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Another day, another new record high for the price of gas By DAN MCCALEB THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – A day after the average price of a gallon of gas hit the $5 mark nationally for the first time in history, prices ticked up again overnight to set another new record Sunday. According to AAA, the U.S. average is now $5.01 a gallon, a day after reaching $5. Prices have risen every day in June. A week ago, the average price was

$4.89. A month ago, it was $4.42. A year ago, it was $3.08. That’s nearly a $2 a gallon increase in the past 12 months. In California, the average is now $6.43 per gallon, while in Santa Barbara County the average is $6.35 per gallon. The price of diesel fuel also rose slightly overnight to $5.77 a gallon. Diesel powers the trucks that transport food and other consumer goods across the Please see GAS on A2

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David Peterson, left, the owner of several local McDonald’s restaurants, and Carolina Ramirez pose together for a photo at the Camino Real Marketplace location in Goleta on Friday. Ms. Ramirez was recently honored with the Ray Kroc Award for outstanding leadership.

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Carolina Ramirez, a McDonald’s manager in Goleta, recently won the coveted Ray Kroc Award for her outstanding leadership. She’s among the top 1% of McDonald’s managers around the world to receive the honor, named after McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. Ms. Ramirez manages the

McDonald’s restaurant located at 6900 Marketplace Drive in Goleta and owned by David Peterson. (The restaurant is located at the Camino Real Marketplace.) She received the Ray Kroc Award from McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempcinski at the chain’s worldwide convention in Orlando in front of an audience of 40,000 people. “It was such an honor to get this award,” Ms. Ramirez told

the News-Press. “When I was nominated, I felt like a winner. When they told me I won, it was an incredible honor. It was like a dream come true, especially coming from Mexico at 16 years old.” Ms. Ramirez, who came to America as a teenager from Durango City, Mexico, has worked for McDonald’s for 21 years and has been a manager for the past five years. She spoke no English

when she moved to America, but today she’s known for being a gifted leader of more than 60 team members who serve more than 1,000 guests a day. “She is warm, smart, caring and teaches her team the value of hard work and providing a warm smile and meal to our happy guests,” Mr. Peterson said. Mr. Peterson, who also owns the McDonald’s at 146 S. Fairview Please see AWARD on A4

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Current gas prices are shown at the 7-Eleven location off Calle Real and Ellwood Station Road in Goleta on Sunday.

Report: At $1.5 trillion, California has nation’s largest public pension debt load By MADISON HIRNEISEN THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – California has a larger unfunded pension liability than any other state in the nation, a new report released this week. The report, released by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), found that unfunded pension liabilities nationwide have climbed to $8.28 trillion, “or just under $25,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States.” The report found that California has the greatest amount of unfunded pension liabilities of any state, totaling over $1.5 trillion.

Ms. Ramirez, center, is shown with a group of her coworkers.

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Continued from Page A1 country, contributing to 40-yearhigh inflation. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday that consumer prices spiked 8.6% in May over the same period last year, the largest increase since 1981. GasBuddy, which also monitors gas prices nationally, says demand for gasoline is rising as the summer travel season is here. “According to GasBuddy data, weekly (Sun-Sat) US gasoline demand rose 2.7% from the prior week and was 1.1% above the average of the last four weeks,” Patrick De Haan at GasBuddy tweeted Sunday. “It was the highest level of 2022.” As demand outpaces supply, analysts expect costs to continue to rise through the summer. While President Joe Biden blames Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the oil industry for record high gas prices, recent polling indicates a majority of Americans blame the president. An April Rasmussen Reports poll

found 61% of voters say Biden has not done enough to address gas prices, as previously reported by The Center Square. “Gas prices are at a record high!,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas tweeted Saturday. “It’s truly amazing to watch the corporate press try to bend over backwards in their attempt to shift the blame from Biden. He literally campaigned on shutting down oil & gas drilling!” During a 2020 Democratic presidential debate, President Biden said, “no more subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. No more drilling on federal land. No more drilling including offshore. No more ability for the oil industry to continue to drill. Period.” On his first day in office, Mr. Biden blocked new leases for the oil industry on federal lands, including in the Gulf of Mexico, ended the Keystone Pipeline project and placed other new restrictions on the industry. News-Press Associate Editor Matt Smolensky contributed to this report.

As demand outpaces supply, analysts expect costs to continue to rise through the summer.

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Current gas prices are shown off Fairview Avenue in Goleta on Sunday.

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Bipartisan group of U.S. senators announce agreement reached on gun control measure By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats, announced on Sunday they’d reached an agreement on new federal gun control legislation. “The tragedies in Uvalde and elsewhere cried out for action,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said. Cornyn co-led the bipartisan group with Sen. Chris Murphy, DConn. “I worked closely with my colleagues to find an agreement to protect our communities from violence while also protecting law-abiding Texans’ right to bear arms,” Sen. Cornyn added. The group reached a “breakthrough agreement on gun violence – the first in 30 years – that will save lives. I think you’ll be surprised at the scope of our framework,” Sen. Murphy said. Joining Sen. Cornyn were Republican Sens. Roy Blunt, RMo., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Thom Tillis, RN.C., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa. Ten Republicans joining Democrats would prevent a filibuster from taking place in the 50-50 Senate. “Today, we are announcing a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country,” they said in a joint statement. “Families are scared, and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore their sense of safety and security in their communities. “Our plan increases needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals and those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can’t purchase weapons. Most importantly, our plan saves lives while also protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans.

“Today, we are announcing a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country,” the senators said in a joint statement. We look forward to earning broad, bipartisan support and passing our commonsense proposal into law.” The proposal would require an enhanced background check for gun buyers under age 21 and implement “a short pause to conduct the check. Young buyers can get the gun only after the enhanced check is completed,” Sen. Murphy said. It provides clarification on who needs to register as a licensed gun dealer, to ensure “all truly commercial sellers are doing background checks,” he added. Their proposal provides “major funding to help states pass and implement crisis intervention orders (red flag laws) that will allow law enforcement to temporarily take dangerous weapons away from people who pose a danger to others or themselves,” Sen. Murphy said. The joint announcement doesn’t mention “red flag laws.” Instead, it says their plan supports state crisis intervention orders. It “provides resources to states and tribes to create and administer laws that help ensure deadly weapons are kept out of the hands of individuals whom a court has determined to be a significant danger to themselves or others, consistent with state and federal due process and constitutional protections,” according to the statement. Their plan also proposes new funding for mental health and school safety, and a national buildout of community mental health clinics. It also closes the “‘boyfriend loophole,’ so that no domestic abuser – a spouse or a serious dating partner – can buy a gun if they are convicted of abuse against their partner.” It doesn’t appear to include a ban on semiautomatic rifles or limit the number of bullets

magazines can hold, proposals Democrats, including President Joe Biden, have called for. The leaders of the Senate expressed support for the plan. Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, “Congress is on the path to take meaningful action to address gun violence,” and said the Senate should move to pass the legislation. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said, “I appreciate their hard work on this important issue. The principles they announced today show the value of dialogue and cooperation.” The Major Cities Chiefs Association released a statement saying it was “greatly encouraged by the bipartisan firearms policy” and the “Common sense reforms included in the framework will help save lives.” It represents 79 chiefs, commissioners and sheriffs representing the largest cities in the U.S. The National Rifle Association posted a video of its members, including minors and minorities, expressing their support for responsible gun ownership. It also reiterated the fact that “An NRA member has never committed a mass shooting.” In response to the senators’ proposal, it said it is “committed to real solutions to help stop violence in our communities. We encourage our elected officials to provide more resources to secure our schools, fix our severely broken mental health system and support law enforcement. The NRA said it would not take a position on the “framework” but will do so after reviewing the full text of the bill that’s filed. “NRA will continue to oppose any effort to insert gun control policies, initiatives that override constitutional due process protections & efforts to deprive

Palin leads crowded field of candidates seeking Alaska’s sole seat in U.S. House By KIM JARRETT THE CENTER SQUARE

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(The Center Square) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is leading a pack of 48 candidates in a race to fill out the remaining months of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term. Ms. Palin has 29.77%, or 32,371, of the votes cast so far, according to results from the

Division of Elections. Fellow Republican Nick Begich is in second place with 19.34%, or 20,994 votes. Begich is endorsed by the Alaska Republican Party while Ms. Palin has the backing of former President Donald Trump. Following Ms. Palin and Mr. Begich are independent Al Gross, Please see PALIN on A4

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Incumbent Titus, Vilela running in June 14 Democratic primary for Nevada’s 1st District By DAVE BEAUDOIN BALLOTPEDIA VIA THE CENTER SQUARE

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Carolina Ramirez is shown at the Camino Real Marketplace location in Goleta on Friday.

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Continued from Page A1 Ave. in Goleta, explained that the McDonald’s corporation sends an inquiry every two years to owners and operators, asking whether they would like to nominate someone for the award. “There are very strict criteria for the award. Then a nomination committee weeds through all the applications.” The News-Press asked Mr. Peterson — whose father, Herb Peterson, invented the Egg McMuffin and was a friend of Mr. Kroc — why Ms. Ramirez deserved the Ray Kroc Award. “First of all, the facts spoke for themselves,” Mr. Peterson said. “Her numbers and the

things that she has achieved are stellar. I’ve probably had over 300 managers work for me. Her heart, her spirit and the family that she has created, it’s beautiful to see. “Caro is just meant to be a manager of people,” Mr. Peterson said. “I feel very grateful to have spent my life in this business and to have worked with the people I have worked with — and then to have Caro come through and be the shining light that she is. She is an example of how to make the world a better place.” Ms. Ramirez talked to the News-Press about what she enjoys about her work. “I love everything, especially my people,” she said. “McDonald’s gives you a lot of training and tools. I like to take orders and bring food

to customers. I like to build sales. I like to bring sales to the store and bring results. We are in the top 10 with deliveries. “I love coming to work with energy,” said Ms. Ramirez. “I am very grateful to have the opportunity to run this store, and I am very grateful to Dave and Monte,” said Ms. Ramirez. Monte Fraker is Ms. Ramirez’s direct supervisor and is the director of operations for the McDonald’s at 6900 Marketplace Drive. Ms. Ramirez has this advice for other managers: “Just love the people and care about people. Love the job and always bring energy into work.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com

Court rules against administration on illegal immigration again By BETHANY BLANKLEY THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled against the Biden administration in a lawsuit brought by Texas and Louisiana over the administration releasing “criminal illegal aliens” into the U.S. instead of deporting them. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issued a 96-page opinion in favor of Texas and Louisiana vacating a memorandum issued by Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The judge said Mr. Mayorkas’ policy was “arbitrary and capricious, contrary to law, and failing to observe procedure under the Administrative Procedure Act.” Judge Tipton also denied all other requested relief brought by the administration. The ruling comes after law enforcement officers involved in Texas’ Operation Lone Star have made a record number of arrests of violent offenders with cartel and gang connections. “I just dealt Biden another massive defeat in fed court,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement. “He tried to throw out immigration law, saying DHS didn’t have to detain criminal illegals. The court now says he must. I will always hold the line with the Dems and the rule of law. “Joe Biden is more focused

on abandoning our laws than enforcing them, and it’s clear he cares more about his radicalliberal ideology than the lives of hard-working Americans,” Mr. Paxton added. Of the ruling, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said, “A federal judge has just ruled with us that the Biden Administration can no longer refuse to detain criminal illegal immigrants. This is a major win for our national security and the rule of law.” Mr. Mayorkas first issued an “interim guidance” Jan. 20 changing immigration policy, and again an ICE memorandum on Feb. 18 drastically altered deportation policy, including limiting issuing detainer requests for dangerous criminal aliens. Since then, he’s issued other memorandums over which Mr. Paxton, Mr. Landry and others have sued. Judges have also ruled against the memorandums arguing they don’t have the legal authority to change laws established by Congress. In a September 2021 memorandum, Mr. Mayorkas said, “The fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them. We will use our discretion and focus our enforcement resources in a more targeted way. Justice and our country’s well-being require it.”

Only those who pose a threat to national security, public safety or a threat to border security would be targeted for removal, according to the new guidelines. But such individuals aren’t being apprehended, detained or deported, the AGs argue. When state and local authorities incarcerate “an alien already convicted of a felony criminal offense,” the complaint says, they inform U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE is required by federal law to initiate deportation proceedings by sending a detainer request to state and or local law enforcement to hold the individual/s in question until ICE can pick them up. State and local authorities are required to hold them instead of releasing them into the U.S. “But since the inauguration, the Biden Administration has rescinded dozens of detainer requests previously issued to” the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the complaint continues. ICE has also “declined to take custody of dangerous criminal aliens that it had previously sought.” The same process exists in Louisiana and other states, but in Louisiana, the federal government also operates federal detention facilities where it holds criminal illegal immigrants pending removal to process their deportation. As a result of Mr. Mayorkas’ directives, ICE’s

New Orleans Field Office “is not removing individuals subject to mandatory deportation, causing individuals in facilities in Louisiana to be released in local communities in Louisiana,” according to the complaint. Not deporting dangerous criminals “is indicative of a broader shift in federal policy that began on the first day of the Biden Administration and has resulted in a ‘crisis on the border,’” the AGs argue. Federal law requires ICE “to take custody of many criminal aliens, including those with final orders of removal, those convicted of drug offenses, and those convicted of crimes of moral turpitude.” By refusing to take them into custody, the Biden administration is violating the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, binding agreements DHS negotiated with the states of Texas and Louisiana and is unconstitutional, the AGs argue. Judge Tipton agreed. While the legal issues in the case are “varied and complicated” he said, the case was ultimately about whether the Biden administration “may require its officials to act in a manner that conflicts with a statutory mandate imposed by Congress.” “It may not,” he concluded. The Biden administration is expected to appeal.

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Continued from Page A3 with 12.46% of the vote, and Democrat Mary Peltola, who has 7.45% of the vote. Republican Tara Sweeney garnered 5.25% of the votes. Santa Claus, who did not run with a party affiliation, received 4.5% of the vote. Mr. Claus was formerly known as Thomas Patrick O’Connor and serves as Mayor Pro Tem of the

North Pole City Council. The election is the first one in Alaska using rank choice voting and was conducted by mail only. The top four candidates, regardless of party, will advance to the Aug. 18 primary ballot. Also on the primary ballot is the race to see who will win a two-year term as the state’s lone representative in Congress. Mr. Young died in March. As of Saturday, elections officials had counted about 108,981 votes. The voter turnout

is 18.56% The final results will not be known until later this month. “As long as voters’ ballots are postmarked on or before June 11, their ballot has 10 days to arrive to our (office) to be counted in a primary election,” said Tiffany Montemayor, public relations manager for the Division of Elections. “So we will be doing additional counts and results reports on June 15, June 17, and on June 21, which is the deadline to receive ballots.”

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Incumbent Dina Titus and Amy Vilela are running in the Democratic primary election for Nevada’s 1st Congressional District on June 14. Nevada’s 1st District was made more competitive after redistricting. Jannelle Calderon wrote in The Nevada Independent that “Before redistricting, District 1 had more than 147,000 registered Democrats and fewer than 66,000 registered Republicans — a more than 2-to-1 advantage for Ms. Titus’ party. The most recent voter registration statistics, published in March, show District 1 has 153,790 Democrats and 108,616 Republicans, or an 11-point Democratic advantage.” Gary Martin of the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote, “On social issues, there is little difference between the two candidates, who champion civil, voting and LGBTQ+ rights, lower prescription drug costs, environmental causes and expanded health care access and coverage. Ms. Titus was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 from Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District and lost her re-election bid in 2010 to Joseph Heck (R), 48.1% to 47.5%. She won election to the 1st District in 2012 and has been re-elected four times. Prior to serving in the House, Ms. Titus was a member of the Nevada State Senate and was the Democratic caucus leader for 15 years. Ms. Titus says her seniority

and work on economic issues would make her the better nominee: “I’ve used my voice to provide resources for those who need it most. Although we’re recovering rapidly, we still have a long way to go. People live paycheck to paycheck, and I’ll like to make sure that our prosperity is permanent.” Ms. Titus also contrasts her approach to Ms. Vilela’s: “I am a progressive, but I don’t believe in defunding the police. I’m for Medicare for all, but you’ve got to do it in a step-by-step process.” The Las Vegas Sun, Emily’s List, and the National Education Association endorsed Ms. Titus. Ms. Vilela served as Nevada co-chairwoman of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I) 2020 presidential campaign, executive vice president of finance at Foresee Consulting, and is the owner of a political consulting firm. She describes herself as a progressive Democrat who supports Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. Ms. Vilela says she would bring new enthusiasm to the district’s representation: “Time and time again, [Titus] has never faced a serious threat to her reelection from either party. With that kind of security, she has the opportunity to be a leading voice for bold, real progress. But she’s declined to do so … She’s embraced that security to make excuses to take her foot off the gas when it comes to organizing our community and mobilizing voters to show up to the polls.” Our Revolution, Brand New Congress, and U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) endorsed Ms. Vilela.

LOCAL FIVE-DAY FORECAST TODAY

TUESDAY

Sunny, pleasant and warmer

Pleasant with sunshine

INLAND

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Sunny and nice

INLAND

FRIDAY

Some low clouds, then sun

INLAND

Nice with plenty of sun

INLAND

86 47

93 51

98 53

92 49

79 46

76 58

75 59

74 59

71 58

73 55

COASTAL

Pismo Beach 74/53

COASTAL

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 86/63

Guadalupe 70/52

Santa Maria 70/50

Vandenberg 66/54

New Cuyama 81/50 Ventucopa 77/49

Los Alamos 81/51

Buellton 80/48

Solvang 85/50

Gaviota 74/55

SANTA BARBARA 76/58 Goleta 81/56

Carpinteria 74/59 Ventura 70/58

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

ALMANAC

Santa Barbara through 6 p.m. yesterday

TEMPERATURE High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

67/58 70/54 90 in 1981 44 in 1977

PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. Month to date (normal) Season to date (normal)

0.00” 0.00” (0.04”) 10.53” (17.10”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

87/61/s 94/65/s 71/34/s 89/47/s 67/56/pc 84/57/s 78/56/pc 62/52/s 87/62/s 80/63/pc 67/38/s 84/60/s 68/52/s 83/53/s 74/53/s 84/55/s 71/58/s 102/72/s 80/59/pc 89/48/s 85/59/s 69/61/pc 73/55/s 79/55/s 75/51/pc 73/61/pc 63/30/s

Tue. Hi/Lo/W 88/55/s 81/59/s 73/48/s 79/54/s 76/53/s 93/51/s 69/53/s 71/61/pc

95/77/pc 81/64/pc 89/73/t 102/78/s 97/55/s 99/79/s 90/79/t 82/73/t 83/66/pc 87/69/pc 108/82/s 63/51/sh 102/81/s 67/46/sh 60/48/sh 90/75/pc

POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-northwest at 7-14 knots today. Wind waves 3-5 feet with a southwest swell 3-6 feet at 9-second intervals. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest at 7-14 knots today. Wind waves 3-5 feet with a southwest swell 3-6 feet at 9-second intervals. Visibility clear.

SANTA BARBARA HARBOR TIDES Date Time High Time June 13

10:16 a.m. 9:11 p.m. June 14 11:11 a.m. 9:55 p.m. June 15 12:07 p.m. 10:42 p.m.

LAKE LEVELS

3.7’ 7.0’ 3.7’ 7.1’ 3.8’ 6.9’

Low

3:50 a.m. 2:42 p.m. 4:38 a.m. 3:28 p.m. 5:27 a.m. 4:18 p.m.

-1.2’ 2.1’ -1.6’ 2.3’ -1.7’ 2.4’

AT BRADBURY DAM, LAKE CACHUMA 90/64/s 97/70/s 74/40/s 93/53/s 71/61/pc 89/59/s 81/57/pc 62/51/s 91/66/s 80/65/s 75/41/s 90/62/s 68/51/s 87/55/s 74/54/s 88/60/s 73/59/pc 105/76/s 84/64/s 95/52/s 92/58/s 72/63/pc 74/55/s 84/57/s 82/53/s 74/60/pc 72/37/s

NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind from the west-northwest at 7-14 knots today. Wind waves 3-6 feet with a west swell 5-9 feet at 8-second intervals. Visibility clear.

TIDES

LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 81/50/s 81/56/s 68/48/pc 74/53/pc 70/50/pc 86/47/s 66/54/pc 70/58/s

MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

95/78/t 80/63/pc 99/79/s 100/76/s 83/53/pc 96/79/s 89/77/t 97/68/pc 82/66/r 82/68/t 105/79/s 65/48/c 102/79/s 71/47/pc 61/47/c 85/72/t

At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 83,882 acre-ft. Elevation 707.02 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 45.3 acre-ft. Inflow 25.3 acre-ft. State inflow 36.3 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -70 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

Full

Last

Jun 14

Jun 20

WORLD CITIES

Today 5:46 a.m. 8:13 p.m. 7:52 p.m. 4:49 a.m.

New

Jun 28

Tue. 5:46 a.m. 8:13 p.m. 9:05 p.m. 5:43 a.m.

First

Jul 6

Today Tue. City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Beijing 83/61/t 79/63/pc Berlin 68/51/pc 70/53/pc Cairo 91/75/s 93/74/s Cancun 88/79/c 88/76/c London 70/51/pc 75/53/pc Mexico City 72/58/t 70/57/t Montreal 74/57/s 80/61/pc New Delhi 109/88/pc 109/88/pc Paris 74/53/s 78/59/pc Rio de Janeiro 70/64/c 69/62/c Rome 84/63/s 84/64/s Sydney 62/44/s 64/45/s Tokyo 77/63/c 71/62/c W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Life

M O N DAY, J U N E 1 3 , 2 0 2 2

Leading others to new heights

Santa Barbara native serves at Naval Aviation Schools Command By Lt. CMDR. CHRIS DONLON NAVY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Petty Officer 1st Class Erica Romero, a native of Santa Barbara, is serving the U.S. Navy at Naval Aviation Schools Command. As an instructor at NASC, Petty Officer Romero is serving among sailors, Marines and guardsmen developing the skills needed to be combat-ready aviation professionals. NASC is located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and provides an educational foundation in technical training, character development and professional leadership. NASC instructors are experts in the subject matter they teach and they provide cutting-edge technical training that transforms students into mission-ready sailors. Petty Officer Romero joined the Navy 13 years ago. Today, she

serves as a naval air crewman. “Movies, military history and a desire for adventure all contributed to my joining the Navy,” said Petty Officer Romero. She said the values required to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Santa Barbara. “I was raised to always strive for better and never take ‘no’ for an answer,” said Petty Officer Romero. NASC provides an educational foundation in technical training, character development and professional leadership to prepare Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and partner nations’ officers and enlisted personnel to be the combat-quality aviation professionals their nations need. NASC is composed of four schoolhouses: Aviation Training School (ATS), Aviation Enlisted Aircrew Training (AEATS), Aviation Rescue Swimmer School (ARSS) and Aviation Water Survival School (AWS), which provide instruction in 14 different

curricula. In fiscal year 2021, ATS staff conducted 2,250 hours of classroom instruction and 17,095 hours of flight instruction, graduating 1,140 pilots and 217 Naval Flight Officers. AEATS graduated 1,237 students, ARSS graduated 245 students and AWS, including Detachment Swim Sites Norfolk and Pearl Harbor, provided training for 6,479 students. Serving in the Navy means Petty Officer Romero is part of a team that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy. “The Navy supports national defense because we act as America’s nautical force in readiness,” she said. Petty Officer Romero and the sailors she serves with have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their

military service. “I am most proud of how I have successfully balanced being a mother and a fulltime helicopter crew chief,” said Petty Officer Romero. As she and other sailors continue to train and perform the mission they are tasked with, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy. “Serving has taught me to be less intimidated by the unknown and to push myself beyond my limits,” added Petty Officer Romero. The Naval Education and Training Command is the U.S. Navy’s Force Development pillar and largest shore command. Through its “Street to Fleet” focus, Naval Education and Training Command recruits civilians and transforms them into skilled warfighters ready to meet the current and future needs of the U.S. Navy. email: news@newspress.com

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“Serving has taught me to be less intimidated by the unknown and to push myself beyond my limits,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Erica Romero, a Santa Barbara native in the Navy. She’s an instructor at the Naval Aviation Schools Command.

‘The Orville: New Horizons’ explores space and humanity REVIEW By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

MICHAEL DESMOND/HULU PHOTOS

At top, “The Orville: New Horizons” takes the crew boldly into new parts of space. Above, Charly Burke (Anne Winters) and Isaac (Mark Jackson) talk about the crew’s difficulty in forgiving Isaac.

“The Orville: New Horizons” — essentially the third season of “The Orville” — takes the series into profound directions. So far, the first two episodes of the season (streaming Wednesdays exclusively on Hulu) tackle the basic goal of all good science fiction. Sci-fi is all about what it means to be human, even if that question is being asked through stories involving aliens and androids. “The Orville,” which is a blend of much drama and some comedy, answers questions about humanity with wisdom as profound as “Star Trek.” No surprise there, since people formerly involved with “Star Trek” shows, are involved with this one. Brannon Braga, an executive producer on several “Star Trek” shows, is one of the “Orville” executive producers. “The Orville,” a series created by Executive Producer Seth McFarlane and starring him as Capt. Ed Mercer (commander of the Union starship The Orville), doesn’t waste a second getting to the tough questions in its first episode this season. Isaac, the supposedly emotionless Kaylon android who saved the crew members in the second season after initially joining the Kaylons in betraying them, deals with people not forgiving him. That sets the stage for a story about suicide, and “The Orville,” much like the original “Star Trek” series, examines social issues in episodes that are morality plays. In discussing the future, “The Orville” gets viewers to look at today’s social issues, much like “Star Trek” has. The stories include strong writing by Mr. MacFarlane, Mr. Braga and André Bormanis. The acting is handled in a realistic and compelling manner by Mr. MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J Lee, Mark Jackson, Chad L. Coleman, Jessica Szohr and Anne Winters. But one actress stands out: Penny Johnson Jerald, who excelled on shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “24.” Ms. Johnson Jerald plays Dr. Please see ORVILLE on B2

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Collage provides window into 1980s art

F. has a mixed media collage that is a surrealistic image of a businessman’s tie, rendered in paper and mounted in a three dimensional structure of paper supported — and bounced — on little springs. It is not dated, but looks very 1980s. Art and artists of the 1980s are now capturing the interest of the art world today. You might ask, “Why the 1980s? Isn’t that when we listened to big hair bands, and we wore the worst fashions ever? How good could 1980s art be?” Many important buyers of contemporary art today were born in the 1980s. When the art-buying public reaches connoisseurship maturity, often collectors collect the era in which they were born. Although the general styles of the 1980s (those garish colors, those lame attempts at pop art, those poor abstractions hung in hotel lobbies) are indeed terrible, in every era we find great artists, in spite of the prevailing look of a certain era. The good artists who reached the top of their careers in the 1980s were trained in the 1940’s (post-World War II). In the 1980s, we see a strong line reaching back to both Cubism and Surrealism “discovered” in the previous generation. G.F.’s collage is a great example of a surrealist construction of the 1980s, and the artist, Robert Watson, learned his technique and developed a style based on his teacher Frederic Taubes (who learned techniques and developed a style beginning in the 1920s); thus, Mr. Watson grew as an artist. The influence of a teacher cannot be underestimated. Mr. Watson (1923-2004) was known for surrealistic cityscapes featuring the “lonely man.” The outcast man in a stark geometric built environment is his signature. He studied under Mr. Taubes, born in Poland in 1900 and a master of painting techniques, craft, color and oil medium. This tells us one important fact about understanding art: if you want to understand a work by a certain artist, look at the artist’s teachers. Mentorship is a huge component

of the artist’s world, one that every artist understands. And G.F.’s work is a good example of this. Here’s how that mentorship flowed in the case of Mr. Taubes and Mr. Watson. Mr. Taubes was a child of World War I, leaving Russian occupied Poland for Vienna in his teens and studying at the Vienna Academy of Art, a traditional Academic school. After World War I, Mr. Taubes studied in Munich, Germany, and was exposed to “new” styles such as Cubism, Surrealism, German Expressionism, and Dada. His focus changed from Classical Old Master studies to works by Cezanne, de Chirico, Otto Dix and Georg Grosz; he was accepted into the art program at Weimar’s Bauhaus. There, he learned a geometric approach to art and design. Just to show you how this mentorship thing works in the art world, Mr. Taubes’ teacher at the Bauhaus was Johannes Itten (18881967) a teacher of techniques and the craft of painting who authored an important book on color (“The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color,” 1973). Mr. Itten associated seasonal color palettes with four types of people, a theory adopted by the cosmetics industry later. In 1930, in the midst of the Depression, Mr. Taubes moved to New York City, and because only the very wealthy were buying art, he painted portraits for wealthy society women. He began to teach after World War II. Portraiture was no longer the vogue, and he began to study the Old Masters yet again. He published books on the craft of the Old Masters, and developed new pigments, based on the pigments used in the 14th and -15th centuries. Mr. Watson was a student of Mr. Taubes in the Midwest, and Mr. Taubes’ attention to the technique and geomantic style of his youth influenced Mr. Watson, who found his life oeuvre in Surrealism. Mr. Watson moved to Berkeley and painted in that radical art scene in the 1950s and 1960s. He illustrated for Ray Bradbury (“The Martian Chronicles,” 1953), and had shows at Gumps and at the California Palace of the

COURTESY PHOTO

Valued at $800, this collage has a 1980s look to it.

Legion of Honor. If Mr. Watson’s teacher Mr. Taubes was a product of World War I, experiencing the subsequent new direction in art away from the Academic style that represented the Old World, Mr. Watson was a product of World WarII, with that new direction toward unreal Realism (surrealism), geometric abstraction and self-expression (Abstract Expressionism) after the tragedies of World War II. When you can sense the mentor behind the student you can see the pedigree in works of art. And you’ll see the influences of the era on both the mentor and the

student. When I am called to value an artist’s collection of art, I find works by his/her teachers and mentors in that collection. G.F.’s collage is valued at $800. Dr. Elizabeth Stewart’s “Ask the Gold Digger” column appears Mondays in the News-Press. Written after her father’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Dr. Stewart’s book “My Darlin’ Quarantine: Intimate Connections Created in Chaos” is a humorous collection of five “what-if” short stories that end in personal triumphs over presentday constrictions. It’s available at Chaucer’s in Santa Barbara.

Westmont museum exhibits to feature SoCal artists By MATT SMOLENSKY NEWS-PRESS ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The Westmont College RidleyTree Museum of Art will be presenting the work of four influential Southern California artists and art professors during three exhibitions from July 7 through Aug. 6. The exhibits, which will kick off with a free, public opening reception at the museum on July 7 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., will feature the work of Ken Jewesson, Ciel Bergman, Irma Cavat and Florence “FiFi” Russell. “Finding Beauty in Structure: Works of Ken Jewesson” includes more than 30 pieces of art in the museum’s main gallery. Mr. Jewesson enjoyed a long career working as a ceramic designer, printmaker, painter, draftsman, collage artist and jewelry maker. “His work is important as he was among a group of avant-garde artists to introduce modernism

to Santa Barbara,” said Judy L. Larson, Askew professor of art history and museum director, of Mr. Jewesson. “His colorful works represent an intersection of science and art and express his heartfelt sense that art connects us to the divine.” “Two New Acquisitions: Irma Cavat and Ciel Bergman” celebrates two pioneering female artists in Santa Barbara who were the first women to teach in the UCSB Art Department. “They were spirited women, both feminists, both interested in the environment,” Ms. Larson says of the pair. “Their styles in art were very different, but they are united in their efforts to put a spotlight on the contributions of women artists to modern art. We are so pleased to exhibit these important new acquisitions to the permanent collection.” “Florence ‘FiFi’ Russell: Artist and Art Educator Turns 100” is part of a community-wide 100th

birthday celebration for the adventurous artist and long-time Santa Barbara resident. Her watercolors will also be displayed throughout July at CLAY Studio, Corridan Gallery, 10 West Gallery, Gallery 113, Goleta Valley Art Association/ Goleta Library, La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts/Fine Line;/Illuminations Galleries, Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery, Santa Barbara Art Association/ Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library and Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery. The Ridley-Tree Museum of Art is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding college holidays. For more information, visit westmont.edu/museum or contact the museum at 805-5656162. email: msmolensky@newspress. com

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The U.S.S. Orville continues its mission of exploration.

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Finn, the chief medical officer, and she makes every word of her dialogue count. And Ms. Winters is skilled at playing bridge officer Charly

Burke, who, like many of the crew members, won’t forgive Isaac. Likewise, Mr. Jackson does a great job of hinting at emotion in the so-called emotionless android Isaac. It’s clear Isaac actually does have feelings, even if he doesn’t realize that.

And in watching Isaac grow, viewers develop empathy for him, which means Isaac is helping to answer a question for viewers. What does it mean to be human? email: dmason@newspress.com

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By JON STYF (The Center Square) – Over the next nine years, more than half of the stadiums in the National Football League will reach 30 years of age, or the age at which stadiums are generally replaced, according to economist J.C. Bradbury of Kennesaw State University in Georgia. The model for replacement is trending more toward the taxpayer-supported efforts being pitched for the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills than it is strictly team-owner funded stadiums such as the $5 billion SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, home of the Chargers and Super Bowl-champion Rams. “The fourth wave of stadium construction is upon us,” Mr. Bradbury said. “And it’s going to be building over the next few years and peaking at around 2030. That’s not just the NFL, that’s all the big sports leagues.” Before SoFi, the most recent NFL stadium built was Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, which received $750 million in public funding only four years after a new hockey arena for the Las Vegas Knights was built down the strip in 2016 with no taxpayer funding. This year, the teams that struck quick got deals done, Mr. Bradbury said. While the Washington Commanders floated a stadium proposal first – a $3 billion plan that included a wavering amount of public funding from Virginia of $350 million to $1 billion or more died for the year in the Legislature on Thursday – it is the Bills and Titans that look like they will have new stadiums for the 2026 NFL season. Buffalo received $850 million in public funding with $600 million from New York state and $250 million from Erie County for a new estimated $1.4 billion stadium. The Titans are expected to receive $500 million from Tennessee and $1 billion from state and Nashville taxes for $1.5 billion in public funding on an estimated $2.2 billion stadium. That came after a 2017 Nashville study estimated that Nissan Stadium, completed in 1999, would require $293.2 million in capital improvements over 20 years. “The Buffalo Bills are getting extravagant subsidies,” said Michael Farren, a senior research fellow at George Mason’s Mercatus Center. “They were going to get the biggest NFL subsidies ever. For about one week they held that title. … If the Senate version had gone through, Virginia would have been the new champion of overpaying for stadium subsidies.” Maryland, meanwhile, has pledged $1.2 billion to split and renovate the Baltimore Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium (opened in 1998) and the Baltimore Orioles’ Camden Yards (opened in 1992). Both the Denver Broncos, expected to soon be approved for new ownership led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and son-in-law Greg Penner, and the Cincinnati Bengals have already floated the idea of new stadiums this spring.

The playbook for public funds Mr. Farren said the public subsidy deals follow a road map learned from previous teams, one identified by Joanna Cagan and Neil deMause in their book and his now website “Field of Schemes.” Mr. Bradbury said that it starts by getting state and local lawmakers on the same page to push a deal through quickly, before the full numbers are revealed and economists can tell the real story on benefits projections. And it doesn’t always work like regular economics, where a situation like the Washington Commanders could elicit a bidding war between states and municipalities such as Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. “These coalitions don’t exist to win a bidding war,” Mr. Bradbury said. “These coalitions exist to feel loved. “… It’s a weird trifle relationship that, as an economist, I have a hard time understanding

it.” In both Nashville and Buffalo, state, team and local leadership worked together to push new stadium proposals. Both included renovation estimates, which Titans CEO Burke Nihill said could cost Nashville more than $1.8 billion. Nashville, meanwhile, decided not to invest in its own estimates of renovation costs. Both also included team-sponsored economic impact estimates of a new stadium, like the Commanders Stadium, which did not include many of the details of how those numbers were created. The Titans claimed nearly $30 billion and 19,000 jobs in economic impact over 30 years while the Commanders’ leaked report claimed $24.7 billion and 2,246 jobs in the area by 2033. Mr. Bradbury has called team-sponsored reports “predatory” and went further with the Titans report, calling it “hot garbage” and “not credible whatsoever.” His reasoning was because it was not peer reviewed and it was conducted by an unnamed “predatory consulting firm” that he says was paid to give positive feedback on the economic impact of a new stadium and the current Nissan Stadium. Mr. Farren called the team-sponsored studies faulty “benefits-only analysis” and said he believes that no one in the public has seen the full Commanders report because only the cover page was leaked. “They give you the big picture results but they never give you the methodology or analysis of how they arrived at those conclusions,” Mr. Farren said. “The reason is because they never do a cost-benefit analysis.” Those team-sponsored economic impact reports are then used as legislatures and local councils push through the taxpayer-funded subsidies.

Why the public doesn’t win Mr. Bradbury has compiled studies on sports stadiums throughout the country and economists have come to a near-unanimous conclusion that sports stadium subsidies do not work as promised, regardless of the individual circumstances of a team. Mr. Bradbury has worked on an in-depth analysis of a deal to build the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park and The Battery entertainment district surrounding the home of the defending World Series champions. While the team has done well financially, the stadium remains a $15 million annual expense to Cobb County residents despite the team’s success both on the field and finishing second in the National League in attendance behind the perennial leaders, the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Braves’ parent company, Liberty Media, announced in its earnings report earlier this year that the team took in $526 million in baseball revenue in 2021, along with $42 million in revenue from The Battery. The team had $457 million in expenses. Economist Dennis Coates of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has studied the impacts of professional sports franchises on local economies extensively. “Our findings were clear: Professional sports had no positive impact on an area’s economy, and actually harmed residents’ per capita incomes,” Mr. Coates wrote. Mr. Farren said that it’s a process that’s beneficial to NFL owners, who make money off the new stadiums, and politicians, who gain political capital from the projects. But local taxpayers are the ones who pay. “Billionaires generally in the NFL are more than happy to accept handouts from politicians and politicians get to hitch their wagon to the media buzz surrounding the new project,” Mr. Farren said. “It creates a system where, honestly, a lot of economic growth is actually harmed by the subsidies because you are not putting it toward projects that actually make sense. “You’re putting it toward big flashy projects

that give policymakers a ribbon cutting ceremony and a groundbreaking ceremony and a contract signing ceremony. None of this actually leads to economy growth.” In many cases, like Nashville and the proposed Commanders’ deal, it creates a sports authority that is in charge of the bonds and financing for stadiums. A public records request shared with The Center Square from Justin Hayes, a communications specialist and a concerned Nashville taxpayer, showed Metro Sports Authority Board member Dan Hogan planning with Titans officials on how to promote the Titans’ deal as a taxpayer savings that would lead to $150 million that the city could use for affordable housing in Nashville. Mr. Hogan reasoned that the city bonding $1 billion for the new stadium was a savings from what Nihill estimated the city was obligated to pay for renovations and thus that “would represent an estimated $500M savings.” Mr. Bradbury said that sports authorities are put into place to build stadiums using public funds and thus will perpetually be looking for more public funding. “They don’t exist to operate and then turn out the lights when they’ve finished their work,” Mr. Bradbury said. “Once they come into existence, they need to stay relevant and stay in existence.”

Source of funds and bad math Mr. Farren said that the rising sports stadium subsidies – the Tennessee think tank Sycamore Institute showed this week the Titans expect 68% public funding of its new stadium – are similar to the increasing subsidies for electric vehicle and battery plants across the country. “Mostly what we can blame for it is American Rescue Plan because it gave states hundreds of billions of dollars to help restore their economy from the effects of COVID but state officials have played a shell game with the money even though the Treasury explicitly said you can’t use this money for any economic development purposes except for helping restore a business who has been harmed by the pandemic,” Mr. Farren said. Tennessee, for example, has come close to allocating all of its $3.7 billion in ARPA funds on projects, some of which would have previously come from state funds. That has allowed state funding to go toward other spending, such as the $500 million subsidy for the Titans’ stadium. Mr. Bradbury said politicians don’t always do the correct math, either, citing the fallout of the Carolina Panthers’ planned new executive offices and training camp facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Rock Hill failed to obtain the promised $225 million in bonds for the facility and the Panthers then dropped out of the deal. The failed deal led to a lawsuit this week, where York County is accusing Panthers ownership of misappropriating $21 million in public restricted road funds to expand a roadway and instead spent it on the headquarters and practice facility, according to reporter Joe Bruno of WSOC-TV. Mr. Farren said that similar bad math and a lack of transparency was used in promoting the Commanders’ proposal in Virginia. Initially, lawmakers passed a deal that they estimated would be worth $1 billion with no cap. Then, The Washington Post reported that a $350 million cap would be added. But the economic impact report estimated the project would bring in $3.04 billion in taxes over 30 years. “The estimate of how much the team was going to get dropped from one unsubstantiated claim of $1 billion to another unsubstantiated claim of $350 million,” Mr. Farren said. “We have nothing except that quote and that news story to go on because the language of the conference bill has not been released.”

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Foreign investment in U.S. farmland may be a national security issue, according to expert By ZETA CROSS THE CENTER SQUARE CONTRIBUTOR

(The Center Square) – Foreign investment in U.S. farmland has tripled in the past 10 years, reporters at a non-profit investigative journalism group found. Investigate Midwest used U.S. Department of Agriculture data to call attention to this trend. Farmer Joe Maxwell, co-founder of the group Farm Action, told The Center Square that control of U.S. farmland by foreign investors is worrisome on a number of fronts. “The real question is, who do the people of the United States want to be their farmer? Do they want Saudi Arabia, Canada, China, other countries to be their farmer? Do they want Bayer or Cargill or other large corporations to be their farmer?” Mr. Maxwell asked. The pandemic showed that reliance on multinational corporations for agricultural inputs is a failed system, Mr. Maxwell said. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, RIowa, has been trying to pass the bipartisan Food Security is National Security Act in Congress for several years now.

“The real question is, who do the people of the United States want to be their farmer? Do they want Saudi Arabia, Canada, China, other countries to be their farmer? Do they want Bayer or Cargill or other large corporations to be their farmer?” Joe Maxwell, farmer and co-founder of Farm Action On his website, Sen. Grassley said deep-pocketed investors are making it hard for young farmers to buy the land they need to get established. Farm Action has been lobbying Congress to get states to monitor foreign investment, Mr. Maxwell said. The investors are not purchasing the farmland for the production value of the land, he said. Investors, corporations and hedge funds – many foreign-owned – buy U.S. farmland as a monetary investment rather than for the food and feed that the land produces, he said. Mr. Maxwell calls it “a real crisis.” U.S. farmland should be used to produce food for people who live here, he said, and investors are driving up farmland prices so that the next generation of farmers cannot buy the land

they need. “The only way young farmers can get started is if the bank sees that they can make money off that land by producing food and feed,” Mr. Maxwell said. Hedge fund managers are buying farmland to balance out their portfolios, he said. Federal law requires foreign persons and entities to disclose foreign ownership to the USDA, but there are no limits on the amount of land foreign investors can buy. Mr. Maxwell said more information is needed on the extent of foreign ownership. “Sen. Grassley and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (head of the Senate Agriculture Committee) have recognized that we just don’t have the records we need to make firm business or government decisions on the

impact of foreign ownership,” Mr. Maxwell said. Investigate Midwest found the owners of 3.1 million acres of U.S. agricultural land were not identified in public records. In Illinois, foreign investors control 2.6% of agricultural land. The Illinois Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act requires a foreign person or corporation that buys agricultural land in Illinois to report the purchase to the Director of Agriculture within 90 days or pay a stiff fine. As of 2019, more than 62% of all foreign-owned agricultural land in the United States was owned by five countries: Canada (29%, mostly forestland), the Netherlands (14%), Italy (7%), the United Kingdom (6%), and Germany (6%).