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(The Center Square) – California’s economy, the nation’s largest, added 41,400 nonfarm payroll jobs in April, down from 60,200 new hires in March, according to a federal survey of 80,000 businesses, the

state Employment Development Department reported. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.6% in April versus March’s 4.9%, according to a federal survey of 5,100 California households.

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Quail Springs, a Maricopa-based educational nonprofit offering training to all ages in Permaculture Design and Natural Building, offers attendees a chance to engage in earthen-building construction activities during the Santa Ynez Chumash Earth Day at Kitiyepumu’ Park on the Santa Ynez Indian Reservation on Saturday.

A live gopher snake brought by the Los Flores Ranch in Lompoc interacts with a young visitor at the event.

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The annual Santa Ynez Chumash Earth Day celebration was held on Saturday on the tribe’s reservation in Santa Ynez.

The event was hosted by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Environmental Department with the purpose of sharing information “about the importance of environmental resources with the community here locally on how to protect and conserve,” Teresa Romero, Environmental Director for the Santa Ynez Chumash Indians, told the News-Press.

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Revoking Mr. Anderson’s license, Administrative Judge Matthew Goldsby wrote that he “misrepresented that he had no unsatisfied liens when in fact two prior tax liens were recorded and not paid” and that “cause exists to discipline respondent’s license number… because he failed to meet the statutory requirements and withheld information or made material misstatements in his application for a license and license renewals.”

Mr. Anderson’s website billed him as “a best-selling author” of a book titled “Homeowner Now.” However, this is a 73-page selfpublished book that, as far as we can see, has not appeared on any bestseller lists.

RELOCATION Mark Leyes of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation told The Investigator: “Mr. Anderson is not currently licensed by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation to act as a mortgage loan originator in California. He may NOT act as an MLO unless and until he applies for and is approved for a license.

Both the California Financing Law and California Residential Mortgage Lending Act regulate the conduct of MLOs in California and provide for criminal liability based on willful violations of any provision of those laws, including engaging in unlicensed MLO activity.”

Soon after his MLO license was revoked, Mr. Anderson, who apparently attended Biola (a Christian college in La Mirada founded as a Bible institute), relocated his residence from Orange County to Montecito — perhaps, in our opinion, to make a fresh start.

However, reports reaching us allege that this ex-mortgage originator may be endeavoring to broker mortgages even though he no longer possesses the proper licensing to do so.

A person familiar with the company Ben Anderson 365 told The Investigator that, through 2020 (after he had lost his license), Mr. Anderson “coached a team of loan initiators, and originated loans personally as well, for a company called PRMG.” Paramount Residential Mortgage Group is based in Corona. We reached out to PRMG for comment, but no one in the company responded.

And in a post on his Instagram account dated Feb, 10 of this year, under the heading “Happy Client,” Mr. Anderson quoted Frank@ amdur.us: “Out of my 27 home purchases and my refinancing with you…” and “I was pleased to refer you to another family member who is looking for a new home.” It is unclear when or where Mr. Anderson refinanced a home for Frank@amdur.us. But if it was in California since March 2019, it would be in violation of California Financial Code 50500, as cited by Mr. Leyes: “Any person who willfully violates any provision of this division, or any rule or order under this division, shall, upon conviction be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or imprisonment in the state prison or in a county jail for not more than one year, or to both that fine and imprisonment.”

We reached out to Mr. Anderson to confirm or deny if he has handled mortgages since his license was revoked.

Mr. Anderson responded, “I can tell you that I am abiding by the order.”

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IDAHO? In December 2020, soon after moving to Montecito, Mr. Anderson applied for an MLO license In Idaho.

“Consistent with normal practice,” wrote Patricia Perkins, director of Idaho’s Department of Finance, “a Department examiner conducted an assessment of the applicant using various sources of information to determine if the Applicant demonstrates sufficient financial responsibility, character, and general fitness in order to be licensed as a mortgage loan initiator.”

Mr. Anderson’s request for a license in Idaho was denied.

“The Applicant,” reads that Order, “does not have the character and fitness sufficient to warrant belief that he will operate honestly and fairly.”

In any case, an MLO license in Idaho or any other state would not allow Mr. Anderson to initiate mortgages within the state of California.

Mark Leyes told The Investigator: A person with an MLO license from another state may assist a California-based borrower on a mortgage on property inside the state where he is licensed but not inside California.

PPP LOANS As with “Alice in Wonderland,” Mr. Anderson’s business practices, in our opinion, get curiouser and curiouser —vand potentially seriouser and seriouser, if true, given the penalties involved.

In April 2020, a year after Mr. Anderson’s MLO license was revoked, the Ben Anderson 365 Corp., registered at 9920 Research Drive in Irvine, received a Paycheck Protection Program loan (which turned out to be free money) from the Small Business Administration in the amount of $102,436 after it applied to the program on behalf of 11 employees who, the corporation claimed, were in need of funding to keep their jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown.

When we checked, we found the toll-free number that links to Ben Anderson 365 Corp. in Irvine is disconnected.

In January 2021, Ben Anderson 365 Corp. applied for and received a second PPP loan, this time in the amount of $97,700, purportedly on behalf of six employees whose jobs the company linked to an address on East Valley Road in Montecito.

This is a residential address (presumably where Mr. Anderson resided at the time) and not zoned commercial.

Problem: A former Ben Anderson 365 contractor told The Investigator that by January 2021, all of Mr. Anderson’s employees had either left or were fired, aside from Ben’s sister-in-law.

PPP loan fraud is a federal crime, and violations can lead to a $1 million fine and 30 years imprisonment.

At his State of Union address, President Joe Biden announced that “the Justice Department will name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud.”

Last month, Raymond Magana of Los Angeles County was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $360,415 in restitution for committing PPP fraud, which has been described as the largest fraud in U.S. history.

If you suspect PPP fraud, access pandemicoversight.gov and file a complaint electronically.

Now back to Mr. Anderson: If he truly employed a staff of six in January 2021 (contrary to what we have been told), and they were beneficiaries of PPP loans, what are their names and what are the amounts of funds that were allocated to them?

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The Investigator reached out to Mr. Anderson to confirm or deny if he had only one employee when he applied for and received PPP funds for six employees in January 2021.

Mr. Anderson replied: “I can confirm that I had more than 1 employee in January of 2021.”

The Investigator followed up: “As mentioned earlier, we have a source who claims you had only one employee, your sisterin- law, in January 2021. This is important because in January 2021 you applied for and received a (second) PPP loan in the amount of $97,700. To fully resolve what I’ve been hearing from our source, I would be grateful if you would provide the identities of the six employees who were allocated PPP funds from that January 2021 PPP loan.”

Mr. Anderson replied: “Confidentiality and in good business practice I can’t disclose the identity of my employees, I’m sure you can appreciate that.

But I can tell you I had several employees in January 2021.”

We followed up: “While we understand your stance regarding confidentiality, we think the suggestion of PPP fraud is serious enough to outweigh any such concern. We can assure you that, if divulged, we would not publish the names of your employees, but only ensure that they exist and that they received PPP funds.

Obviously, failing to provide such information creates enough doubt to justify raising the allegation based on what we’ve learned. So, we ask you, please, to reconsider and identify the six employees who received PPP loan payments in January 2021.”

Mr. Anderson did not respond.

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TY WARNER UPDATE ’Tis almost mid-year, and there is nothing going on at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara in Montecito to suggest reopening is anywhere near.

On the contrary, we have learned from an authoritative source that Ty Warner is quietly trying to find a buyer for his Channel Drive resort, putting out feelers among the mega-wealthy within that high-end industry.

We are informed that a couple of Montecito residents were asked by one prospective buyer to visit and scout out the premises. They reported back: Don’t bother, the interior has decayed and become a smelly, musty mess (in a beachside enclave whose residents are scared stiff of black mold); that it will likely take a huge chunk of change to bring it back to its former glory and probably not worth the would-be buyer’s effort.

The Investigator stopped by the Biltmore and spoke with an employee, who confirmed that there is no plan to reopen the resort anytime soon; that no such preparations are even scheduled.

Furthermore, he confirmed that the interior of the hotel has become a malodorous mess.

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“You can imagine what happens to a place, especially by the ocean, when left alone,” he told The Investigator. “But I’d rather not say.”

It is shameful that the Beanie Baby tycoon has allowed this Montecito landmark to languish and deteriorate over the past 26 months. The consensus among Montecitans is that Ty’s contribution some years ago toward beautifying Butterfly Beach has, sadly, been soiled by his deliberate neglect and lack of candor.

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The Chicago Tribune reported that Mr. Anderson had downloaded and transferred to another mortgage company, Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate, “more than 200 active loan files and personal financial data on 900 borrowers before switching firms,” even though he had signed a confidentiality agreement upon joining Mount Olympus that precluded such treachery and enabled Guaranteed Rate to engage in unfair competition.

Said Chad Hummel, a Los Angeles-based partner with Sidley Austin who represented the aggrieved mortgage company: “It was quite an elaborate scheme.

He (Mr. Anderson) transferred all of the data without our client’s consent.”

Or, as the commissioner of business oversight put it: “Beginning as early as April 2014, Anderson began making arrangements to move from Mount Olympus to a different employer, Guaranteed Rate. In exchange, for compensation by Guaranteed, Anderson surreptitiously and without Mount Olympus’s knowledge or consent, arranged to transfer Mount Olympus’s confidential and proprietary information to Guaranteed before leaving Mount Olympus.

“Between March and June 2014, Anderson initiated and abetted the transfer of Mount Olympus borrowers’ tax returns and bank account statements to Guaranteed, in violation of Mount Olympus’s written policies, which Anderson had signed and agreed to abide by,” the commissioner said.

Mr. Anderson is reported to have joined Guaranteed Rate immediately after being fired in June 2014 by Mount Olympus, his original sponsor for an MLO license. (Mount Olympus also sued Guaranteed Rate over Mr. Anderson’s egregious behavior and won a judgment for $13 million in punitive damages, $5.6 million in lost profits and $4.6 million in lost business value.)

In addition to citing this case as cause for revoking Mr. Anderson’s license, the California Department of Business Oversight also chastised Mr. Anderson for “failure to promptly disclose the fact that he had been named in a lawsuit whereby an injunction was sought against him from engaging in certain financial services related activity.”

The department further castigated Mr. Anderson for failing to disclose liens taken against him, as required by their regulations.

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ontecito’s Ben Alexander-Owens Anderson, 40, offers courses and coaching on “How to Become a Successful Loan Originator” and heavily promotes himself as a public figure “mortgage mogul.”

What is not apparent on Mr. Anderson’s website (which was active until this investigation began) or any of his social media channels, is that in March 2019 the California Department of Business Oversight revoked his Mortgage Loan Originator license.

During that same year, Mr. Anderson’s license to initiate mortgages was also revoked in three other states — Washington, Illinois and Ohio — for “not meeting the standards required” to be licensed as an MLO. This is largely because, three years earlier, in March 2016, a jury held Mr. Anderson liable for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of confidential information and five other causes of action.

After a seven-week trial the jury in that case concluded that Mr. Anderson had defrauded his employer, Mount Olympus Mortgage, of Irvine — and awarded the plaintiff damages against Mr. Anderson in the amounts of $5,607,000 in lost profits and $215,654 in punitive damages.

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vulnerable without the protection they may need to prevent severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Whether it is your first booster, or your second, if you haven’t had a vaccine dose since the beginning of December 2021 and you are eligible, now is the time to get one,” according to the issued statement.

The State’s SMARTER Plan has maintained the operational readiness to immediately offer this additional boost in protection of eligible Californians. CDPH recommends that everyone over the age of 5 receive their primary series and booster dose.

Vaccines are safe and effective for children, and completion of the primary series and boosters remain the safest way to prevent serious illness including MIS-C, long COVID, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.

To learn more about the vaccines available for all Californians aged 5 and older talk to your child’s health care provider or visit https://www. vaccinateall58.com.

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On Friday, California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly and Dr. Tomás J. Aragón, Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), issued a joint statement in support of the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup to Governor Gavin Newsom, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee calling for increased COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

“In accordance with ongoing guidance from the FDA, ACIP, CDC, the Workgroup calls on our states to strengthen efforts to provide COVID-19 vaccines to those who have not yet been vaccinated, provide booster doses to those not yet boosted, and eliminate disparities in vaccine coverage. The Workgroup also strongly encourages our states to expand their efforts to educate healthcare providers and the public about the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination in children and adults,” according to a statement issued on Friday by the California Department of Public Health.

Additionally, the CDC has

strengthened its recommendation that those 12 and over who have a compromised immune system and those 50 and older should receive a second booster dose at least four months after their initial booster dose.

“COVID-19 vaccines are the best way to prevent hospitalization and serious illness, and data has shown that California’s vaccination efforts have saved tens of thousands of lives. The Omicron surge and its infectious subvariants have shown that children are also vulnerable, with their case rates and hospitalizations increasing across California – we support the recommendations of our federal and state partners to authorize and recommend the use of a booster dose for children ages 5 and up. It’s important to get kids vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible.

“Additionally, over the past two months we have seen steady increases in cases, and more recently an increase in hospitalizations in California.

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A local church, the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara (corner of East Arrellaga Street and Santa Barbara Street) prominently displays a “Black Lives Matter” banner.

It is always unfortunate when religion becomes politicized; one likes to think spirituality deserves a higher plane.

The incongruity is even more pronounced in this case after revelations that BLM administrators have been looting from their $90 million “charity” to pay for real estate benefiting themselves and ensuring that their friends receive hefty salaries and healthy grants.

It gives “Charity Starts at Home” a whole new meaning…

We wrote to the Unitarian

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Dr. Anthony Fauci’s direction despite that program having been canceled by President Obama in 2015.

My dear old friend M.B. wrote to say: “I agree, we cannot trust China. They are a dictatorship.

Look at what they do to their people. It’s horrible. I don’t agree with what you say about masks. I’ve had no COVID, flu or a cold, since wearing a mask. My daughter got COVID as soon as she took her mask off. Do you want your surgeon wearing a mask? I do.

“There is no free money. Taxes were paid for the money (or it was borrowed through the sale of government bonds) that was given to those without a job, due to the lockdown. It helped people to survive. I’m against those who stole from the government COVIDrelated loan program; time to investigate and prosecute.

“In the pandemic, it was decided to try a new style of vaccine to save lives. Most likely because of the vaccine, when people like yourself, my daughter, and my brother got COVID, it was a mild case, not disabling or fatal.

That was the great benefit of it.

Since the use of the vaccine, most people dying from COVID every day are the unvaccinated. The world is not perfect; we are always learning and growing.”

We agree with some of this, disagree with your stance on masks and vaccines (until more facts are in), but we will always defend to the death your freedom to express your views — all the while remaining friends!

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excised on commercial properties that are willfully left unoccupied to the detriment of a community.

On another Ty front, a trial is scheduled to begin on May 31 over claims by more than 300 former Biltmore employees that Mr. Warner failed to pay them proper severance and, while they were “furloughed,” canceled their health insurance.

We reached out again to the Biltmore for clarification on a) if they are looking for a buyer and b) a confirmation or denial of decrepit conditions on site.

The person we reached by phone told us: “We have a skeleton staff. I am not in a position to answer any questions.”

We asked: “Is there someone, anyone, who can answer our questions?”

He replied simply and tersely: “No.” Maybe the time has come for Ty to create a Beany Baby locust to symbolize the damage he leaves in his wake.

K.K. wrote to say: “Thank you for a nearly unbiased article calling out the incompetence over the last couple years. What seems to be mysteriously missing from this list is the role that journalists have played in this mess. Their irresponsible use of power has led many astray and should share the blame with the likes of big pharma, Fauci, our government, etc. If you’re going to go for the big guys, don’t forget to include the role your own industry has played.”

Agreed, K.K. No mystery; here goes: Mainstream journalists with their inane narrative have much to answer for.

Part of the problem is the corporatization of media that has taken place over the past 35 years.

A media in bed with the corporate world is never a good thing for democracy and a truly free fourth estate. Hooray for the privately owned independent newspapers that manage to remain in business against all odds.

D.K. was somewhat more aggressive: “At least half of your list of 10 are crimes against humanity and treasonous, and your industry knowingly participated, and you never even attempted to address this. In fact, you lead off blaming China which is another act of deliberate journalistic misdirection. Your actions make you equally guilty, and your admittance of knowing this but not addressing it negates any credibility you are seeking.

The only upside of this whole episode is that many ‘journalists’, including yourself, will never be trusted ever again. You lied to everyone.”

Sorry, D.K., but you are mistaken: The Chinese Communist leadership is fundamentally a Number One in this sad saga because, well, it started with them. That said, the vote is still not in on how complicit our own government was in the biological research going on at Wuhan, funding that was allegedly spearheaded under the table at

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Society of Santa Barbara with these questions: “How do you reconcile involving politics in religion/spirituality?”

“Are you aware of recent revelations about BLM administrators looting from their ‘charity’ ”?

The Rev. Julia Hamilton responded: “For this congregation, antiracism work is a spiritual practice, grounded in our commitment to affirming the inherent worth and dignity of all people and honoring the interdependence of our lives.

“We live in a nation that has systematically devalued Black lives for generations, and as the recent mass shooting in Buffalo has shown, the violent rhetoric of white supremacy is alive and well,” the Rev. Hamilton wrote.

“We cannot heal from the legacy of slavery, segregation and white supremacy until we are willing to confront the problem of antiBlackness and dismantle the systems of oppression that are killing Black people in this nation every day.

“To proclaim that Black Lives Matter is to be part of a movement for justice, not an organization.

“Institutional racism and white supremacy cause harm and suffering to all members of society, but systemic antiBlackness must be acknowledged if we are going to make any progress toward healing. This is why we proclaim that Black Lives Matter.”

Good to hear clarification that they are supporting a movement, not a corrupt organization. But we continue to feel that ALL lives matter and, when you study the facts, it is mostly blacks who are killing blacks in this nation every day, not white supremacy and oppression.

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Federal judge halts Biden administration from revoking Title 42 immigration enforcement

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(The Center Square) – A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday stopped the Biden administration from revoking Title 42, a public health authority that allows illegal immigrants to be quickly deported during a health emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays in the Western District of Louisiana issued the order in a case filed by the attorneys general of Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri. The case later grew to 21 states. Texas also filed a separate lawsuit in a federal court in Texas. The

attorneys general argue ending Title 42 violates federal law and places an unfair financial burden on the states.

The administration announced it was ending Title 42 effective Monday, May 23, and estimated that roughly 18,000 people would enter the U.S. illegally a day once it was lifted.

In response to the judge’s ruling, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said, “I’m so proud of the lawyers from our office who just got our Temporary Restraining Order to keep Title 42 in place. We will continue to fight the Biden administration’s open border policies.

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Barbara Clark Myall passed away early in the morning on May 14, 2022 at Chaparral House elder care community in Berkeley, California.

Barbara was born in Los Angeles on April 18, 1942 to Perry “Pat” and Jean “Betty” Clark.

She spent the first years of her life in Beverly Hills, then moved to Idaho with her parents in 1947 as her father left his position as an executive at the General Motors Insurance Company to pursue his dream of operating a fishing and hunting resort.

Barbara grew up around Warm Lake Lodge, east of Cascade in the Boise National Forest. Her memories of the resort, the people who worked and visited there, and the work her father and mother put into improving it were always dear to her. She loved retelling stories of her childhood adventures, her horses, her pet deer, and the time she fed Ex-Lax to a visiting couple’s monkey. When she was 13 year old, Barbara’s father Pat died - leaving a sense of loss that stayed with her throughout her life.

She went on to graduate from Sacred Heart High School in Boise, then attended Holy Names College in Spokane and Michigan State University, ultimately receiving her BA from UC Riverside.

Barbara met her husband Thom when he came through Warm Lake as part of a summer program operated by the National Forest Service, where he spent his entire career. That career took them to a number of places in California - to Willows in the north, Rialto in the south, and then to Clovis in the Central Valley, where they spent ten years. In Clovis, Barbara worked as a substitute teacher and was also active in the Church of the Resurrection Episcopalian Mission. Along the way, they raised three children - sons Chris and Patrick, and daughter Hilde - of whom Barbara was very proud.

Their final stop together was in Goleta, California, where Barbara lived for 30 years. She worked as an ESL teacher and took care of her mother in her final years. In retirement, Barbara pursued interests in US history and her family’s genealogy, becoming an active member of a number of hereditary societies, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Daughters of Union Veterans, and the Colonial Dames. Thom shared Barbara’s interest in family history, and they pursued that together until his passing in 2011, after 48 years of marriage.

In 2016, Barbara left her home in Goleta to move to Berkeley, so she could be closer to her children who lived in the Bay Area - as well as her granddaughter Reba, who she doted on and called her “whippersnapper.”

Barbara is survived by her children Chris in Crested Butte, Colorado; Patrick (Megan) in Tahoe City, California; and Hilde (Matt) and granddaughter Reba in Oakland, California.

Barbara’s family would like to thank her caregivers and Chaparral House Foundation of Berkeley for their ongoing care and support over the years.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Barbara’s name to Chaparral House Foundation, Berkeley, CA or the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

WALSH, Barbara Mary Sep 28, 1926 – Mar 31, 2022

Barbara, and her twin sister Christine, were born in Leicester, England, in September 1926 and moved to the picturesque, 11th-century cathedral city of Norwich when they were 10 yrs old. A family holiday at the seaside was the highlight of each year until WWII began in 1939. For the next 6 years, the beaches were closed: mined and barbwired for fear the Nazis would cross the 25-mile Channel that separated England from Continental Europe. It was on her 13th birthday that Barbara was fitted for her government-issued gas mask, for Norwich lay only 20 miles from the eastern coast of England.

During the war, wanting to help where she could, Barbara volunteered 150 hours for the American Red Cross in Norwich. Professionally, she worked as a legal secretary – doing so well that her employer wanted her to go to law school. Those plans changed, however, one frosty, foggy night in December 1944. Cycling 5 miles on her bicycle through the fog and dark (England was under strict black out rules and there was no petrol for civilian cars), she attended a friend’s Christmas party. Two American Army Air Corps pilots arrived late, but just in time for dessert. One of the pilots, Ben Walsh, took especial notice of the attractive brunette sitting on the piano bench, both because she was pretty and because she had a piece of the rare and now-unavailable chocolate cake! He proceeded to ask if she would share her piece of cake with him. She thought that was quite impertinent, but she politely acquiesced. That piece of cake led to a 5month courtship, and marriage on June 1, 1945. (They continued to share cake for the next 64 years!)

Although the war had ended in Europe, Ben volunteered to continue flying missions in the Pacific campaign. He wanted, however, to make sure Barbara reached the US before he left England. After badgering the various shipping companies for a space for Barbara on one of their ships sailing to the US (there were no passenger liners, only freighters with room for a handful of passengers), the Holland-America Line promised her a ticket on their next ship. On July 25, Barbara left England for the first time in her life, bound for the unknown, 3000 miles away. Her husband was not with her; she was all alone, but not scared. It felt like a great adventure. Her cabin mate was the Danish wife of the famous war correspondent Howard K. Smith (later anchor of the ABC Evening News).

One of the best stories is of Barbara’s arrival in New York City on August 4, after an 11-day Atlantic crossing. Once disembarked, Barbara got into a cab and asked for the name of a hotel Ben had given her. The New York cabbie asked if she had a reservation and she replied no. Worried she might be stranded, the cabbie insisted on going into hotel after hotel before letting her out of his cab! He finally found her a room at the Hotel Claridge: Barbara spent her first night in America in a room overlooking Time Square! The neon lights, the bright colored cars, the fresh fruit stands, it was all a magical fairy land for her after 6 wartime years of rations and black-out in England.

The next day she boarded a train to Iowa, where she would meet and stay with her kind, new in-laws until the war was completely over.

The war years had made young people mature very quickly. In 1947, after a brief assignment in Washington, DC, Ben and Barbara were selected to serve as diplomats for 3 years at the American Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. Barbara was not yet 21 years old, Ben not yet 28. There, Barbara organized and hosted elegant diplomatic dinners in their home, managed a team of household help, and became a mother for the second time. She also became a terrific navigator, navigating for Ben when he flew the Embassy’s DC-3 aircraft throughout Sweden and Europe. (Ben had been ordered by the Ambassador to fly the aircraft with the American flag on its tail, as often as possible.)

Later, this talent was invaluable during the family’s countless car trips throughout the US and Europe. She particularly excelled in the little, off-the-beaten-track country roads of France.

The family moved 9 times during Ben’s Air Force career. Ben was the ultimate Provider, and Barbara was the Nurturer. Forgetting her plan to become a lawyer, Barbara devoted her entire life to her family: supporting Ben’s Air Force career, her two children, and three grandchildren. They were the center of her universe. It was she who made each new house a warm and beautiful home, and she planted roses in each garden, whether it was in Sweden, Virginia, Texas, France, or Belgium. Barbara’s activities were typically oriented towards the well-being of others. When Ben was the Commander of a B-47 Wing in Abilene, Texas, she, as wife of the Commander, was responsible for comforting the wife and family of pilots who died in the crash of their aircraft. She served as Co-leader of her daughter’s Girl Scout troop, enjoyed serving on the Altar and Flower Guilds at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, the Women’s Board of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and teaching friends to knit. She was a gifted knitter and she made beautiful sweaters for every member of her family. When grandchildren came along, she learned to smock little outfits (with airplanes and cartoon characters, for ex) and knitted sweaters to match! She also loved organizing frequent, gracious dinner parties, especially during the diplomatic years in Sweden, the NATO years in France and Belgium, and for the past 51 years, here at home in Santa Barbara.

Barbara rarely spent much time indulging in pleasures solely for herself, but she did have a lifelong love of playing tennis, and painting in both oils and watercolors. (Painting and gardening were talents she inherited from her English father.) She enjoyed her book clubs (enjoying biographies and non-fiction), garden clubs, the Yacht Club, opera, photography, traveling to new countries, and researching cultural and recreational activities for the family’s 6-week summer trips to France (for 16 consecutive years!).

Although she loved traveling and discovering new cultures, she always loved coming home to Santa Barbara. She never tired of looking out from her home at the view of the Channel and the islands – constantly remarking on the play of the sunlight on the water and the beauty of the sunsets.

Barbara left this world on March 31 and is now reunited with Ben; her parents Gladys and Frederick Eales of Norwich, England; her twin sister Christine Roxfelt of Stockholm, Sweden; her son Michael of Bellevue, Washington; and her dearest girlfriend Allayne Novak of Alexandria, Virginia.

Should anyone wish to make a donation in Barbara’s memory, it could be sent to All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (allsaintsbythesea.org), or Assisted Hospice Care of Santa Barbara (www.AssistedCares.com).

we have left in our toolbox to stop an even greater flood of illegal immigration into our country,” he said. “While this is a good win, we gotta keep fighting. I’m going to do everything I can to stop the overreach of the Biden administration; and make sure that we enforce our immigration laws and … do everything we can to protect American taxpayers.”

The Biden administration later Friday said it disagreed with the ruling and would appeal it. “The authority to set public health policy nationally should rest with the Centers for Disease Control, not with a single district court,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

said in a statement. However, in compliance with the court’s injunction, the administration will enforce Title 42, she said.

“This means that migrants who attempt to enter the United States unlawfully will be subject to expulsion under Title 42, as well as immigration consequences such as removal under Title 8.

“As the appeal proceeds, the Department of Homeland Security will continue planning for the eventual lifting of Title 42 in the light of CDC’s public health judgment, at which point anyone who attempts to enter the country unlawfully will be subject to Title 8 Expedited Removal proceedings, if they do not have

VASQUEZ, Henry J.

Henry J. Vasquez passed away peacefully at home on May 11th at the age of 83. He was born August 16th, 1938 in Lompoc, CA. He played football and baseball for Lompoc High. He graduated from Lompoc High SchoolClass of 1957.

Henry proudly served in the United States Army. On the 30th of September, 1967 he was honorably discharged at S.P.5.

He is survived by his brothers Frank, Joe, Art and Richard; sister Lupe.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Services will be private.

PICKERING, Dorothy (Shuman)

Dorothy (Shuman) Pickering, beloved wife of David Pickering, passed away peacefully on May 18, 2022 after a courageous battle with renal failure.

Dottie was born into a large, wonderful Bostonian family, the dear daughter of Israel and Elsie (Brams) Shuman.

She was the sister of the late Melvin (Toby) Shuman and the late Bertram (Jetty) Shuman. Also, the loving sister of Arnold and his wife Sandra Shuman and dear sister-inlaw of the late Ronald Pickering and Judy Zarate. Dottie was the loving aunt of numerous nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. She was the devoted lifelong friend of Pauline (Sheinberg) Maltz since they were four years old.

Dottie’s life journey took her from Boston, to Alaska, to Long Beach, to Santa Barbara.

Two years after high school, she moved to Kenai, Alaska where she was a Purchasing Agent for the U.S. Army. Then in 1959 to Long Beach, CA where she was employed by the Veterans Hospital as a Purchasing Agent and also started her interior design career.

She came to Santa Barbara in 1969 where she met and married her future husband, David. They had forty-seven love-filled years of marriage, enjoying travel to many countries and art museums, and were active members for three decades in the Stardusters Dance Club. While continuing her interior design career in Santa Barbara, Dottie obtained her B.A. degree in Art and Art History at UCSB. She was a prolific artist and devoted art teacher at Santa Barbara City College for more than 30 years.

Dottie was a member of several art associations and numerous civic organizations.

Funeral services will be held Monday, May 23, 11:30 A.M. at Temple B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara 93111. Shiva and a luncheon will be held at Temple B’nai B’rith immediately following the burial service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Temple B’nai B’rith, 1000 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara 93111, or Santa Barbara City College Foundation, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara 93105, or Serenity House - VNA Health, 930 Miramonte Drive, Santa Barbara 93109.

SCHLUETER, Marie F.

Marie F. Schlueter died on Sunday, May 15th, at Fountain Square Assisted Living Facility in Lompoc. She was 100 years old.

Marie’s life was celebrated at her 100th Birthday Party, which was held on February 19th of this year. We were blessed that she could participate. Spending this special day with cherished friends and family was a joyful occasion and a fitting sendoff for her.

Marie was a native Californian. She was born in Claremont, California on February 21, 1922, and attended schools in nearby Pomona, graduating from Pomona Junior College. In college, Marie developed a passion for aeronautics, enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) and earned her pilot’s license – a rare achievement for a woman of that time. She also met her future husband, another pilot trainee named Aubrey Harry Schlueter.

Both Marie and Harry were hired by Douglas Aircraft Co. in Long Beach in 1941. She was one of the first women to work in the aircraft industry and one of the first to work nights at Douglas. Marie and Harry eloped later that year; and Harry joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Marie’s life took some unexpected turns during the wartime years. In 1942, she received a formal invitation to fly for the first U.S. Women’s Army Air Corps. Although becoming a pilot was her greatest aspiration, she had to decline when she learned she was pregnant. Undaunted, she took on the new role of motherhood and, with new daughter Sandra in tow, dutifully followed Harry from air base to air base, until he was called overseas for active duty. A second daughter, Sharryn, was born shortly thereafter.

After the war, Marie worked to support her husband while he pursued a college degree and then an advanced degree from the University of Washington; she was employed

by Sears & Roebuck mail-order departments in Pomona, Ridgecrest, and Seattle, Washington.

From the early 1950s through 1980, as Harry established a career in the aerospace industry, Marie became a devoted mother, relentless volunteer ... and Harry’s number one ski buddy. The couple were enthusiastic skiers. They learned to ski in 1952, joined the National Ski Patrol (NSP), and became volunteer patrolmen at the Green Valley Lake Ski Area, near Big Bear. Marie was active in the NSP for 25 years, serving three years as Public Relations Director for the Far West Division. During these years, she and her husband set a goal to ski every resort in Europe and North America – and they almost succeeded! Of all the areas Marie visited, helicopter-skiing the “Bugaboos” in the Canadian Rockies was the most memorable to her. She was an expert powder skier.

While promoting skiing, Marie also volunteered as a Girl Scout Leader; PTA President at Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California; buyer for the Centinela Hospital Gift Shop in Inglewood, California; President of Thousand Oaks Women’s Club; and President of Saticoy Women’s Golf Association at Saticoy CC. When Marie and Harry moved to Lompoc in the mid-1980s, her volunteering intensified.

She served with the Hospital Auxiliary at Lompoc Valley Hospital; as a docent at the La Purisima Mission for 30 years (where she was known as the “Burro Lady”); an educator in the Mission Outreach Program for 30 years, making local history come alive for young school children; coordinator of the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Parade for 20 years; volunteer at the Lompoc Museum; and usher at the annual Pismo Beach Jazz Festival. Avid golfers, she and her husband were also active in the Village Country Club, where she served on the Board of Directors. For all her many hours of service here in Lompoc, she received the Woman of the Year Award in 2014. Marie considered this to be the greatest honor she ever received.

In addition to moving over 16 times in 75 years of marriage, Marie and Harry traveled extensively. Wherever they went, Europe, China, the Middle East, Russia, Australia or the U.S., Marie optimistically formed new friendships and made fond memories. As she often said, “I have had a wonderful life!”

Marie is survived by daughter Sandra Honomichl (Boulder, Colorado); her second daughter, Sharryn Alder, passed away in 2017. She leaves six grandchildren (Joshua, Neil & Nicholas Honomichl, Kimberly Garcia, Robin Solomon & Christopher Dobson); and twelve great-grandchildren.

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grounds to remain in the United States.”

The lawsuit that led to Friday’s ruling is one of many filed by Mr. Brnovich and other attorneys general in response to the Biden administration’s open border policies. Since President Joe Biden took office, an estimated 2.5 million people have entered the U.S. illegally even with Title 42 in place.

Due to widespread nonenforcement of immigration laws by the administration, the number of people entering illegally continues to break new records nearly every month.

Last month, more than 234,000 people were encountered entering the U.S. illegally, the greatest number in a single month in recorded U.S. history. That’s a 1,376% increase from the 17,106 encounters reported in April 2020 under the Trump administration.

These numbers exclude at least one million who’ve entered the U.S. illegally and evaded capture, known as “got aways,” according to estimates previously reported on by The Center Square. Last month, there were between 58,000 and 71,000 got aways recorded by Border Patrol, numbers that aren’t published publicly.

At a news conference in the Rio Grande Valley this week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas maintained that ending Title 42 wouldn’t “mean the border is open on May 23,” KHOU 11 News Houston reported. “We continue to enforce the laws of this country,” he said. “We continue to remove individuals who do not qualify for relief under the laws of this country.”

Deportation was down last year by 70%, and at least 1.2 million people with deportation orders remain in the U.S. and haven’t

been deported. Mr. Mayorkas has begun gutting Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation units across the country, according to recently retired ICE officials and law enforcement officers who’ve reached out to The Center Square. Last fall, Mr. Mayorkas also instituted widespread immigration policy changes, including declaring that being in the U.S. illegally isn’t a crime, even though federal law says it is.

Mr. Mayorkas has also radically altered the asylum process by granting administrative personnel judicial authority to adjudicate claims when Congress has only authorized judges to do so.

Fourteen attorneys general, also led by Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri, sued over this policy, hoping to halt it.

“Right now, immigration judges who are suffering a 1.6 or 1.7 million case workload, now they have exclusive jurisdiction,” Mr. Mayorkas said. “We are giving the asylum officers that jurisdiction.

That is going to take what is now on average a six-to-eight-yearplus process between the time of encounter and the time of ultimate asylum adjudication to under a year.”

In the meantime, the attorneys general said they will take the win handed to them on Friday.

“Once again, the courts rule against Joe Biden’s lawless agenda,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. “Title 42 is one of the last remaining protections we have from a deluge of illegals coming across our border. I am glad for our state and our nation that It will remain in place.”

The administration will appeal the ruling, and the matter is likely to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Guadalupe 62/48

Santa Maria 66/47

Vandenberg 61/49

New Cuyama 86/52 Ventucopa 82/51

Los Alamos 76/45

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Buellton 75/44

Solvang 79/45

Gaviota 69/51

SANTA BARBARA 64/51 Goleta 68/50

Carpinteria 64/51 Ventura 63/51

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POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west-northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a south-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14 seconds. Visibility clear.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 2 feet or less with a south-southwest swell 3-5 feet at 14 seconds. Visibility clear.

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Wind west 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 1-3 feet with a south-southwest swell 2-4 feet at 15-second intervals. Visibility clear.

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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 85,624 acre-ft.

Elevation 708.01 ft.

Evaporation (past 24 hours) 28.7 acre-ft.

Inflow 31.6 acre-ft.

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Three-Run ninth sees UCSB walk it off against UCR

By DANIEL MOEBUS-BOWLES UCSB SPORTS WRITER

No. 5 UCSB Baseball (38-12, 22-3) scored three in the ninth inning to claim a come-frombehind victory over UC Riverside(8-39, 4-23) Friday night. Jordan Sprinkle walked it off with an RBI sac-fly that saw the Gauchos win it 9-8 and are now one win away from sealing the Big West Championship.

In the eight spot, Sprinkle did a ton of damage collecting four RBI and a triple to go with a run scored and a stolen base.

Broc Mortensen led the team with three runs as he touched home every time he got aboard. He went 1-for-3 with a pair of walks.

Once again, Christian Kirtley and Bryce Willits extended their on-base streaks to 38 and 36 games respectively. Kirtley and Willits both doubled and combined for three runs.

Nick Vogt saw his 21-game hit streak ended, but drew a walk and has now reached base safely in 22 straight games.

Nick Welch was the pitcher of record improving to 4-3 on the year with 1.2 innings of

scoreless, two-hit ball. He struck out two and threw up a huge zero in the top of the ninth to keep it a two-run ball game.

UCSB struck first in the opening inning as Willits doubled toward right center, and an RBI sac fly by Kyle Johnson brought him home to score the first run of the game.

The Highlanders responded with three runs at the top of the third to take their first lead, but then the Gauchos found their footing in the fourth frame. Mortensen walked followed by a single from Kirtley that gave two on and one out for Sprinkle. The shortstop wasted no time unloading a triple toward right-center to bring them home.

However, UCR continued to score in the fifth inning, retaking the lead 6-3, and added another run in the seventh to go up 7-3.

Not to be deterred, Sprinkle reached base and stole second, and Klassen’s single drove him home, but the Gauchos would be limited to the one run stranding runners aboard in the 74 ball game.

The eighth saw UCR score its eighth and final run but once again the Gauchos answered in the bottom half. A lead off single

by Mortensen and a Kirtley hit by pitch got the inning started. Sprinkle then collected his first sac-fly of the day to score Mortensen and a John Newman Jr. cut the lead to 8-6 with an RBI single down the left line.

Welch went three up-three down in the top of the ninth, striking out two batters to keep the game intact for his offense.

With their backs against the wall, the Gauchos were poised in the ninth inning.

Klassen led off with a single, followed by a Johnson walk and Mortensen walk that loaded the bases with one out. Next was Kirtley making it a one run game on a four-pitch walk and Darby tied it reaching on a potential double-play ball that turned into an error as the Highlanders’ first baseman couldn’t pick it from his glove.

Finally, in a 1-2 count, Sprinkle popped a low breaking ball deep enough to center field to score Mortensen on a walk-off sac-fly.

Daniel Moebus-Bowles writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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fry bread for sale. Raffle prizes included watercolor prints, an at-home composting unit, plants from the tribal nursery, Pendleton packable outdoor blankets and more. The first 150 registrants also received a swag bag upon entry.

The Santa Ynez Chumash Earth Day has been an annual event for over ten years until a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first inperson Santa Ynez Chumash Earth Day since the pandemic began.

“This event is special because it is an earth day community event that is Chumash focused and is open to the public. Tribal departments come to share about their work including: Chumash Environmental, the Tribal Clinic, Aho Youth Council and the Culture Department. We invited other environmental departments to come as well,” said Ms. Romero.

“It felt wonderful to be in person and with the community again, that hasn’t happened in a really long time. I think people really enjoyed being able to be in the community today,” she added.

One unique aspect of the Earth Day event was a clothing swap.

“It went really well. We had people bring and take clothes.

It’s the first swap in our area I know of. We were really excited to have it happen. We had people come and drop off items and then go through and take other items.

What wasn’t taken was donated to People Helping People, a nonprofit organization,” Ms. Romero said.

This was the largest event hosted by the Santa Ynez Chumash to date.

“We had nearly 200 registrants and probably more that didn’t register. We also had more vendors and organizations. It went exceptionally well and I have had nothing but wonderful responses from the folks that stopped by to share about their day here,” said Ms. Romero.

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including the U.S. Forest Service, Quail Springs Permaculture, Santa Barbara Permaculture and the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity. The tribe’s Culture, Education and Health departments also attended.

The Environmental Department was established by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ Tribal Government in 1998. Its mission is to prepare tribal lands for environmental adaptation, to protect and regenerate natural resources and to cultivate the connection between culture, spirit, and community through collaboration and education. The department implements education and outreach, zero waste, water resources, climate adaptation and habitat restoration programs for the tribal community. To learn more about its programs and efforts in the community, visit www.syceo.org. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Santa Barbara County Fire responded to a kitchen fire in the 6700 block of El Colegio on Friday.

Structure fire on El Colegio On Friday, a structure fire occurred at Balboa Apartments in the 6700 block of El Colegio.

Santa Barbara County Fire responded to the scene of a working kitchen fire with three engines, one truck, one ambulance and a battalion commander.

The fire was extinguished with an aggressive interior attack and coordinated ventilation. There were no injuries reported.

The incident is under investigation, reported Captain Daniel Bertucelli, PIO for Santa Barbara County Fire, in a tweet.

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is why they are being promoted,” said Chief Melekian.

Lt. Miller was born and raised in Paramount, California. He attended UCSB, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Law & Society and History. Hired by the Santa Barbara Police Department in 2005, Lt. Miller has worked many assignments including Patrol Officer, Special Enforcement Team Officer, Narcotics Detective and K9 handler with his partner Loki.

In 2012, Lt. Miller received the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor for his role in the apprehension of a violent fugitive.

He was also a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics team for eleven years, serving several different roles including FTO and Team Leader. In 2019, Lt. Miller was promoted to the rank of Sergeant where he has worked in multiple assignments including

Special Events Supervisor, Patrol Supervisor and Training and Hiring Supervisor.

Sgt. Beltran grew up in Oxnard, California. After graduating high school, he served four years active duty in the U.S. Air Force, receiving an honorable discharge at the rank of Senior Airman.

Immediately after the Air Force, Sgt. Beltran was hired by the Santa Barbara Police Department in 2008, where he worked as a patrol officer for four years. His first specialty assignment was the Gang Suppression Team, followed by Field Training Officer before being assigned to the Special Enforcement Team. He was selected as a Detective assigned to the Investigative Division in 2020, specializing in Narcotics and Gang Investigations. He has been a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team for the last 10 years as a Team Leader. Sgt. Beltran also obtained his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Management in

2015.

Sgt. Miller attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Human Resources. In 2014, Sgt. Miller joined the Santa Barbara Police Department where he initially served as a Patrol Officer as well as being a negotiator for the Crisis Negotiation Response Team. In 2018, Sgt. Miller became a Detective in the Criminal Investigations Division, first serving the community of Santa Barbara in the Property Crimes Unit and for the last 4 years as a Detective in the Major Crimes Unit, where he investigated and led numerous homicide investigations. Since 2018, Sgt. Miller has been an instructor at the Allan Hancock College Public Safety Training Center for aspiring law enforcement trainees in Lompoc. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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In March and April, job growth in California and across the U.S. appears to be slowing. Despite or because of this change, California Gov. Gavin Newsom weighed in on the state’s role as a location for employment creation.

“California continues to lead the nation’s economic recovery,” he said in a prepared statement, “getting more people back to work and off the unemployment rolls than the rest of the country. But we know more work is needed to bolster the economy and help offset higher costs that families are dealing with right now – California’s record $97.5 billion surplus is going right back into Californians’ pockets and addressing our state’s most existential challenges, fostering growth and opportunity for all.”

Rising gas prices affect household and employer spending on goods and services. In April, California

again had the highest gasoline price among the 50 states and D.C., according to the California Business Roundtable.

Unlike in February and March, when none of California’s 11 industry sectors lost jobs, in April, three California employment sectors lost nonfarm payroll jobs. The construction industry lost the most, with a deficit of 13,200 jobs in April due to rain, an anomaly in drought-stricken California.

In the meantime, California’s leisure and hospitality employers led the way in payroll employment growth in April with 21,100 new hires and a year-over addition of 331,700 jobs. Next in employment creation was professional and business services with 11,400 new hires and a year-over addition of 131,700 jobs.

The state’s jobless rate for some inland counties was more than double California’s 4.6% for April. Unemployment in Colusa County registered rates of 10.1% and 11.7% in Imperial County in April.

In contrast, California’s coastal areas realized April unemployment rates below the state’s. Santa Clara County had a 2.1% rate of joblessness in April, with 1.9% in San Mateo and 2.2% in San Francisco counties, respectively.

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The California State Legislature recently passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 361, which amends the Government Code to allow Brown Act bodies to continue to meet remotely after September 30, 2021, if there is a proclaimed state of emergency and the State or local officials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Based on the proclaimed state of emergency and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer’s recommended social distancing, the Planning Commission meeting will not provide in person participation at this hearing.

The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: 1. You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: • Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.

• Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar - Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

When: June 1, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Bid opening will be held on July 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for the Cleveland Elementary School New Classrooms and Site Improvements Project (“Project”).

A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on May 31, 2022 beginning at 1:00 p.m. Meet at Cleveland Elementary School, 123 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 at the flagpole in front of Admin. Office. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the abovedesignated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project.

Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, and purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at www. cybercopyplanroom.com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is July 14, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Joe Wilcox, Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc. at joew@kbzarch.com CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Project description is as follows: The work of the project consists of the demolition of eight portable classrooms, the construction of two, 3-classroom buildings and associated site work.

Contractor License required: B Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted.

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than July 14, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at www.cybercopyplanroom.com.

Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302.

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During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

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Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law.

The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions.

The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: David J. Hetyonk, Interim Project Manager, Planning Department MAY 22, 29 / 2022 -- 58268

Topic: County Planning Commission 06/01/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YaRrnXRsS7S3zYu5NN36iA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 720 928 9299 or +1 971 247 1195 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 602 753 0140 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 470 250 9358 or +1 646 518 9805 or +1 651 372 8299 or +1 786 635 1003 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 267 831 0333 or +1 301 715 8592 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 813 8791 5521 The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above.

The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission.

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/1625/ County-Planning-Commission a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 5682000.

If you challenge the project(s) 21APL-0000000076, 21APL-00000-00077, 19CDP-00000-00022, 22APL00000-00003, 19CDP-00000-00016, 22APL-00000-00001, 22APL-00000-00012, 21SCC-00000-00006, or 22BAR00000-00062 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. * This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of June 1, 2022.

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Appeal of 5980 Casitas Pass Cannabis Cultivation Carpinteria Joe Dargel, Supervising Planner (805) 568-3573 Ben Singer, Planner (805) 934-6587

Hearing on the request of Charlotte Brownlee, representative for the Cate School (Appellant) to consider Case No. 22APL-00000-00003, an appeal of the Director’s approval of Case No. 19CDP-0000000016 for 8.98 acres of cannabis cultivation within an existing greenhouse and processing building.

The appeal was filed in compliance with Section 35-182 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II). The application involves property zoned Agricultural I (AG-I-10) on Assessor’s Parcel Number 001-030-022, located at 5980 Casitas Pass Road in the Carpinteria Area, First Supervisorial District.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58270

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for a bid opening by the Board of Education of the Santa Barbara Unified School District at the Administration Office, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 not later than: Bid opening will be held on June 30, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for the Peabody Charter School New Classrooms Project (“Project”).

A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on May 25, 2022 beginning at 1:00 p.m. Meet at Peabody Charter School, 3018 Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 at the flagpole at the archway entrance in front of the school. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the above-designated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project.

Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view, and purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at www. cybercopyplanroom.com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is June 23, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Joe Wilcox, Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc. at joew@kbzarch.com CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Project description is as follows: The work of the project consists of the construction of two, 3-classroom buildings and one, 2classroom building and associated site work.

Contractor License required: B Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted.

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than June 23, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at www.cybercopyplanroom.com.

Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302.

Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, P. O. Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 (U.S. MAIL ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than June 16, 2022, [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA U.S. MAIL. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html.

During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law.

The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions.

The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: David J. Hetyonk, Interim Project Manager, Planning Department MAY 15, 22 / 2022 -- 58261 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for a bid opening by the Board of Education of the Santa Barbara Unified School District at the Administration Office, 724 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 not later than: Bid opening will be held on July 7, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. for the Santa Barbara High School Visual Arts and Design Academy Project (“Project”).

A mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference will be conducted on May 25, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Meet at Santa Barbara High School, 700 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 at the flagpole at the circle in front of the main building. Bids will not be accepted from contractors not attending the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference. Prospective Bidders arriving after the above-designated starting time for a mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference shall be disqualified from submitting a bid for this project.

Plans and specifications will be on file and available to view and purchase on, or as soon as possible, after the mandatory job walk and pre-bid conference through Cybercopy at www. cybercopyplanroom.com The deadline for pre-bid questions or clarification requests is June 29, 2022. All questions are to be in writing and directed to the Project Architect/Engineer, Mat Gradias, Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc. matg@kbzarch.com

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LEGAL NOTICE MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the College School District will be available for public inspection at the College School District Office, 3525 Pine Street, Santa Ynez, on June 10, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the College School District, 3325 Pine Street, Santa Ynez. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 21, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the College School District.

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Montecito Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Montecito Union School District Business Office, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, on May 26, 2022, during regular working hours.

The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 1, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. at the Montecito Union School Room 6, 385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 7, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. at the Montecito Union School Room 6.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58334

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Buellton Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Buellton Union School District Office Room 1, 301 Second Street, Buellton, on June 10, 2022 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 15, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at the Jonata Middle School Library, 301 Second Street, Buellton. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 22, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at Jonata Middle School Library.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58332 LEGAL NOTICE LOMPOC UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Lompoc Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Lompoc Unified School District Education Center, 1301 North A Street, Lompoc, on June 9, 2022 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lompoc Unified School District Education Center Board Room, 1301 North A Street, Lompoc. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 28, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lompoc Unified School District Education Center Board Room.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58348 LEGAL NOTICE CUYAMA JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Cuyama Joint Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District Office, 2300 Highway 166, New Cuyama, on May 30, 2022, during regular working hours.

The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 2, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District Board Room, 2300 Highway 166, New Cuyama. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cuyama Joint Unified School District Board Room, 2300 Highway 166, New Cuyama.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58349

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Santa Barbara Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, on June 9, 2022 during regular business hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022 at 5:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 28, 2022, at 5:30 pm at the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58346

Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney & Associates, P. O. Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 (U.S. MAIL ONLY) (Voice Message: 909-337-8302) no later than June 22, 2022, [Note: Per PCC 2011.6 – must have submitted package at least 10 business days before bid opening, can specify earlier date]. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA U.S. MAIL. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 and 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the District has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations, the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the contract which is available for review at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/statistics_research.html.

During the Work, the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) will monitor compliance with prevailing wage rate requirements and enforce the Contractor’s prevailing wage rate obligations, with a copy of the same being on file with the clerk of the District’s governing board. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract, and to comply with all prevailing wage requirements set forth in the Labor Code.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the Labor Code of the State of California, a contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid or engage in the performance of any contract for this project unless; (1) currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5; or (2) expressly authorized to submit a bid by Section 1771.1 and provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The successful Bidder will be required to post all job-site notices required by DIR regulations and other applicable law.

The successful bidder and its subcontractors will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the General Conditions.

The District will be participating in the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) Participation Goal Program pursuant to Education Code section 17076.11 and Public Contract Code section 10115.

No Bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for the bid opening.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to waive irregularities in any bid.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT By: David J. Hetyonk, Interim Project Manager, Planning Department

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LEGAL NOTICE BALLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Ballard School District will be available for public inspection at the Ballard School District, 2425 School Street, Solvang, on June 10, 2022 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the Ballard School District, 2425 School Street, Solvang. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Ballard School District.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58330

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58331 LEGAL NOTICE COLD SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Cold Spring Elementary School District will be available for public inspection at the Cold Spring Elementary School District, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours.

The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 6, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cold Spring Elementary School District, 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 13, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cold Spring Elementary School District.

LEGAL NOTICE CARPINTERIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Carpinteria Unified School District will be available for public inspection at the Carpinteria Unified School District Office, 1400 Linden Avenue, Carpinteria, on June 9, 2022 during regular business hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Carpinteria City Council Chambers, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 28, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Carpinteria City Council Chambers, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58347

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58333 LEGAL NOTICE GUADALUPE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Los Olivos School District will be available for public inspection at the Los Olivos School Room 602, 2540 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos, on June 8, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 13, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Los Olivos School District Room 602, 2540 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 27, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Los Olivos School District Room 602.

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Guadalupe Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Guadalupe Union School District, 4465 Ninth Street, Guadalupe, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. at the Mary Buren Elementary School, 1050 Peralta Street, Guadalupe. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 22, 2022, at 5:15 p.m. at the Mary Buren Elementary School, 1050 Peralta Street, Guadalupe.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58336

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58338 LEGAL NOTICE GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Hope School District will be available for public inspection at the Hope School District Office Room 14, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, on June 8, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hope School District Board Room, 3970 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 15, 2022 at 12:00 noon at the Hope School District Office Board Room.

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Goleta Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Goleta Union School District Office, Fiscal Services Department, 401 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours.

The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Goleta Union School District Office Board Room, 401 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 29, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Goleta Union School District Office Board Room.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58335

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58337

VOTE! Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Santa Barbara County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) will be available for public inspection at the Santa Barbara County SELPA, 5385 Hollister Avenue, Building 7, Santa Barbara, on June 1, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget and the budget adoption meeting will both be held on June 6, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. at the Jonata Middle School Library, 301 Second Street, Buellton.

The Santa Barbara County Elections Office would like to thank the many poll workers and poll sites in our community that volunteer their time and facilities on Election Day to make democracy possible. When voting at your local polling place on Election Day, remember to thank your friends and neighbors for their tireless efforts on that day.

NOTICE OF DESIGNATIONS OF POLLING PLACES (12105, 12106 E.C.)

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

NOTICE is hereby given that a Statewide Direct Primary Election will be held in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on Tuesday, the 7th day of June, 2022. The polls will be open from 7 o’clock a.m. to 8 o’clock p.m. on said day, and the following places have been designated as polling places of Santa Barbara County, State of California, to wit:

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58350 LEGAL NOTICE ORCUTT UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

Pursuant to California Elections Code 3005, whenever there are 250 or less persons registered to vote in any precinct, the County Clerk may require the voters therein to vote by means of a mail ballot.

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Orcutt Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Orcutt Union School District Office, 500 Dyer Street, Orcutt, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Orcutt Union School District Office, 500 Dyer Street, Orcutt. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Orcutt Union School District Office.

COUNTING LOCATIONS (12109 E.C.) The following location is designated as a “Central Counting Center” for the June 7th, 2022 Statewide Direct Primary Election

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58340

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District website, https:// www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/, on June 3, 2022. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 7, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Board Room, Support Services Center, 2560 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Board Room, Support Services Center, 2560 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58344 LEGAL NOTICE SANTA MARIA-BONITA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District will be available for public inspection at the Souza Student Support Center Business Office, 708 S. Miller Street, Santa Maria, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Souza Student Support Center Board Room, 708 S. Miller Street, Santa Maria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 22, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. at the Souza Student Support Center Board Room.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58341 LEGAL NOTICE SOLVANG SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Solvang Elementary School District will be available for public inspection at the Solvang Elementary School District Business Office, 565 Atterdag Road, Solvang, on June 3, 2022, during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 8, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Solvang Elementary School District - Lower Campus Multi-Purpose Room, 565 Atterdag Road, Solvang. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 15, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Solvang Elementary School District - Lower Campus MultiPurpose Room.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58342

MAY 15, 22 / 2022 -- 58262

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The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Blochman Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Blochman Union School District Office, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria, on June 10, 2022 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Benjamin Foxen Elementary School Library, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. at the Benjamin Foxen Elementary School Library, 4949 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria.

LEGAL NOTICE SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN AREA (SELPA) BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA MARIA JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

Prequalification packages are available through the Cybercopy at www.cybercopyplanroom.com.

Pre-qualification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11s@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302.

LEGAL NOTICE BLOCHMAN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

The Project description is as follows: The work of the project consists of the demolition of two portable classrooms and construction of one, 2-classroom building and associated site work.

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 20111.6(j) a list of prequalified general contractors and electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors will be made available by the District no later than June 29, 2022 at lgonzalez@sbunified.org

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58339

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

Prequalification of Bidders and E/M/P subcontractors: As a condition of bidding on this Project, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6 all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical and plumbing subcontractors listed in the Bidder’s proposal must either be pre-qualified for at least five business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted.

The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District will be available for public inspection at the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District website, https:// www.syvuhsd.org/business/ on June 8, 2022. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 14, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District Board Room, 2975 E. HWY 246, Santa Ynez. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 21, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District Board Room.

LEGAL NOTICE BUELLTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

CLEARLY MARK BID RESPONSE ENVELOPE WITH TIME/DATE OF BID OPENING AND PROJECT NAME. Bids so received shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the Santa Barbara Unified School District Administration Office, 720 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101. All bids shall be made on the forms provided in the specifications and each bid must conform to the Contract Documents. Each bid shall be accompanied by the bid security specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

Contractor License required: B

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

LEGAL NOTICE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

LEGAL NOTICE VISTA DEL MAR UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2022-2023 budget for the Vista Del Mar Union School District will be available for public inspection at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota, on June 6, 2022 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said budget will be held on June 9, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota.

The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 16, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at the Vista Del Mar Union School District, 9467 San Julian Road, Gaviota.

DR. SUSAN SALCIDO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MAY 22 / 2022 -- 58343

Santa Barbara County Elections 4440-A Calle Real Santa Barbara, California Precincts: 20-0100 22-5108 22-5110 Assistance League 1259 Veronica Springs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Accessible: No Precincts: 12-5100 22-5128 Bethany Congregational Church Kononia Room 556 N Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Accessible: No Precincts: 30-0150 33-3130 33-3142 Brandon School Library 195 Brandon Dr Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No Precincts: 12-3104 22-3116 Calvary Baptist Church Sizer Hall - Parking Off Pedregosa 736 W Islay St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Accessible: No Precincts: 10-0100 10-0106 Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club Teen Center 4849 Foothill Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013 Accessible: No Precincts: 11-1104 11-1108 11-1110 Casas De Las Flores Community Room 4096 Via Real Carpinteria, CA 93013 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 12-6102 12-6106 Christ Presbyterian Church 36 E Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 23-3100 33-3105 33-3144 Direct Relief Hatch Hall 6100 Wallace Becknell Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No

Precincts: 12-2117 22-2110 22-2112 22-2114 Free Methodist Church Youth Room 1435 Cliff Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0152 20-0162 20-0468 Girls, Inc. Theater 4973 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 23-3108 23-3110 23-3114 Goleta Presbyterian Church Common Room 6067 Shirrell Way Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 22-5118 22-5126 22-5130 Hope Elementary School Multipurpose Room 3970 La Colina Rd Ste A Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0123 20-0127 20-0131 20-0135 Isla Vista Community Center 976 Embarcadero Del Mar Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 33-3119 33-3120 Islamic Society Of Santa Barbara 302 N Los Carneros Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No Precincts: 22-5116 22-5122 22-5124 MacKenzie Park MacKenzie Center 3111 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Accessible: No Precincts: 33-3134 33-3136 Mariposa At Ellwood Shores 190 Viajero Dr Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes

Precincts: 33-3128 Dos Pueblos High School Performing Arts Center Lobby 7266 Alameda Ave Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No

Precincts: 12-3100 12-3102 12-3111 Mckinley Elementary School Auditorium 350 Loma Alta Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Accessible: No

Precincts: 12-1111 12-1116 Eastside Library Martin Luther King, Jr. Wing 1102 E Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Accessible: Yes

Precincts: 10-0130 10-0138 Montecito Community Center Hall At Montecito Hall & Library 1469 East Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Accessible: No

Precincts: 12-4126 12-4130 12-4136 First Presbyterian Church Christian Fellowship Center 21 E Constance Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Accessible: No

Precincts: 10-0128 10-0136 Montecito Covenant Church Fellowship Hall 671 Cold Springs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Accessible: No Precincts: 12-1100 Palm Park Beach House 236 E Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Accessible: Yes

Precincts: 11-1100 11-1106 Reality Carpinteria 5251 6th St Carpinteria, CA 93013 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0145 20-0147 Saint Mark’s Catholic Church 6550 Picasso Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0109 20-0111 San Clemente Villages San Clemente Center 6530 El Colegio Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0134 20-0142 San Marcos High School Gymnasium 4750 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 12-1106 12-4114 Santa Barbara High School Library 700 E Anapamu St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0113 20-0115 Santa Catalina Linda Vista Room 6850 El Colegio Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 10-0109 SB Community Church Community Room 1002 Cieneguitas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Accessible: No Precincts: 12-1118 12-4104 SB Municipal Tennis Center 1414 Park Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0141 20-0149 SB Student Housing Cooperative Merton Auditorium 777 Camino Pescadero Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 10-0152 12-4112 12-4118 SB Woman’s Club Auditorium 670 Mission Canyon Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Accessible: No Precincts: 22-6114 22-6116 SBCC Schott Campus James Tanahill Auditorium 310 W Padre St Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Accessible: No Precincts: 10-0592 20-0126 20-0176 20-0562 SBCC Wake Campus Auditorium 300 N Turnpike Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Accessible: Yes

Precincts: 22-2102 22-2104 SBCC West Campus Center WCC 104 721 Cliff Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0117 33-3132 Sierra Madre Villages Miramar Center - 6113 555 Storke Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0180 20-0182 South Coast Church The Barn 5814 Cathedral Oaks Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0137 20-0139 St. Michael’s University Church 6586 Picasso Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Accessible: No Precincts: 10-0110 Summerland Presbyterian Church Street Parking Only 2400 Lillie Ave Summerland, CA 93067 Accessible: No Precincts: 12-4108 12-4110 Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall 1500 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0105 U.C.S.B. Robertson Gym RG 1410 Robertson Gym Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Accessible: No Precincts: 20-0107 U.C.S.B. San Nicolas Hall Recreation Room San Nicolas Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 20-0101 20-0103 U.C.S.B. Santa Cruz Hall Main Lounge Santa Cruz Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Accessible: No Precincts: 22-2106 22-2108 22-2116 22-2120 Washington School Auditorium 290 Lighthouse Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Accessible: Yes Precincts: 12-3108 12-6100 12-6110 Westside Neighborhood Center Westside Auditorium 423 W Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Accessible: No

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‘It Appears to Be a Circle’ theme for UCSB art show

By MARILYN MCMAHON NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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t Appears to Be a Circle” is the provocative theme for an exhibition on view through May 29 at the UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum, 552 University Road. It is open from noon to 5 p.m Wednesday through Sunday.

This exhibit, which is free and open to the public, marks the completion of Tom Dunn, Marisa de la Peña and Chad Ress’ thesis projects for their respective MFA degrees, awarded by the Art Department at UCSB. “As they all continue to shape their practice moving forward, they invite you to question: How many ways can one create a circle?” asks Victoria Jennings in a news release about the art work.

She is a doctoral student in the history of art and architecture, a Murray Roman Curatorial Fellow and internship program coordinator at UCSB. “Shaping and reshaping, ‘It Appears to Be a Circle’ fashions the ephemeral moments in time into tangible experiences that awaken the senses,” said Ms. Jennings. “Within these walls, you will find the works of three artists who propose their own ways of imaging how their various practices can lead them down circular paths, loops and returns —- an ouroboros escapade.

“Drawing on the past years spent manifesting their visions, exploring theories and furthering their own artistic voice, these artists welcome you to explore the realms of the politicized night Please see EXHIBIT on B4

FYI “It Appears to Be a Circle” is on view through May 29 at the UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum, 552 University Road. It is open from noon to 5 p.m Wednesday through Sunday.

The museum is open to the public, and there’s no admission charge. For COURTESY IMAGES

Maria de la Peña’s material and edible art is part of the “It Appears to Be A Circle” exhibit at the UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum.

more information, call 805-893-2951 or visit museum-onfo@ucsb.edu.

Art by Chad Ress, above, and Tom Dunn, left, grace the UCSB Art, Design and Architecture Museum.

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Horoscope.com May 22, 2022 ARIES: Your week begins on a passionate note when Mars conjoins Neptune in Pisces and your dream zone on Tuesday.

You’ve been closely guarding some big dreams, but now is the time to go after them.

TAURUS: This is a great week for personal transformation, Taurus, because the sun in your sign trines Pluto in Capricorn on Thursday, expanding your life in every way.

GEMINI: Your week brings a major confidence boost when the sun enters your sign on Friday, officially ushering us into your season. Now is a great time to try to learn something new or use your wit to meet new people.

CANCER: It’s a good time to follow your passions no matter where they take you as Mars conjoins Neptune in your expansion zone on Tuesday. While it isn’t an ideal time for traveling, you can start making future plans, from compiling a bucket list to broadening your academic horizons. Don’t hold yourself back, Cancer.

LEO: Your week proceeds on a responsible note when the sun in Taurus trines Pluto in Capricorn on Thursday. You’re taking on new responsibilities at work, so you’ll need to change your habits to increase your productivity, like cutting out all major distractions.

VIRGO: If you’re in love, let everyone know it when Mercury in Gemini sextiles Jupiter in Aries on Thursday. This is an ideal day to go public with a new relationship or personal project. It can also create successful partnerships, both for business and pleasure.

LIBRA: Use your words, Libra, especially when it comes to your important relationships.

On Thursday, Mercury in Gemini sextiles Jupiter in Aries, encouraging you to talk things out with your partner.

SCORPIO: Everything is better when you work together.

It’s cheesy, but when the sun in Taurus trines Pluto in Capricorn on Thursday, you’ll need to form a strong partnership that can increase your chances of being heard.

SAGITTARIUS: Thursday is a great day to ask someone out or make it official with someone special as Mercury in Gemini sextiles Jupiter in Aries.

CAPRICORN: Your week includes a powerful note when the sun in Taurus trines Pluto in your sign on Thursday, helping you express your feelings using creativity.

AQUARIUS: Despite the retrograde, you’re ready to have some fun and express yourself as the sun enters Gemini and shines its light in your creative zone on Friday.

PISCES: Tuesday is ideal for manifesting as Mars conjoins Neptune in your sign. This aspect gives you a boost of passion to help you enjoy new beginnings and realize your dreams.

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Mr. Leaney, co-founder of the Historical Diving Society USA and founder of “The Journal of Diving History,” received the award at the annual Scuba Show in Long Beach on May 14. He was honored for “turning his passion for diving’s history into a way for thousands to understand and discover theirs.”

The California Scuba Service Award, considered one of the top career recognition awards for the diving industry, is presented annually by the awards committee of the Scuba Show, since 1989, to honor those who have had a profound influence on the California diving scene.

Over the years, Mr. Leaney has worked with SBMM colleagues Don Barthelmess, Bob Schwemmer, Ed Cassano, Bob Kirby, Lad Handelman, Ernie Brooks and Greg Gorga, SBMM executive director, and his ongoing career contributions are woven into the fabric of the museum.

“Leslie Leaney has devoted his life to spreading the word about the history of diving. Nobody I know of has done a better job honoring the people who pioneered diving and preserving their stories,” said Mr. Gorga.

Mr. Leaney began his diving career in 1969 around the island of Singapore. He progressed through the British Sub Aqua Club system and became a scuba instructor and diving officer, responsible for the training curriculum and training of dozens of instructors and more than 70 active recreational divers in just two-and-a-half years. He achieved a club safety record of zero incidents or accidents during his tenure.

Beginning in 1970, he led dozens of diving expeditions into the South China Sea islands and did some very early recording of the effect of the Crown of Thorns starfish on coral reefs in that area.

In 1971 and 1972, before the rise of international diving tourism, Mr. Leaney led expedition dive teams to the Perhentian Islands off the northeast Malay coast, the Indian Ocean, the Maldive Islands, Australia and New Zealand.

He also conducted a survey on behalf of the late King Hussein of Jordan on the feasibility of establishing a dive center in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, Jordan.

Based on this survey, he authored one of the earliest articles on diving in the Red Sea, which was published in 1972. During the 1970s, he traveled extensively, working with divers and instructors in England, Malta, Saudi Arabia and Oman.

In 1980, Mr. Leaney relocated to Malibu, where he worked in the music industry and started to pursue his interest in diving history while compiling an extensive diving library and a collection of historical antique equipment. His archives currently provide reference

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In 1992, this interest in history led Mr. Leaney to co-found the Historical Diving SocietyUSA, a nonprofit educational corporation, with Skip Dunham, the president of Kirby Morgan Diving Systems of Santa Barbara.

The inaugural meeting at Santa Barbara City College’s Marine Diving Technology Department featured a mix of recreational, military and commercial divers, and the society continues to provide an educational forum for these separate, but connected, groups to learn about their joint history.

In 1993, Mr. Leaney founded “The Journal of Diving History,” a publication devoted to all aspects of diving history. As founding publisher and editor, he introduced various columns, including the “Women Pioneers in Diving” written by Bonnie Cardone, former Skin Diver Magazine editor He also printed numerous historical articles translated from foreign languages, including Russian, French and German that had never before been published in America.

In 1997, Austrian diving pioneers, Professor Hans Hass, “the Pioneer of the Pioneers,” and his wife Lotte invited Mr. Leaney to be their partner, and he started reintroducing them to the international diving community.

His first step was partnering with UCSB’s Ed Stetson and, in 1998, the pair orchestrated Hans and Lotte’s return to California for a film festival in their honor.

A stellar cast including Ernie Brooks, Sylvia Earle, Howard and Michele Hall, Bev Morgan and others presented at the festival.

“It was the finest tribute occasion I have ever attended,” said Stan Waterman, five-time Emmy Award winning pioneer underwater filmmaker.

The event was held at the Arlington Theatre and sold out, with attendees flying in from

Europe and Asia.

In 2013, Mr. Stetson and Mr. Leaney produced “A Tribute to Ernie Brooks” at the Arlington, which was attended by scores of former Brooks students as well as numerous international attendees.

As his partnership with Hans and Lotte Hass progressed, Mr. Leaney established the Hans Hass Fifty Fathoms Award in 2003, sponsored by Blancpain Watches as part of their Ocean Commitment campaign. Recipients of the Fifty Fathoms Award have included Professor Weicheng Qui and the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Ernie Brooks, James Cameron and other ocean notables.

In 2000, Mr. Leaney became a founding trustee of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and helped establish exhibits of equipment that support the town’s pioneering position as the international “Birthplace of Deep-Water Mixed Gas Diving.”

Working with his friend Mr. Stetson again, Mr. Leaney became the co-organizer of the annual HDS Great White Shark Fundraiser at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, in which HDS members get to dive with pioneer divers.

To ensure his diving research endures beyond his lifetime, Mr. Leaney co-founded the LeaneyBrooks Diving History Archives at UCSB with Mr. Brooks in 2018.

Each year, UCSB receives donations of specific sections of Mr. Leaney’s expansive diving library, which is curated by his longtime friend and colleague, Nyle Monday.

In 2021, Mr. Leaney became the host and author of YouTube’s “Diving into the Past” series, which features specific diving helmets. Produced in Santa Maria by Kirby Morgan Diving Systems, the series highlights some of the rarer helmets from diving’s past.

The HDS-USA is now in its 30 year, during which time, Mr. Leaney has worn the hats of president and executive director.

Under his guidance, the

society grew from a few dozen to more than 2,700 members in 44 countries and is affiliated with similar organizations around the world.

To guide it in its early days, Mr. Leaney helped establish and develop an international advisory board of divers. Under his leadership, the HDS-USA advisory board has continued to grow in stature along with the society, and its members have included Dr. Sylvia Earle, James Cameron, Bev Morgan, Lad Handelman, Ernie Brooks, Jean-Michel Cousteau and many others.

Mr. Leaney has also played a vital role in many of the major developments in HDS-USA’s history, including negotiating strategic HDS affiliations with the Association of Diving Contractors International, Diving Equipment and Marketing Association, Professional Association of Diving Instructors, Divers Alert Network, Beneath the Sea nonprofit corporation and SBMM. Through his research, Mr. Leaney has written numerous articles that have appeared in several international publications and is the historical columnist for PADI’s Undersea Journal.

Among the awards recognizing Mr. Leaney’s contributions to the diving industry are the DEMA Reaching Out Award, Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences NOGI Award for Education, Beneath the Sea Diver of the Year Award, Wyland Foundation ICON Award and honorary lifetime memberships in the historical societies of Russia, Canada and South East Asia, Pacific.

Mr. Leaney is an inductee in the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Commercial Diving Hall of Fame, California Wreck Divers Hall of Fame, a Fellow of the Explorers Club, and, by the personal nomination and sponsorship of Major Christian J. Lambertsen, recognized as the “Father of American Combat Diving,” a lifetime member of the U.D.T. Seal Association. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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nticipation, as Carly Simon sang way back when, can break your heart while you wait for that call (or text) from that special someone. If he or she is slower than you’d like, it can make you a little bit anxious and sometimes crazy.

Those reactions can make or break a relationship.

The silly feelings you get at the start of a relationship are so energizing (and anxiety producing) that I would never want to give them up for the reassurance or even a guarantee of love. But still, you want to know that the one you are sending your energy to is sending some back.

Some anticipation is a mandatory step in the dance of love. Without it, I don’t think we develop a feeling of vulnerability, and though being vulnerable can be uncomfortable, it’s a necessity if you want to be in love. That is, being vulnerable is both a curse and a gift.

That may be hard for some to relate to. Many people loathe that squirmy feeling and hate that they’re hearts are now open and so can now also be broken. But if you don’t take the risk of opening your heart and soul completely, you won’t love (or feel loved) completely.

Holding yourself back out of the fear of getting hurt is understandable. A person may reach this place for many reasons — most of them unpleasant — but it’s usually a choice to stay there.

No one likes feeling insecure.

But you can choose how you respond to being vulnerable, for it’s really a state of mind over which you have some control. You may want to remind yourself that being vulnerable is part of the process of falling in love. You can

also find constructive outlets for your thoughts and emotions.

Talking with your friends can help and be fun. As long as the relationship is not abusive or inappropriate, professional advice isn’t a necessity. After all, though it may be difficult, what you are feeling is perfectly normal.

Exercise or puttering around the house can also be a good use of the excess energy that anticipation can bring.

This may also be a good time to keep a journal. It’s a safe place to put your feelings, a good way to release your angst, and something you will enjoy looking back on after you’ve spent a few decades with your loved one.

Anticipation is also an energy booster. You may have the strength to move mountains or create the ultimate date night.

Anticipation increases your creativity, and don’t be surprised if you get a poetic thought or two.

You will find new ways to bring joy to your lover and to yourself. It is amazing how much life force a growing love can give you.

In any new relationship, there is always an element of risk, and that may be what the anticipation is about.

Let it keep you on your toes, so you can dance the night away with the one you love.

Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning therapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of seven books, and a blogger for PsychologyToday.com with nearly 27 million readers. He practices in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and is available for video sessions. Reach him at barton@ bartongoldsmith.com. His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

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Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets.

For more information, go to these websites: — Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

— Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats.org.

ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

— Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb.org.

BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

— Companion Animal Placement Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook. com/capaoflompoc. CAPA works regularly with Animal ServicesLompoc.

— K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

— Santa Barbara County

Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare.org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.)

— Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc.

— Santa Barbara Humane (with campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org.

— Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/home. sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

— Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org.

— Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org.

— Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter. org.

— Dave Mason

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“Finding the pulse of his own work through the ribbons of the subconscious, you will find Tom Dunn’s art splashed across walls and flashing before your eyes. Acrylic paint in shades of black and white weave in and out of the surfaces and are combined with digital drawing over previously completed pieces, creating an undulating infinite life.

“Mr. Dunn, largely guided by the instinctive process of starting something and responding to it, finds comfort in the unknown that is created through his artwork. By making his own sense of meaning, a path toward escapism is paved, and an excess of creative euphoria is manifested.

“Ultimately, the artwork encourages viewers to place emphasis on the journey rather than the finished product, which can be viewed through the immersive space he has created, activating the neurons of the mind.”

Mr. Dunn completed his undergraduate degree in Australia and has lived in the U.S. for the last 10 years. He began the master’s in fine arts program doing large scale, colorful oil paintings, but when the studios were temporarily closed due to COVID-19, he decided to use the time without a studio to learn to draw properly.

Instead, he began a series of small black and white acrylic paintings on paper that he is now developing into an improvised animation called “Lunula.”

The imagery in his paintings derive from the subconscious.

“Ms. de la Peña’s work is grounded in the fountainhead of her heritage. Astrologically inclined, much of her work presented here harkens to the ghosts that haunt Turtle Island soil, influencing her material and edible art creations,” said Ms. Jennings.

“Molded and mixed with the hands of her abuela in mind, flans, gelatinas and pan dulce are baked with raw ingredients and emotions.

“A quinceañera tablecloth is adorned with gesso and rhinestones, topped with vibrantly luscious cakes made of cardboard, molding medium and speckling, their appearance tantalizingly mouthwatering. Underlined

by Xicane and Yoeme (Yaqui) methods of storytelling, desire is shaped with sugary confection with no beginning or end.”

Ms. de la Peña’s current work revolves around the role of horror in art and media and its power to subvert settler colonialism.

She creates edible sculptures around dispossession and consumption, hoping to haunt and nourish audiences involved and finally free herself of the vanishing myth. Her work has been published and featured by Taschen Books, Harper Collins and DC Shoes.

She received her bachelor’s in fine arts in 2012 in textiles from the California College of the Arts.

“Mr. Ress’ installation piece ‘State of Night’ foregrounds the legal walls constructed through the language of the Dark-Sky Movement. Using the so-categorized malefactor, the spectral shapes of letters and reflections of anthropocentric legal words are illuminated amidst the ephemeral clouds,” Ms. Jennings said. “ ‘The Movement,’ which aims to cast a moral quantification of light — itself an intangible object related to wider discussions of class and privilege — is here captured in an endless loop within time and space. Shades of light find their contrast in the tenebrosity of the human experience, fashioned in alphabetic lines, dots and circles.

“Visitors are encouraged to inhabit the space, thus altering and making their own subjective experience within the walls of light and language.

“Mr. Ress is a photographer and artist working with image, text, video and sound as a means to explore political, economic and environmental processes. Often using legal language as a starting point, his projects explore a more visceral relationship to the government policies shaping our lives.” email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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1) Let’s assume Russian President Vladimir Putin would have gone ahead and invaded Ukraine despite the warning from President Trump that there would be “dire consequences” of such an act. I do believe Mr. Trump would have acted more quickly and decisively to help Ukraine resist.

After all, during the Obama presidency, the U.S. refused to give or sell to Ukraine defensive weapons. President Trump OK’d the purchase of defensive weapons by Ukraine soon after taking office.

Plus, that $40-billion package of aid for Ukraine would not have fallen completely on the U.S. President Trump would have required that the other NATO nations pony up their fair share of the costs of defending Ukraine.

2) The $100-plus cost of a

id you know everyone blames COVID? Isn’t it wearing thin?

We have been through a lot in the past two years, and most of us never dreamed any of it could happen. (It’s not the first time we’ve been surprised in a major way. Before 9/11, we believed our nation could never be attacked.)

During the pandemic, we experienced life-altering changes that halted our way of life on March 16, 2020.

With possibilities so dire and dangerous, we even canceled our St. Patrick’s Day Party.

We jumped on board and stayed in our homes. The streets were empty in Santa Barbara.

Come May 2020, George Floyd was killed by a unionprotected police officer.

This officer had 16 previous complaints, and this, his 17th in 17 years. Just like our school district has a bad teacher, and the union made sure he wasn’t fired, just moved. Could it not be our police, nor our teachers, but the unions and the administrators? Both are removed from reality.

Our governor is demanding our state be built out beyond our resources, and we have elected officials subordinate to him that are going along to get along. We can’t sustain this any longer, and we MUST vote them out. It is bigger than this column. It is our duty, collectively to inform our friends and family asap.

We can all agree that California is worth fighting for, as are the County of Santa Barbara and our Santa Barbara schools.

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in Manhattan recently.

How much of history isn’t known or respected any longer in our country. Ellis Island was once the entry point for foreigners arriving to immigrate to the U.S. The hopefuls were first vetted for illness, mental health, a skill to earn a living and financial backing to support themselves, by way of a relative or personal funds.

Yet, our elected officials, Salud Carbajal, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gregg Hart (a member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and an Assembly candidate) and most California representatives promote California as a Sanctuary State.

Anyone can come here illegally without consideration of how to support themselves, and with the expectation that the citizens of the U.S. will pay their way by means of housing, food stamps, medical, education. etc.

Gov. Newsom and company encourage unlimited amounts of sidewalk vendors with no obligation or method for the street vendors to pay sales tax or rent for being on public sidewalks.

How is this fair to the brickand-mortar businesses paying rent, their taxes and abiding by the law?

With no record of income, the street vendors are eligible to receive free or subsidized housing courtesy of our tax dollars.

Rep. Carbajal is bragging that he voted for two measures that earmark $28 million for the FDA to purchase baby formula from Chile, Ireland, Mexico and the Netherlands.

Wow, can you imagine that we now live in a country that is so weak and dilettante in it’s duty of something as mundane, yet important as baby formula?

We don’t have the muster to

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Columnist Brent Zepke is critical of President Joe Biden for undoing what Mr. Zepke said are the solutions that President Donald Trump implemented.

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Brent Zepke writes that Ketanji Brown Jackson, left, who will become a Supreme Court justice in the new term, was a bad choice in light of her past rulings.

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s we continue down the economic sink hole of the beginning of the Biden Dark Ages, the tens of people who managed to listen through the bumbling-mumbling Biden campaign promises before rallies that would have fit in his basement or the couple of hundred thousand who watched his televised rallies, instead of the tens of millions at Trump rallies, know we should not be surprised.

For the rest of us, here were President Joe Biden’s campaign promises: 1. The answer to everything, including the deficit, is to spend more.

Why? Because government spending always comes with increased government control, where, for this White House, means the switch from equality of opportunity to rewarding the non-performers through a form of retributions they call “equity.”

As with every topic herein, the number of examples is so large that examples must be limited. For example, the feds grabbing control of the remedies for COVID in order

to distribute them along racial guidelines.

Last week President The author Biden said he would lives in Santa subsidize the fertilizer Barbara industry despite farmers saying that would not help. What they really need is a reduction in the cost of gasoline.

2. Race triumphs all criteria.

President Biden’s campaign violated the intent of the Civil Rights Act with the promise he would only consider a black woman for a vice president, and Kamala Harris was seen as the most qualified running mate despite her accusing President Biden of discrimination.

Now that we all have seen her “in action.”

Think about what that says about the availability of qualified woman of color if she was the most qualified. Same violation by only considering black women for his nominee for Supreme Court justice and, again, his nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, was so bad that the Democrats Brent Zepke

Unfortunately for America, the president decided to keep his word

called the Republicans “racist” (what else?) for pointing out her record as a judge of being easy on sex crimes.

The Democrats, of course, refused to even consider her rulings as a judge.

Imagine that after the left attacked not only every decision of Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Barrett but even their high school activities.

President Biden selected Pete Buttigieg, who has stated everything in the U.S. suffers from systemic racism including the highway system, to head the highway system as transportation secretary.

3. Climate change means he must crush the fossil fuel industry.

The starting point is to raise the price of gasoline.

4. Open borders are good.

President Donald Trump solved the border crisis. Why is the White House willfully thrusting the problems of the world on Americans? Is it as simple as taxpaying Americans should pay for more, but receive less, of everything from gasoline

to baby formula?

5. President Trump caused all the country’s problems.

On President Biden’s Inauguration day he signed an executive order directing his agencies to reverse all of President Trump’s decisions despite the U.S. thriving.

President Biden called “ultra-MAGA,” whatever that is, to be the greatest threat in American history without, of course, citing any examples and ignoring the 576 protests-thefts-riots-arson committed by the left groups of BLM, Antifa and just plain opportunist, on American cities.

Is he trying to one up Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables”?

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The ‘other’ Joe – Joe Manchin – for president

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hate writing this, because the last thing I want to see is a Democratic Party in the ascendant. However, as I gleefully watch the party decompose, there is one way it could save itself from internment and that would be by nominating Joe Manchin as its 2024 presidential candidate.

The radical Left has a chokehold on the Democratic Party, and its elected officials don’t have the courage to stand up to the bullying, except for one man: West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.

Though he fully supported President Biden’s spending packages (other than the $1.9-trillion or whatever) “Build Back Better” behemoth), he also, according to factcheck.org, voted with President Trump 60.5% of the time. And, according to the Congressional Quarterly Roll Call, he voted against his own party’s bills 38.5% of the time.

In the case of overturning Roe v. Wade, should that come to pass, Sen. Manchin lined up with all Republicans in voting against

the Democrat’s recent plan to federally enshrine abortion, thereby negating any state restrictions.

Though the public James Buckley perception is that Democrats would be more “energized” by the Supreme Court’s overturning Roe v. Wade than Republicans, my guess is that it would be a 50/50 wash, causing about as much enthusiasm on the pro-abortion side as it would among the anti-abortion crowd. A recent Monmouth poll, for example, found that 44% of respondents believe Congress should allow abortion nationwide, while 43% would let states decide the issue.

Joe Manchin should announce his candidacy for president as a Democrat in early winter 2023.

He would, of course, be pilloried by the Far Left. Alec Baldwin has already called Sen. Manchin PURELY POLITICAL

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“a traitorous Democrat” for his vote with Republicans against the misnamed (aren’t they all?)

“Women’s Health Protection Act.” No doubt other Far-Left types in Hollywood — the Ilhan Omars and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezes — would rail against him, but Sen. Manchin could possibly garner

enough votes from the greater middle and saner contingent of the Democratic Party to overcome the Left’s noisy and likely nasty opposition.

It would be a long shot, but a Joe Manchin ticket (Tulsi Gabbard as V.P.?) could possibly overtake the 2024 Republican Party nominee, whether it be Mr. Trump, Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis, Mike Pompeo or any one of a number of serious Republican candidates.

As long as the Senate and House are controlled by Republicans, a moderate Democrat such as Mr. Manchin in the White House would be some comfort if a Republican did lose in 2024.

Many, including me, would be OK with that situation, though my preference would be a Republican president and a Republican Congress in order to expedite the changes necessary to save the Republic.

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A drought of common sense and reasonable priorities

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The Santa Barbara News-Press has announced its first round of endorsements for the June 7 primary.

The News-Press is supporting: • Mike Stoker in the race for the 37th Assembly District.

• Bill Brown for Santa Barbara County sheriff.

• Christy Lozano for superintendent of Santa Barbara County schools.

• Dr. Brad Allen for the 24th Congressional District.

LETTERS TO THE NEWS-PRESS

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ne of the key dams and reservoirs in failures of the past half century even government in though our population has the modern age about doubled during this is the principle time frame. of treating everyone the As Ed Ring of the same, because that is the California Public Policy easiest and most effective Center said, California has means of control. continuously chosen to Blanket prohibitions manage scarcity rather than and mandates applied create abundance. to one and all makes the In other words, California bureaucrats’ and regulators’ would rather ration water job easy because they don’t than create more water have to use discretion and supplies. common sense to do their Moreover, our water job — attributes that don’t supplies are being come easy in that line of squandered by way of work to begin with. releases from our dams The latest example for the sake of fish passage of this failure comes in and migration that don’t the form of Gov. Gavin accomplish the intended Newsom’s Executive Order purpose.

N-7-22 which is a shootHence, the supply first/ask-questions-later system we have has been mandate having to do with decimated by regulatory conditions, provisions and fiat as it was successfully regulations concerning new designed to get us through water wells on agricultural our routine pattern of lands. Whereas water seven-year-long droughts systems serving the public interspersed with record are being regulated by rain and snowfall, sans other executive orders that these inordinate water include severe fines and releases for fish. penalties for not reducing Common sense and truth water usage, this order is should be applied to our aimed at agriculture. current drought situation Years ago, I spoke at a rather than a regulatory rally at our state Capitol obfuscation of our farmers’ during a drought year. One historical water rights. of the protest signs That is, there is no at that rally read, giant pool of water “Without Water, It’s that runs beneath Only Dirt.” What does our communities that mean? California in its breadth and is one of the most scope. Hence, it is prolific producers scarcely imaginable Andy Caldwell of food in the entire that what a farmer world. Yet, without does with his well water, all our prolific will have much of any effect farm fields would produce on the water available to absolutely nothing. urbanites.

Hence, when a farmer Moreover, who in their considers trying to make a right mind would suggest living off the land to feed we limit a farmer’s use of us, the right to the water his own well water at the underlying the land is a expense of our impending non-negotiable proposition. food shortage?

California water rights Urbanites use most of laws historically served their water on landscaping, to protect the rights of cooking, bathing and farmers to use the water sanitation. Is a lawn more beneath the surface of their important than food? If property. That is, until the we have no food, what state of California created are people going to cook? the State Groundwater Regarding bathing and Management Act. basic sanitation, should This act pretends to we be required to forgo change water priorities bathing everyday and/or not without changing water flushing every time we use rights. the toilet?

It represents a lie.

Have we come to this Historically speaking, in the year 2022, as urbanites and farmers have California descends to third vied for water supplies. world living conditions SGMA added a third party and associated food of interest, namely the insecurities? interests of plants and animals in the watershed Andy Caldwell is the must now be considered in COLAB executive director “balancing the aquifer.” and host of “The Andy What is missing from Caldwell Show,” airing 3 to 5 this entire discussion? Our p.m. weekdays on KZSB AM government has steadfastly 1290, the News-Press radio refused to build any new station.

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Earth needs CO2

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e’re being told there is nothing more dangerous or more important than

Everyone who cares about public education needs to wake up and face the reality that there is a state-wide white collar crime school bond fraud ring that is stealing from taxpayers, destroying school districts and eroding confidence in future school bonds.

What government institutions are most vulnerable to embezzlement and fraud?

Prison systems and school systems.

Why? Because there is a lot of public money coming in, a lot of contracts going out, and very little competent oversight. Add to it that inmates and children are easy targets for retaliation if anyone in their family speaks up and you have the perfect place to skim off the top, bottom and anywhere else no one is paying attention.

Coined in 1939, the term “ white-collar crime’’ is now synonymous with the full range of frauds committed by business and government professionals. These crimes are characterized by deceit, concealment or violation of trust and are not dependent on the application or threat of physical force or violence. White collar crime is a problem everywhere, including Santa Barbara County.

How do we deal with the problem of white collar crime?

We rely on our public officials who actually have the power to do something about it. Like Superintendent Susan Salcido.

The problem is that we have public officials, like current Superintendent Susan Sacido, who don’t serve their public. In fact, she has discounted in writing the concerns of her constituents about the clear evidence of fraud, misconduct and deceit.

The problem is public officials, like Dr. Salcido, who swore to

the weather.

More important than $6 a gallon for gas, more important than a tsunami of foreigners pouring across the southern border, more important than no baby food, more important than paying a fortune for a hamburger.

So I’ve come up with a cure for the hysterical religion of Climate Change.

Stop breathing.

I was doing research on my next children’s book about diamonds. Since diamonds are nothing but compressed carbon, it took my research down a fork in the road. Carbon dioxide: Without it, humans would die.

Pure and simple.

Carbon dioxide, also known as CO2, is the bandwagon all the wannabe “climatologists” climb on. This is the go-to killer, the one on the minds of the world-is-ending crowd who are snookered by the “sky is falling” doctrine that the planet will be fried in a few years.

There’s a lot of the stuff I (re) learned, from 50 or 60 years ago in school as many of you have.

We suck in oxygen to breathe and kick out carbon dioxide.

Think about all of you who think masks are the answer to survival. In fact, they say the average CO2 level in our atmosphere is about 400 ppm, but indoor levels can increase way beyond that to 1,000 ppm or even 2,000 ppm.

Your mask is basically creating your own personal indoor greenhouse gas bubble.

That’s gross.

CO2 is not a poisonous gas.

Our very existence revolves around carbon dioxide. Again, I probably learned this in school at some point, but I, like many of us, think oxygen is what makes us tick. But it’s CO2. Without that bad terrible, climate-changing gas, we wouldn’t be able to survive.

Not being a scientist or professing to know I understand how all things work, I did question one thing. If it’s true that 1% of our atmosphere is CO2, which today is about 400 ppm, as mentioned above, some scientists claim that’s the highest in a thousand years.

I’d like to know who took that measurement a thousand years ago when the entire planet supposedly had only about 300 million humans, less than the entire United States today. If humans are spewing out carbon dioxide because we breathe, then it’s our fault for just living.

There are now roughly 8 billion individuals releasing their CO2 24/7, and that’s kind of disgusting to think about.

Which brings me back to my opening sentence, the cure for climate change, if you believe man is the problem, is: Start

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Customers shopping for infant formula at a CVS Pharmacy store in Santa Barbara were recently constrained to a maximum of three units per customer.

Let’s take care of all babies

I had to respond to Diana Thorn’s “Americans Last” letter, published May 15 in the NewsPress’ Voices section.

First let’s address the law. It was put into place in 1997 and is called Floras Statement Agreement. It requires that adequate food for age-appropriate people, which includes formula for kids under the age of one year. The CBP, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, is following that law, which ALL administrations since 1997 have been doing.

Secondly, what about the morality of following that law?

Aren’t babies, by which I am saying ALL babies, to be taken care of?

This administration has cut red tape to get baby formula to stores quicker and increase imports with our trading partners in Mexico, Chile, Ireland and the Netherlands. And yes, to address the possibility of hoarding, retail stores have had to put limits on purchasing products.

This administration has also been working with remaining manufacturers, of which there are only four, and more formula has been produced in the last four weeks than in the four weeks preceding the recall!

Out of curiosity, Ms. Thorn, just what plans to address this problem do you offer from the Republican side? Solutions?

Power points? Recommendations?

Suggestions? Ideas?

Oh, and one last fact, which I know is very inconvenient. Those “pallets” of packages were Nestle powdered milk for kids over 1 year old.

In closing, I am wishing you as a grandmother of a 6-month-old baby boy and everyone else with loving children, the very best of health going forward through this trying time.

Roberta Silsbury Goleta

Salcido gets my vote

I’m voting for Dr. Susan Salcido for Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools in the June 7 election, and here’s why.

Susan Salcido for county superintendent of schools.

Carol Johansen SBCEO Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Services (Retired) Carpinteria

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As a former assistant superintendent, I know firsthand that the Santa Barbara County Education Office serves our school districts in critical ways. This includes: examining and approving school district budgets; staff development; designing business and personnel systems; special and vocational education programs for youths at risk of failure; community partnerships; and many special programs like Computers for Families.

The $100 million budget is an indication of the wide-ranging role played by the SBCEO and the county Superintendent of Schools.

Managing and leading these services takes a proven leader who has expertise in educational administration and management.

With decades teaching, serving as principal and assistant superintendent, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership, Dr. Susan Salcido is that person.

Her background in education, and her experience providing leadership at the school, district,and county levels, gives her the knowledge needed to successfully lead such a complex organization.

This position cannot be learned on the job!

Dr. Salcido has been and will continue to make sound decisions and provide the leadership we need to continue the high level of services offered by the SBCEO. We need Dr. Salcido’s leadership skills and ability to keep the momentum going in service to our districts, teachers and students.

I urge you to vote for

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Prosecution of Idaho mom Sara Brady

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ERIDIAN, IDAHO — Kleiner Park is an all-American, familyfriendly gathering place west of Boise with 60 acres of greenery, trails, ponds, outdoor performance facilities, picnic shelters, and children’s swings and slides.

Two weeks ago, I enjoyed a visit there with several hundred freedom activists gathered to support GOP Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s gubernatorial bid. The sun shone brightly.

Michelle Malkin Toddlers romped on the lawn. A sea of unmasked faces roared the Pledge of Allegiance in joyful unison.

But all is not and never will be back to “normal” in America.

Never forget that citizens across this country still face tyrannical persecution and prosecution for defying COVID-19 tyranny just two short years ago.

At the publicly owned Kleiner Park, I met and embraced momof-four Sara Brady, whom I recognized instantly from the worldwide viral video of her arrest in April 2020.

“What ever happened to your case?” I asked.

This un-American nightmare, it turns out, has yet to end.

On April 21, 2020, Sara and other families had been enjoying fresh air and sunshine (God’s natural immunity and mental health boosters) amid a statewide shutdown of schools.

She and other moms opposed a city order that playground equipment in a public park be wrapped in what amounted to crime tape. (That apocalyptic scene had been replicated all over this nation, including in my own neighborhood park.) Sara simply questioned aloud the junk science-rationale for punishing healthy children — while cops and park officials violated their own social-distancing rules and mask protocols.

For her crimes of constitutionally protected peaceable assembly, petition for a redress of grievances and lawful dissent, Sara was shackled, placed in a patrol car, booked into Ada County jail and charged with misdemeanor trespassing by a grandstanding Republican state attorney general.

“I’m a mother of four children and married to a (Boise) police officer,” Sara told me this week.

“Our lives are so busy and

chaotic simply trying to manage a household of six, let alone attempting to defend myself against the state of Idaho for literally taking my kids to a play date. It’s very daunting. I didn’t go back to ‘normal’ after that day.”

Indeed, more than two years later, after dozens of online status hearings, two suspended trial dates, four different attorneys and nearly $30,000 in legal fees, Sara now awaits a May 31 hearing on her motion to dismiss the single criminal misdemeanor charge on constitutional grounds.

Sara’s attorney, Jeremy Litster, argued in his filing last week that the trespass law is unconstitutionally vague; the arresting officer exercised “unbridled authority” to “arbitrarily persecute dissenters” while others who breached the playground equipment went free; and Sara’s “expressive conduct” in the playground area of a public park “was content-based (and viewpoint-based) speech” in a “traditional public forum” that is “protected by the First Amendment.”

Since that revolutionary maternal act in 2020 on behalf of her children and other families, Sara has been an ongoing target of both prosecution and persecution.

“I had people track me down,

take videos and post them in a hate group. (This group still exists, but Facebook won’t take it down).

I was reported to CPS multiple times. I’ve had letters and mail come that I’ve been scared to open ... Many days, I’ve wondered if I could keep going. It’s affected my mental state. There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not dealing with it to some degree.”

But Sara has no regrets about that fateful day in Kleiner Park.

In fact, she told me, “I’m hoping that I can blaze a trail and others here in Idaho can use the legal briefs I’ve paid for to stop the state from doing the same thing to them.” (You can contribute to her crowdfund campaign at https://www.givesendgo.com/ supportsarabrady.)

She and her family have paid another high price — doxxing by left-wing vigilantes, threats and harassment, and smears by character assassins in the media who are allergic to sovereigntydefending mothers. Buzzfeed, for example, attacked Sara for challenging her son’s school over unlawful vaccine exemption documentation. The school backed down.

The silver lining of this entire ordeal, Sara reflects, is that her viral moment helped “wake up” countless parents who had been

sleeping and galvanized her own activism. “It’s really appalling how the government came in to ‘save’ everyone and then made such a huge mess, and now everyone is acting like it never happened — except for those of us that are being so harshly punished for daring to push back.

I’ve learned how corrupt our government is and how fragile our freedoms are. I feel like I’ve been ‘awake’ to things going on for several years now, but these last two years have really shown me the evil we have in our country.”

Sara’s courageous battle is a light in the darkness.

“Being an example to your child to stand up against tyranny is one of the most powerful messages you can give,” she told me.

“Freedom is the most important gift given to us. I would rather be handcuffed and taken away from you than to bow down to the state.”

Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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NATO expansion and the Russian threat

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hat about the Germans from defecting to West rest of the Germany. By that year, the flow North?” asked of East Germans fleeing through McGeorge that open door had become a Bundy, floodtide, depopulating East president of the Ford Foundation, Germany. back in the 1970s.

President George H.W. Bush Following policy, he and the and associates proved extremely other officers were considering shrewd, tough and effective as yet one more sizable grant to help the Soviet empire collapsed. the troubled Native Americans There was no public boasting of Alaska. Officers rarely vetoed about victory. President Bush and a staff recommendation, but he Secretary of State James Baker regularly asked insightful emphasized traditional questions. diplomacy, reflected in Arthur I. Mr. Bundy’s query bears disciplined and detailed Cyr on the discussion over negotiations. admitting Finland and Germany was Sweden to NATO (North Atlantic reunited and remained in NATO. Treaty Organization). This The Russians received assurance alliance began in 1949, early in the of no nuclear weapons in Eastern Cold War, to oppose the aggressive Europe, and that has held. expansionist Soviet Union.

Beginning with the successor Moscow responded by forming Clinton administration, NATO the Warsaw Pact. The satellite expanded eastward starting with states of Eastern Europe, already the Czech Republic, Hungary occupied by the Red Army, and Poland in 1999. President experienced this new formally Vladimir Putin blames NATO imposed treaty, the latest effort expansion for his aggression, not to legitimize the boots on their just in Ukraine. necks.

That is obviously absurd, but As the 1980s drew to a close, does highlight historically rooted so did the Cold War, beginning Russian fears about invasion from with the tearing down of the the West. Operation Barbarossa, Berlin Wall. The ugly guarded the gigantic surprise military wall, erected in 1961 by Nikita attack launched by Nazi Germany Khrushchev, prevented East in June 1941, began four years of

total war to the death. Russian anxieties are understandable.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, an occasional Putin ally, has questioned admitting Finland and Sweden.

His concerns include the presence in Scandinavia of Kurdish independence organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units.

Turkey’s government opposes such separatist groups.

Which returns us to that Ford Foundation officers meeting long ago. The initial mistaken thought of the young staffer asked to research Mr. Bundy’s question about “the North” was that the boss was making some strange reference to the Civil War. Mr. Bundy meant the Arctic, where nations share environmental, ethnic and security challenges. As usually was the case, he was right.

Today, melting polar ice provides scientific, commercial and military challenges — and opportunities.

The Soviet-Finnish War of 193940, ended through negotiation, demonstrating Finland’s military prowess against a far larger enemy. Cold War Sweden practiced variations of insulting

anti-American neutrality. Both nations in NATO strengthen deterrence of Russia in the North.

In the North today, Russia has taken the lead in commerce, exploration and military bases.

Moscow also pursues serious disputes with other Arctic nations.

One example involves Canada and Denmark regarding control of the Lomonosov Ridge.

In 2021, Russia succeeded Iceland in chairing the Arctic Council, which also includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the U.S. Finland and Sweden in NATO will effectively isolate Russia as the only non-member of the alliance.

Uniformity among allies will encourage relatively isolated Russia to cooperate. Finland and Sweden in NATO will help achieve this, benefitting the Arctic, and beyond.

Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage.edu.

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Pumping up prices

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he price of gas keeps rising.

“The reason for that is because of Putin’s war,” said President Joe Biden.

But that’s impossible. Most of the price rise came before Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine.

So some politicians simply blame “corporate greed.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse accuses the oil industry of collecting “excess profit.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren even introduced a bill to ban “price gouging.”

This is just economic ignorance, as my new video explains.

“If big oil could raise prices anytime they wanted and get away with it, then why were they so cheap in 2020, 2019, 2018?” asks the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Ben Lieberman.

Mr. Lieberman points out that companies are always greedy. Greed didn’t just start now. They were just as greedy when gas prices fell in 2019 and early 2020.

“It all comes down to cutting back on supplies,” says Mr. Lieberman.

It’s not complicated. Prices change because of supply and demand.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people drove, and demand for gasoline dropped. So did its price. Oil drillers then did less drilling.

Now demand is up because people are driving again.

But it takes time for producers to adjust.

“It takes months, not days, for a company to increase production,” says President Joe Biden.

I’m relieved that the president understands that, but he ignores how his own policies reduce production and raise the price of gas. He didn’t mention that when he canceled a long-planned sale of offshore oil rights this week.

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Dangers of American mobocracy

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Abraham Lincoln warned against mob rule in a 1838 speech in Springfield, Illinois. This photo of the president was taken in 1863 by Alexander Gardner.

n his 1838 Lyceum Address in thing is right within itself, and therefore Springfield, Illinois, a 28-yeardeserves the protection of all law and old Abraham Lincoln spoke on all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and “the perpetuation of our political therefore proper to be prohibited by institutions.” legal enactments; and in neither case, The speech was eerily prescient, is the interposition of mob law, either coming 23 years as it did before thennecessary, justifiable, or excusable.”

President Lincoln presided over a The overarching backdrop of nation tragically brought into a grisly Lincoln’s Lyceum Address was, of Civil War — the ultimate test of that course, that most fraught issue that “perpetuation” — by the assault on Fort dominated so much of antebellum Sumter.

American politics: slavery. But his But Lincoln’s Lyceum Address was advice, and his appeal, are timeless. In not merely prescient insofar as Fort fact, that advice has never been more Sumter was concerned. Indeed, much apropos than it is today. For today, much of the speech, with its emphasis on as back then, the threat the perils of mobocracy, reads as if it of mob rule dangles over could have been delivered yesterday. the republic like a sword As Democratic activists today, much of Damocles. like their 19th-century predecessors, And today, much as yet again resort to thuggish appeals back then, that threat to mob force, it is incumbent upon emanates from a similar the GOP — the “Party of Lincoln” partisan tribe: the — to heed and utilize its spiritual Democratic Party. True Josh Hammer founder’s lasting wisdom. to Alinskyite form and In Springfield, Lincoln warned consistent with their that “the innocent, those who have riotous 1960s-era campus ever set their faces against violations of activist forebears, today’s Democrats law in every shape, alike with the guilty, routinely threaten the republic with fall victims to the ravages of mob law.” mob rule if they do not get their way.

Then, carefully connecting rule by In the lead-up to Inauguration Day mob with declining civic efficacy and 2017 and on Inauguration Day itself, democracy itself, Lincoln added: “By leftist activists across the country the operation of this mobocratic spirit, blocked traffic, smashed windows, which all must admit, is now abroad in looted stores and set cars ablaze. In the land, the strongest bulwark of any Washington, D.C. alone, 217 people were Government, and particularly of those arrested and six police officers were constituted like ours, may effectually be injured. broken down and destroyed — I mean On Oct. 6, 2018, the day that the attachment of the People.”

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Finally, toward the end of his speech, Supreme Court justice, leftist activists, after establishing the dangers of intoxicated by a smear campaign of mobocracy, Lincoln made his appeal: fabricated sexual assault charges “There is no grievance that is a fit against the esteemed jurist, physically object of redress by mob law. In any banged on the court’s doors in a case that arises, as for instance, the ham-fisted attempt to disrupt the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two proceedings. positions is necessarily true; that is, the In the post-George Floyd “summer

of love” of 2020, Black Lives Matter and Antifa hooligans ravaged American urban corridors with a zealous “mobocratic spirit,” racking up a combined arson, vandalism and looting bill of over $1 billion in paid insurance claims.

On April 20, 2021, the nation waited with bated breath to see if Derek Chauvin, the disgraced Minneapolis cop, would be found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. He was, and deservedly so, but one still wonders how tainted the verdict was, given not merely President Joe Biden’s wildly inappropriate pre-verdict commentary on Mr. Chauvin’s guilt but also the predictable assembly of frothing leftist mobs in Minnesota yet again ready to riot and set cities ablaze at a moment’s notice if the verdict did not redound to their liking. Mr. Chauvin deserved his verdict; the “ravages of mob law” still reigned.

Most recently, leftist “protestors” have taken to picketing, demonstrating and shouting crass obscenities outside the Supreme Court and the conservative justices’ personal homes — a naked example of the most sordid form of raw power politics imaginable, intended to intimidate a swing justice to defect from Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, this court term’s marquee abortion case.

Thus far, Attorney General Merrick Garland has called these prototypical mobocratic displays “unacceptable” and “dangerous,” but he thus far eschewed pressing charges under 18 U.S. Code Section 1507, a federal statute that clearly proscribes this grotesque conduct.

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holding your breath.

Another thing about the evil CO2 — this part I do remember — is our main source of energy is from that humongous ball of fire that makes things on Earth grow and converts the sun’s energy into nutrients in order to live.

Then we, in turn, depend on those plants so we can live.

Carbon dioxide and bright sunny days provide the nutrients for the plants to maintain the circle of life while our perfect planet goes round and round. Without that notorious greenhouse gas, plants couldn’t make food, and we’d all just poof away. I’m beginning to think, the more CO2 the better.

That stuff is pretty good.

However, as we all know, the argument is we’re creating more CO2 gas than the atmosphere can handle and warming things up rapidly to crisis mode. Is that true?

I imagine to some degree there is some truth hidden in there.

We went from an Ice Age to the wonderful climate we now all get to enjoy. The evidence of glaciers carving out beautiful valleys like Yosemite are proof we were once freezing.

Earth has undergone some massive and very impressive climate changes billions of years before man even showed up — and well before man emerged from caves into comfortable homes with heaters and an abundance of food provided by warm weather.

Like abortion, there are staunch advocates on both sides of the climate issue. Most are not flexible or willing to change their convictions.

But we live in a world of propaganda where our brains are flooded with (mis)information from hundreds of sources by hundreds of “professionals” all claiming they have the answers and know the truth.

The real truth is, we don’t know the truth. Is Earth getting warmer? Maybe. Is it a good thing? Maybe. Bad? Is it a longterm issue? We have no way of knowing that. None.

Our existence is but a blip, if

Barrett was confirmed has led to zero arrests as the protestors followed Sen. Schumer’s direction to break the law by trying to influence the court decision on abortion.

Actually this was not to influence the justices. That could be done at the court.

It was to scare their families by, in essence, making them afraid to walk out their front doors. Actually not Supreme Court justices but only the conservative justices.

It’s a shame justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayer and Stephen Breyer are studying crickets rather than speaking out against the threats to the families of their colleagues.

Meanwhile, Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney General, is calling MAGA supporters terrorists while ignoring the actual terrorists entering at the border and the law violators at the homes of Supreme Court justices.

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This is so dumb. Stopping pipelines doesn’t even help the environment.

Oil still gets shipped, but by truck, train and barge. That leads to oil spills.

At least one congressman is as foolish as the activists.

Last fall, at a congressional hearing titled “Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action,” grandstanding California Rep. Ro Khanna scolded oil executives for producing too much oil.

“Are you embarrassed as an American company that your production is going up?” Mr.

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Continued from Page C2 uphold the law don’t actually care if the law is broken. It is an established fact that Cold Spring School District spent the majority of bond Measure C funds without an Independent Bond Oversight Committee as required by California State law. Yet, Salcido is fine with this.

By ignoring this blatant violation of California law, the Santa Barbara County superintendent of schools is announcing to all the districts in the county that they no longer need the legally required independent bond oversight committee because she isn’t actually going to enforce the law anyway.

By ignoring this blatant violation of California law, Dr. Salcido is putting out a welcome mat to white collar criminals in Santa Barbara county schools.

Hey, crooks, do you need a politician who will be willing to turn a blind eye to your violations of the law? Dr. Salcido is your gal!

In her defense, white collar criminals are hard to spot.

What do white collar criminals look like? They look like me and you. They are lawyers, business officers, principals and teachers.

They are architects, contractors, board members and politicians.

They work together.

They play the victim and cry “personal attack” whenever someone starts asking questions that they don’t want answered.

And they count on the average person never suspecting them.

Instead, Mr. Garland is investigating parents for their activities with school boards.

6. President Biden plays the blame game.

For example, he now says Republicans are at fault for not offering any solutions.

Republicans under President Trump did more than offer solutions: They implemented them.

Notice none of the above were problems then.

Unfortunately many are still learning that even though “actions speak louder than words,” but words even filled with “gaffes” carry themes that simply cannot be ignored.

Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

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even that, in the grand scheme of the universe. We think much too highly of ourselves.

Should we be careful about how we nurture our planet? You bet. It’s all we got, and yes, it’s important to take care of our garden.

But the weapon of climate change is just that, a tactical weapon designed to frighten the populace into political changes, not climate changes. It’s a weapon designed to be used to control, to garner billions of dollars into

greedy pockets and scare the bejesus out of everyone.

The campaign is working. We live in a world of shaming. If you don’t fully embrace climate change, you are labeled a denier and you’re not worthy of walking the planet.

Meanwhile, America has become nearly 100% reliant on China to make our stuff.

And millions of other products come from throughout Asia. If you’re so hell-bent on stopping “climate change,” then stop

buying everything made in China, or Malaysia, or Korea or India.

Until you completely cut off your ties with these massively polluting countries, as the saying goes, “You don’t have a leg to stand.”

You’re a pretender and all your high and mighty preaching means nothing, hence another cliché, “Practice what you preach.” As I’ve said before, go to China and tell them what to do. Good luck.

Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@gmail.com.

Khanna said to Chevron CEO Michael Wirth.

“Demand for energy is going up in the world,” Mr. Wirth responded, reasonably.

“Would you commit to reducing the production of oil?” Mr. Khanna asked ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods.

“We’re committed to lowering our emissions,” Mr. Woods answered.

“I’ll take that as a ‘no,’” sneered Rep. Khanna.

Hilariously, now that gas prices are up, Mr. Khanna goes on TV to complain that oil companies don’t produce more oil. “They’re still not increasing the production!” he whines.

I tried to interview Rep. Khanna about his hypocrisy, but he won’t talk to me.

“It’s amazing what $4 a gallon gasoline in an election year will do to cause some people to change their minds!” says Mr. Lieberman.

Still, the environmental activists aren’t totally crazy.

“We have to protect the Earth,” I say to Mr. Lieberman. “Sometimes the market isn’t the best director.”

“There is pollution, and there is a reason to address it,” Mr. Lieberman responds, “But we have to be realistic ...

These threats are repeatedly exaggerated.”

They sure are. “(But in) the public debate, you’re losing. They’re winning,” I point out.

“At $4 a gallon gasoline, I think we’re seeing a rethinking of the climate agenda,” Mr. Lieberman replies.

President Biden, at his State of the Union address, did say his top priority would be “getting prices under control.”

But he can’t get gas prices under control without more use of those hated fossil fuels.

“The Biden administration either has to choose between affordable energy or the climate agenda,” says Mr. Lieberman. “It can’t do both.”

That’s how they get away with it.

In her role as county superintendent of schools, Dr. Salcido has the sole power and authority to call in an extraordinary audit from the California State Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.

(The governor approved AB 139 in October 2001, which authorizes a county superintendent to call for a FCMAT review or audit of an LEA if they have reason to believe that fraud, misappropriation of funds, or other illegal fiscal practices may have occurred that merit examination). But she refuses.

Edmund Burke was referring to people like Dr. Salcido when he said. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for enough good men (and women) to do nothing.” But he’s not just referring to her, he’s referring to each of us who has the freedom to vote. Or not.

Many of Dr. Salcido’s constituents have asked her to do her job and call in FCMAT to provide an independent review of over $2 million of school bond money that didn’t pay for the repairs and upgrades that the voters are still paying off, and she has refused.

I will NOT be voting for Susan Salcido.

Amanda Rowan Montecito

that there are problems at the city, county, state and federal levels.

I think we can also agree that we didn’t cause the problems.

Most were caused by political decisions. And career politicians are the scourge that makes these decisions in their own interest without caring about how it will affect their constituents.

So I would encourage everyone to not vote for any incumbents or any candidate that has been in elected office of any kind for more than 12 years. They have proven they are now part of the problem and not part of the solution.

Let us get some fresh ideas in office.

Elected office was never intended to be a career, but rather a public service opportunity. Let’s make career politicians an extinct species.

in office stopped construction of the border wall and agreements that President Trump had with Central American countries to curtail the flow of emigrants.

These actions sent a message to the world that our borders are open.

At last count, there have been emigrants from 150 countries.

What has happened to the 15.000 Haitians that were under a bridge in Texas a few months ago?

Startling figures disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security show that the Biden administration covertly dispersed 273,396 illegals throughout the United States during a five-month period last year.

Many of these emigrants have been transported by plane and bus to destinations throughout the country by Homeland Security at taxpayers’ expense.

Over two million illegals have entered the United States since Mr. Biden took office. And the cost to taxpayers and the effects on our society will be felt by more crime, more homeless, more people on welfare and more drugs coming into the United States.

It is obvious that President Biden doesn’t want to secure the border. Who knows who we have in the country because of his policies?

If Title 42 is lifted, it will make the crisis worse, and the Mexican cartels richer!

Let’s vote out career politicians Election season is upon us once again. No matter your political affiliation, I think we can all agree

Curt Warner Santa Maria

U.S. needs Title 42

If the border crisis wasn’t bad enough with thousands of illegals entering our country daily, a record of 234,088 in April, we now have the lifting of Title 42.

Title 42 is a public health order used by President Donald Trump to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to slow the flow of the emigrants. With COVID on the rise and border crossings setting records, President Joe Biden wants to lift Title 42.

This crisis was created when President Biden in his first week

barrel of oil would never have happened under a Trump presidency, as the U.S. had already attained energy independence, the putative mission of the Department of Energy.

As any war progressed in Ukraine, the U.S. would have ramped up energy production and ensured that Western Europe’s energy needs could be and would be supplied by U.S. companies.

3) COVID-19 restrictions, lockdowns and mask mandates would not have been a factor in the resurgence of the virus.

Such procedures would never have been mandated. Instead, a public policy of education and virtuous encouragement would have been instituted.

The press would then have been able to blame a million COVID deaths on Trump, but nothing would have changed.

The results would have been the same. Lucky for the Republican Party and for President Trump, President Biden owns the

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700,000-plus deaths that have occurred since he became president and that virtually no one in mainstream media ever blames Mr. Biden for.

4) The overturning of Roe v. Wade would be a positive development, and a President Trump would calmly oversee the government’s timely acceptance of the Supreme Court’s decision, whatever it was. We can expect the Biden administration to weaponize the decision if Roe v.

Wade is overturned.

5) There would probably have been an “inflationary spiral” regardless of who was president.

Mr. Trump has frequently stated how much he liked “other people’s money,” but my guess is that the overly generous $1.7 trillion pandemic “American Rescue Plan” act drawn up in 2021 that sent money indiscriminately to voters would not have been so generous and that, while there would have been some inflation, it wouldn’t have been nearly as high.

LAUGH OF THE WEEK This week’s belly laugh was uttered by former Democratic National Committee chairman and failed presidential hopeful Howard Dean, who said on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Democrats are “the party of hope” and that Republicans were “the party of fear, anger, and pessimism.”

Speaking of Republicans, Mr. Dean opined, “They believe that there is no future for human beings, and they are creating an America, or trying to, where there is no future for the United States of America. I think they are going to lose because of that.”

Democrats the “party of hope?”

Republicans the “party of fear, anger, and pessimism?” If Mr. Dean really believes this (and I don’t believe he does), he and his party are more delusional than anyone has seriously suspected up until now.

James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. Readers are invited to visit jimb.substack.com, where Jim’s Journals are on file. He also invites people to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

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Still our dearth of selfreliance that we must go begging to buy baby pablum from foreign countries is beyond incompetent.

Rep Carbajal said “…This was a real scare and wake-up call again, which is all part of what we learned through this pandemic.”

And our elected officials call that a win.

We call it a smokescreen.

Bonnie Donovan writes “Did You Know?” in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

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