a Jewish genocide—is false. The claim that context matters is far too subtle for the likes of Stefanik, who is using language for bullying, not for facts or honest dialogue.

Since context matters, here is the real context of the campus protests. Students are protesting a political status quo in which Israel has already killed more than 17,700 Gazans, of whom 70 percent were women and children, using US-supplied munitions; has destroyed homes, hospitals and schools, displacing nearly two million Gazans; and has deprived the entire population of food, safe water, health care, and other essential needs. The students are protesting a political status quo in which Israel already rules from the river to the sea, and invokes that very concept in the call for a Greater Israel. The students are rejecting Israel’s repeated violations of UN Security Council resolutions, including the resolution declaring Israel’s West Bank settlements to be a “flagrant violation” of international law with “no legal validity.” Again, there may be individual cases of hate speech, of course, but the campus protests are about politics.

In calling for Intifada, the students are calling for political change, not murder.

The word Intifada (in Arabic) means “resistance.” It originates from the root word nafed (in Arabic), which translates to shake away – in other words, to shake off oppression. For decades, the call for intifada has been a call for Palestinian selfdetermination and independence, and is fully compatible with either a one-state or two-state solution.

Thomas Jefferson made the case for an American Intifada in the Declaration of Independence, that is, the shaking off of British rule. When Palestinians demand an end to Israeli occupation of Palestine, they are following Jefferson: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

While Stefanik is trying to squelch free speech and political protest, Arab and Islamic leaders are reiterating their long-standing call for peace based on the twostate solution. Israel should be agreeing with the Arab and Islamic countries, the UN Security Council, and the Palestinian Authority on the two-state solution. In such a peace, troops including from the Arab states would be deployed by the UN Security Council to secure the peace in Gaza and demobilize violent militias. Palestine would become the 194th Permanent Member of the United Nations, as it requested a dozen years ago before the request was blocked by the Obama Administration.

In sum, students speaking out for Palestine are protesting the political injustice and illegality of the status quo. They have the right to speak out and we should vigorously defend that right. Congress should stop bullying our students, and fulfill its most urgent task: ending the mass killings in Gaza and forging a path to peace.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/student-free-speech-palestinian-rights Copyright © 2023 Sonia Sachs, all rights reserved.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, who recently received the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Dinstinguished Peace Leader award, is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.

Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General António Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18). www.JeffSachs.org

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Cottage Primary Care Clinic Opens on Oak Park Lane

Dr. P. Joseph Frawley Named Santa Barbara County Physician of the Year

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OCAL PRIMARY CARE SERVICES WERE RECENTLY EXPANDED by Cottage Health when they opened a new clinic at 2329 Oak Park Lane in Santa Barbara.

Yana Gristan, MD and Arielle Kanner, DO, who completed their residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, are the lead physicians offering in-person and virtual medical care to adult patients.

DR. YANA GRISTAN earned a Bachelor of Science in biology at Marymount Manhattan College. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree at Ross University School of Medicine and graduated with high honors.

Dr. Yana Gristan

Hospital.

DR. ARIELLE KANNER earned a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry at San Diego State University. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and served as Chief Resident at Santa Barbara Cottage

The new facility is now open and accepting new patients.

For more info: cottagehealth.org

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HE CENTRAL COAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HONORED P. JOSEPH FRAWLEY, MD, as the 2023 Physician of the Year for Santa Barbara County. Nominated by peers, the award is for a physician who has worked to improve the quality of health care, contributed to the education of other physicians, and engaged in community service and other activities outside of medicine.

At the Central Coast Medical Association’s Annual Membership Celebration, Dr. Barbara Hrach presented Dr. Frawley with the prestigious award. Dr. Hrach praised him as the quintessential family Dr. P. Joseph Frawley physician, stating, “Your dedication to your patients is apparent, and your unwavering contribution to the treatment of addiction and pain to thousands of patients in our community has not gone unnoticed.”

From 1979 to 1992, Dr. Frawley served as the Medical Director at the Schick Shadel Hospital of Santa Barbara, which specialized in the treatment of chemical dependency. In 1992, he established an internal medicine practice, integrating addiction and chronic pain treatment, and providing invaluable hospital consultations for addiction and pain management. Collaborating with Dr. Sherif El Asyouty, he co-founded and directed the Recover Road Medical Center in Santa Barbara from 2006 to 2022—an intensive outpatient program focusing on dual diagnosis, mental health, and chronic pain disorders. In addition, Dr. Frawley has also served as one of the attending physicians at the Cottage Hospital Chemical Dependency Program.

Dr. Frawley’s academic journey includes a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1971, followed by graduate studies in physiology and biochemistry at the University of Southern California. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Southern California in 1976 and received his certification in chemical dependency from the California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies in 1983.

Property Manager Recognized for 20 Years of Dedication

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EOPLE’S SELF-HELP HOUSING (PSHH)’S PROPERTY MANAGER GABRIELA RUIZ is celebrating two dercades of service at the organization. One of a group of professionals who have dedicated a significant part of their career to the nonprofit housing sector, PSHH is honored to have team members such as Gabriela on staff.

“I will always be grateful to PSHH, The Duncan Group, and the people that believed in me,” said Gabriela reflecting on her past twenty years at the organization.

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Dr. Frawley has been a dedicated member of the Medical Association for nearly five decades.

He is also a Past President of the California Society of Addiction Medicine and a Past Board Member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. www.CCMAHealth.org.

Gabriela Ruiz

Gabriela originally joined the PSHH team in 2003 as a Property Manager covering La Brisa Marina, Sea Haven, and Belridge Street Apartments in the 5 Cities area. Twenty years later, Gabriela has gone on to manage additional properties in San Luis Obispo County.

“We are so grateful for Gabriela’s commitment to the organization for the last two decades,” said Ashley Valenzuela, Associate Property Management Director. “She is invaluable to our Property Management team and has been key in many property successes over the years. We are lucky to have her.”

To learn more about People’s Self-Help Housing visit pshhc.org.

Jones Arrested For Participating in Jan. 6th Riot

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ISCOVERED TO BE IN THE FIRST WAVE OF THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION, two county residents have been arrested for entering the Capital in Washington during the riot. Karen Jane Jones and her husband, Robert Walter Jones, are the first from Santa Barbara County to be charged by the Justice Department. They were arrested on December 14th.

The Joneses were arrested by the FBI and face four federal counts: Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; Disorderly conduct in a capitol building or grounds; Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 12 months in prison.

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December 22, 2023

Arndt Recognized by Thalidomide Survivors Recognized for his service by Thalidomide Survivors, Aaron Lee Arndt, a local attorney, received a certificate by the US Thalidomide Survivors. The recognition was for his service on behalf of Americans disabled by the now-banned drug.

Arndt, whose own mother was impacted by thalidomide after her mother took the drug during pregnancy, serves on the board of directors of the non-profit and works toward the organization’s central task of advocating for all those Americans who have been affected by thalidomide.

Aaron Lee Arndt Founded in 2018, US Thalidomide Survivors represents approximately one hundred disabled Americans born between 1957 and 1964 whose mothers likely took American-made thalidomide during pregnancy. At the time, thalidomide was marketed as a sedative and morning sickness treatment for pregnant women and distributed by drug companies through doctors in the United States. The drug caused a range of disabilities in babies born to these mothers.

Outside of his volunteer work with US Thalidomide Survivors, Arndt practices at Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis’ Santa Barbara offices, at 15 W. Carrillo St. Santa Barbara.

For more information about the firm visit foleybezek.com, or call (805) 962-9495 To reach Aaron Lee Arndt directly email aarndt@foleybezek.com

Karen Jane Jones

Their activities were captured on security cameras as they breached the Capitol on January 6th. Video footage shows Karen Jones leading a wave of rioters in the Pledge of Allegiance and breaking through a line of police. The mob then breached the eastern doors of the capitol; footage shows Jones and her husband in the rotunda, and were nearby as police officers were assaulted and beaten, according to a report by the SB Independent.

Last June, Jones bragged about being at the Capital on January 6th on a YouTube Video, while at a comedy show in Austin, Texas. She is also an elected director of the Santa Ynez Valley Community Services District.

New Program Launched for Pet Owners

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NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL NOW MAKE OBTAINING PET LICENSES much easier for pet owners in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara County Animal Services (SBCAS) has launched a partnership with DocuPet, a pet profile, lost pet, and licensing platform. This platform also offers a pet identification and reunification program that keeps pets out of shelters and returns them home safely after lost or runaway.

While pet licensing is mandatory for dogs, as well as getting them vaccinated against rabies, cat licenses are not required and are voluntary. DocuPet and SBCAS seek to make pet owners motivated to protect their pets and ensure their safe return.

Learn more and register for pet licenses online at countyofsb.docupet.com.

Licensing by mail, phone, or in person is also available.

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Jeffrey Wright to Receive SBIFF’s Montecito Award

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WARD WINNING ACTOR JEFFREY WRIGHT will be honored with the Montecito Award on Thursday, February 15th at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival during an in-person conversation about his career leading up to this year’s performance in Orion Pictures/ Amazon MGM Studios’ American Fiction, written and directed by Cord Jefferson. Wright has received lead actor nominations from the Gotham Awards, Spirit Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Critics Choice Awards thus far for his powerful performance as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison.

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Wright was most recently seen in the critically acclaimed role of ‘Bernard Lowe’ in HBO’s Westworld, for which he earned three Emmy nominations. He can currently be seen in the George C. Wolfe-directed Civil Rights pic, Rustin, portraying Adam Clayton Powell.

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Activist Jailed

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Apertivo Remix FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH: An activist who has been leading rallies in Santa Barbara has been jailed on multiple felony charges in San Bernardino County.

Edin Alex Enamorado is in custody with no bail with seven others. Violent acts and weapons charges are alleged. His attorney says the charges are baseless and he will fight them in court Monday. Authorities say Enamorado is fake, videos were manipulated and were “click bait” for money on the internet. In San Barbara the issue was linked to a woman who confronted a construction worker and a vendor but was not charged with racism. She faces misdemeanor assault and trespassing charges and is due in court in early January. Enamorado was alone but vocal in his protest at her last court hearing.

Sock Skating at the Moxi

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH: The owners of the quaint Aperitivo wine bar at 7 W. Haley in Santa Barbara have removed their outside dining parklet to conform to new city rules.

Parklets will now not be allowed on roads consisting of two vehicle lanes in any one direction.

They say the seating area was popular and business overall has been good. They are still looking at a solid holiday season with customers enjoying their inside tables.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH: Rooftop sock skating becomes a Happy Hour event tonight until 8pm at MOXI. It’s not just a day time kids thing, this is for adults!

Big Crash TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH: Two cars and a bike rider were involved in a crash this afternoon on Hot Springs and Olive Mill in Montecito this afternoon. The bike rider was responsive but no info on the injuries. No serious injuries to those in the cars.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18TH: The 18th annual John Lennon Tribute at the Red Piano in Santa Barbara was a showcase of local talented musicians Sunday. Jason Libs orchestrated many musicians into the spotlight and the full crowd at the popular downtown spot, sang along with all the hits.

Donations were made to Adam’s Angels to help those in need with food, clothing, and other necessities.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH: An off duty Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Lieutenant has been released from Cottage Hospital after his unmarked vehicle rolled twice down an embankment off North San Marcos Road near the Trout Club neighborhood off San Marcos Pass. The crash took place Monday night about 7pm. The Lieutenant was able to use his twoway radio to call for help while he was upside down in an unstable vehicle. He was not seriously hurt. The CHP is investigating. It was raining at the time.

John Palminteri is a veteran news reporter and anchor for Newschannel 3-12 TV and both KJEE and KCLU radio in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Ventura. Off the air, he’s often bringing his smile and positive energy to the microphone at fundraisers and civic events. John’s social media presence has one of the largest followings in Santa Barbara, and this page has the weekly highlights.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH: Some flood prone areas of Santa Barbara County brace for what could be more than 2-4 inches of rain along the coast and 4-8 inches of rain in the mountains. The heaviest rain period will be tonight and through Thursday morning.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH: White sedan flips on its side, Southbound Hwy 101 in Summerland.

Traffic slowing. One lane open.

Carpinteria Fire Protection District, AMR and CHP on it.

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Hospice of Santa Barbara Carries its 50 Years of “Compassionate Care” Legacy into the Future

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ITH 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, Hospice of Santa Barbara continues to carry their experience, deep local connections and partnerships, and compassionate services forward to provide the most effective and relevant multi-service bereavement and patient care services possible.

An outgrowth of the COVID pandemic and seen in 46 states and 58 countries, the illuminate Community Education and Engagement Series provided a free virtual series of renowned speakers who addressed the feelings and questions that accompany a challenging time – speakers that inspired, educated, encouraged deeper inquiry and action, created community discussion, and helped bring people closer together. These presentations can be found on YouTube.

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Founded in 1974 with a staff of four, Hospice of Santa Barbara is the second oldest hospice organization in the country. They currently have more than 40 employees and 115 trained volunteers.

Last year, Hospice of Santa Barbara served thousands of families in our community. Because they do not bill insurance and all their services are free, Hospice of Santa Barbara relies on community donations to make their services possible.

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Grief Support for Children Hospice of Santa Barbara provides individual and group counseling for young people from ages four to 18 who are facing a loss within their family or social circle. They offer weekly 50-minute bereavement counseling sessions at their offices. Grief counseling also takes place at 17 schools, from elementary through high school, from Carpinteria to Santa Ynez.

Each year, they serve approximately 400 children.

Bereavement Services for Adults Hospice of Santa Barbara’s professional therapists offer a compassionate hand through the journey of grief to help those who are suffering find meaning in their lives again. In addition to individual counseling, their professionally-facilitated support groups offer healing to those who have lost an adult child, parent, friend, spouse—or even a pet.

Patient Care Services Patient Care Services staff and volunteers support those with a life-threatening illness with emotional and spiritual counseling, medical care management, and guidance from first diagnosis through death (or recovery). They also provide a variety of practical

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assistance including transportation, light housework, respite care, grocery shopping, and more. Last year, Patient Care Services assisted nearly 400 people with a life-threatening illness and 500 family members.

Volunteer Services Volunteers are at the heart of Hospice of Santa Barbara.

Volunteers come from all walks of life and from all segments of the community. Some come with a desire to give back to the community or a personal calling to do hospice work. Others have directly benefited from the services of Hospice of Santa Barbara. In addition to Patient Care, their volunteer services also include No One Dies Alone, Beloved Bears, Life Reminiscence, and Bereavement Support.

Crisis Support for those Impacted by Tragedy Our community has experienced many tragedies, including natural disasters, accidents, pandemics, and violent events. In the wake of these sudden and tragic deaths, Hospice of Santa Barbara is a key resource for impacted and grieving community members who want to heal. They also have PTSD/trauma specialists who support the mental health and wellbeing of our first responder community.

MVMV has been compiling and distributing up-to-date information about critical community resources that impact the lives of Spanish-speakers in our communities including Advance Care Planning work. MVMV is continuing its mission to address disparities in access to a host of critical services for the Latinx community locally. MVMV’s critical resource information reaches over 5,000 members of our Spanish-speaking community.

Spiritual Care Spiritual care counseling helps patients and family members explore the spiritual issues surrounding end of life, providing counsel about meaning, hope, isolation, and loss. The program supplies an open and honest venue for life review and reconciliation, and addresses life’s last questions, such as, “How will I die?” and “Why is this happening to me?”

Advance Care Planning Hospice of Santa Barbara is working to expand community awareness and education about the importance of health care planning now as well as increasing the number of people who complete the MyCare Advance Directive document in English and in Spanish. One of the most important things any of us can do for ourselves and those we love is to ensure that our health care decisions are clear, that they have been communicated to our loved ones, and rendered in a way that is legally binding.

Community Education It can be difficult to talk about issues of death and end-of-life preparations (like advance care planning).

To make these conversations easier, Hospice offers free educational trainings, workshops, and presentations to community members, organizations, businesses, and government agencies throughout the year.

Hospice of Santa Barbara needs your support: To donate or to volunteer, please visit Hospiceofsb.org or call 805-563-8820.

100 percent of donations go directly to Hospice of Santa Barbara programs and services and are tax deductible.

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December 22, 2023

The Genesis of Christmas Traditions

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By Sigrid Toye / Special to VOICE

OTHER NATURE ABSOLUTELY RULES, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT! The weather continues to be a reminder how quickly her moods can shift.

Saturday’s magnificent Fall weather flipped to cloudy gray skies on Sunday. A significant amount of rain is scheduled after a dry, but chilly, Autumn. During this time of winter solstice when darkness turns towards the light, Mother Nature’s ways are honored with candles on the Menorah and an illuminated Christmas tree. And how about the December 31st tradition of fireworks to celebrate the new year?

Sunday’s cloud cover certainly didn’t deter Santa Claus from making a stop at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Curious, I climbed the stairs to the deck to discover a happy bunch of little kids and their parents enjoying ‘Brunch with Santa’. No kidding … with a sumptuous dessert display of yummy looking cupcakes, brownies, and pastries. Decisions, decisions!

From his seat by a huge Christmas tree each little Munchkin was called by name and given a gift to open. Wrapping and ribbon floated about between the happy campers tearing open their presents with big happy smiles and lots of excitement. Parents with cell phones in hand were taking pictures as, of course, was I. Such a fun event! That brownie wasn’t all that bad either.

published. Soon all of Britain rushed to adopt this fashionable new tradition with their own decorated trees. The Windsor image crossed the Atlantic to Philadelphia and an altered version was published in the newspaper to make the image look ‘American’ … a Queen with no crown and a Prince minus the mustache. As was the case in Britain, the decorated tree swept the country and, as they say, the rest is history.

As we honor the coming of the Winter Solstice, whether it be with the lights of the menorah, those on a beautiful Christmas tree, or the candles on our holiday tables, we celebrate that our planet has taken another journey around the sun. Our traditions celebrate Mother Nature’s reminder that darkness always turns to light.

Happy Holidays to you and a happy, healthy New Year! Back the first week of 2024!

Photos by Sigrid Toye

The winter solstice, the genesis for many of our year end celebrations, is Mother Nature’s announcement that the Earth is shifting. This event occurs annually when the planet’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun, resulting in the shortest day and the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Cultures over the centuries have celebrated the winter solstice with symbolism and ceremonies that vary across cultures and religious traditions.

It’s no surprise then that a lighted Christmas tree is one such symbol.

Wondering how the tradition of the Christmas tree began, I found Professor Google’s classroom the place to be! I was informed that the Yule Log and the placement of greens around the winter solstice to welcome warmth and light became a ritual for thousands of years. The Romans decorated their temples with fir trees during the Saturnalia celebration in December of the Julian calendar year. How these traditions traveled to the European continent remains a mystery, but travel they did. The first documented Christmas tree was found in Eastern Europe and eventually spread across the entire continent. Sometime during the 1500’s, the Germans brought the tree into their homes decorating it with edible things such as gingerbread, nuts, and apples. With time, glass artisans fashioned ornaments that were added along with paper ornaments, sweets, and burning candles.

Courtesy of our British cousins, the tradition of the tree reached our shores in the 1800’s. Queen Victoria’s husband, the German Prince, Albert, longed to share his childhood memories with his children. A Christmas tree soon made its way to Windsor Castle and, in 1848, a drawing of the family titled The Queen’s Christmas tree at Windsor Castle was

Sigrid Toye volunteers for the Breakwater Flag Project. She is on the board of directors of the Maritime Museum and participates in Yacht Club activities. An educational/behavior therapist, Sigrid holds a Ph.D in clinical psychology. She loves all things creative, including her two grown children who are working artists. Send Harbor tips to: Itssigrid@gmail.com

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California Rules To Allow Conversion of Waste Water Into Drinking Water

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ALIFORNIA IS MOVING TOWARDS ACCEPTING A NEW SOURCE OF WATER, much like the astronauts use. The State Water Resources Control Board approved new rules on Tuesday allowing the extensive treatment of waste water that will turn it into drinking water. These regulations are a landmark and will greatly expand the water supply, simply by creating higher quality of recycled waste water. In the past waste water was only moderately treated and then discharged into the ocean.

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The City of Santa Barbara's Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant, above, produces three million gallons of drinking water per day.

The newer treatment technology is similar to the process used for desalinating seawater, but recycling wastewater requires less energy and is less costly than turning saltwater into freshwater….the costs for purifying wastewater will probably be about half those of desalinating ocean water, according to a December 18th LA Times article.

Countries around the world have used this technology to varying degrees for resupplying aquifers and drinking water.

Two-Day Dual Enrollment Conference at SBCC

Interested applicants must complete and submit a Candidate Application Form, reside in the attendance boundaries of the Santa Barbara Unified School District, meet all requirements of the law, and comply with the District’s application submission requirement. Qualified candidates will be interviewed at a special School Board meeting open to the public on Tuesday, January 9th, and Wednesday, January 10th. The school board will deliberate upon completing all interviews and make an appointment at the end of the meeting. For any media inquiries regarding the board vacancy process, please contact Ed Zuchelli at ezuchelli@sbunified.org.

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The SBTA has accepted the District’s Health and Welfare Benefits proposal and their counter-proposal on class size. The reduced class sizes will be an additional $6.3M ongoing cost out of the regular budget because they were formerly paid for out of expiring one-time funds.

The Get Focused Stay Focused Conference brings together educators from across the country for two days of professional development concerning dual enrollment and its far-reaching impacts. There will also be a keynote address from California Community College Chancellor, Dr. Sonya Christian.

Further negotiations regarding a salary increase are ongoing between the SBTA and the school district.

"Dual enrollment can play a powerful role in improving student outcomes and can help students to save time and money and also develop confidence in their ability to enroll in and be successful in higher education,” said Mindy Bingham, best-selling author of the Career Choices series and awardee of the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Innovative Approaches to Curricula by the United States Congress. “Rethinking dual enrollment and making it more accessible for every student is essential to expanding posts secondary opportunities and increasing college and career readiness for all.”

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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED between the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the Santa Barbara Teachers Association concerning the 2024-25 successor

Machorro Found Guilty of Rape

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JURY HAS FOUND HIGINIO GONZALEZ MACHORRO GUILTY of Rape of an Intoxicated Woman, in violation of Penal Code section 261(a)(3), it was announced by John T. Savrnoch, Santa Barbara County District Attorney, on Friday.

According to Savrnoche, the defendant raped Jane Doe while she was intoxicated during a party in Isla Vista on July 4, 2017. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Office, Victim Advocates, and Senior Deputy District Attorney Megan Chanda worked on the case. Because of the determination and bravery of Jane Doe, the case was brought to trial, noted Savrnoche. The District Attorney’s Office also the utmost gratitude to Jane Doe for her perseverance and courage.

The defendant will be sentenced on January 19, 2024 in Department 11 of the Santa Barbara Superior Court before Honorable Von Deroian. The defendant was remanded into custody, and faces a maximum sentence of six years. The defendant will also be required to register as a sex offender, pursuant to Penal Code section 290.

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DUAL ENROLLMENT CONFERENCE, called Get Focused Stay Focused, will take place at Santa Barbara City College, in collaboration with Academic Innovations, on January 11th-

Students, including those who are underrepresented in postsecondary education, will benefit by dual enrollment.

The conference is scheduled for January 11th-12th, 2024.

Board of Trustee Appointment Process Now Open

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HE APPLICATION PROCESS TO REPLACE OUTGOING Santa Barbara Unified School Board Trustee Virginia Alvarez as a Provisional Board Trustee has officially opened as of December 15th.

This window will close on January 3rd at 5pm. Late applications will not be considered.

Trustee Alvarez submitted her resignation notice to Santa Barbara Unified. She stepped down from the Board Trustee position on November 27th.

Before implementation these regulations will require approval from the California Office of Administrative waterboards.ca.gov Law.

To submit your application, go to www.sbunified.org.

Hearing Rooms Receive Upgrades and New Tech

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NERGY-EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBILITY, AND AUDIO/VISUAL UPGRADES have been made to the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors Hearing Room and Planning Commission Hearing Room. These upgrades include new energyefficient LED lighting, which has provided the County with an opportunity for cost savings. As well as several accessibility upgrades including the public comment podium, which has been replaced with a motorized ADA-compliant podium, new assisted listening devices including a radio frequency system for those without hearing aids or those that wish to hear Spanish interpretation of the live meetings, in addition to the optimized hearing loop for T-Coil system previous in place.

Audio and visual upgrades to the room include upgraded microphones, new large 4K monitors with open caption displays and closed captioning available now on CSBTV Ch. 20, in addition to YouTube in both English and Spanish.

Attendees will also notice the new VoteCast system which automates every part of the meeting process and visually shows in real-time the vote of each Supervisor.

Visit the 2024 Board of Supervisors Schedule for all meeting dates and locations for 2024.

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Downtown Holiday Decor Winners

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ECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS brings seasonal cheer to everyone and Downtown Santa Barbara merchants are leading this effort by decorating their store fronts. Annually, Downtown Santa Barbara judges these store fronts and highlights a winner.

Chase Restaurant stepped up this year with a wonderland installation that was awarded 1st Place in the Decor Contest. It was selected by the DSB Decor Committee who judged the 25 participating businesses, last week.

"Many businesses decorated their storefronts and interiors to create a warm holiday ambiance for shoppers and visitors to enjoy. With holiday presents, wreaths, inflatable animals, and more, these businesses went the extra mile to showcase their festive spirit!” commented Tim Persson, DSB Marketing Director.

Other awardees in the contest include: 2nd Place, Sandbar Cocina y Tequila at 514 State St; 3rd Place, State Street Axe Club at 427 State St.; Best Hotel Decorations went to Hotel Santa Barbara at 533 State Street; Best Window Display was awarded to 33 Jewels at 814 State Street; Most Spectacular Tree was awarded to Renaissance Fine Consignment at 1118 State St. Downtown Santa Barbara has more than 1400 members.

For more info visit www.DowntownSB.org.

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HE HUNGER HEROES CORPORATE SHOWDOWN has concluded and The Foodbank of Santa Barbara has announced the winner. At the culmination of the six-week event, Raytheon, the aerospace defense company based in Goleta, emerged as the winning “Hunger Hero” in a competitive field.

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ITH AN INVESTMENT OF $11,500, THE SANTA BARBARA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SBEF) has announced its support in advancing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education within the Santa Barbara Unified School District. SBEF is helping to launch a transformative STEAM pilot program led by the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA).

Through developing a new innovative STEAM curriculum, DPEA will help provide high-quality experiences for more than 1,000 students across nine elementary schools in the district. This collaboration aims to bring equity and sustainability to Santa Barbara Unified’s STEAM education.

Adam Elementary Design Center teacher Sean Federbusch shared, “The generous Santa Barbara Education Foundation grant marks a transformative moment for STEAM education in our district. This financial support fuels our ambitious pilot program and ignites a collaborative spirit among educators, students, and the community.”

The pilot program, led by seven dedicated elementary Santa Barbara Unified STEAM teachers, is set to commence during this school year.

The projects will incorporate the district’s new English Language Arts curriculum, Wit & Wisdom, and will be tested in classrooms with feedback from students, teachers, and parents.

For more information, visit www.santabarbaraeducation.org.

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Raytheon Takes the Winning Title as Hunger Hero

SBEF Fuels STEAM Pilot Program

Raytheon advanced to the finish line and beat out seven corporate teams which included Amazon, CIO Solutions, Deckers, Impact.com, Mater Clean USA, Planet Fitness Central Coast, and Yardi. The competition coincided with the peak of end-of-year holiday giving, and points were amassed through various avenues including financial donations, food “Raytheon was honored to be an active partner in this year’s Hunger Heroes Corporate Showdown. It was a great opportunity for all of our employees to get involved and be part of something that benefits our community,” said Amy Brunner, the Raytheon team lead.

The eight teams collectively donated over 2,407 pounds of food with the members of Planet Fitness Central Coast donating 1,525 of those pounds, landing them recognition as the “Food Donor Heroes” champs. The competing teams collectively put in 67 hours of volunteer time For more information, visit FoodbankSBC.org or call (805)680-0625.

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Saturday, December 23rd

AN IRISH CHRISTMAS Irish carols and dancing • Lobero Theatre • $30-80 • www.lobero.org • 2pm & 7pm Sa, 12/23.

Courtesy Photo

CHRIS SHIFLETT HOMETOWN HOLIDAY HOEDOWN NIGHT TWO Featuring Joey Cape and Gandy Dancer, ages 21+ • SOhO • $25 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm Fr, Sa, 12/23.

MUSIC

THE IRISH TENORS Irish trio sings favorites and holiday carols • Granada Theatre • $50-105 • www.granadasb.org • 8pm Fr, 12/22.

PARTY AT THE PEPPERMINT PARLOR Holiday dance party with DJ Darla Bea • 651 Paseo Nuevo • 6-9pm Fr, 12/22.

CHRIS SHIFLETT 3RD ANNUAL HOMETOWN HOLIDAY HOEDOWN Rock concert with Jim Lindberg and Tom Curren, ages 21+ • SOhO • $25 • www.sohosb.com • 8pm Fr, 12/22.

LA ORIGINAL BANDA EL LIMON Regional Mexican music holiday concert • Chumash Casino • Sold out, info: https://tinyurl.com/3mxhfs69 • 8pm Fr, 12/22.

STREETS OF VINTAGE HOLIDAY MARKET Shop local, small businesses • De La Guerra Place, Paseo Nuevo • 10am6pm Sa, 12/23.

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HIKE ARROYO HONDO PRESERVE The first & third weekends, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm. Free • https://tinyurl.com/mts6xjab STREETS OF VINTAGE HOLIDAY MARKET Shop loca, and handmade holiday gifts • Paseo Nuevo, De La Guerra Place • 10am-6pm Sa, 12/23.

MOSAIC MAKERS MARKET Shop 25+ local artisans to live music • Mosaic Locale, 1131 State St. • Free • 11am-4pm Sa, 12/23.

ELF: THE MUSICAL Musical version of Buddy the elf’s journey from the North Pole • PCPA • Marian Theatre, Santa Maria • Starting at $25 • www.pcpa.org • 1:30 & 7pm Fr, 12/22, 1:30pm Sa, 12/23.

Sunday, December 24th HOLIDAY CHEER: LIVE MUSIC Live, outdoor holiday concert • Paseo Nuevo, Center Court • Free • 4-7pm Su, 12/24.

SPECIAL EVENTS

www.dancehubsb.org/sbv2023

Participation is free, register at https://tinyurl.com/25huk7m2

Elf: The Musical

HOLIDAY CHEER: LIVE MUSIC Outdoor, free concerts in Paseo Nuevo • Every Sa. through 12/23, 4-7pm.

MUSIC

CMTC #62356

Craft your own bright, festive, fun-filled piñata when R&G Piñatas hosts a family-friendly piñata workshop at the Eastside Library from 3 to 4pm on Friday, December 29th.

HOLIDAY MARKET Pop-up gifts market • Validation Ale, 102 East Yanonali St. • 12-5pm Sa, 12/23.

THEATRE

Gabriela Radu, CMT

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Public Library

TINY TOTS CHRISTMAS CONCERT Holiday songs, hot chocolate, Santa Claus, and more • Rubicon Theatre, Ventura • $10 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 10am Sa, 12/23.

Community Contra Dance

Join friends, family, and neighbors for a night of dancing and socializing when the annual free Contra Dance returns to the Carrillo Ballroom from 6:30 to 9pm on Christmas Day, Monday, December 25th. A contra dance lesson will be held at 6:10pm, with the social dance being called by Eric Hoffman and set to the tunes of local band Anvil Sky.

Family Piñata Workshop

MUSIC

In Person & Online Activities for Everyone

Friday, December 22nd

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CHRISTMAS EVE MASSES AT OLD MISSION SANTA BARBARA Observe Christmas outside and inside the mission chapel • Old Mission SB • 4pm outdoor mass; 9pm carols; 10pm chapel mass, Su, 12/24.

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE UNDER THE STARS Outdoor Christmas service with hot drinks • Oceanhills Church • Hilton

Photo courtesy of Pacific Conservatory Theatre

December 22, 2023

Join Buddy the elf as he journeys from the North Pole and discovers the wonder of Christmas in New York City when Pacific Conservatory Theatre presents a musical rendition of a cherished holiday classic, Elf: The Musical, at Santa María’s Marian Theatre. Shows will be held at 1:30 and 7pm on Thursday and Friday, December 21st and 22nd, and at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 23rd. For tickets (starting at $25) visit www.pcpa.org

SB Beachfront Resort Rotunda • Free • 5:30pm Su, 12/24.

OUTDOORS

SB ROLLERS Rollerskate with an ocean view • SB City College Lot 3 • Free • 3pm Su.

Monday, December 25th MUSIC

PARLIAMO! ITALIAN CONVERSATION The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • http://parliamo.yolasite.com • Free All levels • 5-6:30pm Mon.

SPECIAL EVENTS

WINTER WONDERLAND PUBLIC SKATE Holiday-themed ice skating with hot chocolate & music • Ice in Paradise • $25 • www.iceinparadise.org • 9am-9pm Mo, 12/18-12/23; 9am-4pm 12/24.

DANCE

CONTRA FREE DANCE Contra dancing with band Anvil Sky • Carrillo Ballroom, 100 E. Carrillo St. • Lesson 6:10pm, dance 6:30-9:30pm Mo, 12/25.

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Wednesday, December 27th SPECIAL EVENTS LIVING NATIVITY Live diorama of the first Christmas • First United Methodist Church, 305 E Anapamu St. • Free • 5:30-7:30pm We, 12/20-12/22.

LE CERCLE FRANÇAIS French conversation, all levels • The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • http://sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • Free • 5-6:30pm We.

Thursday, December 28th LECTURES/MEETINGS

SBPL WORKS! TYPING COURSE Free typing lessons and guidance • Central Library, Faulkner Gallery • Register: https://tinyurl.com/2zephxuw • 10:30-11:30am Th, 12/28.

Photo courtesy of MOXI

ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP Practice your English naturally • Eastside Library • Free • 1-2pm Th, 12/28.

The family will love MOXI's Noon Year's Eve!

Cheers of “Happy New Year” will ring out across Santa Barbara as community members of all ages unite to celebrate the arrival of 2024.

Whether you’re searching for family-friendly fun and ways to jump-start your resolutions, or for a festive night of dancing and toasting friends old and new, here is where you can welcome 2024 next Sunday.

MOXI NOON YEAR'S EVE All-ages pajama party and New Year’s countdown • MOXI Museum • https://moxi.org • 9am-12:30pm Su, 12/31.

VENTURA IMPROV COMPANY NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION Celebrate the new year with improv comedy and music • Rubicon Theatre • $25-45 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 8pm Su, 12/31.

NEW YEAR’S EVE BAR CRAWL Ring in 2024 at over 10 local bars • Venues through downtown Santa Barbara • $19 • Tickets & venues: https://tinyurl.com/y9bcsar4 • 8pm2am Su, 12/31.

AWAKEN: A NYE CELEBRATION Mindful New Year’s Eve party with yoga, tarot, reiki, and more • Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way • Schedule: https://posh.vip/f/7c77 • 8pm-12:30am Su, 12/31.

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH THE SYMPHONY SB Symphony performs pop, rock & Broadway with guest Andrew Lipke • Granada Theatre • $55-250 • www.granadasb.org • 8:30pm Su, 12/31.

NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH WITH DJ DARLA BEA AND AREA 51 Welcome 2024 with a funky dance party, ages 21+ • SOhO • $25 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Su, 12/31.

NEW YEAR’S EVE STARLIT ROOFTOP PARTY Dancing, NYC Ball Drop screening, and New Year’s toast • Kimpton Canary Hotel roof • Register: https://tinyurl.com/4xx3dyw7 • 9pm Su, 12/31.

New Year’s Eve with The Symphony will be led by Andrew Lipke

December 22, 2023

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS OFFICE HOURS Learn about Noah's Anchorage YMCA Youth Shelter • Central Library • Free • 3-5pm Th, 12/28.

Friday, December 29th CHILDREN

PIÑATA WORKSHOP Hands-on, family friendly workshop • Eastside Library • Free, register: https:// tinyurl.com/25huk7m2 • 3-4pm Fr, 12/29.

COMEDY

COUNTDOWN TO COMEDY Evening of laughter with Carpinteria Improv • $12-15 • www.thealcazar.org • 7-9pm Fr, 12/29.

MUSIC

CORNERSTONE AND OJAI DEPARTMENT OF RHYTHM Reggae with California vibes, ages 21+ • SOhO • $12-15 • www.sohosb.com • 8:30pm Fr, 12/29.

Saturday, December 30th MUSIC

ORGŌNE Psychedelic funk-rock concert, ages 21+ • SOhO • $25-30 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Sa, 12/30.

Sunday, December 31st COMEDY

VENTURA IMPROV COMPANY NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION Celebrate the new year with improv comedy and music • Rubicon Theatre • $25-45 • www.rubicontheatre.org • 8pm Su, 12/31.

Official Website: ArlingtonTheatreSB.com

Sun 1/28: 3:00pm: Fri 1/19: 7:00pm: Theresa Caputo Live!

Kids Helping Kids Experience JohnnySwim Switchfoot

Mon 2/19: 8pm: Colter Wall

Wed 2/21: 7:30pm: Abraham Verghese

1/27 & 28: Sun 3/10: 4:00pm: Fri 4/19: 8pm: Thu 2/22: 7:30pm: Tue/Wed Antionio Sanchez

7:30pm: The Rat Pack Brian Regan Birdman Live!

BANFF Mt. Film Fest Coming Coming Xmas 12/25 Fri 12/22 THE COLOR BOYS IN PURPLE THE BOAT

FERRARI

POOR THINGS

Paseo Nuevo • Hitchcock

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Migration* (PG): Fri: 1:40, 2:50, 4:00, Aquaman 2* (PG13): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: 12:20, 2:20, 3:20, 5:20, 6:20, 8:20, 9:20.

5:10, 7:30. Sat: 11:20, 12:30, 1:40, Sun: 12:20, 2:20, 3:20, 5:20, 6:20, 8:20.

2:50, 4:00, 5:10, 7:30. Sun: 11:20, The Iron Claw* (R): Fri-Thur: 2:00, 5:00, 8:00.

12:30, 1:40, 2:50, 4:00, 5:10. · Anyone But You* (R): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: Mon-Thur: 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30..

1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:05. Sun: 1:00, 3:45, 6:30.

Wonka* (PG): Fri: 2:15, 5:00, 6:20, 7:45. Sat: 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 6:20, 7:45.

F I E S TA 5 Sun: 11:30, 2:15, 5:00. Mon-Thur: 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45.

916 STATE STREET The Color Purple* (PG13): Mon-Thur: SANTA BARBARA 805-963-0455 12:45, 4:00, 7:15.

The Boy & the Heron - SUB(PG13): Fri-Thur: 5:25.

CAMINO REAL Migration* (PG): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: 11:40, 12:45, 2:00, 3:05, 4:25, 6:45, 8:20. Sun: 11:40, 7040 MARKETPLACE DR GOLETA 12:45, 2:00, 3:05, 4:25, 6:45.

805-688-4140 Wonka (PG): Fri/Sat. Mon-Thur: 12:00, 1:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:05, 8:00. Sun: 12:00, 1:30, Aquaman 2* (PG13): Fri/Sat: 12:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:05.

2:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30.

Sun: 12:30, 2:00, 5:00, 6:30. Mon-Thur: Maestro (R): Fri, Sun, Tue, Thur: 11:15, 5:00.

Sat, Mon, Wed: 2:15, 8:00.

2:00, 5:00, 8:00.

The Iron Claw* (R): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: May December (R): Fri, Tue, Thur: 2:15, 8:00. Sat, Mon, Wed: 11:30, 5:15. Sun: 2:15.

1:45, 5:10, 8:15. Sun: 1:45, 5:10.

Anyone But You* (R): Fri/Sat: 12:00, PA S E O N U E V O 2:35, 5:10, 7:45. Sun: 12:00, 2:35, 5:10.

8 WEST DE LA GUERRA STREET Mon: 2:35, 5:10, 7:45.

SANTA BARBARA Poor Things* (R): Fri/Sat: 2:10, 5:20, 805-965-7451 8:30. Sun: 2:10, 5:20. Mon-Thur: 2:10, Poor Things* (R): Fri/Sat: 1:45, 3:20, 5:00.

5:20, 8:30.

The Boy & the Heron (PG13): Fri/Sat: 6:40, 8:15. Sun: 1:45, 3:20, 5:00, 6:40.

Mon-Thur: 1:45, 5:00, 8:15.

1:30/Dub, 4:30/Sub, 7:30/Dub. Sun: The Hunger Games (PG13): Fri/Sat: 1:40, 11:50/Dub. 7:45.

The Boys in the Boat* (PG13): Sun: The Holdovers (R): Fri/Satr: 4:45.

2:45, 5:45. Mon-Thur: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20.

Ferrari* (R): Sun: 3:00, 7:00. Mon-Thur: Godzilla Minus One (PG13): Fri/Sat: 1:50, 5:10, 8:05.

1:30, 4:30, 7:30.

The Boys in the Boat* (PG13): Sun: 2:30, 5:30. Mon-Thur: 1:10, 4:25, 7:30.

Ferrari* (R): Sun: 4:00, 7:00. Mon-Thur: 1:20, HITCHCOCK 4:35, 7:45.

371 South Hitchcock Way The Color Purple* (PG13): Mon-Thur: 1:30, SANTA BARBARA 4:45, 8:00.

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Poor Things* (R): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: 4:00, 7:15. Sun: 4:00.

Napoleon (R): Fri/Sat: 3:30, 7:00.

Sun: 3:30.

The Color Purple* (PG13): Mon-Thur: 3:45, 7:00.

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Aquaman 2* (PG13): Fri/Sat, Mon-Thur: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20. Sun: 1:20, 4:20.

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MUSIC

NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH THE SYMPHONY SB Symphony performs pop, rock & Broadway with guest Andrew Lipke • Granada Theatre • $55-250 • www.granadasb.org • 8:30pm Su, 12/31.

DEC 22 - 28 Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

NEW YEAR'S EVE BASH WITH DJ DARLA BEA AND AREA 51 Welcome 2024 with a funky dance party, ages 21+ • SOhO • $25 • www.sohosb.com • 9pm Su, 12/31.

SPECIAL EVENTS

NOON YEAR'S EVE All-ages pajama party and New Year’s countdown • MOXI Museum • https://moxi.org • 9am-12:30pm Su, 12/31.

Fri: 12:00pm, 7:45pm Sat: 4:45pm / Sun: 1:00pm Mon: 11:45am, 7:30pm / Tues: 7:30pm Wed: 11:45am, 2:30pm / Thurs: 4:30pm

From the staff at Voice Magazine It’s Your Library

NEW YEARS EVE BAR CRAWL Ring in 2024 at over 10 local bars • Venues through downtown Santa Barbara • $19 • Tickets & venues: https://tinyurl.com/y9bcsar4 • 8pm-2am Su, 12/31.

AWAKEN: A NYE CELEBRATION Mindful New Year’s Eve party with yoga, taro, reiki, and more • Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way • Info https://posh.vip/f/7c77 • 8pm-12:30am Su, 12/31.

NEW YEAR’S EVE STARLIT ROOFTOP PARTY Dancing, NYC Ball Drop screening, and New Year’s toast • Kimpton Canary Hotel roof • Register: https://tinyurl.com/4xx3dyw7 • 9pm Su, 12/31.

STAY & PLAY • Share stories with kids • Eastside Library ~ 8:30-10am Tu • Montecito Library ~ 9-10:30am Tu MUSIC & MOVEMENT • For ages 2-5 • Shoreline Park • 10:30-11am Th • Central Library ~ 10-10:30am Th. BABY AND ME • For babies 0-14 months • Central Library ~ 11-11:30am We • Eastside Library ~ Bilingual ~ 11-11:30am Th LIBRARY ON THE GO • Carrillo Castillo Commuter Lot ~ 10am-12pm Tu, 12/26 • Shoreline Park ~ 10am-12pm Th, 12/28 • Ortega Park ~ 10am-12pm Fr, 12/29 READ TO A DOG • For grades 3-6 • Eastside Library ~ 3-4pm We.

Fri: 5:00pm Sat: 12:00pm, 7:45pm / Sun: 4:00pm Mon: 2:45pm / Tues: 12:00pm, 4:45pm Wed: 7:30pm / Thurs: 1:45pm

Fri: 3:00pm Sat: 2:45pm / Sun: 11:00am, 7:00pm Mon: 5:30pm / Tues: 2:45pm Wed: 5:30pm / Thurs: 11:45am, 7:30pm

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December 22, 2023

VOICE Magazine • Community Market • LEGAL NOTICES

Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs • Ordinance 6136 Digital included 12.20.23 ....7.68”x2 col; $63.90

ORDINANCE NO. 6136 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING THE 2023-2025 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE PATROL OFFICERS’ AND TREATMENT PLANTS’ BARGAINING UNITS (TAP UNITS) The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION 50 + Years Experience - Local 35+ Years • Floor Leveling • Quality Remodeling • Foundation Replacements • Foundation Repairs • Earthquake Retrofitting • Retaining Walls • French Drains - Waterproofing • Site Drainage Systems • Underpinnings - Caissons • Structural Correction Work • Concrete Driveways • Virtual Building Inspections

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ORDINANCE NO. 6136 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as ELEVATING OUR EARTH at 7010 Del Norte Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. MICHELE B. BROTTMAN-OWEN at 7010 Del Norte Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on November 22, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2023-0002701. Published December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023.

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

)

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

Santa Barbara Mortgage Interest Rates

Contact your local loan agent or mortgage broker for current rates: DRAPER & KRAMER MORTGAGE CORP. Please call for current rates: Russell Story, 805-895-8831 PARAGON MORTGAGE GROUP Please call for current rates: 805-899-1390 HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES Please call for current rates: Erik Taiji, 805-895-8233, NMLS #322481

MONTECITO BANK & TRUST Please call for current rates: 805-963-7511 • Coastal Housing Partnership Member SB MORTGAGE GROUP Simar Gulati, 805-403-9679 U.S. BANK Please call for current rates: Teri Gauthier, 805-565-4571 • Coastal Housing Partnership Member Rates are supplied by participating institutions prior to publishing deadline and are deemed reliable. They do not constitute a commitment to lend and are not guaranteed. For more information and additional loan types and rates, consumers should contact the lender of their choice.

CASA Santa Barbara cannot guarantee the accuracy and availability of quoted rates. All quotes are based on total points including loan. Rates are effective as of 12/20/2023. ** Annual percentage rate subject to change after loan closing.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as SUGAR PLUM’S BOUTIQUE at 111 1/2 North Street, Lompoc, CA 93436. MELINA A BOSCUTTI and THOMAS R BOSCUTTI at 14 Santa Clara Dr, Lompoc, CA 93436, a married couple. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on November 14, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

FBN No. 2023-0002642. Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023.

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Read this week’s issue of VOICE Magazine at Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs • Ordinance 6135 Digital included 12.20.23 ....7.64”x2 col; $63.56

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ORDINANCE NO. 6135 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 10.60.040 PERTAINING TO PROHIBITING HEAVY VEHICLES ON PORTIONS OF ALISOS STREET AND SOLA STREET The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as ORGANIC GODDESS TEA at 5525 Somerset Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. MONICA S GAGNE at 5525 Somerset Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on November 27, 2023.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002713. Published December 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as WIGHTON’S PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING at 1440 Jason Way #109, Santa Maria, CA 93455. TOP NOTCH HEATING, INC. at 1101 Marina Village Pkway Suite 201, Alameda, CA 94501. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on November 28, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002724.

Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023.

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The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6135 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

) ) ) ss.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

)

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

December 22, 2023

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Experience you can count on!

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as CARPINTERIA COIN-OP LAUNDRY at 1102 Casitas Pass Rd, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

SUSANA ESTRADA at 1474 Eucalyptus St, Carpinteria, CA 93013 and JOSE L ESTRADA at 1474 Eucalyptus St, Carpinteria, CA 93013, a married couple. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 30, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2023-0002538.

Published December 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023.

ORDINANCE NO. 6137 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING THE 2022-2025 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6137

Insertion Date: Print: 12.22 & 29.23 - 6.81” times two columns = $56.66 times two insertions = $113.32 • Water Management Plan Digital included 12.20 & 27.23 City Admin - Naomi Kovacs

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing to introduce and subsequently adopt, by reading of title only, a Resolution of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara adopting a Water Management Plan and authorizing the Public Works Director to transmit the Plan to the United States Bureau of Reclamation in accordance with contract requirements for receiving Cachuma water supplies.

The City is required to submit a Water Management Plan to the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) every five years as per the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992. The report contents are dictated by the USBR 2020 Standard Criteria and the report contains information on water facilities and infrastructure, water supplies, water rates, and water conservation best management practices.

You are invited to attend this public hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Public comment may be given in person at the meeting or remotely via Zoom. Members of the public who wish to give public comment remotely may do so by completing the Zoom registration using the link provided on the agenda posted for this meeting date.

Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990, or by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

On Thursday, January 4, 2024, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda includes instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager December 18, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT COFFEE COMPANY and WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT COFFEE ROASTERS at 2985 Steele Street, Los Olivos, CA 93441. JAMES E LAWSON at 2985 Steele Street, Los Olivos, CA 93441. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on November 1, 2023. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 20230002557. Published December 15, 22, 29, January 5, 2024.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

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I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

Where to Learn About Local Government Meetings The Santa Barbara City Council meets most Tuesdays at 2pm • To learn more about the council and other City department meetings, visit www.santabarbaraca.gov The Goleta City Council meets biweekly on Tuesdays at 5:30pm • To learn more about the council and other City department meetings, visit www. cityofgoleta.org The Carpinteria City Council meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5:30pm • To learn more about other City departments visit www.carpinteriaca.gov The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meets most Tuesdays at 9am • To learn more about other County departments visit www.countyofsb.org

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VOICE Magazine • Community Market LEGAL NOTICES Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs• • Ordinance 6134

Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs • Ordinance 6133 Digital included 12.20.23 ....7.47”x2 col; $62.15

ORDINANCE NO. 6133 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ORDINANCE NO. 6133BARBARA

AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 30.136 TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN ZONE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 30.136 TO The above captioned ordinance was adopted at SPECIFIC a regularPLAN meeting ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ZONE of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting The publication of thisBarbara ordinance made pursuant to the provisions of the Santa CityisCouncil held on December 12, 2023. of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California. the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City (SEAL) Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk/s/ Services Manager Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

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ORDINANCE NO. 6134 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF CHAPTER 9.180 RELATING TO PARKLETS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6133 ) ) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa call vote: Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll AYES:call vote: Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike NOES: None Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse ABSENT:NOES: None

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ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT:None

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The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

ORDINANCE NO. 6133

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I None have hereto set my hand and affixed the ABSTENTIONS: official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk/s/ Services Manager Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023.

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV04614.

Petitioner: Katherine Lee Godfrey filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Katherine Lee Godfrey to proposed name Katherine Lee Godfrey Benaron. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/29/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 12/1/2023 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court.

Legal #23CV04614 Pub Dates: December 15, 22, 29, 2023, January 5, 2024

ORDINANCE NO. 6134 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, MikeJordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Meagan Harmon

ABSENT:

None

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ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV05233.

Petitioner: Maria Diaz filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Kai Mateo Diaz to proposed name Matteo Diaz. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/7/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [ ] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 12/4/2023 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court.

Legal #23CV05233 Pub Dates: December 15, 22, 29, 2023, January 5, 2024

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VOICE Magazine • Community • •LEGAL Insertion Date: Print:Market 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs Ordinance 6132 NOTICES

Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 Naomi Kovacs • Ordinance 6131 Digital included 12.20.23 ....7.92”x2 col; $68.89

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ORDINANCE NO. 6131

ORDINANCE NO. 6132

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE WATERFRONT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT NO. 28,360 WITH CAPTAIN’S COVE, LLC, DEFERING THREE MONTHS BASE RENT WITH LEASE TERMS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025, COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ENABLING ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH TRANSITION HOUSE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,284,850 FOR ACQUISITION OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 712 WEST ANAPAMU STREET TO BE USED FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, TO BE SECURED BY A DEED OF TRUST AND A 90-YEAR AFFORDABILITY CONTROL COVENANT IMPOSED ON REAL PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE SUCH AGREEMENTS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AS TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS NECESSARY

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on December 12, 2023.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

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COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

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ORDINANCE NO. 6131 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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ORDINANCE NO. 6132 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on December 5, 2023, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on December 12, 2023, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Eric Friedman Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on December 14, 2023. /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on December 14, 2023. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV05118.

Petitioner: Wendy Rodriguez Cortes and Cristian Rios Angel filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Liam Santiago Rodriguez Cortes to proposed name Liam Santiago Rios Rodriguez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/29/2024; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [ ] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 12/6/2023 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court.

Legal #23CV05118 Pub Dates: December 15, 22, 29, 2023, January 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 23CV04247.

Petitioner: Israel Alexis Nava-Gonzalez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Israel Alexis Nava-Gonzalez to proposed name Israel Ezekiel Gonzalez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/08/2023; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 12/04/2023 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court by Nichol Reigelman. Legal #23CV04247 Pub Dates: December 15, 22, 29, 2023, January 5, 2024

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December 22, 2023

Golden Bell Award Presented to PEAC

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“I have observed firsthand how the PEAC team has paved the way for a successful future for numerous Santa Barbara Unified students over the years,” said Albert Martinez, PEAC Program Coordinator.

“PEAC proudly connects with a network of over 1,200 alumni.”

The Golden Bell Award honors the hard work and dedication of governing boards and district staff in creating innovative programs that improve student achievement and well-being in the state’s preK-12 public schools. PEAC was selected from 230 California school programs which applied for the honor.

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ONORED FOR ITS EXCELLENCE, the “Program for Effective Access to College,” which helps close the opportunity gap for first-generation college-bound students, has received the Golden Bell Award, from the California School Board Association.

between Santa Barbara Unified and the James S Bower Foundation to improve students chance at success in school and life. This year, the PEAC Foundation offered college scholarships and local career opportunities to SB Unified PEAC grads.

Since 2011, PEAC offers students targeted academic support, mentoring, parent “We are proud to have been part of this groundbreaking effort with our partners at engagement, leadership institutes, college scholarships, and a career pathway for graduates SBUSD”, mentioned Jon Clark, James S Bowers Foundation president. toInsertion return toDate: SB Unified teachers.

PEACtimes was launched as a public-private Print: as 12.22.23 - 8.33” two columns = $69.31 • partnership 400 W Carrillo notice of finding of no sig impact/request to release funds • Digital included 12.20.23 BPO: 32400541 Community Development–Mary Ternovskaya Insertion Date: Print: 12.22.23 - 7.55” times three columns = $94.22 Digital included 12.20.23 BPO: 32400541 Community Development - Mary Ternovskaya

VOICE Magazine • Community Market • LEGAL NOTICES

COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS

On or about January 12, 2024 the City of Santa Barbara will authorize the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara to submit a request to HUD for the release of seven (7) Project Based Section 8 Vouchers under the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 and the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to undertake a project known as Jacaranda Court for the purpose of providing rental assistance to low income residents at 400 W. Carrillo Street in Santa Barbara, CA.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Santa Barbara has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the Community Development Department, Planning Division, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA and may be examined or copied weekdays 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (City offices are closed every other Friday).

Please contact Julia Pujo, Environmental Analyst at JPujo@SantaBarbaraCA.gov for a digital copy of the ERR or to request review of the ERR.

PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Santa Barbara, Attention Julia Pujo. All comments received by January 11, 2024 will be considered by the City of Santa Barbara prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION The City of Santa Barbara certifies to HUD that Rebecca Bjork in her capacity as City Administrator consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Santa Barbara’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Santa Barbara; (b) the City of Santa Barbara has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to HUD Attn: Rufus Washington at 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 4054, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Rebecca Bjork, City Administrator

NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC) The Secretary of the Staff Hearing Officer has set a public hearing for Wednesday, January 10, 2024 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street.

On Thursday, December 21, 2023, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 will be available online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHOVideos.

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may be submitted via email to SHOSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the SHO and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS); addressed to SHO Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the SHO may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting.

All public comment that is received before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly.

APPEALS: Decisions of the SHO may be appealed to the Planning Commission. Appeals may be filed in person at the Community Development Department at 630 Garden Street or in writing via email to SHOSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to the Planning Commission, please contact Planning staff at (805) 564-5578 as soon as possible. Appeals and associated fee must be submitted in writing, via email to PlanningCounter@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting that the SHO took action or rendered a decision. Appeals and associated fee post marked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted.

NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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• 725 Westmont Road Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description:

013-102-007 RS-6 (Residential Single Unit) PLN2023-00284 Miguel Estrada, Eastlake Design Group LLC / James Thomas Kellis Jr New detached two-car garage.

• 711 Bath Street Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description:

037-073-010 R-MH (Residential Multi-Unit and Hotel) PLN2023-00269 Amy Von Protz / David Chase Convert the front residence (Unit #1) to a short-term rental.

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Ring in the New Year with Art!

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By Kerry Methner / VOICE

S YEAR END APPROACHES, SANTA BARBARA’S ART COMMUNITY SPRINGS TO LIFE in a spirited effort to keep the holidays cheery, bright, and creative during our wintershort days. At venues from Goleta to Carpinteria, local makers are offering their wares. They are also hoping you’ll support a local artist or two...

Following is a sampling of what’s been (and still may be) available for folks with a spare moment to take in something new or for those who are looking or a special gift at just two of the dozens of art venues you can find on these pages.

Portico Fine Art Gallery With at least 18 gallery artists, Portico Fine

Art Gallery almost always has something new. This season, they are exhibiting Santa Barbara Holidays.

Jordan Pope, proprietor and gallery director, is also an award winning artist and art instructor. At Portico she offers classes from Plein Air to color, to studio opportunities for artists of all skill levels. Her own art works reflect a focus on color, emotion, and Santa Barbara’s special light. Her attention to light and story is also reflected in the work of the artists who share the gallery walls, such as Dan LaVigne in Headed Home.

2nd Fridays @ SB Tennis Club

Wings Across the Moon by Melissa Knapp

Not too far away, Susan Tibbles is carrying on a holiday tradition at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club’s 2nd Friday exhibition with Wings. Juried prizes for the popular annual

No Mo Oil by Stan Evenson

exhibition were recently announced. Melissa Knapp’s Wings Across the Moon photograph earned her the honor of Best of Show.

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Headed Home by Dan LaVigne

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There were several additional awards for Honorable Mentions including: Stan Evenson’s No Mo Oil, Veronica Walmsley’s Birds of a Feather, Angela Ferrero’s Partners, and Elizabeth U. Flanagan’s Peace Angel.

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Cool Breeze, Butterfly Beach by Jordan Pope

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Peace Angel by Elizabeth U. Flanagan

Happy Holidays to all the art and artist lovers in the Santa Barbara community!

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Entertainment and Holidays Treats

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Gallery hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 5:30pm Saturday & Sunday 1 – 5pm

Reception - December 7 , 5-8pm La Cumbre Plaza H-124

Patrick McGinnis Spirit Light 1

Aluminum, Resin, Stone Base at 10 West Gallery patprime@earthlink.net

Partners by Angela Ferrero

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Art Venues

• GALLERIES • STUDIOS • • MUSEUMS • PUBLIC PLACES •

Rosemarie C. Gebhart Contemporary Art

CYPRESS GALLERY: 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-737-1129 • www.lompocart.org ELIZABETH GORDON GALLERY: Emerging artists from around the country • 15 W Gutierrez • 805-963-1157 • 11–5 Tu-Sa • www.elizabethgordongallery.com EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA BÁRBARA: Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 11-4 Th-Su • www.sbthp.org ELVERHØJ MUSEUM: 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • www.elverhoj.org FAULKNER GALLERY: MAIN: SBAA member Holiday Show ~ Dec 28 • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653

Evening Glow - Douglas Preserve Original Oil Painting by

Ralph Waterhouse Waterhouse Gallery La Arcada at State & Figueroa Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-962-8885 www.waterhousegallery.com

805-453-2770

www.rosemariecgebhart.com

10 WEST GALLERY: 2023 Holiday All-Member Exhibit & Mata Ortiz Pottery ~ Jan 14 • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711 • www.10westgallery.com

ATKINSON GALLERY, SBCC: Mo-Th 11-5; Fr 11-3 • 805-965-0581 x3484 • gallery.sbcc.edu

ARCHITECTURAL FDN GALLERY: Kids Draw Architecture ~ December • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 Sa & By Appt • www.afsb.org

THE CARRIAGE AND WESTERN ART MUSEUM: SB History Makers Exhibit featuring Silsby Spalding, WW Hollister, Dixie; Saddle & Carriage Collections • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • www.carriagemuseum.org

ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM, UCSB: Sandy Rodriguez — Unfolding Histories: 200 Years of Resistance ~ Mar 3 • 12-5 Sa-Su • www.museum.ucsb.edu ART FROM SCRAP GALLERY: 302 E Cota St • 11-4 We; 11-5 Th; 11-4 Fr, Sa • 805-884-0459 • www.exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap THE ARTS FUND: Celebrating 30 years of Arts Mentorships ~ Dec • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Ave • 11-5 We-Su; www.artsfundsb.org • 805-233-3395

BELLA ROSA GALLERIES: 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707

CASA DE LA GUERRA: Haas Adobe Watercolors • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • www.sbthp.org/casadelaguerra CASA DOLORES: Christmas and Mexican Nativity Scenes ~ Jan 30 Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing; • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 • www.casadolores.org CHANNING PEAKE GALLERY: Decarbonizing the Built Environment Exhibition / Architectural Projects from AIA Santa Barbara ~ Feb 5 • 105 E Anacapa St, 1st fl • 805-568-3994 CLAY STUDIO GALLERY: Holiday Market ~ Dec • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • www.claystudiosb.org COLETTE COSENTINO ATELIER + GALLERY: 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • www.colettecosentino.com CORRIDAN GALLERY: California Sojourns by Karen Fedderson ~ Dec 23 • 125 N Milpas • 11-6 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • www.corridan-gallery.com

RUTH ELLEN HOAG www.ruthellenhoag.com @ruthellenhoag 805-689-0858 ~inquire for studio classes~

CPC GALLERY: Denise Carey: ARCHISCAPES ~ Jan 2024 • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • Gallery@CPCSB.org

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GALLERY 113: SB Art Assn Holiday Show, featured artist: Suemae Willhite ~ Dec 29 • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 MoSa; 1-5 Su • www.gallery113sb.com GALLERY LOS OLIVOS: Winter Salon ~ Jan 30 • 805-688-7517 • 2920 Grand Av • www.gallerylosolivos.com GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: 805.969.9990 • www.lotusland.org GOLETA VALLEY LIBRARY: Picassos 4 Peanuts ~ Dec 26 • 500 N. Fairview Av • 10-7 Tu-Th; 10-5:30 Fr & Sa; 1-5 Su • www.TheGoletaValleyArtAssociation.org HELENA MASON ART GALLERY: LightWorks by Rod Lathim; A Slice of Life by Bob Hernandez ~ Dec 24 • 48 Helena Av • 2-6 Fr-Sa • www.helenamasonartgallery.com JAMES MAIN FINE ART: 19th & 20th Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • 12-5 Tu-Sa • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347 KARPELES MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY & MUSEUM: 21 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-962-5322 • https://karpeles.com/museums/sb.php

Peter Andrews Elevate Gallery La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts

www.peterandrews61.com peterandrews61.com La Cumbre PLaza

MARCIA BURTT GALLERY: Cynthia Stahl: Physici • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-962-5588 • www.artlacuna.com MAUNE CONTEMPORARY: Recognized contemporary artists including Alex Katz, Donald Sultan, Mr. Brainwash, Taher Jaoui, Ted Collier • 1309 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su & By Appt • 805-869-2524 • www.maune.com MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM: Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • www.moxi.org MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SANTA BARBARA: Cameron Patricia Downey: Orchid Blues ~ Dec 23 • 653 Paseo Nuevo • www.mcasantabarbara.org MUSEUM OF SENSORY & MOVEMENT EXPERIENCES: La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • www. seehearmove.com PALM LOFT GALLERY: 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805684-9700 • www.Palmloft.com

KATHRYNE DESIGNS: Local Artists, Ruth Ellen Hoag • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805565-4700 • http://kathrynedesigns.com

A. Michael Marzolla, Fine Artist Excogitation Services/Marzozart Paintings, drawings, prints Commissions accepted

www.marzozart.com

PATRICIA CLARKE STUDIO: 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • www. patriciaclarkestudio.com • 805-452-7739 PEREGRINE GALLERIES: Early California and American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • www.peregrine.shop PETER HORJUS DESIGN: Studio & Gallery • 11 W Figueroa St • www.peterhorjus.com PORTICO GALLERY: Santa Barbara Holidays ~ Dec 27 • 1235 Coast Village Rd • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • www. porticofinearts.com PUBLIC MARKET: Quarterly exhibit by local artists: Brice Ciabatti, Melinda Mettler, Summer Howatt ~ Feb 29 • 11-9 Su-We; 11-10 Th-Sa • www.sbpublicmarket.com RED BARN GALLERY (AT UCSB): By appt • king@theaterdance.ucsb • near bus circle middle of campus SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS: Artists with disabilities programs, virtual exhibits • 805-260-6705 • www.sbartworks.org

LA CUMBRE CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: Three Multi-Artist Galleries at La Cumbre Plaza - Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations Galleries • noon-5 Tu-Su • www.lcccasb.com LEGACY ARTS SANTA BARBARA: SB Visual Artists Holiday Exhibit • 1230 State St • 3-8 We-Su • www.CreateLegacyMusic.com LOMPOC LIBRARY GROSSMAN GALLERY: 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459 LYNDA FAIRLY CARPINTERIA ARTS CENTER: Rincon Expressions ~ Jan 11-Mar 3 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden Av • 805-684-7789 • www.carpinteriaartscenter.org

JO MERIT

Modernist Artist www.jomerit.com JoMeritModern@gmail.com 10 West Gallery

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A Masterpiece by Danish Modernist, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Recently Acquired by SBMA, is Now on View

H

OW MUSEUMS BUILD THEIR COLLECTIONS is not familiar to many people, and so it is especially interesting that this week, two examples of our local art museum growing their collection came to light.

Honoring recently retired director, Larry Feinberg, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art issued a release about an important work that they purchased.

They wrote: it is an “acquisition of one of the most significant 19th-century

paintings in its history. Acquired from Agnews, London, the painting is the first interior created by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916) that is entirely devoid of people—a poetic vehicle for his nuanced psychological portraits of the experience of domestic spaces that still resonate today.

Dubbed ‘the Danish Painter of Solitude and Light’ by the breakthrough 1998 retrospective organized by the always prescient art historian Robert Rosenblum, the artist’s hauntingly melancholic, nearly monochromatic interiors have caused some to dub him ‘the Danish Vermeer.’”

“I am absolutely delighted that the Museum has acquired this beautiful and very important painting in my honor,” Feinberg commented.

“I have long studied and admired the works of 19thcentury Symbolist artists, and Hammershøi is the greatest of the Danish Symbolists. This is among the most significant acquisitions of 19th-century art that the Museum has made in decades.”

Of this work Hammershøi expressed, “I have always thought there was such beauty about a room like that, even though there are no people in it, perhaps precisely because there are no people in it.”

The White Door, 1888. Oil on canvas by Vilhelm Hammershøi, SBMA, Museum purchase in honor of Larry J. Feinberg, SBMA Director, 2008–2023.

Art Venues • CONTINUED •

SANTA BARBARA FINE ART: SB landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 12-6 Tu-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • www.santabarbarafineart.com SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: Depth of Field: Botanical Photography Through the Low-key Lens • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • www.sbbg.org

Art Events SB ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10-5 Su CARPINTERIA CREATIVE ARTS • Shop locally made pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30-6 Th

Hammershøi took inspiration from the domestic

SANTA BARBARA HISTORICAL MUSEUM: California Missions by Edwin Deakin ~ Feb 18; Seasonal Soirées: Santa Barbara’s Evening Couture 1880-1980 ~ Apr • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 Th & Sat, 12-7 Fr • 805-966-1601 • www.sbhistorical.org

environment around him, according to the release. He used his mother, brother, and, most frequently, his wife Ida as models (and increasingly, photographs of them staged by him), though their relationship to him is not an essential aspect of the paintings’ significance. Rather, they are universal stand-ins for embodied existence, in which vision provides material access, but is psychologically repelled by the figures’ obliviousness to us.

The White Door is on view in SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Gallery.

In the same week, the Museum posted on Facebook that they had acquired Cowboy study (Prussian Blue) by Alex Foxton. The gift Cowboy study (Prussian Blue), 2022, oil on canvas, by Alex Foxton. of an anonymous SBMA, Gift of anonymous donor. Image courtesy of donor, it was painted the artist and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles. © 2023 Alex Foxton in 2022. The artist was recently featured in a debut West Coast solo exhibition, In this painting, the subject remains Trade, presented by Various Small Fires in ambiguous. The period rooms are emptied Los Angeles. of the trace of everyday living, save for an The artist wrote about this piece, “I like imposing, old-fashioned jamb stove, of a to start with recognisable male archetypes, kind made popular starting in the 18th so I can mess them up. Cowboys are century. Its abandonment underscores the recognisable to everyone, to the point absence of the sound of social interaction of kitsch, but they have quite negative that the stove attracted in Victorian associations: emotional withdrawal, parlors, and the open door at center leads loneliness, machismo. In trying to to another door, this time closed, as if to complicate this image I am trying to ask frustrate our desire to enter the space. the question, what effect does this guy As the poet and great admirer of have on us?

Hammershøi, Rainer Maria Rilke once Keep an eye out for when Cowboy observed, “Hammershøi is not one Study is on view, which SMBA estimates of those about whom one must speak will be in autumn 2024. quickly. His work is long and slow, and at

Prehistoric Forest: Discover Dinosaurs in the Wild ~ ongoing • 2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Su • www.sbnature.org SANTA BARBARA SEA CENTER: Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily • 805-682-4711 • www.sbnature.org

SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: 150 Years of Harbor History ~ Jan 21; The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and Santa Barbara Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Way, Ste 190 • 10-5 Th-Su • 805-962-8404 • www.SBMM.org

SANTA BARBARA TENNIS CLUB: Wings/2023 Annual Jury Competition ~ Jan 3 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • www.2ndfridaysart.com

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: Inside/Outside ~ Feb 18; Shape, Ground, Shadow: The Photographs of Ellsworth Kelly ~ Jan 14; Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-andBird Painting ~ Jan 14; From Copper Plate to Collotype ~ Jan 14; Portrait of Mexico Today; Highlights of East Asian Art ~ Ongoing • 1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su ; 11-8 Th • 805-9634364 • www.sbma.net

SILO 118: Silos at the Silo, Photography by David Rubenstein & Sculpture by Jim McAninch ~ Jan 13 • 118 Gray St • 12-5 Th-Sa/By Appt • www.silo118.com

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Voyages of Discovery: Natural History Exploration ~ March 10; Mineral exhibition &

whichever moment one apprehends it, it will offer plentiful reasons to speak of what is important and essential in art.”

SLICE OF LIGHT GALLERY: Earth & Space Fine Art Photography • 9 W Figueroa St • Mo-Fr 10-5 • 805-3545552 • www.sliceoflight.com

CALL FOR ENTRIES SB BOTANIC GARDEN

Open call for nature playhouse designs, Backcountry Casitas Design Submissions 2024 • Deadline Fr Dec 22 • Application & details: www.sbbotanicgarden.org

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STEWART FINE ART: Early California Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 11-5:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255 SULLIVAN GOSS: 100 Grand ~ Dec 31; Winter Salon II ~ Jan 26; The Sublime: Where Words Fail ~ Dec 22 - Feb 26 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-730-1460 • www.sullivangoss.com SUSAN QUINLAN DOLL & TEDDY BEAR MUSEUM: 122 W. Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • 805-687-4623 • www.quinlanmuseum.com SYV HISTORICAL MUSEUM & CARRIAGE HOUSE: Art Of The Western Saddle • 3596 Sagunto St, Santa Ynez • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805-6887889 • www.santaynezmuseum.org TAMSEN GALLERY: Work by Robert W. Firestone • 911.5 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • www. tamsengallery.com UCSB LIBRARY: Cultura Cura: 50 Years of Self Help Graphics in East LA ~ June 21 • www.library.ucsb.edu VOICE GALLERY: Jim Bess: the first 90 years ~ Dec 30 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; Sa & 1-5 Su •

805-965-6448 • www.voicesb.art WATERHOUSE GALLERY MONTECITO: Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com WATERHOUSE GALLERY SB: Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805-962-8885 • www.waterhousegallery.com WESTMONT RIDLEY-TREE MUSEUM OF ART: 805-565-6162 • 10-4 MoFr; 11-5 Sa • www.westmont.edu/ museum WILDLING MUSEUM: Message in a Bottle | Elizabeth Criss ~ Feb 24; CA National Parks: Stories of Water ~ Feb 19 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • www.wildlingmuseum.org ARTISTS: SEE YOUR WORK HERE!

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SOCIETY + CULTURE

COP28:

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By Keith Hamm The UC Santa Barbara Current

N THE WAKE OF COP28, the latest international conference on global warming and related climate change, mainstream headlines have declared a “winding down” and “transition away” from the fossil fuel consumption that’s been heating the planet since the Industrial Revolution.

But for many who’ve been paying close attention to the existential threat of such warming and how world leaders respond to it, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change — held from November 30th to December 13th, in Dubai — failed to impress.

“The aspirational language coming out of COP28 may be a historic step up from previous decisions, but given the lack of any real commitments, there is nothing to celebrate,” said Raymond Clémençon, who has been paying attention for more than three decades, initially as a Swiss representative to early climate conferences from 1990 to 1994 and more recently as an international climate politics expert and global studies lecturer at UC Santa Barbara.

In his June 2023 paper for the Journal of Environment & Development, 30 Years of International Climate Negotiations: Are They Still our Best Hope?, Clémençon writes that “30 years of international climate talks have not prevented the globe from heating up more than 1 °C over post-industrial times, nor have they kept the year 2022 from breaking new temperature and extreme weather records around the world.”

In 2023, warming trends kept climbing.

According to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Earth recorded its warmest November and

the year as a whole is on track to be the hottest on record, largely due to manmade warming from burning fossil fuels.

With COP28 in the books, The Current caught up with Clémençon for details from the world event and some backstory on the political divisions and toothless agreements that have hampered meaningful progress.

The Current: According to mainstream coverage, COP28 marks the beginning of the end of fossil fuels. Is that how you see it?

CLÉMENÇON: It’s a mixed bag. The critical passage of the UN Global Stocktake decision calls on parties “to contribute to global efforts,” including “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” This is not a call for “phasing out” or even just “phasing down” fossil fuels, as most countries wanted. Saudi Arabia, which is the largest oil producing country in the world, in particular made sure of it. Furthermore, the phrase “contributing to global efforts” leaves much room for interpretation regarding what individual countries should be doing in the context of their nationally determined plans.

And the good news?

This is the first time in history that all fossil fuels are targeted for retirement, and as such it is a signal that the end of the fossil fuel age may indeed be coming. I believe this signal will influence private investors and governments in their decisions moving forward.

What about the conference’s 2015 Paris Agreement goal to stay below 1.5 C warming?

That goal is slipping away. The COP28 decision lacks concrete implementation guidance, and it created and maintains large loopholes that undermine that goal. It puts “Transitioning from coal to heavy emphasis on oil and natural gas is not expanding use of socalled abatement and the solution and will only removal technologies prolong the phase out of — such as carbon capture, utilization fossil fuels. The U.S. itself and storage — most this year has pumped more of them expensive and largely unproven. oil and natural gas out of Such language distracts the ground than in any from what is really critical: to phase out year before, even if coal use fossil fuels.

is going down. This is not sustainable.”

Many critics also see a big win for the fossil fuel industry in

that “transitional fuels” can play a facilitating role. This refers to natural gas. But in most cases, transitioning from coal to oil and natural gas is not the solution and will only prolong the phase out of fossil fuels.

The U.S. itself this year has pumped more oil and natural gas out of the ground than in any year before, even if coal use is going down. This is not sustainable, and it just locks in another fossil fuel.

Photos by Matt Perko

‘Historic Failure’ by Richest Countries as the Poorest are Hit Hardest by Global Warming

In the beginning, COP held greater promise. As you write in your paper, the international process of climate talks has been indispensable in building a foundation for humankind to move out of the carbon age. What have been the strengths of that foundation?

We should never dismiss the importance of the multilateral process, however tedious it is. The 1992 UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) brought countries together to acknowledge that global warming is a problem and that something needs to be done about it. It provided the basis for governments to launch an institutional response, to develop the necessary knowledge base and infrastructure to track emissions and understand national implications. This involved a lot of capacitybuilding around the world on all levels of society. It also provided financial support for developing countries and encouraged the development and implementation of renewable technologies, which now have become competitive with fossil fuels.

The political process also sped up scientific research through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Since 1989, the IPCC has produced six voluminous reports on the science of climate change, the impacts of global warming, and how to respond to it most cost-effectively.

The sixth assessment report, released in 2021, is unequivocal in its warning about the dangers of going beyond 1.5 degrees warming, the benchmark the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, set as a guardrail.

The science is clear. We don’t need more scientific evidence, we know what we need to do, and the time for action is now.

When did COP start showing signs of too much lip service and not enough action?

After George W. Bush was elected President in 2000 the U.S. stepped away from the Kyoto Protocol that contained legally binding targets and timetables. The argument was that implementation of the

Kyoto Protocol would be too costly for the U.S., the richest country in the world.

In stepping away, the U.S. violated the principle of “common but differentiated responsibility,” recognized in the convention text that developed countries will be the first to commit to legally binding emissions reduction while developing countries would have more time to do so. I believe this historic failure of the U.S. to stick to its original commitment has had far-reaching consequences and set the process back decades.

Some now consider COP a mere sideshow.

How has it changed?

The process has evolved into an annual stocktaking exercise that largely follows what countries have already done or think they can accomplish. In fact, that’s what it’s called: Global Stocktake. With the adoption of the Paris Agreement — which abandoned the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and its binding emission targets and timetables — the battle for a legally binding agreement on the international level is over for now.

The Paris Agreement leaves countries to determine their national strategies on a voluntary basis. The international process now is playing mostly a monitoring and guidance function on a host of technical and methodological issues — everything from how to standardize reporting on emissions and policy action to what type of carbon offset credits can be counted in what situations, and how to increase financial resources for developing countries and engage specific sectors, such as agriculture.

The relevance of this work should not be underestimated, as it keeps the spotlight on what countries are or are not doing.

There has been clearly a lack of leadership from rich countries. But while the EU has legally binding emissions targets, the U.S. has not. The U.S. is left with presidential pledges that can be overturned after the next election. China and India in particular are watching carefully what the U.S. is doing.

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What can we expect from another four years of the Biden administration? Or from another Trump administration?

The Biden administration has done what it could against all odds and a hostile Congress held hostage by the fossil fuel industry. The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed by one Senate vote, has locked in funding for many climate relevant measures that will play out over the coming years. Biden has also used executive orders to make government agencies integrate climate considerations into their decision making, and also ordered industry to limit methane emissions during oil and gas extraction. Methane has been a main target for U.S. policy cooperation with China because this is where it can actually show some domestic follow through.

The Biden administration and its longtime climate envoy, John Kerry, enjoy considerable goodwill in other countries, and the U.S. is still the most relevant player on the world stage.

A return of Trump would likely lead to a dismantling of all the climate relevant executive orders, most importantly on methane, and further reduce critical U.S. financial support for international climate funds supporting the poorest developing countries in their efforts to mitigate their emissions but more importantly to adapt to what is coming.

The composition of the U.S. Congress after next year’s election will also be important.

Still, I see it as highly unlikely that Congress will take up any sort of sweeping climate legislation in the foreseeable future. The last time was 2009 under the “There has been clearly Obama administration. It a lack of leadership didn’t go well.

from rich countries. The EU has legally binding emissions targets, the U.S. has not. The U.S. is left with presidential pledges that can be overturned after the next election.”

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Any last thoughts on COP28?

The climate crisis is fundamentally an environmental justice tragedy, as the countries and segments of society within countries that today already suffer the brunt of floods, heat waves, and extended droughts are the ones who have literally contributed nothing to the problem. Africa’s contribution to global emissions is a mere four percent of the global total.

In my view, the most troublesome failure of COP28 is that, again, little progress has been made in addressing the large shortfall of financial support to the poorest developing countries. Pledges to the loss-and-damage fund set up last year to compensate the poorest developing countries are far short of what was promised. Adequate funding for adaptation is another important element in the financial discussion that has not advanced. Adaptation saves lives by making human infrastructure and agriculture better able to withstand extreme climate events.

A vague headline that the world has agreed to “transitioning away from fossil fuels” cannot hide the failure by the richest countries to decide on very concrete steps to phase out fossil fuels and provide the promised financial support for the poorest countries. Such language adopted 20 years ago would have been impressive. Today, anything else would have been a devastating failure. And so we limp along to the next annual COP. Anything you’d like to add?

Fighting global heating is not an all or nothing question. It is a multigenerational challenge with potentially catastrophic mid- to long-term consequences. Whatever we do helps save lives down the road. The most recent UN assessment published in November 2023 sees “no credible pathway” to keep warming below 1.5°C unless drastic measures are taken to realize existing and emerging opportunities across contexts to a reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent by 2030 and 60 percent by 2035, compared with 2019 levels, and also to reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. I think the annual COPs help keep the focus on 2030 as a critical steppingstone.

It appears highly unlikely that the 2030 goal can still be reached. The question now is how close we can come to this target and particularly what trajectory this puts us on for 2035 and so on. There are many ways to reach the end-goal of net zero emissions by 2060.

The climate crisis has arrived. We need to make every effort to slow it down but we also need to adapt to what is coming, and this means particularly to protect the most vulnerable populations.

RAYMOND CLÉMENÇON has worked on international environmental policy issues since 1989 first as a government representative and later researcher, instructor and policy consultant.

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SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY

This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs

By Sonia Fernandez The UC Santa Barbara Current

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BOUT HALF OF AN AVERAGE AMERICAN BUILDING’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS SPENT ON HEATING AND COOLING. That’s a lot of money spent, fossil fuel burned, and strain on an aging energy infrastructure during times of severe temperatures.

It’s also a problem UC Santa Barbara researchers Charlie Xiao, Elliot Hawkes, and Bolin Liao are hoping to make a dent in. In a paper in the journal Device, the trio present an adaptive tile, which when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer, without the need for electronics.

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A demonstration of the wax motor and louvers in response to heat

closed and lay flat, exposing a surface that absorbs sunlight and minimizes heat dissipation through radiation.

But as soon as the temperatures reach around 18° C, the wax begins to melt and expand, pushing the The device is still a proof-oflouvers open and exposing a surface concept, but we hope it will lead to new technologies that that reflects sunlight and emits heat.

“It switches between a heating state and a cooling state, depending on the temperature of one day could have a positive the tile,” said Xiao, In addition, impact on energy expenditure during the melting the lead author of the study. “The target in buildings.

– Elliot Hawkes or freezing process, temperature is about the wax also absorbs 65° F — about 18° C.” or releases a large amount of heat, further stabilizing the temperature of the tile and At about four inches square, this passive thermoregulating device is a blend the building. of Liao’s expertise in thermal science, “So we have a very predictable switchand Hawkes’ work in mechanism design ing behavior that works within a very tight — a movable surface that can change its band,” Xiao explained. According to the thermal properties in response to a range researchers’ paper, testing has demonstratof temperatures. The idea for this project ed a reduction in energy consumption for came to them during long drives between cooling by 3.1x and heating by 2.6x comSanta Barbara and northern California a pared with non-switching devices covered few years ago. with conventional reflective or absorbing coatings. Because of the wax motor, no “Both our spouses were in Stanford electronics, batteries, or external power at the time, so we were taking trips and sources are required to operate the device, wondering what we could potentially do and unlike other similar technologies, it together,” said Liao, who, like Hawkes, is is responsive within a few degrees of its a professor in UCSB’s Department of Metarget range. Additionally, the simplicity chanical Engineering. They then received of its design lends itself to customization seed funding from the California Nano— different thermal coatings and various Systems Institute on campus to design types of wax can be used to allow the mechanically tunable thermal devices. device to operate at desired temperature It wasn’t until Xiao’s idea of using a ranges, while also lending itself toward wax motor that the idea of adaptive roof mass manufacture. tiles took its final shape. Based on the “The device is still a proof-of-concept, change in the volume of wax in response but we hope it will lead to new technolto temperatures it is exposed to, a wax ogies that one day could have a positive motor creates pressure that moves meimpact on energy expenditure in buildchanical parts, translating thermal energy ings,” Hawkes said. into mechanical energy. Wax motors are Printed with permission of UCSB Office of commonly found in various appliances Public Affairs and Communications such as dishwashers and washing machines, as well in more specialized appliPrinted with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications cations, such as in the aerospace industry.

In the case of the tile, the wax motor, depending on its state, can push or retract pistons that close or open louvers on the tile’s surface. So, in cooler temperatures, while the wax is solid, the louvers are

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Banning Offshore Fracking

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Stopping ExxonMobil

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Protecting Steelhead

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Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

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Preserving Agricultural Heritage

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Cleaning Our Creeks & Watersheds

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Protecting Farmland

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Advancing Offshore Wind

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Securing Creek & Wildlife Protection

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CALIFORNIA COAST A U.S. Supreme Court decision upheld a ban on highly toxic fracking and acidizing from platforms in California waters. After EDC sued the federal government in 2014, courts ordered a moratorium on these extreme forms of oil drilling, securing protections for our marine environment and wildlife.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY The endangered Southern CA steelhead have a chance to make a comeback in Santa Barbara County following big wins in court by EDC and our partners. Operators of Twitchell Dam are now required to let more water flow into the river, allowing steelhead to reach historic spawning grounds.

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY EDC celebrated a win in Superior Court that preserves 4,000 acres of historic agricultural land in the Santa Ynez Valley. EDC led an effort to prevent developers from subdividing the land and building luxury residential estates.

NORTH SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Nearly 150 acres of prime farmland near Lompoc was protected from becoming suburban sprawl following a successful campaign by EDC and our partners. The effort stopped a potential massive development from paving over another piece of California’s shrinking farmland.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EDC and our clients reached a settlement modifying a 332-unit housing development on Los Carneros Creek to ensure a 100-foot creek buffer, protection for an important wildlife corridor, and the addition of native plants to enhance habitat.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EDC won a critical ruling in federal court against ExxonMobil’s plan to truck vast amounts of oil through local communities. The plan would allow the company to restart its three 1980s drilling platforms and resume operations at the highly polluting Las Flores processing facility.

SAN LUIS OBISPO & SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES EDC worked closely with the Northern Chumash Tribal Council and other partners to support the designation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and permanently protect 7,000 square-miles of rich natural and cultural resources.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY In just four cleanups so far this season, 84 EDC volunteers showed up and removed nearly 7,000 pounds of trash from Goleta’s creeks including more than 30 bikes, old tires, furniture, hundreds of golf balls, and plastic waste.

SAN LUIS OBISPO & SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES EDC continued to make progress toward the goal of clean and responsible offshore wind energy in California, and we secured better protections for wildlife and the marine environment offshore Morro Bay.

Fighting Dangerous Logging Projects EDC is fighting in court to protect 235,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest from major logging projects. These projects would stretch from Big Sur to Venutra County and would destroy popular hiking areas, habitat for endangered wildlife, proposed wilderness areas, and important cultural resources.

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SANTA BARBARA AUDUBON SOCIETY

Winter Bird Count 4 Kids Sat, Jan 20 / 9:00 am-Noon (register before 9:30 am)

Lake Los Carneros Park

304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta (Stow House Parking Lot)

Introducing Young People to the Fun of Birdwatching! > A free birding basics event for kids 8-16 with a responsible adult > Take a guided walk around the lake with an experienced naturalist > Binocular Boot Camp - borrow ours or bring your own > Free souvenir bird list and t-shirt (for the first 75 kids) > Record and tally the bird species you see

Watch “The Birds of Lake Los Carneros”

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Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society with support from the City of Goleta and: Goleta Valley Historical Society/Stow House, Christ Lutheran Church, South Coast Railroad Museum

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