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Far Flung Travel
Through and Through: One day through-hike from the coast to the Matilija Wilderness
Straddling the coastal spine of the Transverse Ranges, I hiked (and sometimes ran) the sandstone sea serpent that rises and falls east to west all the way from the idyllic Gaviota Coast to the stunningly breathtaking Matilija Wilderness, a stone’s throw away from Carpinteria.
The chaparral-choked Santa Ynez Mountains are one of the main gateways with several front-country trails leading to the backcountry wilds of the Los Padres National Forest, and the Cenozoic range is one of just a few in the U.S. trending east-west. One of the most unique aspects of living close to the national forest is standing on its prominent coastal spine, gazing out across the Santa Barbara Channel to the Channel Islands National Park, the isles also part of the Transverse Ranges.
With the 7.9-mile Franklin Trail reestablished following fires and mudslides in 2018, the winding trail is the newest route into the National Forest. Ascending and weaving from the Carpinteria Valley to the narrow ridge of the Santa Ynez Mountains, it’s only natural to connect the dots, run the spine of the range and descend alongside all the soothing, gurgling tributaries that feed the Matilija Wilderness.
Darkness Calms
There’s something said for hiking on a cool winter’s night. There are no bugs to speak of. It’s refreshing. T-shirt, shorts, beanie, trail shoes, the head is warm, but the cool air feels just right and enhanced my pace up the Franklin Trail.
With my headlamp burning bright, it’s one foot in front of the other, and for a few hours the distance was forgotten. Lost was how far it was or how steep the route got in The Franklin’s upper reaches. Visibility carried only as far as the brightest beam from my headlamp. Drifting off into a meditative state was easily accomplished and settling in for the first several miles before sunup was simple. Of course, all that went out the window once the initial, significant rustle of coastal sage scrub occurred, thus heightening my senses. Megafauna or just another spotted towhee sounding larger than it really was?
Timed on a setting full moon and greeted by a new dawn, I stopped and gazed in 360 degrees. Heaven would have to wait. As orange and pinkish hues swept across the horizon, it had to be one of the best panoramas on the entire West Coast. A light frost crusted over the dense chaparral and a wisp of northeast wind wafted down the steep, narrow canyons to the Carpinteria Valley below. The shimmering Santa Barbara Channel was flawless, and those ever-present isles continue to beckon.
Once on top of the ridgeline though, there’s a magnetic pull toward rugged backcountry bliss. As the spine continued to gradually veer eastward, the ocean became a little more distant, but with the sun rising over the channel, a clear day can mean striking visuals of land and sea. It’s not every day, even from 4,000 feet above, that one can see San Nicholas and Santa Barbara Islands, the canyons of the Northern Channel Islands, Point Mugu, Sandstone Peak, the high summit of the Santa Monica Mountains, the daunting Topatopa Mountains and even the Santa Ynez Valley smothered in Tule fog. Those were the possibilities revealed while standing atop the rambling spine of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Backcountry Transition
My map is old. It’s over 20 years old. It’s not tear-proof. It’s not tatter-proof and some things have changed out here in the backcountry or remain unmaintained over the last two plus decades.
Having said that, I couldn’t locate the Monte Arido Trail, the connector between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Murietta Divide. At 4,707 feet, Divide Peak is four miles west of the Franklin Trail connector resembling a ragged rib rolling toward the coast. Once at Divide Peak the OHV route bends to the northeast, then east climbing and rolling toward the Matilija Wilderness.
Certain features came into play walking eastward. The vein of the upper Santa Ynez River snaked west from shimmering Jameson Lake. East of the lake, Juncal Canyon converged with Murietta Divide, Rincon Creek and east of the boulder-strewn creeks and above was Old Man Mountain.
No Monte Arido, no problem. Locating what appeared to be an old bulldozed track down a steep, rolling ridge that maybe lead to Jameson Lake, I took it. A steep descent into a loose, rocky gully leading to the bulldozed route quickly led to the sounds of a gurgling creek. Veering off the bulldozed route onto a narrow ridge, I thrashed through remnants of burned out Thomas Fire snags and low-lying new growth, slipping and sliding in thick, soggy earth by recent rains and snow.
Converging with the Murietta Divide was a maze of oak tree groves, willows, boulders and creeks before reaching the road leading up Murietta Canyon. Every now and then fallen trees covered the road. Recent rains left soft, compacted mud revealing a myriad of defined wildlife spoor; black bears, bobcats, mule deer, gray foxes and striped skunks, heaps of activity relying on a nearby water source.
The Good Luck Bug
However, while enjoying a burrito break, one of the smallest yet most popular residents of the forest quickly cluttered my map. A few dozen ladybugs soon led me to a busy colony of thousands along Murietta Canyon. They were enjoying the soggy earth, clustered on all leaves and branches within the near vicinity. Their black spots stood out against their bright red wings.
In many cultures they’re considered good luck. There are about 5,000 species of ladybug in the world. The most common, the most notable is the seven-spotted ladybug. They use their black spots and a secretion oozing from their joints as deterrents against potential predators. Plenty of those lurking in the dense chaparral.
Beyond the ladybugs, I rounded the last bend in the muddy road and the Matilija Wilderness eventually opened before me. Fall colors still clung to the North Fork and the rhythm of the creeks led me to my shuttle back to Carpinteria. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL 35
EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5) discuss it, to not help them process it, is simply not an option. At least not a good one.
Minnesota is only 8% black (Minneapolis 16.8%) and they still wound up with a race problem of a national caliber. Because it doesn’t take a lot of people of a different color to expose dangerous, dormant, and sometimes probably subconscious racial attitudes in a community. Typically, it only takes one. And we all know too many of their names: Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Emmett Till. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Eric Garner. And now George Floyd.
As remote as Montecito may be from Minneapolis... and Baltimore... and Atlanta, how do we explain this story... to our kids? To ourselves? To each other? Because to not take a position “Leading scientists, sociologists and psychoanaon it is tantamount to taking the same lysts have come to realize that one generation’s position as Chauvin’s colleague and traumatic experiences are often transmitted to lookout, Officer Tou Thou.
I’ve heard a lot of news outlets say the next generation, and even generations after that.” – Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, book’s author the George Floyd incident was a new sort of occurrence for otherwise pastoral Minnesota, but I did a little digging and actually, it’s not. Two hours from Minneapolis by car, a young boy was living in Duluth. That boy, Abram, wound up in Duluth because his relatives, Anna and Zig Zimmerman, had fled anti-Jewish pogroms in Odessa, Russia.
Abram wound up living two blocks from a very notable Minnesota lynching. (Where three posthumously innocent victims were hung from a lamp pole in a melee witnessed by thousands.) Indeed, proximity to Duluth’s lynchings of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie had a huge impact on young Abram.
As the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I can attest that traumas get passed down from one generation to the next. In fact my sister, along with my mother, wrote a book about this very phenomenon called Bending Towards the Sun about my mom’s years hiding from the Nazis in an attic – as well as the trauma our Mom passed down to us, “the gift that keeps on giving.”
In a similar manner, the lynching witnessed by Abram in Duluth was so seared into his memory that, years later, when Abram had a son, Shabtai Zisel ben Avraham, Shabtai, emerging from the University of Minnesota, wrote a song about the incident called “Desolation Row.” At this point he officially went not by Shabtai, the name under which he was Bar-mitzvad, but Robert Allen Zimmerman.
“Desolation Row” begins like this:
A beautiful shrine that shouldn’t have had to exist (photo by @munshots)
They’re selling postcards of the hanging, they’re painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town Left to his own devices, and those devices include a Glock .45 caliber Gen4 Here comes the blind commissioner, they’ve got him in a trance pistol as well as, Dylann hopes, a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle which he tries to One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants procure, Mr. Roof’s take-away from watching the George Zimmerman case and And the riot squad they’re restless, they need somewhere to go the Freddie Gray case is he would “like to start a race war in the U.S.A.” And As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row he does his best to achieve precisely that by shooting up a bible study group in a church in Charleston, South Carolina – killing nine parishioners.
Shabtai, now Robert Zimmerman, subsequently changed his name, this Going back to the Duluth lynchings that occurred almost 100 years ago to this time to Bob Dylan, reportedly after the Welsh rock star poet, Dylan Thomas. day, seven African American circus workers had been rounded up on spurious Interestingly, “Desolation Row” (1965) wasn’t Dylan’s first song about a lynchcharges of rape, later proven false, in an incident incredibly similar to Amy ing. That came in 1962 with his song “The Death of Emmett Till.” Cooper vs. Christian Cooper a few days ago in New York’s Central Park. But
The incident that sparked “Desolation Row” occurred almost 100 years ago to without the incontrovertible alibi of a cell phone recorded video. this very day in Minnesota, in June of 1920. There have been at least two books 2,011 miles away from Minneapolis, Santa Barbara does not have a clean about it. And one famous song by Dylan (later recorded again by My Chemical slate when it comes to racial justice. One not-so-well-known example hapRomance) and previously covered by the Grateful Dead on their album called, pened in 1983 when the Harlem Globetrotters were visiting for a perfor36 MONTECITO JOURNAL “Justice is truth in action.” – Benjamin Disraeli 4 – 11 June 2020
appropriately enough, Postcards of the Hanging. There’s also a memorial to the 1920 Minnesota lynchings at 1st Street and 2nd Avenue in Duluth.
We all know memorials and statues can be controversial. Because they say a lot about our history and which history will be told. Which history will be literally memorial-ized. Personally, I think memorials such as the one at Duluth Plaza are important even when they make us uncomfortable, maybe especially when they do, because they can start important conversations. Between friends. Between races. Between parents and their kids. (The kind I feel so strongly must be had now with our children.) Because here’s what happens when those tough conversations don’t happen, like the one between Bob Dylan and his dad, or the tough Holocaust conversations between my mother and myself: 95 years after the historical event that sparked Dylan to write “Desolation Row,” also in June but this time in 2015, another Dylann, this one in South Carolina, named Dylann Roof with 2 “Ns,” watches news coverage of another Zimmerman, but this Zimmerman, named George, is the shooter of Trayvon Martin not at Twin Cities, but at the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida.
Roof is impacted by the Trayvon Martin incident and also impacted by footage of the police killing of Freddie Gray (in Baltimore). But no one processes the information with Roof. He kind of fits the “loner” profile and is not close with any parent, stepparent, or any other sort of influential relative, or any sort of responsible adult. According to the FBI, Dylann Roof “self-radicalizes” as he processes the same sort of information my kids and your kids just saw emanate from Minneapolis, but with no guidance, no discussion, and no mentorship.
We all have to deal with these incidents and images that are becoming a common ingredient in our kids’ internet feeds, even if they come from 2,011 miles away. Because to witness the video of a death in progress embalms it in our hearts and minds for all time. As the saying goes, once you see it, you can’t “unsee” it.
mance. After a show, three players (Sweet Lou Dunbar, Ovie Dotson, and Jimmy Blacklock) went downtown to walk around and get some ice cream. Eventually they flagged down a taxi to head back to their hotel. While on the way to their hotel, their taxi was surrounded by police cars, guns drawn. Before the incident was over the Santa Barbara Police had three members of the world-famous Globetrotters lying face down in the street. Handcuffed. Why? Because next door in Montecito three black men “of average height” had robbed a jewelry store. Luckily, because one reporter had seen the Globetrotters in the ice cream shop and followed them, this was all caught on tape. Which was good not just because there was a record, but because the reporter was able to tell the cops that the Globetrotters were clearly not the “average height” guys who had robbed the Montecito jewelry store. In case they couldn’t see that for themselves.
Sadly, in 1920 in Duluth there were no cameras to record incontrovertible alibis. And because of the race hysteria at the time and because the traveling circus workers lacked recordings or other resources with which to defend themselves, three of them were lynched by a Duluth mob estimated at 1,500. The rest were all eventually exonerated, but one of them only under the condition that he “never return to Minnesota.”
Until quite recently, Minnesota’s complicated racial past had been quite literally whitewashed, much like Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 Race War that killed at least 40 – completely scrubbed from newspaper coverage and news archives and histories both at the time and in perpetuity.
Minnesota’s problem isn’t NOT our problem. Nor is Los Angeles’s. Nor Staten Island’s. Nor Baltimore’s. Nor Atlanta’s… We all have to deal with these incidents and images that are becoming a common ingredient in our kids’ daily internet feeds, even if they come from 2,011 miles away. Because to witness the video of a death in progress embalms it in our hearts and minds for all time. As the saying goes, once you see it, you can’t “unsee” it. Those images become seeds in our kids that are going to grow into something. How we respond to Minnesota, or don’t, will determine if those seeds will become Bob Dylan/Robert Zimmerman. Or Dylan Thomas. Or will they become George Zimmerman? Or will they become Dylann Roof?
The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
•MJ
MONTECITO JOURNAL’S THOM STEINBECK CREATIVE WRITING
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HAIKU… GESUNDHEIT! T his week’s contest will be a Haiku…. [bless you] on the subject: A Safe Reopening. The first line should only have 5 syllables, then 7 for the second, and 5 for the last. These add up to 17 syllables. Once you have achieved the syllable rule, you have a Haiku… bless you.
Send your image by Sunday, June 7to:
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CONDOR EXPRESS IS BACK IN BUSINESS! We just got the green light from both the state and the county to start up our daily trips just in time for summer… it’s the best time to go whale watching. Enjoy friendly Humpback whales, Fin whales, Minke whales and the giant Blue whales all feeding in the Santa Barbara Channel, along with several species of dolphin and seals. We’ll see you aboard the Condor Express!
Be on board starting this Monday June 1, with great weather and whales abound Adults $65, kids under 12 $45
Trips depart every day at 9 AM and noon from the Santa Barbara Harbor; for reservations and information go to condorexpress.com or call Sea Landing @ 805-963-3564
For your safety and comfort, we will be limiting our passenger load. We are requiring face masks to be worn, and will monitor social distancing. We will also have sanitizing stations on board.
PERTAINING TO COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 27,
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
(Seal)
/s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5944
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ) ) ss. ) )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing
ordinance was introduced and adopted by the Council of the
City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 27, 2020, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Alejandra Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo
NOES: None
ABSENT: CouncilmemberEric Friedman
ABSTENTIONS: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara
on May28, 2020.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance
on May 28, 2020.
/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor
Published June 3, 2020 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAE FERMOSA, 421 E Cook, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Esther Hernandez, 421 E Cook, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 2020. 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. 2020-0001176. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2020.
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1482 E Valley Road #24, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Marcia Ribeiro, 1482 E Valley Road #24, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 19, 2020. 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. 2020-0001246. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2020.
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:
BID NO. 5846
DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 17, 2020 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.
DOWNTOWN PARKING FACILITIES AND DOWNTOWN PLAZA JANITORIAL SERVICES
Scope of Work: Daily janitorial services in Downtown Parking facilities and along the sidewalks of State Street from Cabrillo Boulevard to Victoria Street.
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.
If further information is needed, contact Jennifer Disney Dixon, BuyerII, at (805) 564-5356or email: JDisney@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
A pre-bid meeting will not be held.
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.
LIVING WAGE Any service purchase order contract issued as a resultof this request for bids or quotes may be subject to the City’s Living Wage Ordinance No 5384, SBMC 9.128 and its implementing regulations.
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 Published 6/3/20 Montecito Journal 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:
BID NO. 5826
DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 22, 2020 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.
BEACH CONCESSION RENTAL SITES
Scope of Work: The City has authorized the following beach concession rental sites to the rental of kayaks, stand-up paddleboards, lifejackets, surfboards, boogie boards, and other beach sundries, including rental of beach umbrellas, beach chairs, towels and sunscreen, Stand Up Paddle boarding and Surf lessons .
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.
If further information is needed, contact Caroline Ortega, Buyer at (805) 564-5351or email: COrtega@santabarbaraca.gov
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.
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.
_______________________________ Published: 6/03/2020 William Hornung, C.P.M. Montecito Journal General Services Manager
93103. Dennis S. Sands, 1243 Mesa Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 28, 2020. 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), by Jon Beck. FBN No. 2020-0001058. Published May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nexem Staffing; Nexem Allied, 3820 State Street Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Partners Personnel-Management Services LLC, 3820 State Street Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 8, 2020. 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. 2020-0001148. Published May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2020.
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NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bob’s Central Vacuum, 1308 San Rafael Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Michael E. Purdy, 1308 San Rafael Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 29, 2020. 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), filed by John Beck. FBN No. 2020-0001070. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2020.
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NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GW Wallcoverings, 346 Hot Springs Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Glenn Walter, 346 Hot Springs Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 29, 2020. 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), filed by Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2020-0001086. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2020.
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NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rothdeutsch & Associates Professional Fiduciary Ser
vices; SBGoats.com, 782 Acacia Walk Apt. G, Goleta, CA 93117. Khristine Sharon Rothdeutsch, 782 Acacia Walk Apt. G, Goleta, CA 93117. Scott Andrew Rothdeutsch, 782 Acacia Walk Apt. G, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 29, 2020. 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), filed by John Beck. FBN No. 2020-0001072. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2020. San Lorenzo Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Brian Langlo, 410 W. Canon Perdido St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 24, 2020. 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), filed by John Beck. FBN No. 2020-0001042. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2020.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eudaimon Wealth Management, 144 San Rafael Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Steve Daniels, 144 San Rafael Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 23, 2020. 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), filed by John Beck. FBN No. 2020-0001030. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2020.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District (District) will conduct a public hearing (“Public Hearing”) on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at 583 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108* to consider adopting increases to the District’s water rates and charges. The proposed increases are the result of detailed budget analysis and the findings of the District’s Water Cost of Service and Rate Study (“Rate Study”) prepared by Raftelis, an independent financial consulting firm specializing in cost of services analyses and rate setting, to determine appropriateness of the amounts and a fair and equitable cost allocation among water customer categories. The net impact of the proposed changes in the rates for water customers will vary based upon customer class, actual water consumption and meter size.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 66016(a), at least ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing, the District will make all data required under Section 66016(a) available to the public. The data supporting the fee is available at the District website: https://www.montecitowater.com/rates2020.
At the Public Hearing on June 25, 2020, oral and written presentations may be made concerning the Rate Study and proposed fees, but only written protests will be counted. All written protests by the customer of record (or landlord) must be received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Any protest submitted via email, facsimile, or other electronic means will not be accepted as a formal written protest.
* Due to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Orders issued in response to COVID-19, in person public participation at meetings is suspended and instead meetings are held telephonically and/or electronically. Remote participation information can be found on the meeting agenda and will be posted at the above location, on the website www.montecitowater.com, and available by calling 805-969-2271.
Run, MJ Public/legal notices section, June 3 & 17, 2020
MONTECITO GROUNDWATER BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY (GSA) PARCEL FEE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020, 9:30 A.M. VIA TELECONFERENCE*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Montecito Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (“Agency” or “Montecito GSA”) will conduct a public hearing (“Public Hearing”) on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. at 583 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108* to consider the adoption of a parcel fee based on acreage. The proposed charges are the result of a detailed financial analysis and a GSA Fee Study prepared by Raftelis, an independent financial consulting firm, to determine the charge amounts. The proposed fee affects parcel owners overlying the Montecito Groundwater Basin. The impact of the proposed fee on parcel owners will vary based upon the size (total acreage) of the parcel(s). If approved, the charges will commence July 1, 2020 and be recovered on a parcel’s property tax statement from the County of Santa Barbara Treasurer-Tax Collector.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 66016(a), at least ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing, the District will make all data required by Section 66016(a) available to the public. The data supporting the fee is available at the Montecito GSA website: https://www.montecitogsa.com/funding. For information on your specific parcel’s acreage and proposed fee, contact Montecito GSA by phone at 805.324.4207 or email info@montecitogsa.com.
At the Public Hearing on June 24, 2020 oral and written presentations may be made concerning the GSA Fee Study and proposed fees. In order to be counted, all written protests must be presented to the Agencyon or before the close of the Public Hearing.
* Due to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Orders issued in response to COVID-19, in person public participation at meetings is suspended and instead meetings are held telephonically and/or electronically. Remote participation information can be found on the meeting agenda and will be posted at the above location, on the website www.montecitogsa.com, and available by calling 805-324-4207.
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BID NO. 5850 PROVIDE & INSTALL SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM FOR HARBOR COMMERCIAL AREA
Bid Submission.
The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept electronic bids for its Provide & Install Security Camera System for Harbor Commercial Area (“Project”), by or before TUESDAY JUNE 23, 2020, at 3:00p.m. through its PlanetBids portal. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to submit a Bid Proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that their Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids so plan accordingly. The receiving time at on PlanetBids’ server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.
If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the
City’s PlanetBids portal.
Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.
Project Information.
2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at 132A Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA and is described as follows: The purpose of this project is to provide all labor and materials to install a complete security camera system for the Commercial area of the Santa Barbara Harbor using the Waterfronts existing fiber network and runs.
2.2 Time for Completion. The Project must be completed within 120 calendar days from the start date set forth in the Notice to Proceed. City anticipates that the Work will begin on or about July 15, 2020but the anticipated start date is provided solely for convenience and is neither certain nor binding.
2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is $138,000.00
2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A pre-bid meeting will not be held. Bidders may contact Karl Treiberg (805) 564-5527 to arrange site visit. All questions asked to City that are not already answered within this document and attachments, shall be posted with answers on Planet Bids.
License and Registration Requirements.
3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): C7
LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEMS LICENSE
3.2 DIR Registration. City may not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder is registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work pursuant to Labor Code § 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions
Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959
Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of (10) ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that within ten days after City issues the Notice of Award, the successful bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and any other submittals required by the Contract Documents and as specified in the Notice of Award.
Prevailing Wage Requirements.
6.1 General. Pursuant to California Labor Code § 1720 et seq., this Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.
6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at leasttime and one-half.
6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code § 1771.4.
Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide separate performance and payment bonds for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount, as further specified in the Contract Documents.
Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code § 22300.
Subcontractor List. Each subcontractor must be registered with the DIR to perform work on public projects. Each bidder must submit a complete Subcontractor List WITH ITS Bid Proposal through the PlanetBids portal. Failure to do will result in rejection of your bid. The Subcontractors List shall include the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) foreach Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price.
Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.
Retention Percentage. Retention will not be withheld from progress payments for this contract.
By: _______________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Date: ________________
Only this man could be that peaceful working at home
major task of the workplace is to deal with the underlying quandary that with extremely rare exceptions, you just don’t want to fricking be there.
Early American office buildings followed the tenets of Frederick Winslow Taylor (1890s) whose “Principles of Scientific Management” is considered the most influential management tome, like, ever. But Taylor’s attitude towards workers was not great. Despite the name, “Taylor made” was not all about you. Taylor workplaces were basically labor camps, substituting management for guards.
Taylor office layout was like those long communal tables from Martha Stewart weddings now popular at Le Pain Quotidien. But instead of baguettes and oat milk lattes and fun people, these long tables featured carpal tunnel, cramped quarters, and coworkers who’d use your eye socket as a toe hold to move one inch above you on the corporate ladder. As a bonus you were also under the watchful eye of a manager.
As work became more crushing, the concept of workers deserving some rights began to sprout. This was thanks to people like Eugene Debs, Karl Marx, and Upton Sinclair – but especially the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York – a far worse tragedy than it had to be because the workers had been actually locked inside by management when the fire broke out. Thankfully, it became a liability issue for management to physically imprison people. So in response, some manager had the brilliant idea it’d be easier and safer to keep workers contained at work by simply locking them inside the workplace psychologically.
Thus came into being the idea of credit and credit unions. With the carrot of easy purchases on credit, managers found that people would stay late of their own volition, with no need to lock them in. And it totally worked. Today Americans have the longest work week and work year in the industrialized world; we work 137 more hours per year than even our counterparts in Japan (according to the ILO).
Did that place we spent a full third of our lives literally just... disappear into the ether? I find it unsettling when these major tent poles of Life just... vanish. And what will be next to go? Clothes? Water? Shoes? Brushing our teeth?
The purpose built office was fruitful and multiplied in the early 1900s, turbo charged by the advent of the computer, then known as Herman Hollerith’s “punched card machine,” and later known as IBM.
The computer changed the shape of the office because it generated reams of paper (punched cards were analog manifestations of bytes), it needed scores of data processors to feed it and clean up its waste (that’s why ticker tape parades were largely punched cards), and it needed a massive system to keep the whole thing cooled. Sorry, humans, air “conditioning” was developed to cool machines, not you.
In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright was a humanist and respected architect, and Wright felt the workplace could be improved instead of merely the orthogonal layout of people and devices.
It is said that Wright also wanted to imbue the office with a progressive attitude toward labor. Wright wanted Exceptional Architectural Finish to “flatten hierarchy” and soften the harshness of the office, the same way (805) 450-2049 | JAMES@JJCSB.NET your kids’ dentist puts up Babar illustrations – to distract inhabitants from the pain. 40 MONTECITO JOURNAL “Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” – Albert Camus
“The work area at the Johnson Wax Building was so Frank Lloyd Wrong. What would you rather look at all day? Your coworkers or those giant lily pads? Well guess what. All day you have to look at both.” (photo courtesy Library of Congress)
Why We Hate Work
If you’re wondering why we dislike work, you have to go back to genesis. Not the genesis of the workplace, but actual Genesis. What was the consequence of Adam and Eve defying God and eating the apple? The first consequence was there would be painful childbirth, sayeth the Bible. And the other consequence? There would be Work. Since that story has been ingrained in us for 5,780 years, it’s easy to understand why the human predisposition is against work. I’m doing work right now. Trust me, it sucks.
Wright’s approach was called the “open plan” and featured giant lily pads and other “softening elements” in his famous Johnson Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin. It looks like kind of an early Teletubby landscape. The only real problem was it looks cool but didn’t really work. It was remarkably unprivate and therefore distracting with everyone inside sort of a giant “work pit” with very few windows.
In a quirk of human nature, turns out that people are much more productive not only NOT seeing each other, but instead when we see our incentives like the corner office, executive washroom, or that incredible technological marvel for creating privacy, the door. Sadly, we’re also more productive when we’re being watched over. If you don’t believe me, go to any classroom when the teacher leaves. Remember classrooms? They came before Zoom.
It is this need to be watched over, and for semi-privacy, that gave birth to the dreaded Cubicle – which was actually designed not by Satan but by the famous Herman Miller design firm – and the intention was to make workers feel good. The felt walls deadened noise, accepted thumbtacks,
