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It was moral and financial support from the community that allowed the Ensemble Theatre Company to maintain its high standards during the pandemic, page 32
Retreads Revived
From her husband’s closet to a storefront on Calle Laureles, Kate McHale Jensen has returned to the fashion scene with KMJ, a sustainable clothing line borne from old men’s shirts refurbished for a woman’s sensibilities (story begins on page 8)
Moving On Up
The US 101 Project will now begin in Fall 2022 after $50 million was reallocated to accelerate the Montecito portion, page 43
Miramar Bets on Bitcoin
Rick Caruso reimagined the Rosewood Miramar Beach, but isn’t through innovating, with his sights set on cryptocurrency, page 30
Her Own Path
Hollywood was in her blood, but Vicki Riskin paved her own way, making a name for herself through unique screenwriting, page 31
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8 Village Beat
From her husband’s closet to a storefront on Calle Laureles, Kate McHale Jensen has returned to the fashion scene with KMJ
10 Letters to the Editor
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26 Dear Montecito
Stella Haffner wasn’t ready to follow her passion initially, but a transformative experience at UCSB has put her on the path toward being a psychologist
27 Come On In
The excitement was palpable at MOXI, as the museum and space for child curiosity swung its doors back open
28 Far Flung
Pepé Le Pew has nothing on the adorable island spotted skunk that hops and bops around the Channel Islands Park
30 Our Town
20 Seen Around Town
Vicki Riskin, the daughter of two Hollywood heavyweights, has made a name for herself through her unique screenwriting
The Music Academy of the West put behind Zoom for a sunset soirée; meanwhile, the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony honors five teens
31 Senior Portrait
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23 Robert’s Big Questions
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Editor’s Letter by Gwyn Lurie CEO and Executive Editor of the Montecito Journal Media Group
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rarely comment on the content in this newspaper, but in last week’s edition our staff ran an opinion piece before we could screen it for our normal standards of respectful political discourse; the piece I’m referring to included the use of gratuitous language that some find misogynistic, bigoted, and should have had no place within the Montecito Journal. There have always been boundaries around acceptable discourse, fluid as they may seem. And the media has long played a role in defining, enforcing, and even contesting these boundaries. Around some ideas consensus is assumed. Other ideas are considered universally repugnant, unworthy of a platform for consideration. And then there is the vast middle, where most of today’s opinion pieces land, labelled by media historian Daniel Hallin as “the sphere of legitimate controversy” — where journalism is expected to cover all sides. Unfortunately, in his piece entitled “Hooey on the Hustings,” James Buckley, MJ’s former editor and owner, used trigger language such as “get your panties in a twist” and gratuitously pointing out that elections advocate Tiffany Muller is “herself gay,” which managed to not only alienate readers, but also eclipse his own interesting and innovative ideas regarding voting rights in America. Our failure to flag the language used in this piece negated the journalistic standards we have set for ourselves and caused hurt and disappointment particularly amongst the targets of Buckley’s political attack. It seemed like Mr. Buckley mistook the challenge of healing our democracy with a competitive sport in which someone wins and someone else loses. But if we could figure out how to provide every eligible American with the chance to exercise their constitutional right to vote, then don’t we all win? In our modern world of irrefutable block chain verifications, how hard can it be to come up with a system of voting that’s verified and fair? The problem seems to be that not everybody wants that system to be fair; or at the very least there is massive disagreement over the meaning of “fair.” I began this journey with the MJ because I believe in the importance of local journalism, and I wanted to help build a platform that would foster respectful civil discourse. But in such complicated times, where one person’s political beliefs are another person’s lies, this endeavor is fraught with challenges, and it is simply not possible to bat 1.000. So occasionally — hopefully rarely — a mistake will be made; giving a platform to the incendiary language included in this piece was one such mistake. But it’s how a company corrects course when mistakes are made that matters most. For example, when The New York Times solicited and ran an editorial by Senator Tom Cotton during the protests after George Floyd’s murder, where Sen. Cotton (R, Arkansas) called for the government to use military troops to combat “rioters.” This caused massive internal and external problems for The Times, but compounding that injury was the reactive and then re-reactive way in which the company handled the fallout from their “mistake,” which only served to reinforce the belief that The Times had become a political weathervane — the winds being blown by Twitter, cancel culture, etc. I have no interest in cancelling anyone nor placing anyone in the penalty box of political correctness. What I want is to provide a credible platform, for people near and far who love Montecito, to engage in respectful discourse that helps us to unpack the most important ideas in our community and of our time. It is in the interest of fixing our injury that I have offered members of Protecting Democracy Partners, the group that sponsored the voting rights event about which Mr. Buckley wrote, a shared Guest Editor’s Letter spot in this week’s paper in order to express their thoughts regarding his piece, and to articulate their group’s point of view on the current state of voting rights in America.
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speakers who presented at a free, informational Zoom event entitled “Fighting Voter Suppression.” The event was hosted by our 16-member local group, Protecting Our Democracy. Our featured speakers were Marc Elias, a well-known voting rights attorney and founder of Democracy Docket (an organization focused on voting rights and election litigation), and Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United / Let American Vote Action Fund (an organization dedicated to limiting the influence of money in politics and protecting the right to vote). We invited Marc and Tiffany to speak on two subjects: the 404-plus voter suppression bills passed or pending across our nation at the state level; and the For the People Act (HR1/S1), which, if passed by the Senate, would establish uniform national minimum standards for elections, end partisan gerrymandering, and increase the transparency of donations to candidates and PACs. Most Americans would agree that the fairer and more transparent elections are in this country, the better for our democracy and democratic ideals. We welcome Mr. Buckley participating in the Zoom, as well as a vigorous debate on voting issues. In his opinion piece, Mr. Buckley suggests passing legislation that would create an “Election Weekend” for voting, which contributes to the debate. What we reject is Mr. Buckley’s continued use of offensive, divisive language and his mischaracterization of the motives of our speakers. Mr. Elias is described as an “expert in compiling votes for his candidates through the use of election chaos.” Yet, among his many legal successes over the years, Mr. Elias was instrumental in winning 64 of the 65 lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign during the 2020 election, proving Mr. Elias is an expert in winning cases, not in election chaos. Ms. Muller, an accomplished voting rights activist, is described by Mr. Buckley as “gay herself” as if that were in any way relevant to her credibility and credentials as an election advocate. Unfortunately, Mr. Buckley’s repeated use of incendiary language and imagery — i.e., “Black Panthers” (for people of color) and “panties in a twist” (an expression widely accepted as misogynistic) — only serves to widen the division within our community and country. At a time when our nation is so divided, we need more constructive conversations between both parties rather than inflammatory rhetoric and continued insults. We join the overwhelming majority of courts (Democrat and Republican appointed), every single state recount, a significant majority of independent voters, the legislators who voted to certify the election, and the Department of Homeland Security under President Trump — which declared the November 3, 2020, election to be the “most secure in American history” — in rejecting Mr. Buckley’s characterization that the election was rigged and stolen by Democrats. The insurrection of January 6 and ongoing voter suppression efforts illustrate the insidious dangers of these conspiracy theories to the well-being and survival of our democracy. We also strongly disagree with Mr. Buckley’s statement that the passage of the For the People Act is part of “an orchestrated plan to seal into permanence the make-it-easier-to-cheat election components...” and stand firm in our belief that the For the People Act will be a major step in strengthening our election system, benefiting all Americans. We encourage readers to learn more about this landmark piece of legislation which, among other things, will: • Make it easier to vote and counter voter suppression including by streamlining voter registration and expanding early voting and vote by mail; • Reduce the influence of big money in politics so that politicians are beholden to voters, not special interests and corporations; • End partisan gerrymandering by ensuring that congressional district lines are drawn through a fair, nonpartisan process; • Replace antiquated voting hardware and infrastructure to protect against voter fraud, foreign cyber attacks, and machine malfunctions — so that Americans can have confidence in the integrity of our elections; and • Strengthen ethics rules aimed at curbing corruption in government. Fair, equal, and accessible opportunities to participate in our country’s democracy should not be a partisan issue, rather, it should be a cause that we all support. The right to vote should not only be safeguarded and preserved, but expanded to reach every eligible American citizen. We have determinedly rolled up our sleeves and jumped full-heartedly into this fight... in the name of Protecting Our Democracy. Signed by: Leslie Bhutani, Michele Cuttler, Ann Daniel, Deborah David, Jane Eagleton, Jill Finsten, Martha Gabbert, Beryl Kreisel, Dorothy Largay, Wayne Rosing, John Lewis, Ed McKinley, Susan Rose, Nancy Sheldon, and Merryl and Chuck Zegar For more information about For the People Act, please go to: www.brennan center.org/our-work/policy-solutions/for-the-people-act. •MJ
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A New Beginning: Husband’s Closet Spurs Kate McHale Jensen Clothing Line
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ontecito alum Kate McHale Jensen has opened a brickand-mortar shop in Santa Barbara to house her four-year-old sustainable clothing company, KMJ. It was nearly 12 years ago that Kate was on the cover of this newspaper after opening a Coast Village Circle studio and showroom to debut her first fashion foray, a line of fit flattering pants. Now, after many years in the fashion industry in Los Angeles, several buying jobs including at Pierre Lafond and Wendy Foster in Montecito, a husband and two kids later, she has found her niche repurposing men’s dress shirts into flattering, unique tops for women, and decided to open a retail shop and studio in Santa Barbara’s midtown neighborhood. “It all started when I pillaged through my husband’s closet and cut up one of his shirts to create something for myself,” she laughed, adding that it was her way of finding a creative outlet while raising young kids. She wore the custom top to drop off at her daughters’ preschool, and the rest was history; fellow moms wanted one for themselves and started asking Jensen to make them from their own husbands’ shirts. “It kind of just snowballed, and before I knew it, I couldn’t really keep up without help,” Jensen said. “It is the quintessential ‘started in your garage’ story,” she said. Since then, Jensen has sourced vintage men’s shirts from anywhere and everywhere, including thrift and consignment stores. Using her retail and social media expertise, the business that began with word of mouth quickly took off, and she began selling the reimagined shirts to boutiques across the country, including in Montecito. Now, the majority of her sales are direct-to-consumer via the web, and local sales through her new shop on Calle Laureles. She also takes custom orders for those looking to repurpose their husband’s or father’s shirts. She has worked with women who have lost their husbands and were holding onto their wardrobes. “It’s a way to keep loved ones close, something with sentimental feeling that they can get use out of,” Jensen said. Kate cuts every single shirt herself before a team of people sew it into seven styles, the most popular being the “Quarantina” and the “Rona Ruffle,” both conceived during the
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COVID pandemic. “These are one-of-a-kind, unique pieces that you can’t find anywhere else,” she said. “Because of this, they are bespoke, which is both the beauty and the beast of this business.” The business has been scaled larger, but the shirts’ “DNA” is still the same: a more feminine cut with delicate details, including ruffled collars, puffed sleeves, pleated details, and more. “Some of our clients have 20 of the same style, because they love them so much,” Jensen said, adding that the price point is $88-$154 for ready-towear tanks and tops, and $118 to have an existing men’s shirt made into one of her styles. “It’s unique but attainable,” she said. Kate, her sister Ana, and her parents Jim and Trish, moved to Montecito in the late 1980s. Kate attended OLMC, Laguna Blanca, and Santa Barbara High; she went on to attend Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She says she has always had a passion for fashion and clothing. Kate plans on launching new styles in the coming months. The shop, located at 36 West Calle Laureles, is both a retail outlet and a workshop where many of the shirts are produced by Kate and her seamstresses. Her daughters, Alexia and Angelina, are also a
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If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to letters@montecitojournal.net
We Must Not Look the Other Way
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pon reading Jim Buckley’s OpEd piece in the recent Montecito Journal issue regarding voter fraud I was filled with surprise at its publication, appalled by its content, and appreciation that the MJ printed it. I would remind Mr. Buckley that the courts, election officials, and the Attorney General, many of whom were appointed by the Trump administration, found a complete absence of voter fraud in the recent presidential election. A fact of which he seems conveniently unaware. Homophobic, misogynistic, and blatant misrepresentation of facts notwithstanding, the publication of Buckley’s letter does serve our community by making public the difficult reality that exists within today’s politics. As painful as it is to consider the points of view of our ideological opponents, we must see and confront them. To look the other way is to exist inside an echo chamber and deceive ourselves regarding the ongoing threat our democracy faces. We must be conscious of it and fight it as if our children’s future depends upon it... because it does. I must admit I do agree with Buckley on the one substantive point he makes... “I am no expert.” Truer words never spoken. Rand Rosenberg
A Condescending Tone
I was mortified by the recent James Buckley opinion piece. Even an editorial should be required to adhere in some fashion to the truth. That drivel was so riddled with lies and misinformation that it’s not even worth pointing them out. The tone was also incredibly condescending and left zero room for dialogue. Like many in our community, I rejoiced when the Journal changed hands, hoping for a more even-hand-
ed representation of issues both local and beyond. I can only hope that the editorial in question was a one-time error in judgement. Sincerely, Kathi King
An Annoying Parking Job
Apparently, someone on Montecito’s Parra Grande Lane likes to call attention to themselves in a most annoying way. They incessantly park their VW convertible so that its left rear fender protrudes dangerously into the roadway. Doing this, of course, obliges drivers to either slow down, stop entirely or, during times of poor visibility, crash into the car’s fender. Perhaps the most bothersome part of this particular situation is that clearly there is more than enough room to leave the car correctly parked. That option, however, doesn’t seem to appeal to he or she who obviously prefers to go out of their way to be “noticed.” From what I hear, signs have been placed on the vehicle, neighbors have complained, and the car has already been struck once, but still, the owner refuses to park his or her car like a normal human being would. Any suggestions? Rogers V Follansbee
Racism: Look at the Facts, and in the Mirror
Despite Mr. Hornbuckle’s protestation, racism is alive and well in our country. Citing superficial examples like white people rooting for sports teams featuring Black athletes, or having Oprah as a Montecito neighbor, does not change that. Nor does the assertion that Civil Rights laws or federal programs have eliminated discrimination against Black people like some kind of magic wand.
The facts are that the Black unemployment rate is twice the white unemployment rate. Black Americans are generally less healthy with life expectancies three years less than white Americans. COVID vaccinations are not being distributed as quickly or extensively in predominately Black communities. Black people had and still have difficulty, Oprah notwithstanding, buying homes outside Black neighborhoods, due to “red lining” where banks, historically, would only lend in those areas. Effectively creating and promoting a system of racial segregation that still exists. These disparities are not purely coincidental. These are not conditions that developed out of thin air. They were intentional. They are impacts resulting from various institutions. Crafted by the decisions of white people who had the authority to enact them. And, can correctly be described as a “pattern and practice” that is “systemic” as it discriminates against Black people and impacts their lives and ability to prosper and succeed. Practices that subordinate Black Americans and make it more difficult for them to achieve anything approaching equality now more than 400 years after their ancestors were first enslaved on our shores. We, white Americans, could do each other a favor by looking in the mirror of our family history. Recall the neighborhood we grew up in, the schools we attended, the kids we hung out with. Not many interactions with Black folks I suspect, if you grew up in an all-white middle-class environment like I did. Yet, we picked up clues, explicitly or implicitly, on how we were to react to, or treat, people of color. And we came at this from a place of judgment and authority – as we were taught. No wonder many of us are finally realizing through the works of Black authors, educators, and many others that “white privilege” does exist. That many of us have benefitted simply because we were born with lighter skin. And, how maybe it is finally time to at least acknowledge this fact and do what we can in our own lives – whatever that may be and whatever it may look like – to address and remedy the many years of mistreatment inflicted on our fellow Americans, simply because of the color of their skin. Mike Hackett
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Brilliant Thoughts by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com
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ne of the expressions I remember from childhood playground banter would arise when somebody said something nasty to you, and you wanted to get back at them, with something equally derogatory. So, you would say: “I’m rubber, and you’re glue – Everything you say Sticks back to you!” Or, if you wanted to be even more vicious, instead of “sticks back to you,” you would say “STINKS back to you!” That didn’t make much sense logically, but it added force to your response. I learned that rejoinder at one of my American schools — but it reminds me of a sporting term I learned in England, which may be the only expression borrowed from cricket which now has widespread use over here, though most of the people who use it probably have no idea of its origin. I refer to the term “STICKY WICKET,” which has come to have broad application in characterizing almost any kind of difficult situation. In its cricketing context, the “wicket” is the patch of more or less natural ground immediately in front of the batter (or “batsman”) who is defending three upright sticks behind him from being struck with a ball hurled by the pitcher (or “bowler”). A major difference from baseball is that the ball can — and usually does — hit the ground before it reaches the batter. Climatic conditions (especially in England) being as variable as they often are, the condition of the wicket, varying from dry and hard to damp and mushy, can greatly affect the behavior of the ball. It’s the moister surface which makes a bounce less predictable, and which a skillful pitcher can take advantage of. That is a STICKY WICKET. Some things, of course are, or were, intended to be sticky. It is now fairly uncommon, but what has adhered longest to my memory was FLYPAPER. It came in a small cardboard tube, which you hung up in some open indoor space and from which you then pulled out the paper, which hung down in a spiral. There was a sticky coating, which attracted flies — to their doom. If so minded, you could enjoy watching a fly getting stuck, and struggling 27 May – 3 June 2021
vainly to get free. The paper became more and more densely populated, until it was obviously time to take it down, throw it out, and (if necessary) hang up a new one. These devices were of course particularly effective in hot weather, if your open doors and windows had no screens. In his book called The Compleat Practical Joker, H. Allen Smith tells of a friend named Hugh Troy, who was famous for twisting the tail of bureaucracy. When in Officers’ Training School during World War II, Troy became exasperated with all the reports he was required to submit on a regular basis. He noticed the flypaper “ribbons” suspended in regular rows in his company’s mess hall and concocted a daily report on the number of flies found stuck on each roll. He made the document so detailed and look so official that his fellow officers began to receive inquiries from the Pentagon wanting to know where their flypaper reports were. Before we leave flies, let us pay tribute to their own remarkable ability to adhere — without any flypaper — totally upside down, to a ceiling, or practically any other surface. How do they do it? Believe it or not, their feet produce their own sticky substance, made of sugars and oils. Nowadays, of course, we have our own specialized uses for all types of adhesives. And we have “miracle” glues and tapes which can stick what and where no man has stuck before. The very transparency of Scotch tape and its kin would have been a marvel to our forebears who took it for granted that any sticky tape would be opaque, usually white for medical purposes, or black in the world of building and plumbing. And then there is the greatest modern wonder of all — VELCRO, which is not even sticky. For better or worse, Velcro can only stick to itself. It comes in two genders, which are both necessary. A male piece can only adhere to a female piece. And to be of any use at all, at least one of the two pieces must be stuck by some other means (usually glued or sewed) to something else. That is the only drawback of this technological tour de force — or (if you will forgive me) the only fly in the ointment. •MJ
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alyan Balaven isn’t slated to start his job as Head of School at Dunn until July 1 — but it feels like he has been around for months. That’s because he has. He’s not only utilizing this time to acclimate his wife and two children to the area, but also establish a rapport with the community that can aid in his ultimate vision — “you can’t wait for the first day to build relationships,” he said. Known as a champion of inclusion in the education realm — even quantifying it for those administrators and boards looking to make data-based decisions — Balaven sat down with James Joyce (host of Coffee with a Black Guy; 2021 Santa Barbara mayoral candidate) on May 20 in an event put on by the Endowment for Youth Committee at the Lobero Theatre, with the theme of “Inclusion as a Model for Building Resilient Communities.” For Balaven, that community isn’t confined to the walls of Dunn School, but instead to all of Santa Barbara County, where best practice lessons can be shared, if he has his way. To that end, Balaven’s personal mission is a fairly simple one. “No student sitting in our schools should be sitting in class, the playground, wherever, feeling like they don’t belong,” said Balaven, who studied at UC Berkeley as an undergrad. This was borne out of a childhood where he saw his mother educate children in their community — after a long day in the classroom. She knew that not every student had access to the same resources, so she provided her home as a pseudo equalizer. “My education in inclusion began in my education of exclusion,” Balaven said. This wasn’t lost over time for Balaven, even as he chased a law degree at UC Davis. He knew it wasn’t the right fit but finished because “he didn’t want to be defeated.” He practiced law for a while, aiding in prisons and immigration, navigating the pre-existing system wrought with issues that even “hard work couldn’t change.” Balaven was also using part of his days teaching, a “transformative” experience that captured his heart. “I could make greater change class by class, and not case by case,” he said. And now that quest for change comes to Santa Barbara County, although one question came via Zoom wondering if Balaven’s ideas of mass inclusion and commitment to individuality was “too radical” for a place like Santa Barbara. In his eyes, it’s as easy as self-re-
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flection, challenging each person to remember a time when they were excluded — a feeling that he believes no one wants to experience, and therefore can work in tandem to rid schools of it. “Start there; that’s not revolutionary,” he said. “If we can be so empathic that we understand that everyone in the classroom, in the school, needs to be taken care of, needs to be seen, heard, valued . . . if we can do that, if they can feel included in the promise of whatever mission the school said it was doing, that’s beautiful. It seems insurmountable, but it’s possible. Why do I know it’s possible? Because everyone can point to a teacher that impacted them.” Balaven’s track record of success in the Bay Area — with his first inclusion retreats reaching six or seven schools, but the latest inclusive of 125-plus schools — shows that he backs up his talking with plenty of walking. And he’s already toying with a concept that would branch out to all county schools that want to participate — the Inclusion Lab. In the figurative lab, experimentation would be paramount, with Balaven’s hypothesis that every school has something that another can learn from. It would be built on partnerships, a readiness to share stories and data, allowing the county to focus on individualized attention that students crave — with Balaven pointing to the rise in popularity of TikTok and Instagram as examples. He believes that between K-12 schools, both public and private, as well as local universities that step in, sharing — not competing for — resources can create ample opportunities for students to thrive. “We will compete in football, in softball, in different sports, in debate, in spelling bees, we even compete in enrollment. But we can’t compete in inclusion, because when we compete in inclusion, that’s exclusion,” Balaven said. The past 15 months have given schools across the county a chance to reflect, with Balaven believing that innovation should be paramount to the next step — and it’s a fairly simple concept, make sure students are seen and heard, as there’s a new attitude in education. “You got Google, you got Wikipedia, YouTube videos — I don’t need the teacher in the classroom to teach me anymore, but I need the teacher to see me, the teacher to hear me, to know who I am.” •MJ 27 May – 3 June 2021
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Montecito on the Move by Sharon Byrne, Executive Director, Montecito Association
Many Priorities, One Team — US!
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ast week, we helped three Santa Barbara City Councilmembers host a very important community conversation on the California Housing Legislation with our state legislators Senator Monique Limón and Assemblymember Steve Bennett. You know we’ve been working on this closely with our former State Senator, Hannah-Beth Jackson. You can watch the Town Hall at our website: montecitoassociation.org. It’s a very packed 60 minutes, with more than 100 attendees skilled in land use, housing policy and advocacy, planning commissioners, councilmembers from Goleta, and of course – Montecitans! The bills are being voted on in the Senate this week, and then head to the Assembly, where we hope to get amendments that help protect Montecito. Here are a couple of key screen shots from the Townhall:
You’re encouraged to communicate with our state legislators on these bills! For Limón, access this portal to flag your comments and raise them to the top: https://sd19.senate.ca.gov/contact. For Bennett, please use this portal: https://a37.asmdc.org/contact. If I could sum up succinctly the big concern we have with the bills, Senate Bills 9 and 10, that allow lot splits and multiple units to be constructed with no hearings or approvals, this would be it: Why do Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jack Dorsey of Twitter get to dictate what kind of neighborhoods we will have in Montecito? That’s who is calling the shots and pushing these bills. They need tons of housing for their tech workers in the Bay Area. Rather than spend hundreds of millions to build it or figure out how to work remotely like we all just did in the pandemic, they spent $3 million to get the legislature to override land use policies in every locality to get more housing built. The other factor in play is the recall effort on Governor Gavin Newsom, and his campaign pledge to get 3.5 million units of housing built in California. We’re going to talk about the housing bills at Land Use/Transportation Committee next week, and we’ll also get a whirlwind tour of construction efforts now about to happen for the 101 widening, thanks to the $50 million infusion into the Montecito segment. Please join us!
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101 Tour at Land Use/Transportation Committee June 1, 4 pm Join Zoom Meeting: https://bit.ly/2RPaA1E Meeting ID: 893 1621 5572 Passcode: 870962 Hands Across Montecito Homeless Outreach Team meeting June 2, 9:30 am Join Zoom Meeting: https://bit. ly/2SpkBCM Meeting ID: 853 6769 7752 Passcode: 537735 Bear Town Hall with California Fish and Wildlife June 2, 5:30 pm To register to attend, please use this link: https://bit.ly/3bQNpuY After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. •MJ
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On Entertainment
The UCSB Chamber Choir will perform Resilience at 6 pm on May 26
by Steven Libowitz
Back to the Stage! Center Stage Theater Welcomes Back Audience
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he UCSB Initiative for New & Reimagined Work is presenting a staged reading of the classic Chekhov play Three Sisters at 6 pm on May 31. What makes this show most remarkable is that the performance will take place inside the intimate Center Stage Theater, where the general public is welcome to attend for the first time since early March 2020. The reading will be of the translation by Libby Appel, the former artistic director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival who is considered one of the world’s most accomplished interpreters of the Russian playwright’s work and is also the mother of UCSB theater professor, Irwin Appel. The show features a slightly abridged version of the translation to fit an intimate cast of actors from the UCSB BFA theater program who are getting back on a stage for the first time in 14 months, who collectively decided that Chekhov “magnificently captures the beauty within the suffering of human existence, and after a year of isolation and sorrow for everyone, we think there is no better time to tell this story”. Northern California-based actor, singer, and now first-time director Blake Thompson is helming the production remotely, but the audience and actors will, amazingly, be at CST together, albeit following proper social distancing and other safety protocols including masking. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Call Center Stage at (805) 963-0408 or visit www.centerstagetheater.org.
Concerts in Your Car Continues
Although California is still on pace to fully reopen on June 15, the inventive Concerts in Your Car series is taking no chances on a setback and has already announced a number of shows scheduled for the summer months that will still take place outdoors as drive-in style events, although attendees are permitted to hang out outside their cars on folding chairs as long as they are socially distant. That format is still the only one available at the moment, which makes the show by band WAR at the Ventura Fairgrounds a best bet for Saturday night of Memorial Day weekend. The “street band” turned multi-platinum sellers has been trading in timeless music that carries a message of brotherhood and harmony for more than half a century, dating back to the days when former Animals front
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man Eric Burdon was the lead singer. Nowadays, Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan is the only original member in the group, but the singer-songwriter’s gruff vocals were the originals on a long list of hits that includes “Low Rider,” “The World Is A Ghetto,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “The Cisco Kid,” and many more, encompassing a dozen Billboard Top 40 hits, seven of which reached the Top 10, and a cumulative total of more than 50 million records sold. Among the artists who have sampled or otherwise offered nods to War are Kendrick Lamar, Flo Rida, Tupac, Smash Mouth, Janet Jackson, Dave Matthews, and Korn. The group has twice been honored by its hometown of Los Angeles for making positive contributions to the betterment of the community. Perhaps it’s a testament to our troubled times that War’s music and message remain as relevant as ever; fortunately, the medium makes the message much more fun. Coming soon to Concerts in Your Car Get at the Ventura Fairgrounds: Adelaide’s tribute to Selena on June 11; Nelly and Baby Bash on June 12; Gin Blossoms on June 19; and Vanilla Ice & Tag Team on June 26. The promoters are also producing a Memorial Day weekend doubleheader at the San Diego Padres’ Petco Park featuring the Beach Boys with special guests John Stamos and Mark McGrath on May 29, and Grammywinning reggae star Ziggy Marley playing a special tribute concert to his father Bob Marley on May 30. The shows take place on the baseball field with the stage set up near second base. Guests can choose between a limited number of VIP seats on the playing field, luxury suites, or vaccinated/ tested sections or socially distanced pod-style sections in the stands. Get all the details and tickets at www.con certsinyourcar.com.
UCSB Music Goes Live, with Tech Support from SBCC
Last October, Santa Barbara City College’s Jim Mooy used the Jamulus audio platform and live-streamed videos of each performer generated via Zoom to direct a synchronous audio and video stream of a university ensemble performance of SBCC’s Lunch Break Jazz Ensemble concert. This week, Mooy lends his expertise to his counterparts at UCSB’s Music Department, having consulted with both the UCSB Chamber Choir and
The UCSB Jazz Ensemble will perform (Almost) A Century of Jazz – from 1927 to 2021 on May 27
Jazz Ensemble in the use of open source “Jamboxes,” tiny Raspberry Pi computers running software packages that enable clean connection to the Jamulus audio platform. Each student in the ensembles received specific equipment including the computer, gaming headphones with clear audio and microphone pickups, and ethernet connection cables. Mooy will also serve as the engineer of the special livestream concerts that take place on May 26 and 27, coordinating the data streams from Jamulus and Zoom through the UCSB YouTube channel. Dr. Nicole Lamartine, the Sorensen Director of Choral Music, helms the UCSB Chamber Choir concert, titled Resilience, at 6 pm on May 26 (the video can be streamed on demand later) and featuring Don Macdonald’s “When the Earth Stands Still,” Frank Ticheli’s “Earth Song,” and Kirby Shaw’s “The Tide Rises.” The program will also include student-crafted arrangements of songs from The Justice Choir Songbook and a special live collaboration of Paris Rutherford’s arrangement of “Autumn Leaves” with members of the UCSB Jazz Ensemble. The jazz outfit, under the direction of Dr. Jon Nathan, gets its own concert the following night via another livestream titled (Almost) A Century of Jazz – from 1927 to 2021, at 5 pm on May 27. The concert features music for a 10-piece jazz band (four brass, two saxophones, guitar, piano, bass, and drums) as arranged by Los Angelesbased composer and arranger Randy Aldcroft. The musicians will be performing from all over California,
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including the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, as well as Isla Vista. The program includes Freddie Hubbard’s “Asiatic Raes” and Moacir Santos’ “Coisa (Thing) #2,” along with Surry with a “Fringe on Top and Blue Skies,” both with a vocal performance by first-year student Kaidi Dai. A focus on the ensemble’s graduating students, mostly trumpet players, comes via a performance of “Cornet Chop Suey,” while Horace Silver’s “Opus de Funk” and an arrangement by Nathan of Vulpeck’s “Dean Town” (based on Jaco Pastorius’ fusion classic Teen Town) featuring trombonist Sriram Ramamurthy and first-year bassist Emily Conway, closes out the concert. Both concerts will stream via the UCSB YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/ucsantabarbara). Details at www.music.ucsb.edu/news.
Chalk Up Another Ongoing Pandemic Pivot
The I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival had just a couple of months to figure out how to keep the tradition of having artists create ephemeral artwork with chalk on the large plaza in front of the Santa Barbara Mission during the coronavirus shutdown. The solution, of course, was to go virtual, with most of the participating artists painting on their own private property — a driveway, or patio, or anywhere that people
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Monte ito Miscellany
Music Academy board members Ann Sarkis, Evie Vesper, Judy Astbury, Sandra Walther, and Christina Loveque (Photo by Priscilla)
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 14 years ago.
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Music Academy of the West Finally Enjoys a Sunset Soirée
Making Every Moment Count Jacopo Giacopuzzi, Roberta Grant, Diane Pannkuk, Dale Van Mill, and Meg Dinapoli (Photo by Priscilla)
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he Amazons of the Music Academy of the West were positively unleashed after more than a year of monthly meetings via Zoom for a “Sip n’ Stroll” sunset soirée on the picturesque terrace of Hahn Hall on the Miraflores campus. “It is an absolutely fabulous feeling,” exclaimed event chair Roberta Grant. “Everybody has been absolutely stir crazy stuck at home.” “How nice to get back to wearing real clothes strolling around the grounds with a favorite drink instead of sweatpants all the while!” Keeping the Women’s Auxiliary members entertained was former MAW fellow Jacopo Giacopuzzi on a Steinway grand that had been brought
out for the occasion. In due course Jacopo, who studied at the USC Thornton School of Music, jets off to see his family in Verona, Italy, and friends in Maui, Hawaii, before participating in a music festival in Southampton, Long Island. “It is so nice to be back traveling again as this pandemic abates,” enthused Jacopo, who also works as a successful realtor at Berkshire Hathaway in Montecito. Among the 50 suitably vaccinated and gloriously attired guests were Heidi August, Ana Papakhian, President Scott Reed, Judy Astbury, Jennifer Zacharias, Beverly Zukor, Debbie Geremia, Heather Abed, Margi Mainquist, Virginia Farthing,
Santa Barbara’s 27-year-old Dream Foundation has just added to its impressive total of more than 32,000 dreams fulfilled for terminally ill adults. Nathaniel Medrano, 20, from Okatie, South Carolina, wants to become an artist and reached out to the foundation for the necessary equipment, including a drafting table, ergonomic chair, assorted canvases, sketch and charcoal pads, and a portfolio to display his finished works of portraits and trees, animals and birds. “Nathaniel’s dream is a touching reminder that life does not end with a terminal diagnosis,” says the foundation’s chief executive, Kisa Heyer. “Rather, the end of life is when so many people experience a heightened need for the inspiration, comfort, and closure that a dream can bring.” The organization also arranged for Nathaniel to speak to UCSB art professor Jane Callister via Zoom for expert coaching.
Worth More than Two Grand
It was all two grand for words when Roger and Sarah Chrisman, just back from their home in Indian Wells after six months of lockdown, opened the doors of their charming Ennisbrook home for a concert by singers from Opera Santa Barbara’s Chrisman Young Artists Program. A pair of grand pianos, a Steinway and a Baldwin, were set up, side by side with Tim Accurso, OSB’s official accompanist, and general director Kostis Protopapas pounding the ivories in an entertaining segment after soprano Brooklyn Snow, tenor Matt Greenblatt, and mezzo soprano Max Potter performed pieces from a forthcoming concert at the Center Stage Theater on June 5 and 6. “Although we have been continuing our work during the pandemic lockdown, it has given the young artists more opportunity to concentrate on their new work in other arias,” Accurso explained. Among those getting a sneak peek were Dan and Meg Burnham, Joan Rutkowski, Mercedes Millington, Ian
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Newly engaged couple Gretchen Lieff and Miles Hartfeld with hostess Sarah Chrisman (Photo by Priscilla)
Susan Torrey, Kostis Protopapas, Mercedes Millington, and Joan Rutkowski (Photo by Priscilla)
Dalida Arakelian, April Ouellette, Scott Reed, Jennifer Zacharias, and Lisa McCollum (Photo by Priscilla)
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Seen Around Town
by Lynda Millner
Polo in Paradise: Kentucky Derby Brings Out Familiar Faces
Dressed in Derby clothes were Karen Sutherland and Dominic Raelman
Carrie Kang with her dog Cashmere showing off their Derby hats
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Former patron Jef Graham, hosts Deb Richards and John Hillis at their Kentucky Derby party
he Santa Barbara Polo Club is celebrating 110 years, one of the oldest clubs in the United States. It was the location for a Kentucky Derby party hosted by Deb Richards, John Hillis, and Juli Kordic. Energy abounded (and so did mint juleps and big hats) since it was the first time for many to be without masks. Some party folks picked their favorite horse to win. Others, such as “Mattress Mack” who was supposed to bet about two million on his undefeated horse, Essential Quality, lost. That would have been the biggest Kentucky Derby bet in history. It was a promotion for his Gallery Furniture stores. This year something new has been added to the polo scene. The Clubhouse is now a restaurant called the Fieldside Grill open to the Co-hostess of the Derby event was Juli Kordic
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Saint Barbara Crowned
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Each year Reina del Mar Parlor No. 126, Native Daughters of the Golden West selects one of its members to be Saint Barbara for Old Spanish Days. This year the surprise winner was Patricia Orena, as she will portray the city’s patron saint. The ceremony took place on the steps of the Santa Barbara Mission with many oohs and aahs as she came through the church doors. The Parlor has chosen Saint Barbara each year of Fiesta since 1926, but the Parlor was founded in April 1901. The new Saint Barbara is descended from several local families, dating from the Spanish colonial period of early California and the Royal Presidio with names like Cordero, Rangel, Cruz, Lugo, Pena, and Calderon families. She is also related to the Orenas and “Courage... means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.” – G.K. Chesterton
De la Guerra lineage. She represents at least six generations in Santa Barbara. Patricia has been a Parlor member for five years and is currently first vice president. She has worked on many of their fundraising events, including designing a COVID mask for members to purchase in 2020. She is a liaison to Mission Santa Barbara and Old Spanish Days for the Parlor. She has been director of the Old Spanish Days board, member of the Fiesta Pequeña and Noches de Ronda committees, as well as chair of the Misa del Presidente and Spirit Audition committees. She has also announced for El Desfile Historico. Being a docent at Mission Santa Barbara giving group tours for fourth graders and visitors is one of her favorite things to do. Patricia stated, “This is a very special honor to represent Saint Barbara for 2021. I am looking forward to representing Reina del Mar Parlor No. 126 and the community of Santa Barbara in this capacity.” She will wear the Saint’s traditional white gown, scarlet cape, and golden crown. She will carry a martyr’s palm frond and a golden chalice. Our channel was named for Saint Barbara during the Viscaino expedition in late 1602. In the 18th century, the royal Spanish presidio fortress (1782) and Mission Santa Barbara
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Perspectives
by Rinaldo S. Brutoco
Rinaldo S. Brutoco is the Founding President and CEO of the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy and a co-founder of JUST Capital. He’s a serial entrepreneur, executive, author, radio host, and futurist who’s published on the role of business in relation to pressing moral, environmental, and social concerns for over 35 years
Thank You Joey-Boy!
A Victory for Quiet Diplomacy
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his column is sort of an “apology” to President Joe Biden. I became a bit critical of President Biden last Wednesday, June 19 as the shelling in the Middle East continued unabated. I spoke to Congressman Salud Carbajal to express my frustration that Biden, who had been doing fairly well in my view up until then, was letting his old friend Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu off the hook too easily by staying quiet in the face of the conflagration in Israel and Gaza. It seemed to me that only the U.S. could bring enough pressure to bear on Netanyahu (whose personal popularity is soaring since the attack at the Al Aqsa Mosque) to accept the ceasefire Hamas at that point was willing to accept. Having failed four times in two years to form a consensus government, and the “smart money” saying he would fail on the now pending fifth try, everyone thought that Bibi would finally lose power and have to face numerous criminal corruption charges the Israeli government had brought against him — until he attacked Al Aqsa. It is difficult for me to understand how the Palestinian people could believe Hamas had strengthened their political position because of the over 4,000 rockets fired at Israel knowing that only one percent were likely to get through and knowing that Israel would retaliate with devastating precision airstrikes. The Palestinian rockets were virtually all intercepted by the “Iron Dome” missile defense the U.S. helped provide. We should all be glad it worked so well. No country should have to fear a naked vulnerability to destruction from the air by guided missiles. Hopefully, the enormous success that the missile defense system provided will deter future uses of missiles that are very expensive and are now properly viewed as ineffective. The U.S. and Israel should agree to furnish a similar Iron Dome system to any country in the world that needs one. According to the highest-ranking military officers in charge of the United States’ laser weapon systems, a similar system could be developed to detect and destroy an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (“ICBM”) in about seven seconds of launch from a stationery high altitude sensor platform sitting at 70,000 feet over any country in the world foolish enough to launch one. Seven seconds after launch means the ICBM would disintegrate over the very country that fired it and the resulting nuclear pollution would permanently damage a significant portion of the country. Such a stationery laser-based system would render nuclear missiles obsolete, as President Reagan had hoped, and be far easier to accomplish than Reagan’s “brilliant pebbles” Strategic Defense Initiative — which since its announcement in 1983 has never worked! Yes, the world should collectively welcome the creation of an Iron Dome type system for ICBMs, Hamas-type rockets, and all other forms of aerial bombardment that would otherwise devastate a civilian. We should celebrate the evolution of missile defense systems globally to stop the reign of terror from the skies’ population. Sitting over North Korea such a high-altitude laser detection and destruction system (the “Guardian”) would be the end of dictator Kim Jong-un’s constant saber-rattling and Russia’s adventurism! In the case of Israel, there was no serious destruction from Hamas’ rockets and, thankfully, only 12 dead (including two children) over the entire 11 days of conflict. The damage to Israeli infrastructure was almost zero. Contrast that with the 243 Palestinian dead (including 100 women and children), and 3,000+ wounded, from the 1,000+ precision jet airstrikes Israel that flattened Gaza and reduced it to one very large pile of rubble. Hamas needs to lead Palestinians to peace, not to destruction. We MUST STOP the indiscriminate use of rockets and airplanes against civilian populations. Period. We all should remember with crystal clarity and collective determination to embody President Eisenhower’s admonition in the famous “Chance for Peace” (aka the “Cross of Iron”) on April 16, 1953: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies… a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Hamas needs to understand that the world knows the Palestinian people are fighting against an incredible barrage of apartheid conditions, and the world knows that a majority of Israelis want to flatten Gaza and everyone in it (over 70 percent of Israeli’s polled last week wanted the fighter jet delivered carnage to continue pummeling Gaza even as the ceasefire started).
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The Power of Dance: Move Dance Feel Empowers and Connects Women Living with Cancer
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onfronting a terminal illness like cancer is not just physically taxing, but also an emotionally draining process for the patient and for those who care for them. Emily Jenkins seeks to reinject feelings of joy and release for people affected by cancer through Move Dance Feel, a community interest company that she founded five years ago. Jenkins works in partnership with cancer support organizations to help current cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones integrate dance into their activity programs. After undergoing treatment and experiencing the brutal side effects of chemotherapy, finding happiness, confidence, and appreciation for their bodies is not an easy feat. Jenkins says that “when dancing with the women, [she] sees an immediate shift in mood — moving the body moves the mind.” Merran Barber, a member of the Move Dance Feel community, says, “Moving the body in these new ways has opened up pathways in the brain, making me feel there are so many more creative ways to explore and live my life.” The participants not only feel more energized after dancing, but they also benefit from the sense of community forged through the program. Loneliness and misunderstanding are common feelings to harbor when faced with a heavy diagnosis. “Attuning through synchronized movement can be quite an intimate and connecting experience,” Jenkins adds, and boosts feelings of empowerment and control for women who may otherwise feel helpless to their illness. It’s not just individuals with cancer than can benefit from these community-oriented dance programs. Here in Santa Barbara, Joyous Movement is promoting dance as a healing therapy for older residents as well. Started by artist Beth Amine, the program aims to get older adults, many of whom have a serious illness like Alzheimer’s, up and moving. Jill Davis, an employee of a center which uses Joyous Movement courses says, “After an hour with Beth our members are sitting taller, are more alert and tuned into their surroundings, and the effects of increased therapeutic blood flow to body and mind lasts all afternoon.” While the COVID health crisis could have signaled the end of these programs, Both Move Dance Feel and Joyous Movement have set up online curriculums and expanded their courses to include video sessions so anyone anywhere can get involved. •MJ Hamas unfortunately plays off the fact that Palestinians are a people left with no hope of ever ending the occupation, no hope for a “Two State” solution, and no hope to ever be equal citizens within Israel as a democratic secular state. Israel will, for the foreseeable future, continue to advance as a theocratic state until it looks more like Iran than it does a Western democracy. Hamas, you are not solving anything and only gaining political power at the cost of your own citizens’ bloodshed and the civilian infrastructure destruction. You need to start leading the Palestinians to harness the small but vocal minority in Palestine and Israel who genuinely seek co-existence. How can such a miracle occur? Apparently, it starts with “quiet diplomacy” rather than more saber rattling and bombast. President Biden had already earned high marks for an outstandingly successful rollout of the United States’ vaccination program that has, for most purposes, begun to end the pandemic and re-open the country. Congratulations on how well you directed that effort and how you brought in everyone from FEMA to retired medical personnel and the military to set up massive inoculation sites. As we go to press, we can see our communities being reborn in a springtime of commerce and social engagement. Hearty congratulations as well Mr. President for using budget reconciliation to successfully drive the “CARES Act” into law which has already begun to jumpstart the economy. My apology is for complaining that you weren’t doing enough to stop Bibi’s power grab. We became acclimated to bombast during the last four years, but you demonstrated that Quiet Diplomacy inaugurated the ceasefire. I sincerely apologize for doubting you cared enough, or lacked the courage to act, when you and your administration were in fact so effective behind the scenes. You acted courageously and humbly in a way that has taught us all a lesson. Quiet Diplomacy “trumps” saber-rattling and ego chest pumping. Your dad would be proud. Thank you, Joey-Boy, for all of it.
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.” – Sun Tzu
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Stories Matter
Robert’s Big Questions
by Robert Bernstein
Offset June Gloom with Some Great Storytelling
Degrees from Physics departments of MIT and UC Santa Barbara. Career in designing atomic-resolution microscopes. Childhood spent in Europe and the East of the US. Passion to understand the Big Questions of life and the universe. Duty to be a good citizen of the planet.
What is Your Ratio?
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t is not how smart you are that matters. What matters is the ratio of how smart you are to how smart you think you are.” This is my very own Ratio Theory I have expounded for decades. Most of my career was spent in manufacturing. I observed that some very smart production workers did not do very reliable work. One of the best we ever had had intellectual challenges, but the work held her attention and she gave it her best effort. On a grander scale, some of the biggest tragedies in my lifetime involved the so-called “best and brightest” dreaming up wars that were seen as noble and winnable. In fact, they were neither. The Nobel Peace Prize became an absurdity in my view when it was awarded to Henry Kissinger. Henry Kissinger is a perfect example of someone who has a very bad ratio. He is certainly a smart guy, but not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And not nearly as smart as needed to put hundreds of thousands of lives on the line. He was responsible for making President Johnson’s fiasco in Vietnam into a grand horror. He took that horror to a country that had been considered the place most like the Garden of Eden: Cambodia. He went on to ask President Carter to invite the Shah of Iran into the U.S., which led to the taking of U.S. hostages. William Butler Yeats wrote in a 1920 poem “The Second Coming” these relevant words: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” Others have written variations, including Charles Bukowski: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prizewinning psychologist and economist. He showed that markets are based on imperfect information and involve a range of human ignorance and bias. He has said that if he had a magic wand to change one aspect of human character it would be to eliminate “overconfidence.” There is a name for the overconfidence of those who are less intelligent: The Dunning-Kruger Effect. David Dunning and Justin Kruger published a paper in 1999 whose title says it all: “Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one’s 27 May – 3 June 2021
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own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments.” However, this research has been challenged by Gilles Gignac and Marcin Zajenkowskib in a 2020 paper that claims the Effect is “mostly a statistical artifact.” I was happy to learn this as it affirms my Ratio Theory: One can be very intelligent and have a terrible ratio. And one can be lacking in intelligence and yet be very aware of one’s limitations. The latter is what is called “metacognition.” Socrates said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” This represents a core aspect of having a good ratio. My father was a brilliant scientist, but in his later years he suffered from dementia. I was at the hospital when he was asked what year it was, and he did not know. I later asked him if it bothered him that he did not know what year it was. His reply: “I try not to let things like that bother me.” Which was good for him. But it became infuriating for those who had to deal with him. He insisted there was nothing wrong with his mind or his memory. It was everyone else who had changed. I would argue that my Ratio Theory goes beyond intelligence. A person who has less than movie star looks can still be very attractive if they have an accurate view of their appearance. A January 2018 AAA report said that 80% of men think they are better than average drivers. Some of them are clearly mistaken and may have a very bad ratio! This “illusory superiority” bias is also called the “Lake Wobegon Effect” where all children are above average! Back to my manufacturing example. We outsourced some of my engineering designs to a company that delivered devices with almost no mistakes. How? They had the production workers check each other’s work. In science we would call this “peer review.” Perhaps before we go off to another war there should be some kind of scientific peer review? I will conclude by saying that some people tragically have a bad ratio in the other direction. I have known people who are brilliant and creative who never have the confidence to fulfill their potential. Let us all strive for a perfect ratio of one by getting to know both our limitations and our opportunities. •MJ
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t is time to start our beach reading, even with June gloom hovering. Finding Tessa by Jaime Lynn Hendricks is a thriller with an unforeseen twist that will keep you turning pages. Tessa and Jace are in love. When Tessa goes missing, evidence against Jace mounts: blood, a gun, and an affair with a co-worker. The story is told from both Tessa and Jace’s POV as Jace tries to clear himself, but Tessa has set him up so the police will find him guilty. The Other Black Girl is an edgy debut novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Nella is the only black editorial assistant working for a prestigious publisher. When Hazel joins the team, Nella is happy to share the microaggressions permeating the office. Things begin to sour when Hazel becomes the office darling and Nella finds threatening letters on her desk telling her to leave. Part social commentary, part dark thriller. Rebecca Starford’s An Unlikely Spy is set in London during WWII. Evelyn, an ordinary girl with an Oxford degree, is recruited by an M15 counterintelligence unit to infiltrate a secret society of Nazi sympathizers. Things begin to go awry when friends become embroiled in the mission. It is a dark story about the choices Evelyn must make between loyalty to friends or country that will have everlasting repercussions. The Summer of Lost and Found from Mary Alice Monroe is a delight. Linnea finds herself laid off from work, her boyfriend out of town, and an ex-beau living next door. This is the first book I have read that actually takes place during the coronavirus but has little to do with the pandemic. It is about the complexities of family life, what is lost and gained and the faith that sustains. Author Tia Williams has created a unique love story with Seven Days in June, a gorgeous story about two writers with traumatic pasts who accidentally reunite. Both Eva and Shane write bestselling books about the other though they haven’t seen each other in 15 years. A chance encounter reunites the two where they try and move past pain and self-hurting until a tragedy intrudes. The Hunting Wives by Mary Cobb is about a murder that takes place amongst an East Texas enclave of bored rich wives who have a secret
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shooting club. In A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin, Jillian is a journalist who must infiltrate a secret social club membered by the female elite of New York City. Things quickly get dangerous and twisty as Jillian seems to lose her way and her story. Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson is a must-read. Pheby, born on a plantation in Virginia, is afforded a certain privilege and her freedom has been promised. Unexpectedly, she is sent to a notorious jail in Richmond. The jailor is fascinated by the beautiful Pheby, and to survive and protect those she loves, she must outwit the jailor. Grab your books, sunscreen, and hope the June gloom burns off quickly. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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ate the other night my friend Joan called from the Cachuma Lake campground and asked excitedly what the string of lights was that had just tracked across their sky. Was it a UFO? Luckily, I had heard about Elon Musk’s latest launch of about 60 small satellites as part of Starlink, a satellite-based internet. I later confirmed the launch by checking on the website heavens-above. com, which lists when and where to see satellites (there are several apps that do the same thing). In addition to the Starlink series, there are currently more than 3,000 active satellites circling Earth. About 2,000 are from the U.S.; NASA runs 16 of them. Satellites run the gamut from communications (including Starlink and other internet relay satellites), to weather watchers, to remote sensing satellites used for research and monitoring of the Earth. There are three main regions where these satellites operate: Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and everything in between: Middle Earth Orbit (MEO).
by Tom G. Farr
LEO, from about 100 to about 600 miles altitude, is easiest to get to and, being lower, yields a better view for remote sensing satellites. It’s also convenient that, when a satellite dies, it’ll eventually re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up so as not to add to the growing list of space junk. GEO is at the altitude where a satellite’s motion around the Earth is at the same rate as the Earth turns, meaning the satellite appears stationary above the Earth’s equator. That altitude is 22,236 miles. Some communication and weather satellites are in GEO. Because it’s such a precise altitude, there’s some competition for slots up there. And if a satellite fails way up there, it’ll never come down, so aging satellites are usually moved higher or lower to get them out of the way. There are about 560 active GEO satellites. In addition to altitude, satellites can circle the Earth either around its equator, over the poles, or in between. Equatorial orbits are easier to attain and so U.S. satellites are typically launched from Cape Canaveral
in Florida as the further south you go, the more the Earth’s rotation helps you. U.S. polar-orbiting satellites are typically launched just up the coast, at Vandenberg Air Force Base because they can launch south over the ocean whereas the Cape has too many inhabited areas in that direction. Polar orbits are popular for monitoring the Earth because you can set your orbit, so it passes over any given place on Earth at the same local time. Also, you can arrange your orbit, so you never go into darkness, yielding more solar power and requiring smaller batteries. Scientists use satellites to study and monitor different aspects of the Earth’s system. Geologists like myself have used them from the first days of the Landsat series, starting in the early ‘70s. Landsat captured views of the Earth in several different wavelengths of light: blue, green, red, and near infrared. Later, more bands were added as we realized that the colors of different minerals and soils had distinctive features at the different wavelengths. Your eyes do the same thing when you recognize the red of rusted iron or the green of jade. Extending our view into invisible wavelengths made our identifications even better. Vegetation is also strongly colored,
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Dear Montecito
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entered my 20s in the pandemic. Ten years prior, you would’ve found me in Mr. D’Alfonso’s fourth-grade classroom at Montecito Union School. It was a good year. It was a big year. We started algebra and my friends taught me how to change the background image on a computer, so we could all have matching ones. For recess, our obsession was handball, and we sprinted outdoors when the bell rang to claim the court before the boys got there. It was a good year. But it was also an apprehensive year because, in the spring of fourth grade, I would turn 10 years old, and I knew there was no turning back from double digits. Even as I sit on the edge of my next big life decision — what comes after college graduation — it seems a kitten compared to the snarling prospect of turning 10 years old. Ten? How could I be 10? It felt so permanent. Twenty was more myth than reality in my mind at that point. Twenty-yearolds, after all, were adults. They were financially independent, they lived on their own, and they knew what they wanted to be when they grew up because they were grown up. I am 20 now. I graduate in approximately 13 months. I am not an adult. I live in an apartment with friends, and while they couldn’t care less about the background picture on my laptop, they share the same animosity for algebra that my friends from elementary school had. At 21 and 22 years old, I don’t think my flat mates would fault me for saying that they are not grown up either. Of course, that doesn’t matter because we’re all staring down the barrel at the same decision. What will we do after graduation? In truth, I’ve known what I wanted to do since high school. Despite having declared an English major on all my college applications, I’d been flirting with life sciences since freshman year. I wasn’t very good at math and truly saw myself as a humanities person, but I was just so fascinated with all things medical. I loved the blend between theory and procedure. For the first time in my life, I was picking up non-fiction books and not immediately putting them back down. But above all else, I loved the brain. And I had to know everything about it. In my final year of high school, I worked as a research assistant in UCSB’s Psychology Department in its META lab. To say it was a transformative experience would be giving it too little credit. We all grow up aware of our Freuds, our Pavlovs, our Jungs. You’ve prob-
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ably heard of the Stanford Prison Experiment or the one with the little boy and the white rat. This mixture should remind us that psychology isn’t just a discipline of sitting with a client and listening to them talk about their dreams. When I tell people I study psychology, their first question is always: “Oh, so you want to be a therapist?” And it strikes me as funny not only because I simply do not have the skills — let alone the patience — to ever be a therapist, but because there is a whole bright world of psychology that so many of us never know about. My time as a research assistant at UCSB was my first real window into experimental psychology, and I’ve never been able to look back. A new question began to materialize: Now that I know what I want, what do I do with this information? I wasn’t ready to commit at the beginning of college, as there were other paths I had to court first before deciding psychology was the right choice. I started by switching my major out of English. Next, I admitted to myself that while I still liked the idea of medical school, I did not want to be a doctor. I am, however, happy to say that I’m not ready to give up my lab coat and have decided to apply to graduate schools, continuing my education in life sciences. Montecito, you are now completely up to speed — 13 months from graduation, I’m preparing to apply to master’s programs that specialize in experimental psychology, data modeling, and research methods. This choice is something of an unsubtle departure from my previous disdain for math, but, hopefully, a wise one. This next step into a master’s degree will help me pursue my current ambition of becoming a researcher. Now if that all sounds rather dry, please fault my storytelling and not the discipline itself. I cannot in so few words describe why I think of psychology and neuroscience as the best and most interesting subjects, so instead I’ll leave you with this: I want to pursue psychology, the study of thoughts, feelings, and behavior. And if you’ve ever wondered why some of the most famous celebrities are considered only to have unconventional beauty; if you’ve wondered whether the color green looks the same to you and me; if you’ve thought about how irritable your friend is when they’re hungry; or if you’ve questioned the accuracy of your favorite true crime drama, then you might have the mind of a psychologist, too. Yours, Stella •MJ
Letters (Continued from page 10) generations to enjoy. I visit the preserve often with my girlfriend to go for walks and take in the beauty of the natural land, as many in our community do. We need to rally together to save this sacred Chumash land, not just for our community, but for everyone. Santa Barbara is a massive tourist destination. This cause is for everyone. As a young adult with next to no income, I feel so strongly about this cause, I donated $500 to preserve it. Please take this opportunity to spread awareness in support of land preservation. It would be greatly appreciated and well received. The deadline to save the San Marcos Foothill Preserve is June 1st. So far, this cause is over halfway funded, but the deadline is approaching fast. I know we can meet this goal. Together, we can achieve it. www.foothillsforever.org Ian Chidester
Say What You Want Harry, That’s Protected
What can you say to a person who thinks the First Amendment is bonkers? The dictionary definition of bonkers is mad, crazy. Our local Prince Harry has used that word to describe our First Amendment. I for one respect his right to say this, ironically due to the First Amendment. Harry is one of the most interesting public figures around. His work and founder of the Invictus Games is truly inspirational. So, to answer my own question. Harry, thank you for all your hard work you do to make this world a better place. But as Americans we cherish our guaranteed freedoms. There is nothing mad or crazy about that. I am still looking forward to all the hard work you will do with the handicapped and the underserved in this world that truly has gone a bit bonkers. Steve Marko
Board of Supervisors: Time to Pony Up
In 2019, when the cannabis tax was approved by voters, the Board of Supervisors promised to “use the majority of cannabis revenue to fund departments and agencies that oversee regulating and enforcing the cannabis industry.” At the cannabis industry’s request, you adopted a revenue standard of “self-declaring” rather than the industry standard of
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taxing cannabis by acreage or foot. For the past three years, an underfunded and understaffed cannabis team, comprised of one lead detective, five deputy detectives and one administrative staff (civilian), have had the prime directive of enforcement for the cannabis industry in SBC. In addition to being assigned enforcement on ALL cannabis growers in the entire county, they have now been assigned the duties of overseeing licensing (without additional funding or staff), previously assigned to the Planning Department. Furthermore, coming down the pipeline, there are multiple, huge and complex cannabis projects that will put even more demands upon the team. In April 2021, at the BOS Budget Workshops, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Chief Deputy Bonner stated, “The single, Cannabis Compliance Team that is presently available cannot simultaneously do both enforcement and licensing efficiently or effectively.” It was also reported that there are at least 21 suspected, illegal growers and dozens of illegal delivery services operating in our county that the team was unable to investigate and/or enforce on. Chief Deputy Bonner also stated, “…that of the 108 growers, 50 percent claimed no income or did not file at all.” When a sufficiently funded and staffed team is able to enforce the required tagging of plants then, they will have the data necessary to compute growers’ income and discover who and how much revenue is being denied the County. The tagging of plants provides the number of plants, which along with the going price of cannabis, at time of sale, will provide the income that the grower should report. By continuing to underfund the team, SBC will never receive the revenue that these growers actually owe because you will never know what they are actually producing … unless that is the intention. We strongly recommend that you provide the necessary funding for the team to do the job you assigned them, which will ensure that growers are paying their full, fair share and therefore, provide the necessary funding to reimburse the county. For the last three years, law enforcement and hundreds of residents and businesses have asked you to fully fund the Cannabis Compliance Team and you have refused. If you refuse to adequately fund them for a fourth year in a row, the voters of Santa Barbara demand to know WHY? Respectfully, Renée O’Neill Linda Tunnell •MJ 27 May – 3 June 2021
ORDINANCE NO. 6002 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING CHAPTERS 14.34, 14.44, AND 14.46 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
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MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 11, 2021.
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, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 6002
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jack May Therapy, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Capricorn Counseling Center, A Marriage & Family Therapy Corporation; Capricorn Counseling Center, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 17, 2021. 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. 2021-0001452. Published May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 2021
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) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 4, 2021 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 11, 2021, by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Events By Georges, 3793 Hope Terrace, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Georges Bitar, 3793 Hope Terrace, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2021. 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. 2021-0001430. Published May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 2021
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jack May Therapy, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Capricorn Counseling Center, A Marriage and Family Corporation, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite 1-360, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 7, 2021. 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.
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published May 26, 2021 Montecito Journal
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLNT PWRD MRKT LLC, 1046 Coast Village Rd Suite G, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. PLNT PWRD MRKT LLC, 1046 Coast Village Rd Suite G, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 19, 2021. 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. 2021-0001492. Published May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 2021
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rowan Boutique, 3817 Santa Claus LN, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Gina M Chadbourne, 1044 Bath Lane, Ventura, CA 93001. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2021. 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. 2021-0001423. Published May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 2021
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oft light flooded through a wall of windows casting Peter Panlike shadows of the small children dashing by. An aura of excitement bubbled around the children as they entered the MOXI Museum. One especially enthusiastic boy, who couldn’t have been much more than two years old, rushed through the doors. His eyes settled on the guitar, as big as a freight car, that impressed the entryway to the museum. Its enormousness stopped him in his tracks, and he turned to his mom to inquire, “Do we really get to go in, Mommy?” After close to 13 months of locked doors, the MOXI has reopened. The best part about this grand reopening is that many of the old favorite exhibits remain the same (with some minor adjustments for COVID safety). “The Light Bright” exhibit continues to pulse with joyful color. “Build it. Test it. Race it.” is up and running, with new and improved race cars zipping through the installation. The rooftop Sky Garden awaits with its familiar yet always awe-inspiring 360-degree views of Santa Barbara. Of course, there have been some changes implemented to make the MOXI a safe space for discovery. Masks are required at all times for anyone over two years old. There are orange dots on the ground to ensure social distancing and sanitizing stations are aplenty. And while the doors were shut, many at the MOXI kept busy with some noteworthy innovations. Virtual design labs allow individuals and educators to bring the MOXI into your home or classroom with Zoom workshops that enable hands-on learning from afar. The MOXI is now reaching well beyond the borders of Santa Barbara.
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CurioCity
Something to be seen and celebrated is the way the MOXI utilized the lockdown to curate community. They put out a call on social media for locals to create city structures at home, and cardboard engineering ensued. The CurioCity exhibit is currently housed on the second floor, showcasing the 43 community members who designed, crafted, and provided curbside delivery of their cardboard contributions. Be sure to cruise through the handcrafted metropolis. Just outside of CurioCity is an art installation showcasing local photographer Eric States. The printing artistry in States’ pieces uses an inventive process that makes photographs appear three-dimensional. To see local actors and musicians popping out of the walls as you stroll by is magical. Looking ahead, the MOXI is happy to have their summer camps booked on the calendar, and daily visitors are welcome for open exploration at low capacity (advanced reservations are encouraged). The MOXI store has been stocked with many new interactive toys and kits for children, and they have launched a MOXI at Home program with Maker Kits you can purchase to take with you. After being closed for over a year, MOXI CEO Robin Gose emphasized how powerful it is for children to come back to something familiar: “After the world has been flipped upside down, we wanted to be a comfortable place that children can return to and a safe space for them to play and explore.” •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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After the Island Packer ferry leaves the islands, and all goes quiet in the canyons near the campgrounds, darkness descends quickly in the canyons, especially during the winter months. This is usually the best time to sight an island spotted skunk. However, you can typically smell them before you spot one. Even then sightings are fleeting as the creatures tend to stay close to dense island foliage. The island fox is the largest land predator on the island and weighs an intimidating four pounds. The island spotted skunk weighs only a pound and sometimes resembles nothing more than a battery-operated toy. The skunk may be
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Rick Caruso at his Montecito resort, The Rosewood Miramar Beach, with his beloved dog Dodge, a golden retriever (Claudia Lucia photo)
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Rick Caruso Accepting Bitcoin for Retail, Rentals, and Resorts
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ick Caruso — founder and chief executive officer at Caruso, the owner/developer of Montecito’s luxury resort The Rosewood Miramar Beach, philanthropist, and USC Board Chair — is now taking on cryptocurrency in what is being listed as a real estate industry first, with the exception of ManageGo, a cloud-based real estate company in New York that purportedly took on crypto in 2017-2018. Making financial headlines in April with a spot on CNBC Power Lunch, alongside Gemini co-owner Tyler Winklevoss (with his twin Cameron, who sued Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea for a social network that became Facebook), Caruso shared the news of accepting Bitcoin at all his retail shops, rentals, and resorts, with the additional caveat of using blockchain technology in a rewards program for shoppers redeemable for hotel bookings and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency whose funds are 100% owned by the owner, and acts as an effective payment alternative to “fiat” currencies, such as a government-issued currency, i.e., USD. The volatility
of Bitcoin suggests that companies who accept it for payment need to act quickly to convert the currency into fiat. Further, since Bitcoin’s price against the dollar varies, the amount of Bitcoin you’d pay per month for rent can vary. After interviewing Rick Caruso, we understand his company intends on making the experience seamless for the payor and they have developed strategies to mitigate current volatility. Caruso has a long-term bullish outlook on crypto and believes in the eventual macro-stability of the asset class. Going into more detail, here is my Q&A with Rick: Q. Let’s talk about your interest in cryptocurrency. A. Caruso has made a significant initial investment in Bitcoin as part of its treasury management strategy making us the first to adopt the technology in the real estate industry, continuing to pioneer new technology and experiences for our guests throughout our retail ecosystem. We understand that innovation is both a technological process as well as a social construct. And because our mindsets are made to think differently, we are looking at the
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NFTs are an incredibly popular market right now. Do you have plans to integrate them across Caruso Properties? The excitement surrounding NFTs is definitely shared by Caruso. We see a huge opportunity to enhance the guest experience using NFTs and have many ideas about how we can re-imagine the retail and hospitality landscape. Regardless of how digital our lives become, physical, human connection can never be replicated or replaced. This year has especially proven that to be true. So many of us are eager to get out of the house and interact with people and things in physical spaces. Even with Zoom and online shopping available to us – it’s just not the same experience. At the same time, these digital platforms are now a customary part of our everyday lives. Being based in real estate and investing in cutting edge technology, like blockchain, Caruso is at the intersection of these two worlds. We are excited to be the ones bridging the online and offline experiences to create a truly seamless experience. Our guests travel from all over the world to visit us. NFTs can offer our guests the possibility of taking a piece of Caruso home with them. Bitcoin value fluctuates daily, how will Gemini ensure Caruso the value received is the expected revenue? Our finance and operational teams are working through the process now with our partners at Gemini. Rent collection will flow through the Gemini platform for our tenants. Tenants will be required to set up a Bitcoin Wallet with Gemini and fund this before making payments to Caruso. Do you predict cryptocurrency being adopted as Paypal, Venmo, and ApplePay? Technology is a process. Similar to the credit card, which was an innovation in the 1950s and ApplePay in the 2010s — people are slow to adopt until they find that innovation’s
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It’s in Her Blood: Vicki Riskin Navigates Hollywood With Her Pen
s a writer, you never really know what you are writing until, well, it’s written. Much like life, writing can take you in unexpected directions, but the touch of a great writer will always bring you back. Surrounded by writing her entire life, Victoria Riskin (known as Vicki to most) has been penning her own story, as well as others, to critical acclaim. Vicki is the daughter of a Hollywood Golden Age couple, esteemed screenwriter Robert Riskin and actress Fay Wray, who is most noted for starring as Ann Darrow in King Kong (1933). Vicki grew up in Bel Air and recalls the glamorous holiday parties and play, but also the labor wars and worries over the state of the world. This was during the Hollywood blacklist era, and while not fully aware of it as a child, she later recognized the stress Vicki Riskin, a television writer and producer, recently authored a dual biography on her parents, Hollywood that this brought to her parents. Vicki recalls that their family bought Golden Age couple, Robert Riskin and Fay Wray
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their first TV set to watch the House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings at the University of Washington. She remembers the mixture between the excitement of having a TV and the tension of the trials. When she was five, her father unfortunately suffered a debilitating stroke. It was a big change for the family and several years later they moved to Brentwood, which was a simpler, quieter neighborhood at the time. Tragically, her father passed away when she was 10. It was a harsh loss for the entire family, but Vicki notes her mother’s resourcefulness and resilience. Fay had gone back to work, now in the new medium of television, and spent the next 10 or so years being featured in a range of live shows and guest appearances until she could retire. When it was time for Vicki to go to college, she attended USC as an undergrad, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities before pursuing a master’s degree in Psychology from Antioch University in L.A., as well as a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from USC. She started a private practice in Westwood, which showed great growth and success for 15 years. Vicki says that it was an exciting time to be in psychology as the field was moving away from classical Freudian approaches to
more exploratory ones that incorporated modern thinking on the subjects. It was also before medication became a go-to treatment and listening was one of the best tools they could utilize. Understanding each patient’s story and hearing the narrative they wish to tell was important for helping steer people in a better direction.
A Return to Screenwriting
It was actually her experiences with one of her patients that really brought her back to screenwriting. She wanted to tell a fictionalized story about their interactions and the impact the patient had on her. Since the story was personal, Vicki understood what needed to happen in each moment, but was not as experienced with story structure when it came to writing. Fortunately, her husband, David W . Rintels, is a writer and producer for television, film, and theater, and they began working on the screenplay together. The resulting movie, The Last Best Year, was shown on ABC in 1990 and featured the story of a psychotherapist played by Mary Tyler Moore and her patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer yet is unwilling to accept the diagno-
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The Giving List by Steven Libowitz
The Curtain Rises Once Again: Ensemble Theatre Company Announces Full Slate of Productions for 2021-22 Season The Ensemble Theatre Company is known for high-quality productions, including Cookin’ at the Cookery
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nsemble Theatre Company (ETC) executive artistic director Jonathan Fox was already talking about reopening when he was interviewed for the original Giving List book connecting philanthropists and nonprofits that we published last November. At this point, to the surprise of no one, six months later that still hasn’t happened as the pandemic pounced once again with a third wave over the winter, resulting in continued lockdowns and scotching any plans to offer even a vastly reduced 2020-21 season. But the coronavirus crisis only served to confirm Fox’s desire to serve the community — both artistically and otherwise — with whatever ETC could come up with. “Like every other organization, we had to think fast to figure out what we could do in lieu of performances with live audiences,” Fox recalled, noting that ETC considered outdoor productions, Zoom readings, and even screening its archive videos as some other Santa Barbara performing arts companies did. “But I was not very happy with the archived videos that were available to stream because we don’t have the library of, say, the National Theatre in London, and I just didn’t want to present something that I thought was not up to the quality that we are now used to.” Indeed, figuring out a direction required reexamining the role of the-
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ater in a modern society, Fox said. “I think theaters in general are grappling with the question of, ‘What is our mission?’ Is it to sell tickets to live performances or is it our mission to serve and present theater to the community?” Fox, of course, opted for the latter, but things still had to happen “in ways that made sense for us,” including measuring up to Fox’s and ETC’s ever-increasing standards of quality as the only professional theater company in Santa Barbara. Initially Fox turned instead to education, one of ETC’s core missions, and turned the Young Playwrights Festival into a virtual program complete with presentations of the student-created, 10-minute plays that culminated months of work including weeks of study and personal guidance from professional playwrights. (Ironically, this year’s Young Playwrights Festival, which aired last weekend, might be the last production to be shown only virtually due to COVID restrictions. The replay is available on demand on ETC’s YouTube channel.) For the larger community, Fox also arranged a virtual town hall discussion about American Son after ETC’s planned Santa Barbara debut of the gripping Broadway show about racism and the police was the first victim of the lockdown. After the George Floyd killing, subscribers had asked if ETC could offer a play reading, but the rights are controlled by streaming behemoth
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Netflix. Instead, Fox asked Coffee with a Black Guy’s James Joyce to co-host, and they were joined by more than 100 local residents over Zoom for what Fox called “a very lively discussion, to say the least, about the play but also about racial issues here in Santa Barbara.” As winter approached, Fox found himself “wanting to give a gift of theater for the season to the community,” and approached the actors’ union about producing an adaptation of A Christmas Carol live with the actors on stage but no audience in the seats. When that fell through at the 11th hour, Fox instead created an enhanced virtual offering that found the actors in modified costumes in their homes, with the intended radio play becoming a little more like a parlor reading, intimate if not quite as interactive. In February, ETC offered a valentine to the community via connect-
“The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” - Thomas Campbell
ing local actors Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Gregory Harrison, and Amanda McBroom, among others, along with beloved Montecito author T. Coraghessan Boyle, for The Look of Love, a free on-demand streaming program of short tales and music — all meant to offer healing as the pandemic neared its one-year anniversary. But this wasn’t your typical Zoom issue: longtime ETC-associated helmer Jenny Sullivan directed while professional videography came largely from ETC education director Brian McDonald (although Boyle’s reading of I Walk Between the Raindrops, written in the aftermath of the 2018 debris flow from his Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, was shot by his son). “We tried to do something where people weren’t just sitting in front of their computers with their headphones on reading to their iPhones,” Fox said. “It was much more like a performance, although it wasn’t even close to coming to the theater and seeing something live.” Stretching further, just last month, Fox mounted his most adventurous and ambitious project yet, producing and directing An Iliad, a 100-minute-long version of Homer’s epic poem reimagined for the 21st-century stage as a one-man show. The production featured the return to ETC of the virtuosic actor John Tufts, accompanied by original cello music performed live onstage by Santa Barbara Symphony’s Jonathan Flaksman, with multiple cameras and a highly polished, well-rehearsed presentation, although, again, viewers could only see the searing production via video on their computers, TV screens or other electronic devices. This last event actually lost money. But that wasn’t the point of producing it, Fox said, alluding to the earlier question of the theater’s mission. “There were just so many reasons it was worth it to try to do something along those lines,” he explained. “We wanted to see how much interest there was in streaming, and I wanted to work with cameras for the first time. But personally, I got such a joy out of being back in rehearsals for a real live performance. It was definitely a learning experience, but I also thought my instincts were pretty good on how we did it for the camera. “We had some people say they wish they could see it live after watching the stream. And we got some feedback that while the production was really high quality, they still really missed the other aspects of going to the theater, being with other people, being inside the space, meeting the actor after the show.” The productions also reached audiences across the U.S. and beyond, which while not part of ETC’s core mission, can only help with awareness of
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convenience allows them to become more autonomous and mobile which is what I think cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will do. Then it quickly becomes ubiquitous and second nature. We are prepared for our guests when that inevitably happens. How quickly that happens all depends on adoption and how easily tech companies like Gemini can make it easy for cryptocurrency holders to use their money in real time and in real ways. Gemini Pay, powered by Flexa, will most likely revolutionize cryptocurrency by allowing in-person purchases with crypto — this will be a game-changer. Talk about the Caruso blockchain-enabled rewards. We believe cryptocurrency is here to stay and will continue to grow and integrate into not only future retail experiences, but also our entire Caruso ecosystem. We’re also working on integrating guest-facing touchpoints, like our loyalty and rewards program. There is an
How is Rosewood Miramar Resort being managed since the lockdown? Rosewood Miramar Beach has been open, we only closed for a brief period of time at the very early stages of the pandemic in an abundance of caution. Our property is unique in that it’s set on over 16 acres of sprawling gardens and completely outdoors. We have seen great success throughout the pandemic, and I believe our guests have been encouraged by the layout of the resort and also our first-class health and safety protocols. We’ve been able to maintain impeccable health and safety protocol practices while exceeding our guest expectations and as a result have really felt the support of the community. Consumers have over $2 trillion in excess savings, and we are finally seeing signs that we are nearing the end of the pandemic. We know people are ready to get back out and experience life again — forward bookings at Rosewood Miramar Beach have been phenomenal.
Do you advise businesses, particularly in Montecito, to follow Caruso’s lead? Every business has different goals and objectives, so I cannot make recommendations to add Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency to anyone’s portfolio especially because of its volatility. That being said, this technology is much more than an economic choice. It’s about participating in a collective culture and understanding the way we engage with one another. What I do encourage every business to do is to consider the future and what
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By Pete Muller & Andrew White For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (five letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.
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Other news Caruso has on the books for 2021- 2022? We just unveiled a new restaurant at Rosewood Miramar Beach called The Revere Room. Its name is in tribute to my favorite architect Paul Revere Williams, whose work served as a great inspiration for many of our properties. The fare focuses on seasonal California ingredients – some of them sourced from our own on-site garden. The décor is equally as impressive with a gorgeous hand-painted wallpaper. Our greatest focus for the future, as it has been since the beginning, is our guests. Hospitality is in our DNA and something we have always been steadfast in providing. We were the first company to introduce a concierge service to our retail properties. Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and blockchain are the next frontier for once again changing and enhancing the guest experience. It is not just an investment for our company’s future, but for our guests.
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extraordinary economy of unused loyalty ‘points’ — why not earn Bitcoin at our retail properties following purchases, that you can then use to check into our resort or pay rent at our residences? Using blockchain technology is unique, totally secure, and transactions are more cost efficient (close to zero transaction fees). This is just one example of how we intend to utilize cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. That’s the future.
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sis, performed by Bernadette Peters. The movie was well received and helped Vicki determine that this was what she wanted to do next. Vicki would continue as a screenwriter and producer, often working with David on a range of each other’s projects, including My Antonia, a made-for-television adaptation of Willa Cather’s namesake novel. Before Vicki and David worked together, or were even a couple, they knew each other from the same social circles. Early on, Vicki admired his work and knew that David was incredibly talented and insightful. She was invited to an early reading of his adapted one-man play of Irving Stone’s Clarence Darrow For the Defense, featuring Henry Fonda. She felt immediately moved by the experience, not necessarily in a romantic sense, but drawn to and connected with the mind behind the words. David later wrote a story for the Los Angeles Times Calendar section that emphasized the value of the writer and challenged the focus on the director as the singular visionary with tongue-in-cheek references. In the article, he also quoted a famous story about Vicki’s father, Robert, and his interaction with longtime partnering director and producer, Frank Capra. As the story goes, when Frank was taking more credit for the films, Robert threw down a stack of blank papers on Frank’s desk and stated: “Here. Put the ‘Capra touch’ on this.” Vicki sent David a message commenting on how much she enjoyed the piece, and, in his response, he mentioned “doing lunch.” Although often a vapid Hollywood phrase, David later followed up with a dinner invite and they have been together ever since, marrying each other in 1979. The story that David mentioned about her father standing up to Frank Capra wasn’t the only time Robert advocated on behalf of his craft. Over the years, he was an avid and vocal supporter of writing and writer rights, being one of the founding members of the Screen Writers Guild, a labor union which would later split into the Writers Guild of America, West and East. Robert recognized that he was established and could set his own terms with the studio, allowing his efforts to be focused on protecting the younger, less established writers trying to make it in the industry. In 2019, Vicki published a more thorough retelling of her parents’ lives called Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir. This dual biography recounts not just stories, events, and efforts within the industry, but also detailing the intricate love story that took place between her parents. Vicki didn’t just inherit her father’s passion for writing, but also the need to protect writers. Growing up around a lot of screenwriters, she feels that screenwriters are some of the most interesting people and that the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a great group of people to represent. When Vicki became a WGAW member she was honored to be part of their organization, immediately joining committees and becoming increasingly more involved over the years. She eventually served as a board member and even became president of the WGAW in 2001, the first female to do so in more than 50 years. David had also been a past president of the WGAW, making them probably the only husband and wife past presidents of the organization.
Making Montecito Their Home
Vicki and David originally had a second home in Montecito that they would visit, but decided to move here full time in 2008. While in the area, Vicki continued to be involved in different organizations. She served as the chair while on the Board of Trustees of the local Antioch University from 2009 to 2016 where she helped expand the campus. She also served on the Board of Directors of KCRW and co-chaired the local KCRW Advisory Board. Vicki was integral in helping bring their station to Santa Barbara and facilitating their office on the Antioch property. One of her longest running passions is the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which is driven by her strong beliefs in social justice and basic respect for human decency. She has been involved with HRW for the past 40 years and was a founding member in establishing its Southern California presence, helping open chapters in both Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. During the tragic Montecito debris flow of 2018, Vicki and David regrettably lost their Montecito home on Randall Road. They were fortunate enough to have a second home on Martha’s Vineyard and have been living there since. They recently completed transferring their Montecito property to the County where they will be establishing a roughly eight-acre park on the land and properties impacted by the mudslides. With the quarantine, they have obviously been unable to come back and visit Montecito, but plan to when they can. This community is important to them and they have many friends in the area, so in the future they may find another home here, or at least come for an extended visit. What is clear is that Vicki still has more of her life to write. •MJ 27 May – 3 June 2021
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Farr Out (Continued from page 24) and measure the concentration of those gases in the atmosphere. The temperature of the atmosphere can even be measured using satellites observing in the longer thermal IR wavelengths. Imaging radar is another remote sensing technique that transmits microwave signals and receives the echoes reflected from the Earth. It provides complementary information about landscapes, the ocean and has the advantage of operating day or night with waves that penetrate through clouds. Some radar systems are used to monitor rain as well. Since they are less impacted by the atmosphere, radar satellites have proven to be useful for measuring 3D topography. A satellite with two antennas or a single satellite returning to almost the same place in its orbit, can triangulate down to the ground and measure the elevation of the Earth’s surface. That triangulation, though, is measured using the wavelength of the radar (a few inches) so it’s very accurate. In 2000, I was involved with a space shuttle mission that used two antennas to make a 3D topographic map of almost the whole globe, and in a year or two a satellite will be launched that will use twin antennas to monitor the height of water surfaces like rivers, lakes, and sea level. What’s even better, is that changes in surface elevation can be measured even more accurately using repeated passes of a radar satellite. Changes of as little as a quarter inch have been measured and monitored. One of my projects over the last few years was monitoring the sinking of areas in the Central Valley as groundwater was pumped. We saw up to two feet of subsidence per year in the worst-hit areas. Lasers can also be used to measure topography by timing pulses sent out from a satellite or aircraft. Aircraft Lidars, a takeoff on the acronym for Radar, are now used routinely to scan areas to produce high-resolution topo maps. Not only the surface of the Earth can be studied with satellite remote sensing, but also the orbit of the satellite itself can be used to infer something about the internal structure of the planet. Details of how the orbit evolves over time can be used to infer how much of the mass of the planet is concentrated in its core. But we’ve gone one better over the last 20 years. In 2002, a pair of satellites called GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) were launched. Rather than looking directly down at Earth, their only measurement was to monitor the distance between each other to an accuracy equivalent to the width of a human hair. And they were 137 miles apart!
“Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” - Wallace Bruce
As one GRACE satellite chased the other Tom and Jerry style, their separation changed slightly: when the lead satellite was coming up on a denser area of Earth, say a mountain or an area of denser crust, it would feel the attraction and move ahead a little, increasing the distance between the satellites. Then the following satellite would catch up as it felt the mass attraction. After many revolutions around the Earth, GRACE had made a map of mass variations around the globe and when the effect of mountains was removed, we could see into the crust. But the big news was that as the mission continued, we could see mass changes within the Earth and those changes had to do mostly with the movement of water and ice. GRACE could follow the melting of the Greenland Ice sheet, which has lost about 4 trillion tons of ice since 2002, and changes in the Antarctic ice cap, which hasn’t changed as much. Even more exciting was that GRACE could see decreases in groundwater as it was pumped faster than it was recharged. Our research team was able to correlate groundwater mass loss in the Central Valley with the subsidence we saw in the radar measurements. Our capabilities of studying and monitoring the Earth from space have progressed incredibly since the early ‘70s, but there continues to be a tension between trying new things, like the GRACE satellites, and ongoing monitoring with known systems like Landsat, which has been regularly updated for 50 years. About every 10 years, NASA revisits its priorities for Earth observations from space, with the latest Decadal Survey published in 2017, listing many key objectives for the decade. NASA is also working with the private sector to beef up our monitoring capability. Companies like Planet Labs are lofting small satellites that can provide almost realtime high-resolution images of any place on Earth. Scientists are also experimenting with tiny “CubeSats” that are only four inches on a side, making for a cheap launch. More than one cube can be coupled together to add capability. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has lofted several already. The European Space Agency has stepped up with the Copernicus program which promises to continue some of the proven remote sensing systems, and NASA and its partners will likely continue the GRACE series as well as Landsat. Meanwhile, Elon Musk and others will continue to populate the skies with thousands of internet relay satellites to connect us all. •MJ 27 May – 3 June 2021
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ORDINANCE NO. 6000
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING CHAPTER 30.145 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES
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INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until the date and time indicated below at which time they will be publicly opened and posted for:
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BID NO. 5903
HOUSING PROJECTS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65913.4 AND FINDING THE PROJECT TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINE 15061(b)(3) The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 11,
DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 22, 2021 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. FURNISH & INSTALL 3-PHASE COMMERCIAL EXTRACTOR INCLUDING INCIDENTAL PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL WORK Scope of Work: This project is to provide and install a 3-phase commercial extractor and a stacked residential washer and dryer in an existing space and includes incidental electrical and plumbing work to meet the equipment needs and requirements. The building is an active-duty Fire Station, Fire Station #3, and is a Historic Structure of Merit.
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Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. The receiving deadline is absolute. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete Bid will not be accepted.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
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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, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 6000 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 4, 2021 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 11, 2021, by the following roll call vote: AYES:
Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published May 26, 2021 Montecito Journal
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A NON-MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on June 9, 2021 at 11:00 a.m., located at Fire Station #3, 415 E. Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. No relief will be granted to contractors for any conditions or restrictions that would have been discovered if they had attended the pre-bid meeting. All attendees are responsible for bringing, wearing a facemask on-site, following current CDC and Santa Barbara County Public Health social distancing guidelines. FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. BONDING Bidder shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order, a cashier’s certified check, or bond payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid. Bonds must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Note: All bids must be accompanied by a copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. Only the original bid security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope and be received within (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5. There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813. Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776. The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid. A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently licensed to perform the work and registered pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5 without limitation or exception. It is not a violation of this section for an unlicensed contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. CERTIFICATIONS In accordance with California Public Contracting Code § 3300, the City requires the Contractor to possess a valid California B-General Building contractor’s license at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications required to perform the work specified herein. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
Published: May 26, 2021 Montecito Journal
27 May – 3 June 2021
ORDINANCE NO. 5999
01-NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS OWNER: Montecito Union School District PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: 2021-2 Nature Lab Infrastructure Project PROJECT LOCATION: 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
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AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ESTABLISHING HAZARDBASED PREMIUM PAY FOR GROCERY AND DRUG RETAIL WORKERS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Install underground infrastructure for the Nature Lab, a property owned by Montecito Union School. This infrastructure includes water, electric, gas, communications, and sewer. • • • • •
Connect new water infrastructure to existing school point of connection. Concurrently run 12-gauge Paige Electric Decoder biwire in 1-inch conduit to all valve manifold locations. Bring electrical conduits to the location established by the designated, licensed electrician from the District’s concurrent project Bring transition fitting of the new gas line to District-designated location. Bring communications conduits to junction/pull boxes for District personnel to connect. Bring sewer pipes terminate to District-designated locations. Translocate the displaced trench soil in a designated location per District staff (for future District use.)
Work to be performed and completed by: June 28-August 13
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BID DEADLINE: Bids are due on June 23, 2021 not later than 9 a.m.
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PLACE AND METHOD OF BID RECEIPT: All Bids must be sealed. Personal delivery, courier, or mailed via United States Postal Service and addressed to Montecito Union School District, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. ATTN: Virginia Alvarez
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PLACE PLANS ARE ON FILE: Montecito Union School District, Business Department, Second Floor, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, www.tricoblue.com
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ALTERNATES: If alternate bids are called for, the contract will be awarded to the lowest bid price on the base contract without consideration of the prices on the additive or deductive items.
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MANDATORY JOB WALK: Meet at Montecito Union School Front Office by the stairs, on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 10 a.m. Attendance at the entire job walk is mandatory and failure to attend the entire job walk may result in your bid being rejected as non-responsive. Contact OWNER for details on required job walks and related documentation. This is a prevailing wage project. OWNER has ascertained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed to execute this contract. These rates are on file at OWNER’s office, and a copy may be obtained upon request, or at www.dir.ca.gov. Contractor shall post a copy of these rates at the job site. ALL PROJECTS OVER $1,000 ARE SUBJECT TO PREVAILING WAGE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT BY THE LABOR COMMISSIONER.
It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded (CONTRACTOR), and upon any SUBCONTRACTOR, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract. 11.
A Payment Bond for contracts over $25,000 and a Performance Bond for all contracts will be required prior to commencement of work. These bonds shall be in the amounts and form called for in the Contract Documents.
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Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, CONTRACTOR may substitute certain securities for any funds withheld by OWNER to ensure CONTRACTOR’s performance under the contract. At the request and expense of CONTRACTOR, securities equivalent to any amount withheld shall be deposited, at the discretion of OWNER, with either OWNER or a state or federally chartered bank as the escrow agent, who shall then pay any funds otherwise subject to retention to CONTRACTOR. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the securities shall be returned to CONTRACTOR. Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in Government Code Section 16430, bank and savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed to by CONTRACTOR and OWNER. CONTRACTOR shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for funds withheld and shall receive any interest on them. The escrow agreement shall be in the form indicated in the Contract Documents.
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To bid on or perform the work stated in this Notice, CONTRACTOR must possess a valid and active contractor's license of the following classification(s) B No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor shall be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of § 4104 of the Public Contract Code, for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless currently registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5. No CONTRACTOR or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the DIR. DIR’s web registration portal is: www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Contractors.html CONTRACTOR and all subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records (eCPR) to the Labor Commissioner monthly in PDF format. Registration at www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Certified-Payroll-Reporting.html is required to use the eCPR system.
The following notice is given as required by Labor Code Section 1771.5(b)(1): CONTRACTOR and any subcontractors are required to review and comply with the provisions of the California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, beginning with Section 1720, as more fully discussed in the Contract Documents. These sections contain specific requirements concerning, for example, determination and payment of prevailing wages, retention, inspection, and auditing payroll records, use of apprentices, payment of overtime compensation, securing workers’ compensation insurance, and various criminal penalties or fines which may be imposed for violations of the requirements of the chapter. Submission of a bid constitutes CONTRACTOR’s representation that CONTRACTOR has thoroughly reviewed these requirements. 15. OWNER will retain 5% of the amount of any progress payments. 16. This Project does not require prequalification pursuant to AB 1565 of all general contractors and all mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors 17. BID PACKET will be available at www.tricoblue.com and provided at the job walk to attendees. Advertisement Dates: May 17 – May 28, 2021
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meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 11, 2021. 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)
Not Included in this Project: ● The possible bathroom locations are for reference only: this project does not include the design or building of any bathrooms. ● The Photovoltaic system and PV corridor referenced in the diagram is the approximate location of a structure to be built June-August 2021. The design and building of this structure is not a part of this project. ● The kitchen referenced in the diagram is the approximate location of a structure to be built sometime in the future. The design and building of this structure is not a part of this project.
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The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
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/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5999 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 4, 2021 and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 11, 2021, by the following roll call vote: AYES:
Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
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None
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 12, 2021.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published May 26, 2021 Montecito Journal
Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2021-0001332. Published May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Teeny Bikini, 19 East Canon Perdido, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Christina Menchaca, 515 West Valerio, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 2021. 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. 2021-0001298. Published May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOTO DESIGN; MOTO TATOO; MOTO Design Studio, 4467 La Paloma, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Kimberly Mather Neill, 4467 La Paloma, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 26, 2021. 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. 2021-0001194. Published May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bonilla Trucking, 4755 Garret St., Guadalupe, CA 93434. Victor Bonilla Cuellar, 4755 Garret St., Guadalupe, CA 93434. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 4, 2021. 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. 2021-0001288. Published May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021
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On Entertainment (Continued from page 16 16)) might see, although officially inviting anyone to view them was against protocol. Despite relaxed protocols from the CDC that allow for outdoor gatherings, California’s COVID restrictions remain in place, so I Madonnari will, maddingly, once again be a virtual festival this Memorial Day weekend. New street paintings drawn with chalk pastels will be created by artists on their driveways for festival sponsors during and photos of sponsored street paintings will be posted each day on the website of the Children’s Creative Project, a nonprofit arts education program of the Santa Barbara County Education Office (https://ccp.sbceo.org/i-ma donnari) that hosts and benefits from the event. Updates will also be regularly added to CCP’s Facebook page and Instagram (www.instagram. com/imadonnari) account. The one benefit is we can watch the paintings as they are constructed without ever having to leave home.
Butterflies are Back
There’s better news over at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History where the Butterfly Pavilion is set to open once again on Memorial Day weekend, as the outdoor experience already features limited capacity. The popular pavilion exhibit features a dazzling variety of live butterflies — 1,000 in all — ranging from local favorites such as the endangered Monarch to exotic varieties like swallowtails, longwings, Gulf Fritillaries, and Malachites. Beautiful flowers and foliage provide the insects with plenty of nectar and roosting space, while visitors can also enjoy the tranquil garden atmosphere as they discuss butterfly behavior and biology with trained volunteer interpreters, which has seen a record number of applicants for this summer’s exhibit. The museum will run the socially distant pavilion similar to 2020, when the protocol called for allowing families and guests to peacefully explore the pavilion in nine butterfly zones. The museum currently requires online reservations to limit the number of guests on campus at one time, and since various butterfly species cycle through the pavilion throughout the summer — meaning repeated visits offer new experiences — early reservations are recommended. What has changed for this year is that SBMNH’s indoor exhibits, which were closed during Butterflies Alive! last summer, have reopened and are running concurrently, so guests can see pavilion-bound butterflies emerge from their chrysalides in the Santa Barbara Gallery’s emergence chamber. Those interested in more behind-thescenes peeks can check out the video
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series that followed last year’s butterflies from pupae to pavilion. The full series hosted by Butterfly Pavilion Senior Manager Kim Zsembik is available at sbnature.org/magic-window and features — in addition to close-up views of every stage of the butterfly life cycle — guest appearances by the Museum’s entomologist and a Q&A with Zsembik about what it’s like to work with butterflies. For details, reservations, and more, visit www.sbnature.org/butterflies-alive.
What’s the Matter? Black Hole Talk
Dr. Carlo Rovelli, the theoretical physicist known internationally for his work in quantum gravity who has also published such global best sellers as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, which has been translated in 44 languages, delivers the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics’ 79th public lecture virtually at 5 pm on June 2. In his lecture, “Where Does Matter That Falls into a Black Hole Go?” Rovelli will address the seemingly simple question for which there is no consensus among gravitational scientists about the answer. Experts are split into communities that follow different ideas and are often prey to fads and prejudices as the interior of a black hole is a strange place, whose spacetime structure challenges our intuition. Rovelli will describe what we know about the inside of a black hole and examine current ideas to make sense of what we do not yet know about these most astonishing objects that fill the universe. RSVP online at https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activ ities/crovelli21 or call (805) 893-6307 by June 1 to attend the virtual talk and Q&A session.
Focus on Film
The fifth annual International Fine Arts Film Festival was forced to go exclusively online due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t dampen the entries for the fest that was founded and is curated by Lynn Holley, a former resident curator of SBCAST, or the Center for Arts, Science & Technology. More than 103 films representing 23 countries were entered into such categories as Animation, Dance, Documentary, Experimental, and Narrative, and while the winners in each section will remain available to screen online indefinitely, the rest of the fest goes dark at the end of the month. Of special note is Experimental winner Upwell, the film debut from Montecito native J’aime Morrison, who is now a professor of dance and movement at Cal State Northridge. Her film, a meditation on grief and loss as expressed through surfing and
a ritual of connection carried out in the water, bested 29 other entries in the category, lauded by one judge as “a moving, visually stunning, beautiful film.” Look for a profile of Morrison in an upcoming issue and check out the festival at https://internationalfineartsfilmfestival.com.
‘Dream’ a Fitting Finale
UCSB Arts & Lectures’ ambitious, timely, and wide-scoped 2020-2021 Race to Justice series comes to a close with a free live, in-person screening of We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest at the West Wind Drive-in on June 3. The 70-minute documentary follows students from schools across Oakland who are among the hundreds of inner-city children who participate in the annual public speaking competition featuring original poetry and speeches inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The doc was directed by eight-time Emmy-winner Amy Schatz, whose career dates back more than 25 years and includes 2019’s Song of Parkland, and executive produced by Academy Award-winning actor Mahershala Ali (House of Cards, Moonlight, Green Book). We Are the Dream tracks the kids as they hone their speeches, hoping for a coveted spot in the finals. The film has been called heartwarming and inspiring as it paints a portrait of passionate young people orating on issues they care about — racial injustice, immigration, and more — and a community that celebrates their young voices. Admission to the 8:30 pm screening is free and provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks and social distancing are required, although there will be room to put chairs in front of cars. Visit www.ArtsAndLectures. UCSB.edu.
Short Call to Action
Although Christopher OrozaNostas’ 2021 short film Savior clocks in at under five minutes, the piece has induced a rapturous response among reviewers. Joey Moser of Awards Daily called the film “stunning” and said that “Oroza-Nostas confronts us with an America that hasn’t changed very much over the last 50 years … (and) has delivered a powerful call to action.” The short serves as an experimental retrospective that embodies the endless cycle of violence, inequality, and oppression in America, positing that the only hope for its salvation is ourselves. The film features two dancers, Marem Hassler and Anthony Velasquez, who experience emotional and physical violence and are forced apart by prejudices and political circumstances over a
“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.” - Claudia Pemberton
soundtrack of drums and snippets of famous speeches including Robert F. Kennedy’s words after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Jimmy Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence,” and Richard Nixon’s “Cambodian Incursion Address” from 1970. Oroza-Nostas will talk with Santa Barbara International Film Festival executive director Roger Durling over Zoom at 5:30 pm on May 27, when we’ll likely hear much about the filmmaker’s mode of expression and the short’s genesis in a half century of oppression culminating in current gun violence and racial strife, about which Oroza-Nostas’ told Moser: “You can march and vote and scream, but if you aren’t pushing with your art then you aren’t really fully helping as an artist.” Coming next week: Montecito filmmaker Mimi deGruy, widow of famed underwater filmmaker and activist Mike deGruy. Visit www.sbiff. org/filmtalk.
Coming Attractions
A limited number of seats are being made available for live performances at next month’s Live Oak Music Festival on the Radio II, the second such virtual fest after 28 years at Live Oak Camp near Lake Cachuma and two in radio station KCBX’s San Luis Obispo backyard. The live stage will be at Castoro Cellars’ outdoor tasting room in Templeton, where each day’s performance for the Father’s Day weekend festival June 18-20 begins at 5 pm and includes three sets of live music, with such acts as The White Buffalo and Dustbowl Revival serving as headliners. Visit www. liveoakfest.org for more details, the virtual and live schedule, and access to tickets. The Ventura Music Festival, which has been providing weekly virtual concert recordings, cabarets, and drive-in concerts for nearly a year, has announced that its 2021 live music event will take place in front of a live indoor audience, albeit in a severely truncated schedule, from July 23-25. Contemporary jazz singer/ trombone-player Aubrey Logan handles opening night; Time for Three – Charles Yang, Nicolas Kendall, and Ranaan Meyer – blend Americana, modern pop, and classical on July 24; and Andrea Roberto, who won the distinguished Parkening International Classical Guitar Competition in 2019, closes out the mini-fest on July 25. All the shows take place at Pacifica High School Performing Arts Center in Oxnard and are being staged as “all-vaccinated” events, meaning everyone attending is required to document “full vaccination” status in advance. Tickets go on sale on June 1. Visit https://venturamusicfestival. org/ •MJ 27 May – 3 June 2021
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and Julie Schwartz, Robert Weinman, Miles Hartfeld and Gretchen Lieff, John and Renee Demourkas, and Layna Chianakas.
Ryan and Zeyn Schweyk, 15 and 16
Concerto Cream Rises to the Top
internet access. “Hope is long-sighted, not short-sighted. Having kindness gives us hope.” The Dalai Lama first visited Santa Barbara in 1984 and was welcomed by Pico’s father, Raghavan Iyer. UCSB was the first college in the U.S. to establish a chair in his name for the teaching of Tibetan studies.
It Smells Like What?! On Second Thought . . .
Kevin He, 15, was a winner in the Concerto Competition
Martie Pecht, 16
Much Ado About the Royals
Joseph Malvinni, 13
During a year when the performing arts faced challenges beyond measure, the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony held its Concerto Competition virtually, featuring some of the county’s finest young musicians. Participation allows students to showcase their best efforts and hard work in performances scheduled for next season, with one lucky musician winning the opportunity to perform as a soloist in the Santa Barbara Symphony’s season finale. For the first time ever, the Concerto Competition was open to any student up to age 18 living in the county studying an instrument outside of the typical orchestral realm. To participate students submitted a pre-recorded audition video for consideration. The winners were Kevin He, 15, with “Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor” by Jean-Baptiste Accolay; Joseph Malvinni, 13, “Concerto No. 1 for Guitar and Orchestra in D major” by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Martie Pecht, 16, “Bassoon Concerto in A minor” by Antonio Vivaldi; and Ryan and Zeyn Schweyk, 15 and 16, with “Concerto for two harpsichords-piano in C minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Judges included Nir Kabaretti (maestro), Yvette Devereaux (Santa Barbara Youth Symphony conductor), Michael Shasberger (Westmont College), and Trevor Handy (SBYS principal cellist). 27 May – 3 June 2021
Another barrage of invective at the Royal Family from Prince Harry led to another extremely busy week of TV broadcasts trying to make sense of it all! After fielding calls from CNN in New York and CBS in Los Angeles in the growing royal rift, not to mention the continuing controversy over Martin Bashir’s infamous 1995 BBC interview with Princess Diana when she famously talked about “three in the marriage being a bit crowded,” alluding to Camilla Parker-Bowles, now the Duchess of Cornwall, there was certainly a great deal to talk about. Lord Dyson’s 127-page, six-month report criticized the BBC over its “deceitful” interview and the use of faked documents to obtain the revelatory sit-down with the Princess of Wales. Both William and Harry condemned the British TV network saying it contributed to her fears and was part of a “culture of exploitation and unethical practices that ultimately took her life.” They blamed “woeful incompetence” and were saddened the corporation had not properly investigated complaints regarding deception earlier. I took time out from my frenetic schedule to sit down with the Fox News Channel’s Trace Gallagher at the CBTV studio downtown to talk about the latest chapter in the royal soap opera, which I have dubbed The Windsors at War. Stay tuned...
TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has paid $14.3 million to buy back Montecito’s historic Rancho San Leandro. Ellen owned the three-bedroom, four-bath 6,764-square-foot property on six acres in 2017, a hacienda-style property next to her good friend Oprah Winfrey’s ever-expanding, 70-plus acre “Promised Land” estate. Back then Ellen and her actress wife Portia de Rossi paid $7.2 million for Rancho San Leandro. After a quick renovation the tony twosome flipped it for hefty profit less than a year later in an $11 million deal with Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, who subsequently married his longtime partner Lizzie Grover in a low-key ceremony there. Rad first put up the estate for sale in spring 2019, asking $12.7 million, but with no takers it was delisted early last year, shortly before the pandemic. Since then, our rarefied enclave’s real estate prices have skyrocketed, with Rad reselling the property to Ellen and Portia for $14.3 million — almost exactly double what they spent for the very same estate less than four years ago. The history of the ranch began in 1850 when California granted a large swatch of land to the Dominguez family, who built the original house and developed the surrounding land into what became a series of polo fields.
Listen to the Lama
His Holiness the 14th, Dalai Lama, 85, spoke from his home in Dharamsala, India, at a keynote UCSB Arts & Lectures event via Zoom with his friend and author Pico Iyer, 63, who splits his time between his homes in Japan and our Eden by the Beach. Pico, who was educated at Eton College (the same school as princes William and Harry), Oxford University, and Harvard, talked about Creating Hope, a new programming initiative that was also attended by UCSB chancellor Henry Yang and Celesta Billeci, Miller McCune executive director of the popular arts program. “Optimism, resilience, courage and vision. Who better to spark these in us?” asked Celesta. The hour-long talk, in which the spiritual leader extolled the virtues of “love, kindness and compassion,” was freely available to anyone with
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Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle company Goop is being sued for more than $5 million in damages by a Texas consumer who claims the Oscar winner’s This Smells Like My Vagina candle “exploded” in his home just hours after being first lit. Colby Watson has filed a class action suit against the 48-year-old wife of TV producer Brad Falchuk in California alleging the candle he purchased on the Goop website in January suddenly became “engulfed in high flames” before “exploding” leaving his room “filled with smoke.” His lawsuit comes just four months after a London-based woman hit out at Goop alleging a similar candle “exploded” in her living room sparking “an inferno.” A spokesperson for Goop hit back at Watson’s claims, insisting his lawsuit is nothing but “a frivolous attempt to secure an outsized payout.”
Rest in Peace, Charles
On a personal note, I mark the move to more heavenly pastures of actor Charles Grodin, 86, at his home in Wilton, Connecticut. Grodin, best known for his 1988 film Midnight Run with Robert De Niro, used to have an eponymous TV talk show on CNBC from 1995 to 1998, on which I appeared talking about the Royal Family. The studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was just a short limo ride from my Manhattan apartment across the impressive George Washington Bridge. I particularly remember the last time I was on, given Nancy Sinatra, daughter of the late crooner Frank Sinatra, was appearing via satellite from the Big Orange, gushing about her new centerspread for Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine at the age of 54, wearing only lavender boots and a strategically placed pillow! Sightings: Oscar winner Kevin Costner noshing at the Nugget in Summerland... Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman strolling at the Rosewood Miramar... Terry Pillow, former CEO of Tommy Bahama, getting his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond. Pip! Pip! Be safe, wear a mask, and get vaccinated. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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(1786) were named in her honor. Saint Barbara’s life reads like a fairytale, so I’ll tell one version to you. She and her father lived in the early 300s AD and she suffered under the reign of emperor Maximian (305 to 311 AD). Her father was a pagan but rich in the Syrian city of Heliopolis, now Lebanon. After her mother died, her dad focused on his beautiful daughter. He locked her in a tower while he was gone so suitors couldn’t reach her. It had two windows but as she turned Christian, she had a third window installed to represent the trinity. When her father returned and saw what had happened, he beheaded her and was struck dead by lightning. Saint Barbara is best known as the patron saint of armorers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners, and others who work with explosives because of the legend’s association with lightning and mathematics. Because of the doubts about her history, she was removed from the general Roman Calendar in 1969, but not from the Catholic Church’s list of saints. In the Casa del Herrero, where I’m a docent, the late Mr. Steedman has a statue of Saint Barbara that is a reliquary. There’s a small window with what’s supposedly a piece of her fingernail.
cuter than an island fox as it tends to hop around instead of run. Once, I tagged along with two wildlife biologists who were trapping island foxes on Santa Cruz Island to gauge the animals’ population density. The biologists accidentally trapped an island spotted skunk. You can always tell when a skunk has been trapped. Island foxes tend to settle and simply wait to be handled then released. Skunks on the other hand hop up and down inside the cage and resemble an impatient Tasmanian devil. On one occasion, a biologist who must have been new to trapping skunks didn’t handle this particular skunk correctly; he allowed it to wiggle so that its rump faced out of the cage and toward the biologist. Needless to say, things didn’t end well for the biologist. He got a face full of the sulfur-based organic compound called thiols. That’s nothing to sneeze at. Mainland skunks can possess high concentrations of a spray that can be toxic and even fatal to humans. It’s been compared to having the effect of tear gas. Yet, the spray of island skunks is not as potent as their mainland counterparts. The next time, the biologist came armed with a zip-lock bag. She skillfully maneuvered it around the rump then kept the skunk in her lap so she could draw its blood, check its age, and obtain some other data for her research. The entire time, the skunk was trying to escape and eventually wrestled free. There was four of us watching this episode unfold. The skunk flipped into a handstand in order to spray. Everyone ran in different directions, but for some reason the skunk never sprayed us. It ran for cover and hid underneath a thick lemonade berry bush.
Our new Saint Barbara Patricia Orena on her crowning day
Saint Barbara is still working her magic. She is the patron of the Italian Navy, and it is customary to have a statue of Saint Barbara at the magazine to protect the ship or fortress from suddenly exploding. My friend and fifth generation Santa Barbarian Keith Mautino Moore told me of a charming custom Saint Barbara used to do during Fiesta. She would appear in the oval Courthouse window in the tower with a spotlight on her while the dancing performances were going on down below. They stopped the custom coincidentally the year Keith’s mother was Saint Barbara in 1949, because a tree got in the way of the window. Wouldn’t it be fun to trim a tree and reinstate the custom? Just asking! •MJ
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At a kick-off celebration on May 24, community leaders and stakeholders gathered under the Santa Claus Lane underpass of Highway 101 to mark the next phase of the freeway widening, called the Padaro Project, which includes the construction of seven- anda-half miles of congestion-relief work between Carpinteria and Summerland. The project cost is approximately $200 million, and construction will begin on June 6. This project is the third of five segments under construction as part of the Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara Project that will add peak-period carpool lanes, replace creek bridges, and improve safety between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. Speaking at the well-attended ceremony were Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Executive Director Marjorie Kirn, First District Supervisor and Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Vice Chair Das Williams, California Transportation Commission chair Hilary Norton, Congressman Salud Carbajal, and Caltrans District 5 Director Tim Gubbins. “This project is enormously important if we are going to reduce the number of cars on the freeway,” said Williams, explaining that the project’s “Lane & Train” component is a new separated bikeway that will connect Santa Claus Lane and Carpinteria Avenue near the salt marsh. “This is the culmination of 20-plus years of community conversations. The project will connect our community more, increase flood control capacity, and increase drainage.” The project also includes three new sound walls, and contractors will take advantage of new paving techniques that will reduce sound generated on the freeway. The ceremony also featured the unveiling of a Blue Star Memorial Highway sign by Carbajal, who was surrounded by veterans, Blue Star Mothers of America, the Channel Islands Garden Club, and reps from the Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum. Carbajal explained that in 1930, the local Boy Scout troop planted oak trees and laid plaques for World War I Veterans. Over the years, many of the trees perished and the plaques went missing; the 27 May – 3 June 2021
Blue Star Memorial Highway designation will add 108 new oak trees grown from the acorns of the original oaks from nearly 100 years ago, as well as a specially designed median safety barrier with oak leaves and blue star plaques, and feature new signs denoting the area for drivers. “I could not be prouder of this designation,” Carbajal said. Also announced at the event: Caltrans has reallocated roughly $50 million to accelerate improvements to the freeway in Montecito between San Ysidro Road and Olive Mill Road, Gubbins announced. The now accelerated project, which is expected to begin in Fall 2022 instead of 2023, was prioritized in order to meet the timing of the two frontage road roundabouts at San Ysidro Road/ North Jameson and Olive Mill/Coast Village. According to project reps, synchronizing the projects enables work to occur without closing successive ramps, which has been a significant concern by members of the public and neighbors. The freeway project in the Montecito area includes new peak-period carpool lanes that will tie into lanes planned in the Montecito and Santa Barbara segments. Updated freeway on- and offramps and new auxiliary lanes, or lanes that connect on- and off-ramps, will be built in this area, and there are three proposed sound walls. One of the most discussed portions of the project includes the reconstruction of the Hot Springs/Cabrillo Blvd interchange, which includes (another) roundabout and the replacement of the left side ramps with right side ramps. The interchange will also bring back the southbound onramp at Cabrillo Blvd, which many residents and Coast Village Road business owners are eager to see. The Montecito portion of the project is in the local permitting process, expected to occur later this spring and summer. “Our project team has been diligently working to listen to our community and deliver these needed congestion-relief improvements as soon as possible,” said Kirn. In Fall 2022, SBCAG and Caltrans will apply for state funding for the remaining segments in Montecito and Santa Barbara to complete construction in the corridor. The California Transportation Commission will vote on SB1 funding awards in 2023. California Transportation Commission Chair Norton said on Monday: “The California Transportation Commission’s work here is not done.” Construction on the Padaro segment will begin on the night of June 6. Drivers can expect to see initial safety fencing, grading, safety barriers to shift lanes, and work to build up outside shoulders. Then lanes will be shifted, and construction will focus on the median area of US 101. For more information, visit www. sbroads.com. •MJ
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LIFE IN A TOWN WITH SOME OF THE BEST FOODIE HIGHS The tiramisu in Rome that brought on feelings of euphoria
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few weeks ago, I read a Los Angeles Times article featuring an interview with Marianne Faithfull and Courtney Love. The two celebrities are close friends, though they’re from different generations of rock artistry and debauchery. Who can forget Londoner Faithfull clad in leather in “Girl on a Motorcycle” or her generation-defining performance in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in 1968? All those drugs that Mick and Keith survived? She did, too, but only just barely. It wasn’t until 1979 that she was fully back, in no one’s shadow but her own, with her critically-acclaimed album Broken English. Love was born the same year that Faithfull had her first hit, 1964, and it was a decade after Faithfull’s comeback that Love’s musical career even began to gel, when she formed Hole in 1989 in Los Angeles. The years that followed were a whirlwind of multi-platinum success, loss (most notably husband Kurt Cobain’s 1994 suicide), and excess, including drugs that hadn’t even existed in Faithfull’s insatiable days. Their Times’ conversation has the feel of old friends taking stock of their mercurial lives. The article was amusing and interesting and a little bit sad. The aging pair discussed recent afflictions (Faithfull nearly died last year of COVID while Love was threatened by a rare anemia condition), romantic poetry, years of drug abuse, and, following recovery, how novel sober sex felt. Neither seemed apologetic, but rather bemused that they were still breathing. I can’t say I have the hard-earned knowledge those two accrued in their tempestuous, experience-packed lives, but from my foodie perspective I do wonder if maybe Marianne and Courtney missed out on the truly astonishing high that a great meal can be. A well-prepared meal can be intoxicating and have the same effect as one or two or three sleeping pills. Unlike drug-induced states, food feels… well… safe, natural, and extremely satisfying. And unlike recreational drugs, one of the instant gratifications of a food high is flavor! A few times I’ve felt the elation of a foodie high in which my eyes roll back, and I simply repeat the word “Wow!” At least that’s what my husband and my son tell me. Once, my son and I walked all over Rome and found a quiet little place, Ristorante Trattoria Tritone 1884. After dinner, the server delivered a tiramisu that could make anyone tear up with joy. Its heap of freshly baked ladyfingers was smothered in an amaretto-flavored yellowish egg-and-mascarpone cream sauce, sprinkled with cocoa. My son thought it would be amusing to capture the blissful expressions on my face with his iPhone, in slow motion, to share with his teen pals. The video shows me offering him a bite. After he refuses, I take one and immediately I’m overcome with ecstasy and sink into my chair. That night I slept like a baby despite the constant chatter of a family of five occupying the room next door. Locally, I have a few favorite spots for my foodie highs. So, allow me to turn you on. One of my favorites is bouchon, where my husband watched me slip into an ecstatic fog over Dungeness crab cakes with shaved fennel and a grapefruit-dressed frisée with garlicky aioli and avocado. I entirely lost track of our conver-
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sation when the server delivered a tantalizing maple-glazed duck breast and thigh confit on a succotash of sweet corn, fava beans and leeks, glistening in a port-thyme demi-glace. Foxtail Kitchen & Bar’s appetizing Mediterranean sampler comes with creamy hummus with garbanzo beans sprinkled with sumac powder, a labneh made with Greek yogurt, goat cheese, and fresh herbs, a heaping serving of baba ganoush made with eggplant, olive oil, and lemon juice, and crispy falafel and marinated grape leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, and seasoned beef loaded with flavor. The platter comes with Foxtail’s Mediterranean platter is loaded with flavor a side of tzatziki sauce and warm pita bread. Louie’s California Bistro’s linguine with grilled shrimp, sautéed tomatoes, Kalamata olives, spinach and feta cheese crumbles, with its balance of savory and salty flavors, was instant gratification, too. A dessert of custard filled puff pastry with caramelized bananas provided the perfect ending. A favorite of mine from Dave’s Hot Dogs is a pile of deep-fried Oreos smothered in an Oreo cream filling sauce and sprinkled with Oreo cookie crumbs, which is so satisfyingly rich it might require a few moments of recovery time. Last week I enjoyed a lunch at Stonehouse Restaurant with The shrimp linguine from Louie’s California Bistro is instant gratificaSan Ysidro Ranch’s well-dressed tion and affable General Manager Ian Williams and Visit Santa Barbara’s cosmopolitan public relations director, Karna Hughes. (Full disclosure: I work part time at San Ysidro Ranch.) Karna and I shared a bun-less burger with bacon and avocado along with veggie bowls comprised of quinoa, baby kale, avocado, cinnamon-glazed potatoes, golden beets, pears and pistachios dressed in a sherry-maple vinaigrette. Williams played it safe with grilled chicken. Afterward we all indulged in dessert. Rich and deeply delicious, the gluten-free Valrhona Manjari chocolate soufflé and Meyer lemon tart with lavender Chantilly could have easily put me into a welcomed food coma, were it not for the strong cappuccino that provided the perfect final note. A family-friendly high at home involves four cheese pasta made Homemade blue crab and shrimp gumbo with a side of buttery corn bread bring on feelings of comfort and satisfaction with fontina, chèvre, parmesan and romano cheeses, olive oil and basil; blue crab and shrimp gumbo (prepared thick and served over a bed of white rice); and my husband Nick’s beef bourguignon (from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking), which he braises for several hours and stews overnight before we sit down to celebrate it as a meal.
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On my way home from an assignment, I hear Roxy Music’s “Love is the Drug” on KTYDFM and it reminded me of the interview with Marianne and Courtney, and had me wondering again if, despite the excitement of living through the artistically-prolific, drug-fueled ’60s and ’90s, they missed out on the best high of all – mind-blowing cuisine.
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director during the pandemic. “We could not have survived this past year, past 15 months, without the financial and emotional support of our community,” Fox said simply. ETC will celebrate its re-opening with Curtain (Back) Up! on August 15, the title playing off the Curtain Up gala that heralded the opening of the theater’s home at The New Vic almost a decade ago. Guests will gather in the garden at the Santa Barbara Club for appetizers followed by a sit-down dinner inside the club before returning to the garden for dessert and an auction, as well as entertainment provided by faculty and graduate students from the music department of UCSB. At the event, Ensemble will also be awarding its first-ever Extraordinary Awards to patrons of ETC who have made exemplary contributions of time, talent, and support over the years. The initial recipients being celebrated on August 15 are Debby and Peter Stalker, Derek Westen, and Dana White.
Single tickets are available for the event at $300; visit https://etcsb.org/ support for details and other ways to arrange tax-deductible donations that subsidize ticket prices, fund education outreach programs, and support artistic freedom. But even before the August 15 fundraiser, community members can show their support by purchasing season tickets to ETC 2021-22, which can go a long way toward indicating that the ambitious program will be rewarded. “No one really knows how many
people will be coming back or if they will need more time before they do come back,” Fox said. “We don’t know at what level or how close we’re going to get to where we were before the pandemic, both in terms of ticket sales and rentals of the theater. It’s going to take a while to build back that business. So, the community’s financial support is as important as ever. Season ticket sales will tell us that we are on track to getting back.” Website: https://etcsb.org How to contact: 805-965-5400 •MJ
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