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Eating out Assembly bill proposes outdoor dining expansions By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

A new bill that would expand outdoor dining across California is making its way through the State Legislature. Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 61 received approval from the Senate Health Committee, getting the bill one step closer to the governor’s desk. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, and co-authored by a group of 21 bipartisan lawmakers. The bill, if passed, would empower local jurisdictions and the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to provide regulatory flexibility to aid the hard-hit restaurant industry. This regulatory flexibility Please see BILL on A5

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While vaccinated individuals are currently not required to wear masks or socially distance in Santa Barbara County, nearby Los Angeles County has issued a new masking mandate in response to an uptick in cases driven by the virulent Delta variant.

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It’s been more than a month now since June 15, the day when most COVID-19 restrictions, such as masking and social distancing, were no longer required for vaccinated individuals. Since that day, the state has seen an uptick in cases associated with the contagious Delta variant, a strain of the disease labeled a “variant of concern” by the Centers for Disease Control due to its increased transmissibility. The Delta variant has caused a severe uptick in cases in Los Angeles County, so much so that the LA County Public Health Department issued a new masking mandate that goes into effect today. Under LA’s new mandate, all people, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear a mask indoors. Since the June 15 reopening, LA County has seen case rates increase by seven times, according to a statement from the county’s Public Health Department. The Delta variant has quickly become the dominant variant in the county, with more than 71% of sequenced test samples showing evidence of the variant between June 27 and July 3. Throughout the pandemic, Santa Barbara County has historically lagged disease trends in Los Angeles County by just a few weeks. This is proving true even now as the county is seeing an uptick in case rates associated with the spread of the Delta variant. As of the end of June, 50% of specimens sequenced in the county show Please see COVID on A2

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One Santa Barbara company thrived during the pandemic, to the tune of a recent $1.5 billion valuation. The company is Impact, which helps businesses and their products and services online with software that partners them with publishers and influencers. It’s the internet age’s alternative to traditional advertising, and it’s apparently proving successful. “We’re still a private company, but we’re intending to likely go public next year,” CEO David Yovanno told the NewsPress about Impact’s plans to sell shares. “We think we’ve reached that level of maturity.” Mr. Yovanno explained that Impact recently raised $150 million to expand its platform. That set the stage for the interest by investors and the $1.5 billion valuation. Qatar Investment Authority invested enough money in Impact to become a minority shareholder with a seat on the company’s board, Mr. Yovanno said. He explained Providence Public also invested in the company, but not to the extent Please see IMPACT on A7

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Red flag warning issued for Santa Barbara County By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Santa Barbara County starting today through Monday. The forecast is calling for thunderstorms with a mix of wet and dry storms accompanied by the possibility of dry lightning and gusty downdraft winds. According to the National

Fire extinguished at Goleta home GOLETA — The Santa Barbara County Fire Department extinguished the flames of a structure fire in the 5500 block of Somerset Drive in Goleta late Friday night. Firefighters responded to a structure fire in the garage of a

Weather Service, this increases the chance of fire ignition due to lightning strikes and dry fuels, while the high winds can more quickly spread fires. As a result of the warning, the Montecito Fire Department recommends residents review their evacuation plan and ensure that their supply kit is ready. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

two-story Goleta home around 9 p.m. Friday, extinguishing the flames in about 10 minutes, according to the fire department’s Public Information Officer Mike Eliason. Two occupants of the home and pets were evacuated safely prior to the firefighters’ arrival. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. — Madison Hirneisen

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“I don’t think we would suffer as much only because we did a bunch of things (during the first shutdown), like building some infrastructure so that more things can be outside, more things can be socially distanced,” Dr. Rupert said. “I think people are more aware. But still, there’s going to be some people who say ‘No, I’m not going to a restaurant. I don’t want to get this variant.” “I think (the variant) certainly will give people pause and would really slow down the recovery,” he continued. “I don’t think it would be nearly as big as when the shutdown happened, but surely we would feel it.” Fortunately, one thing that will boost the region’s economic recovery is tourism, Dr. Rupert said. With the Santa Barbara Airport’s new Southwest Terminal bringing in more leisure guests, the economics professor said the region’s hard hit hospitality industry could see some relief. To aid businesses in their recovery, Dr. Fisk said residents should take steps now, like masking and social distancing, to ensure that businesses can remain up and running during the Delta surge. “I think that if we all took the step now of improving our use of masks while Delta is surging, that would allow for our business and community to have more freedom to remain open for a longer period of time,” Dr. Fisk said. “And if we do a good job, hopefully (stay open) through the surge of Delta in the coming months.” email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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the Delta variant, according to the Public Health Department. Dr. David Fisk, an infectious disease expert with Cottage Health and Sansum Clinic, told the News-Press that given surging case rates in Los Angeles, the county’s decision to reinstitute a masking mandate is “very appropriate.” “We also know there is strong evidence that masking when in indoor environments and the use of physical distancing has significant reduction in transmission, and so simply, looking at the issues of how many people are susceptible and what are our options to prevent it, masking comes with it,” Dr. Fisk said. While the vaccines widely available in the United States — the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines – provide strong protection against the variant, the protection is not perfect. Dr. Fisk said the vaccines offer about 80% protection against the Delta strain, leaving about a 20% chance for breakthrough infection among vaccinated folks. As a result of this risk, Dr. Fisk said all Santa Barbara County residents, even those who are vaccinated, should consider wearing a mask indoors when in close proximity with others. “The best approach, we know with certainty now, to slow and reverse the progression of COVID in our community is to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated and for all of us to mask in indoor settings when we

are in close proximity with others,” Dr. Fisk said. Dr. Fisk also praised the University of California system for requiring all students to get vaccinated before returning to campus in the fall. According to early projections, the Delta variant is expected to peak in the fall, and having students vaccinated will protect the population of students from widespread outbreaks, Dr. Fisk said. While Santa Barbara County has not issued any updated mask mandates, a return to indoor masking and the spread of the Delta variant could have an impact on economic recovery, Dr. Peter Rupert, a UCSB economics professor, told the News-Press. Despite the June reopening, the county is still down about 15,000 workers compared to pre-pandemic numbers, and the local hospitality industry is still lagging in prepandemic employment by about 50%, Dr. Rupert said. The region is also seeing the impacts of a nationwide labor shortage, according to Dr. Rupert. While many business sectors have largely reopened, the service industry and hospitality industry are struggling to get workers to come back. While the U.S. added 850,000 jobs in June according to the latest report from the U.S. Labor Department, employment still lags prepandemic levels by about 6.8 million jobs, according to the Associated Press. As the economy “claws its way back,” Dr. Rupert said Santa Barbara County could impact the region economically if a mask mandate was reinstituted.

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Local strike team responds to Beckwourth Complex Fire By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

A strike team composed of engines from the Montecito, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Santa Barbara City and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Departments has been fighting the Beckwourth Complex Wildfire in northeast California this week, helping to squelch the flames that burned more than 105,000 acres as of Saturday. The Beckwourth Complex Fire formed from two fires – the Dotta fire and the Sugar fire – both of which began burning more than two weeks ago as a result of lightning strikes. The Beckwourth Fire has caused evacuation orders for some residents in Lassen, Plumas and Washoe counties. As of Saturday, the fire was about 70% contained, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The local strike team of firefighters from Santa Barbara County was assigned to the fire last Sunday, and has worked upwards of 12 hour days to fight the flames. According to Montecito Fire Captain Jordan Zeitsoff, increased afternoon winds combined with temperatures more than 100 degrees has caused the fire to

jump containment lines multiple times. “Conditions were fairly mellow when we first arrived, but when we were ordered on Sunday, the fire completely blew up and crossed containment lines,” Capt. Zeitsoff said in a statement to the News-Press. Since the fire started, it’s been fueled by very dry conditions. According to Capt. Zeitsoff, if an ember lands on a receptive fuel bed, the probability of ignition is 100%. “Even though conditions are mellow in the morning, the fire behavior analysts and incident meteorologists warned us when we first arrived that conditions were tending to pick up each afternoon,” Capt. Zeitsoff said. “We’ve seen that pretty much every day we’ve been here.” During their time fighting the Beckwourth Fire, the crew has primarily been patrolling the area for hot spots and contributing structure defense. Earlier this week, the team was assigned to complete structure defense around a large ranch. Though fire burned all around the ranch, none of the structures were lost, according to Capt. Zeitsoff. The crew was initially assigned to the fire for 14 days, though it remains

The local strike team of firefighters from Santa Barbara County was assigned to the fire last Sunday, and has worked upwards of 12 hour days to fight the flames. According to Montecito Fire Captain Jordan Zeitsoff, increased afternoon winds combined with temperatures over 100 degrees has caused the fire to jump containment lines multiple times. uncertain when the team will return home. If needed, Capt. Zeitsoff said the crew will stay as long as they are needed. Thus far, the captain said the crew remains in high spirits going into the latter half of the assignment. “Everybody is doing great,” Capt. Zeitsoff said. “When we drive out the station, I always say, ‘As long as we keep good attitudes, we’ll have a good time, no matter what the conditions are.’ We’ve had nothing but good attitudes.” Looking ahead, the captain is expecting a long fire season across the state. For residents in the Central Coast, the Montecito Fire Department is recommending that community

members develop a fire plan to be prepared for incidents before they come. “I feel like this fire season is going to be a marathon” Capt. Zeitsoff said. “As firefighters, we all need to prepare ourselves for that when we’re out on fires and at the station. It’s going to be a hard push for everybody, not just our agency but all agencies.” He added, “Once the fire is in your backyard, it’s too late. People need to be aware of what’s going on in other states and our state and prepare themselves for similar situations in our area.” With more wildfires expected to pop up across the state this fire season, Christina Favuzzi, the public information officer for the Montecito Fire Department, told the

News-Press that Montecito Fire will be ready to assist fire departments in other parts of the state. “As long as we are able to fully staff our stations at home and still have the available bodies to send out of county to major incidents, we will absolutely answer the call to help our communities across California,” Ms. Favuzzi said. She added, “After going through the Thomas Fire and debris flow and, of course, all of the many incidents that have happened on the South Coast, we really value mutual aid and being there for other communities when they need help.” email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

Hibernation is ﬁnally over. It’s time to get out and recline in the name of recovery. Because vacationing here helps get our economy moving again. So, head to the beach or go city hopping. Dine out and shop local. Heck, try a weekend of wine tasting. You can sip and swirl in the name of civic pride.

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OESTERLING, Dale Edward

Dale Edward Oesterling passed away peacefully in his home July 1, 2021, surrounded by his family. Dale was born in Butler, PA, November 10, 1932 to Eugene and Dorothy Oesterling. Dale was the third of 5 children. Dale spent his high school years and college at St Fidelis Seminary. After which he spent two years in the military. After leaving the military he received his teaching degree at Duquesne University and taught high school in Mars, PA. for 3 years. He left teaching for a job selling pharmaceuticals with Eaton Laboratories. In 1963 he met June. After only a few months of dating, Eaton Labs offered Dale a sales position in Santa Barbara, CA. He jumped at the chance to get out of the cold, snowy winters, asked June to marry him and moved to California. In the next 5 years, he was blessed with three daughters. In 1968 he bought the family home in Goleta. In 1978 Dale was offered a job with Roche laboratories and became one of the company’s top drug salesman! In his free time Dale got his real estate license and enjoyed investing in real estate and was able to retire at the age of 55. In his retirement, Dale and June traveled extensively and enjoyed trips with his brothers and sisters. He loved dancing and getting together with his friends at the Elks Club every Friday night! Dale enjoyed being a dad to his daughters, and papa to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dale is survived by his wife of 58 years, June; three daughters Valerie (Eric Gordon), Vicki (David Brainerd) and Susan Park; sisters Lorraine Worsley and Rose Stepulla. 6 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and 2 brothers, Glen and Gerald Oesterling. The family would like to thank Central Coast Hospice for their loving care which made it possible for Dale to remain at his home with his family during his last year of life. A memorial is planned for Dale in the near future.

HALLUM, Marion E.

On Thursday June 24th, 2021, Marion E. Hallum passed peacefully at her home in Solvang, CA. After conquering Ovarian cancer 14 years ago, Marion tirelessly and with immense grace, succumbed after a second 5-year battle. She fought these battles with her tremendous sense of humor and always found a way to find the ridiculous in any difficult situation. She was an inspiration to all who knew and loved her! Through her last days, she was surrounded by loving friends who meant the world to her. Marion was born in 1957 to Martin “Bud” Hallum and Barbara Hallum. She was raised in the Santa Ynez Valley and graduated from Santa Ynez Valley High School in 1975. She went on to study music and graduate from USC, where she played saxophone for the acclaimed USC marching band. She had the honor of playing “Tusk” with the band during the making of the Fleetwood Mac Music Video (recording). After graduating from USC, Marion moved to Santa Barbara, where she held various jobs while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education at UCSB. Marion worked at the Montecito YMCA as the Director of Early Childhood Programs from 1984 - 1986 and at Santa Barbara Family Care Center from 1986 - 1991. In 1991, Marion relocated to Anchorage, where she worked for the State of Alaska, Office of Public Advocacy, as a GAL (Guardian ad Litem). From that position, Marion became the statewide CASA Trainer, eventually advancing to Director of CASA program for the State of Alaska. She dedicated her life to helping abused and neglected foster children. Each summer Marion used a week of her personal leave to volunteer at Camp Hope. She loved working with those young Children of Alcoholics/Addicts (COAs) at camp, teaching them to make sense of their parent(s)’ disease, and helping them to let go of some of their heavy burdens of guilt and shame. She even volunteered with a bald head, after going through chemotherapy for her initial diagnosis of ovarian cancer! She was deeply loved by the children and other camp workers alike. Marion loved the beauty and wonder of Alaska. She particularly enjoyed the wildlife and was enamored by frequent visits of moose and eagles at her lakeside home. After retiring from the State of Alaska in 2016, Marion returned to the Santa Ynez Valley where she worked part time at the SYV YMCA while engaging in a variety of volunteer and community activities. Marion began the “Wine Club” to benefit the CASA program of Santa Barbara and later to benefit “The Troops.” She was active in Danish Sisterhood, Community Chorus and an adamant supporter of the community food bank. Marion is known for her beautiful photography of nature, birds and wildlife, sharing her photos on social media for the enjoyment of others. Marion was passionate about many causes, including CASA, Homeless Pets, Environmental Wellness, Equality and Social Justice. She believed in shopping local and supporting small business. Marion was a catalyst for bringing people together and encouraging community. She absolutely loved the Santa Ynez Valley, especially her town of Solvang where she embraced her love of animals, nature photography, gardening, and home decorating. Surrounded by her many friends, family and her beloved dog Cooper, Marion took full advantage of living in such a beautiful place. Marion is survived by her many dear friends, her brother John Hallum and her two nieces, Katlyn Alegria and Crystal Hallum. Honoring Marion’s wishes, there will be celebration of life at a later date. We would like to extend gratitude to her team of doctors from UCLA as well as Dr. Julie Taguchi and Dr Juliet Penn of Santa Barbara. The Palliative Care nurses from VNA also provided tremendous support during her final months. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to your local CASA organization. Her family and friends will also be donating blood or platelets in her honor, welcoming any and all to join in.

MONTGOMERY, Ellen-Irene

Ellen-Irene Montgomery was born in Hilo, HI, on August 5, 1932, and peacefully died in Santa Barbara, CA on July 10, 2021, surrounded by loved ones. Raised on a beautiful sugar plantation along Hawaii Island’s Hamakua Coast, she later headed off to Punahou School in Honolulu. She next headed to Linfield College (McMinnville, OR) and graduated in Home Economics in Business in 1953. She was a proud member of the Lambda Lambda Sigma Sorority during those years. Upon graduating, she returned to her beloved Hawaii to begin a career on Kauai with the University of Hawaii. She next headed to Los Angeles to work for the Southern Counties Gas Company and within a year was transferred up to Santa Barbara as Home Service Director in 1955. She was often asked to help judge at the local county fairs in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties which she greatly enjoyed. She met our father (Henry Jones) in the Santa Barbara Ski Club, soon married and began raising three children. Fond memories include spending summers with other local families at the nearby beaches, ski trips to China Peak and camping trips to Yosemite National Park. A woman of faith, she raised her children at Carpinteria Community Church and later became a member of El Montecito Presbyterian Church. In addition to raising her own children, Ellen volunteered with Los Chiquitos, the Carpinteria auxiliary of the Children’s Home Society, and was often found assisting with Girl Scout troop projects. Additional careers she later enjoyed included working in the Trust Department at Crocker National Bank (1980s) and Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center on Cabrillo Boulevard (1990s). She was so proud of representing and sharing her city with others passing through town. Her many passions included traveling throughout Asia, Europe, Morocco, most of the United States, and returning to Hawaii as often as possible to share her culture with her family. Living for close to 50 years on a hilltop overlooking Santa Barbara’s waterfront, the longtime family home offered many opportunities to garden, grow avocado and citrus trees, enjoy wildlife, and connect with other neighborhood families in a peaceful country setting. She was often found in her kitchen creating wonderful desserts and meals for family and friends including much of what was growing around her on the property. The holidays were especially enjoyable and celebrated wholeheartedly. Family pets were plentiful and (of course) treated like royalty. Ellen is survived by daughter Leslie Jones (John) of San Luis Obispo, son Ron Jones (Dennis) of Solvang, Cousins Roger Hoyer (Tony), Roy Hoyer (Russell) and family friend Fred Di Pasquale along with many friends. Ellen was preceded in death by her son Warren Jones, her parents and beloved grandmother, father of her children Henry Jones and many dear friends including Jim and Betty Giusto, Nilo and Rosemarie Fanucchi, Marjorie Boyle, Jack Ostrander, Fritz Amacher, Carl Hamburger, dear friend Tom Edwards and many others.

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PAUL, Ellwood Milton, Jr.

Ellwood Milton Paul, Jr. peacefully passed away with his daughter by his side on July 3, 2021 after reaching the age of 100. Ellwood was born on March 15, 1921 in Ocean City, New Jersey. He was a tool and die maker by trade but decided to serve his country in World War II. He was a Private First Class that served in the 324th infantry regiment. After being wounded by artillery fire on November 18, 1944 in Northern France he received the Purple Heart for his bravery in serving the United States. Ellwood’s injury never stopped him from doing the things he loved which included water skiing, boating, fishing, tennis, scuba diving, hiking and dancing. After marrying his wife Mary, they moved to California in 1950 where they grew their family with their two daughters, Evelyn and Penny. He decided to switch careers to work for Guaranteed Homes as a top salesman. He later became a general building contractor and moved to Santa Barbara in 1964 where he resided for the rest of his life loving and enjoying the natural beauty of the coast and mountains. Ellwood was also a 32nd degree Mason with over 70 years of membership for the Supreme Council Sovereign Grand Inspectors General. On his 100th birthday, he was named an Honorary Member of the United States Space Force. Ellwood is preceded in death by his wife Mary Paul, daughter Evelyn Paul and brother Robert Paul. Ellwood is survived by his daughter Penny Wolfe (Ralph), granddaughter Lorna McNamee, grandson Ryan Wolfe (Maria), great-grandchildren Madison Gregory (Brett), Kailey McNamee, Cade McNamee and Mila Wolfe.

STEWART, David Wayne

David Wayne Stewart, 58, of Buellton, CA passed away peacefully at his home on May 28, 2021 from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). David was born on January 30, 1963 to Wayne and Mary Ann Stewart in Champaign-Urbana, IL where his father attended the University of Illinois. In 1969, the Stewart family moved to Goleta, CA when David was 6 years old. He attended La Patera Elementary School, Goleta Valley Junior High School and Dos Pueblos High School where he played football and graduated in 1983. David attended Santa Barbara City College and then went on to obtain his Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management from Chico State in 1988. After graduation, David held various construction management positions with Homer J. Olsen Inc., Granite Construction Company, Diablo Contractors and Shimmick Construction Company. David finished his career at Cachuma Operations Maintenance Board (COMB) in Santa Barbara where he was the Operations Manager. Our beautiful beloved husband, father, son and brother, is survived by his wife, Dawn Michelle Stewart, 54 of Buellton, CA and his children: William Bartholomew Stewart, 24, of Honolulu, HI, Jackson Douglas Stewart, 22, of Buellton, CA and Colton David Stewart, 20, of Camarillo, CA. He is also survived by his parents, Wayne and Mary Ann Stewart of Buellton, CA, his brother Bret Stewart of Goleta, CA, his sister Janice Stewart of Lompoc, CA, his sister Julie (Stewart) Vergara of San Luis Obispo and five nephews. David enjoyed growing up next to Lake Los Carneros and enjoyed kayak fishing off the shores of Goleta and Santa Barbara. He also enjoyed bike riding, his loyal Australian Shepherd dogs, Jake, Max and Blue and being outside on the family ranch in Buellton, CA.

Yale Coggan was born in Detroit on November 4, 1920. He died in Laguna Niguel at the age of 100 on June 25, 2021. Yale is survived by his three children, Marne, Channa and Dara; by six grandchildren, Ruth, Mimi, Daniel, Noam, Isaac and Jesse; and by four great-grandchildren Avishai, Hillel, Adele and Hadar. A Celebration of Life for Yale will be held at Congregation B’nai B’rith in Santa Barbara at 3:00pm on November 4, 2021. Donations in Yale’s honor may be made to the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation, UCSB Hillel or Congregation B’nai B’rith. May his memory be a blessing.

KIEDING, Richard

Richard Kieding peacefully passed from this life on July 9. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 14, 1934. The Kieding family moved to Santa Barbara after the war was over to be near the ocean. Dick and his brother Bob, following in their father’s sea-steps, grew up at the harbor, sailing. He attended La Cumbre Jr High and SBHS. After graduation he went on a three month sailing trip to Hawaii, whetting his taste for travel. Upon return he attended UCSB, majoring in political science, where he met his future wife, Gretchen Fate. After graduation and getting his military commission they were married and began a long and happy life together for 65 years. He first worked for Shell Oil Co. in Los Angeles, but Santa Barbara called, and they moved back in 1962 where he worked for Dean Witter, eventually becoming manager. Later he was a founding partner of Santa Barbara Securities. When he left Santa Barbara Securities he continued as an investment advisor for WCM, which was a good fit for him as research was his talent, until Alzheimer’s took control of his life. For many years he actively served on the boards of numerous civic organizations, including Old Spanish Days, YMCA and Kiwanis. During his time as president of Kiwanis they began Work, Inc, a workshop for disabled adults. Richard was also named Santa Barbara’s young man of the year. Also at this time, their mini farm in Mission Canyon became too small, so they bought a small walnut farm in the Santa Ynez Valley. Driving their farm animals over in a VW van, they began a new life with their three children. Dick also joined Rotary, making new friends, and the board of the new Los Padres Bank, and the Diamond Walnut board, at the time a cooperative. The family farm meant his days not in the office were spent discing, mowing and pruning the orchard, and harvest brought the whole family working together. On his bucket list was a trek to Mt. Everest, where they went in 1980. They began a parent group called Listen to educate and support parents in their struggle against alcohol and drug addiction in the schools. For ten years they had a column called Listen Post in the local paper. Also working with the SY Presbyterian church, Valley Haven, a respite day care for Alzheimer’s patients was begun. When Dick and Gretchen turned their lives over to Jesus, life took on a new meaning. Also, Dick was a founding member of the SG Foundation, and the president after Stu Gildred passed away. They began visiting other countries for the foundation as it searched for non-government organizations around the world which needed a financial helping hand. Often they were also Christians, and a band of world wide brothers formed. Along with travel for the foundation, they traveled to learn of other peoples and cultures, as he worked on his bucket list.

Per his wishes, no services will be held, and his ashes were divided among loved ones to remember him privately. The family would like to thank the Solvang Visiting Nurses of America Hospice for their wonderful care.

The most rewarding vacations were family oriented, though, as children and grandchildren joined on trips to snow, beaches and lakes. Memories to last forever, building the family stronger. The family now continues to care for the family walnut farm, as it provides sustenance and shelter for new generations.

THAYER, Jeanne Cooley Greeley

Richard leaves behind his wife Gretchen, children Kerry Morgantini (Rich) Jonathan, Matthew, Christopher and Kathryn, Anne Guynn (Mike) Tyler and Andrew, and Eric (Jennifer) Jordan and Emily, and six great grandchildren. Also his brother Bob and wife Joan Kieding.

Jeanne Cooley Greeley Thayer passed away on July 6, 2021, at the age of 103. Jeanne began a long life on September 26, 1917. As a child of an army officer, Jeanne spent years living abroad in Hawaii, the Philippines, and Paris, sowing within her an appreciation of culture that would echo through her accomplishments later in life. At the young age of 17, Jeanne moved alone to New York City with aspirations towards becoming an actress. Her strong desire to act drove her to pursue work in the intimidating world of show business, where she began as a model and moved on to secure a role in the play entitled The Women. Whether an active participant or attentive spectator, Jeanne developed a love for theater and the performing arts. During World War II, Jeanne served as an analyst for the Informational Intelligence Unit of the Air Transport Command before mourning the death of her first husband, Horace Greeley, killed as a prisoner of war in Bataan. After the war, Jeanne remarried and began a family with Walter N. Thayer. During this time, she started a new chapter of her life, endorsing the arts and education in countless forms. She was a member of the Westchester Council of the Arts, the Council at the College of Purchase, and, later, a member of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Two fellowships are given in her honor, in fine and performing arts, both of which are still awarded to graduating students at SUNY. Beyond her service to academia, Jeanne remained committed to other organizations of the arts, participating on the boards of the New York City Ballet, Sleepy Hollow Restorations (now Historic Hudson Valley), and was a Life Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, with which she served on many committees, including the International Council. Jeanne was also the first woman to give the commencement address at Attica Correctional Facility as a trustee with SUNY. Having spent most of her life in New York, Jeanne moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1994, where she lived until her death. Despite the distance, Jeanne traveled often to New York City and remained passionately bound to the furthering of the arts and the appreciation of culture in all its forms. In Santa Barbara, Jeanne became a patron of international music students at the Music Academy of the West, and spent countless hours enjoying their craft and encouraging their work. From New York to California, between galleries and gardens, Jeanne sought beauty and found it often. She continued to share that beauty with those around her. She was a treasure and inspiration to friends and family alike. She was caring and dedicated as a wife and mother. She imparted her love for the arts, travel, and the importance of education to all her children and grandchildren. In the words of her granddaughter, Kate O’Shaughnessy, “She held every person she ever met with unconditional positive regard. She had the grace of a ballerina and the mind of a scholar.” Jeanne is survived by her children Tom Thayer, Gail Reagan, Susan Noble, and Ann Thayer, 10 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

ANDERSON, Walter Burke, MD May 9, 1933 – April 30, 2021

Walter Burke Anderson, MD passed away peacefully on June 17, 2021, in Lompoc. He was born in 1933 in Santa Barbara, CA to the gifted pianist and composer Grace Burke Anderson and Lompoc town doctor Walter Marius Anderson, MD. With his twin brother John Richard Anderson, he graduated from Lompoc High School in 1951. Burke completed his medical studies at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in Southern California. Between his junior and senior years, he was won over by Registered Nurse, Beverly Joan Ekroth, and the two were married in Pasadena in 1960. His internship was taken at Los Angeles County/University of Southern California General Hospital. Picking up his father’s practice at the office that had been vacated since the elder Anderson’s death in 1957, he began general practice in Lompoc in 1962 tending to the medical needs of a town booming with Vandenberg Air Force Base’s space program. However, he is best remembered for his leadership at Lompoc Hospital’s Emergency Services, which he directed from 1976 to 1989. Burke and Joan raised three children in Lompoc, William Burke, who practices patent law in Carlsbad, CA; Steven Craig, who runs his own engineering company in Lompoc; and Jennifer, who writes and publishes in San Francisco under the pen name Jen Burke Anderson. In 1981, he tragically lost his twin brother, John Richard Anderson, who had made his career as a newspaper journalist, working both for the Lompoc Record and Santa Barbara News-Press. The two had been inseparable companions and confidants, and it was the greatest loss in Burke’s life. He was a member of the Vaqueros de los Ranchos, again following his dad’s footsteps. The elder Anderson had been a Charter Member of the group in 1938. His other enthusiasms ranged from the stock market, World War II History, train travel and singing. He loved the Lord.

A special thank you to Kathy DeAlba and her many extended family members who were her long-time caregivers in her later years as she transitioned from living at home into assisted living and later to Villa Alamar Memory Care.

Before leaving practice in 1998, he turned to traditional family practice with the Valley Medical Group. One of his fondest memories was the VMG’s retirement gift to him: a flight over the Central Coast in a B17G bomber, ‘The Flying Fortress’ as it was fondly known.

We are also incredibly grateful for her compassionate doctors including Dr. Mesipam, Dr. Bourne, the wonderful aides at Villa Riviera Assisted Living (who cared for her for close to two years) and the entire team at Villa Alamar where she spent her final years. Her Hospice care team also offered compassionate care in her final years, and we thank them, as well.

Burke’s last years were spent at home with the family he loved so dearly: Joan and his son Steve, with visit and support from his son Bill, daughter-in-law Kay, and their children, Samantha, Scott and Seth, Burke’s youngest, Jen; and affectionate nieces and nephews from Burbank to Berlin. They will miss his humor, brilliance, and wisdom, and are grateful to have had him in their lives.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Santa Barbara Humane Society, Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network or Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. Mom was a true lover of animals and wildlife as well as someone who cared deeply for those less fortunate.

Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, August 7, at 1:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Lompoc, 925 North F Street, with Pastor Jose Vasquez of Lompoc Seventh-day Adventist Church, officiating. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Lompoc Hospital District Foundation, P.O. Box 883, Lompoc, CA 93438, or charity of your choice.

Aloha ‘Oe (Farewell to thee…until we meet again)

COGGAN, Yale David

The family cannot express fully their great appreciation for Friendship House and Hospice as they cared for Dick as he struggled with Alzheimer’s. He and we were well blessed. Family memorials will be private, but if you wish, donations may be made to Friendship House. Loper Funeral Chapel, Directors

STIMSON, Arthur 1927-2021

Arthur Stimson passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara on June 20, 2021, after suffering a heart attack on May 31. He lived a long and full 94 years. Arthur and his wife Karin moved to Santa Barbara in 2007 to be closer to his family after spending much of the previous 40 years abroad and in the Washington, DC area. Arthur was born in Killingly, Connecticut, on Jan 5, 1927, the eldest son of Roger C. Stimson and Iva R Stimson. He spent most of his youth in the greater Philadelphia, PA area, where his mother was a school teacher, and his father was a United Methodist Minister. Arthur graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA, with the class of 1944. He attended Haverford College for about a year before heading to United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY. There he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. In the Merchant Marine, Arthur earned the rank of Second Engineer while crisscrossing the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans. Arthur’s love of his days at sea was evident from the many stories he told at family functions. In 1947 Arthur attended Wesleyan University and graduated with another degree, a Bachelor of Arts Political Science. His world travels while in the Merchant Marines piqued his interest in International Affairs, leading him to a 36-year career with the United States Foreign Service, which included posts to Bonn, Germany; Den Haag, Holland; Munich, Germany; and Vienna; Austria. His first foreign assignment brought him to Germany, where, in 1952, he met his wife Karin-Ute in Berlin. The couple wed in 1956 at the Stimson Chapel in Bonn, Germany. He was immensely proud of his work in service of the United States government during the Cold War, which culminated in the eventual opening of Eastern Europe and German reunification in 1990. Arthur continued to be interested in world affairs even after retirement. He went on to earn a Master’s of Arts degree in International Relations from Boston University in 1985, which gave him the opportunity to teach International Affairs for several semesters to international students attending classes abroad in Bonn, Germany. He was a man who was part of the community no matter where the family was residing. He enjoyed being part of the community and making things better for all, and he actively engaged in school boards, church councils, and international clubs. He loved the outdoors, whether it was hiking, camping, or bird watching. His active participation in the Boy Scouts of America allowed him to guide the next generation to become the future stewards of the natural world. His family was very important to him. Moving to California let him experience the active life of his children, his grandchildren, and even his great-grandson Samuel. Until the very end, he loved getting calls or visits from his children. He always had an open ear, especially if it was about sports or politics. He will be missed. Arthur is survived by his wife of 65 years, Karin U. Stimson; his brother Roger and wife Mary-Louise of Okemos, Michigan; his children, Mark and wife Veronica of Santa Barbara; Robin and wife Peggy of Fair Oaks, CA; Audrey and husband Gregg Beytin of Culver City, CA; and Daniel and wife Nicole of Bergkirchen, Germany. And his grandchildren, Eric; Veronica and husband Matthias Reichenbach of Guatemala City, Guatemala; Adrian and wife Cady of Santa Barbara, CA; Liam, Ella, Annie, and his great-grandson Samuel.

In Memory MARGARET JEANNE HEIDUK September 18, 1940 - July 14, 2014

In Loving Memory You have been gone from us for seven years, but you are still sorely missed and totally loved. Rest in peace my love, Always and forever, Bobby

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Restaurant industry among those hardest hit by pandemic

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AB 61 would provide regulatory flexibility intended to help a restaurant industry still reeling from the pandemic. Among other things, the bill would build upon provisions expanding outdoor dining options like those shown here.

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includes temporarily waiving requirements for fully enclosed kitchen and service areas, extending ABC regulatory relief and providing ABC the discretion to allow changes to existing liquor licenses. In addition, AB 61 builds upon provisions created during the pandemic that allowed restaurants and establishments to expand outdoor dining options. “I was proud to support Assembly Bill 61, which will

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AIR QUALITY KEY provide much-needed regulatory flexibility as our restaurant industry continues to recover,” Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, said in a statement to the News-Press. “This bill temporarily extends the flexibility to provide outdoor dining spaces in local communities while ensuring safe operations. Small neighborhood restaurants are the backbone of communities across California, and I will continue to support legislation to ensure they continue to thrive.” Nationwide, the restaurant industry was one of the hardest hit sectors as a result of the

pandemic. According to a report from the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant industry lost nearly $120 billion in revenue in just the first three months of the pandemic. While many restaurants are now reopened for in-person dining, the restaurant industry is still facing a long road to recovery. With the creation of this bill, legislators are hoping the bill will bring much needed relief and protection to the industry. “As restaurants begin the long process of recovery from the pandemic, I am strongly supportive of the additional

time AB 61 gives for restaurants to expand their outdoor dining options,” Assemblymember Steve Bennett, D-Ventura, said in a statement. “I know many patrons also enjoy the increased outdoor space – and with the glorious weather we often have on the Central Coast, it certainly allows for many more options for restaurant owners and diners alike.” The bill includes an urgency clause, meaning it will be put into effect immediately once it is signed by the governor. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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Tower at sunset An abandoned water tower stands by West Camino Cielo.

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Board of Supervisors needs supervision on cannabis issues

n 2019, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury convened an investigation into the influence used by cannabis industry lobbyists to manipulate cannabis ordinances within the county. It would be more accurate to call the use of such influence abuse. Because the Grand Jury’s findings, after a lengthy investigation involving approximately 50 interviews and a comprehensive review that scrutinized Board of Supervisor and County Planning Commission meetings, were not pretty. Truth be known, these findings were just plain ugly. Finding 1 stated that the Board of Supervisors “inadequately” considered the impact of cannabis production on the health and welfare of residents. Findings 2 and 3 revealed a lack of transparency in the way such ordinances were created. For instance, residents were not allowed access to closeddoor sessions yet the Board of Supervisors were “granted nearly unfettered access to cannabis growers and industry lobbyists undisclosed to the public during the creation of the cannabis ordinances.” Findings 4 and 5 affirmed that certain segments of traditional agriculture in Santa Barbara County are in conflict with cannabis production due to “excessive” production by the latter. Finding 11: “There has not been effective odor control at the boundary of cannabis cultivation and related activities, resulting in significant public outcry about odor, quality of life and health concerns.” This has become a significant issue in Carpinteria, affecting property values in addition to negatively impacting on the quality of life and health. Finding 12 faults Board of Supervisors for not having a written code of ethics to govern its process of decisionmaking. As a result, the Grand Jury recommended that “those

members receiving campaign contributions from donors with matters pending a decision either recuse themselves or return campaign contributions.” Oddly, the Board of Supervisors rejected the whole Grand Jury report out of hand and chose to ignore its recommendations — a pronounced indifference to community process in favor of the profits (and tax revenue) generated by cannabis growers. In fact, despite the Grand Jury’s meticulous due diligence, 1st District Supervisor Das Williams quickly dismissed their findings as “a remarkable lack of knowledge.” This is the same Das Williams who reportedly received $62,500 in campaign contributions from cannabis industry donors — at a time when cultivation licenses were being dispensed by very willing county supervisors, with Mr. Williams at the forefront, leaving many observers wondering which way the 1st District supervisor’s bread is buttered — and how much butter.

UPDATE The Investigator was interested to know what has happened since to improve the situation as depicted by the Grand Jury. The answer: Nothing. Well, not quite nothing. Late last month the Board of Supervisors, no doubt heavily influenced by cannabis industry lobbyists (because, as we’ve seen through the Grand Jury investigation, this is the rule, not the exception), approved the largest cannabis grow yet, this time in the Santa Rita Hills — an invasion of sorts into the region’s vineyards. And Santa Barbara County’s outback, New Cuyama, may be next. There is a proposal under way — greased along by Supervisors Das Williams and Steve Lavagnino — to cultivate 740 acres of cannabis even though a severe water shortage has already impacted badly on existing pistachio, carrot and alfalfa farmers. “They act like czars,” a member

of Concerned Carpinterians, a grassroots citizens group, told The Investigator, referring to the supervisors. “This is a complete industrial coup. Thanks to the supervisors, SB County is now an entirely owned subsidiary of the cannabis industry — and they’re ushering out the avocado and wine industries. If you want to build a new kitchen or bathroom anywhere in Santa Barbara, you’re looking at two years of gathering all the necessary permits. But if you want to grow pot in an area the size of two football fields? Well, that gets approved almost overnight.” Goodbye, avocados and grapes; farewell alfalfa, carrots and pistachios. Welcome to Canna Barbara. Doesn’t have the same altitude as Crested Butte, Colorado, but trust us, it’s high.

DAS WILLIAMS RESPONDS The Investigator wrote to Supervisor Williams: “You are quoted as saying that the SB Grand Jury displayed ‘a remarkable lack of knowledge’ with regard to their findings and recommendations. Considering the amount of work involved in their investigation, what is your basis for such a dismissal?” Replied Supervisor Williams: “How many pages on how much they got wrong are you willing to read?” Sounds impressive, right? It wasn’t. We responded by saying we would read as many pages as he wished to send. Five days later we heard back from him — a seven-paragraph email (largely quotes from judicial opinions) and two attachments (one, a press release issued by the Board of Supervisors; the other, a judicial opinion). Finding 1: Mr. Williams referred to Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle and quotes from his Busy Bee case in which a petitioner did not challenge “Medical Marijuana Regulations.” Huh? Finding 3: Mr. Williams stated

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that “I met over and over again with people on all sides of the debate” and pointed out what he believes the Grand Jury chose to ignore: “Legislative decisions that we embraced that were brought to us by local governments, schools or people concerned about marijuana’s impact on the community. We instituted caps on allowable acreage, including a very restrictive 186 acres in Carpinteria. “I also asked for and got a ban on outdoor cultivation, security and screening requirements, and mandatory odor control in the coastal area, which has dramatically reduced odor issues in Carpinteria. Those four measures were certainly not at the request of the cannabis industry, closed down several operations and cost them millions of dollars.” Sounds reasonable. Anyone care to contest? (My email is at the bottom of this column.) Finding 4: Mr. Williams quotes Judge Anderle again: “On page 15 of his decision he (Judge Anderle) states that the PEIR (Preliminary Environmental Impact Report) analyzed the potential environmental impacts of the Program on agricultural resources. Petitioner (and the Grand Jury) argues that the Cannabis PEIR did not contemplate or analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Project on nearby agricultural operations. This is not so. Petitioner simply disagrees with the conclusion in the PEIR that there are no conflicts. Important to the Court’s analysis is the fact that both terpene taint of grapes and pesticide migration from neighboring agriculture onto cannabis crops were considered in the PEIR. The PEIR contemplated land-use conflicts; compatibility issues with businesses; including wineries, near outdoor and indoor cultivation sites due to odors. “The PEIR describes the Program impacts to Agricultural Resources; proposed land uses under the proposed Project are potentially incompatible with existing zoning for agricultural uses and Williamson Act contracts. The PEIR explains that growing cannabis is a land use for agricultural purposes and cannabis products are agricultural products; utilizing a license to grow cannabis would ensure agricultural purposes are carried out; these actions would not convert associated FMMP farmland or prime agricultural soils to non-agricultural uses, nor conflict with existing zoning for agricultural uses. It also explains that cannabis cultivation is within the definitions of agricultural

commodity and agricultural use under the Williamson Act, and the Department of Conservation has stated that nothing in the Williamson Act prohibits the growth of cannabis on land enrolled in the Williamson Act.’” In fact, whatever you might make of the above judicial opinion (assuming you even understood it), it is a fact that cannabis growers in Santa Barbara County are currently in conflict with certain segments of traditional agriculture (e.g. growers of avocados, grapes and orchids) due to excessive cannabis growing — just as the Grand Jury found. Finding 11 by the Grand Jury: “There has not been effective odor control at the boundary of cannabis cultivation and related activities, resulting in significant public outcry about odor, quality of life and health concerns.” Mr. Williams does not directly address Finding 11, perhaps because its veracity cannot be contested.” Nor does Mr. Williams directly address Finding 12, which dealt with the proposal of a code of ethics among the Board of Supervisors and a recommendation that supervisors recuse themselves from the process if they are receiving campaign contributions “from donors with matters pending a decision.” For these findings, Mr. Williams referred us to the Board of Supervisors’ response to the Santa Barbara Grand Jury 20192020 Report Cannabis (one of the attachments), which sets out what local media reported at the time: Essentially, the board unanimously thumbed their noses at the Grand Jury. (So there!) For that reason, the Board of

Supervisors is clearly in need of supervision. But perhaps what Santa Barbara truly needs is a new crew of supervisors who will not act as czars but will actually represent the people; a board that will take seriously a Grand Jury’s findings and honor its informed recommendations. From what we’re seeing, it may be that cannabis was a less dangerous arena when it was illegal. Because once big money enters the picture, the stakes are high, the battles are fierce — and there is a potentially overwhelming temptation among public officials to dip their hand into the cookie jar. On another cannabis front, specifically, the front-of-the-house side of the pot biz pertaining to the city of Santa Barbara’s eyebrow-raising process for delivering unbelievably valuable licenses to persons applying for cannabis dispensaries, we understand that serious snoopers (in addition to ourselves) are now onto the (skunky) scent. Furthermore, former city official Anthony Wagner’s threat to file a libel lawsuit against LA Magazine, for its article by Mitchell Krieger that cast suspicion upon Mr. Wagner’s role in the dispensary-awarding process, appears to be nothing more than an exercise in public relations. Observers point to discovery as the likely reason Mr. Wagner will choose not to seek his day in court. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes comments and questions at reringer@gmail.com.

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The Investigator asked 1st District Supervisor Das Williams about a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report about cannabis.

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Carbajal visits Storyteller Children’s Center SANTA BARBARA — Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, paid a visit to the Storyteller Children’s Center campus on De La Vina Street Friday to read stories with students. The congressman read two books, “I Like You” by Kathleen Beal and “Del Desierto a la Jungla” by Amada Irma Perez, according to a news release. “It was so special to have Congressmen Carbajal with us today,” Storyteller Children’s Center Executive Director Susan Cass said in

The Storyteller Children’s Center was founded in 1988 and is a full-time school program that supports children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years in preparing for kindergarten. a statement. “The students were particularly attentive during story time. Educating children early while mitigating challenges and trauma is so critical in these first five years. It means a great deal that our representatives value and underscore our mission.” The Storyteller Children’s Center was

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founded in 1988 and is a full-time school program that supports children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years in preparing for kindergarten. For more information on the organization, visit storytellercenter.org.

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LUSD prepares for in-person instruction LOMPOC — The Lompoc Unified School District is prepping for in-person instruction this fall by placing desks that were removed back into classrooms and scheduling classes with the typical amount students present. Coming this fall, students will be in school five days a week from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will no longer be separated into cohorts, according to a news release. “We are excited to have kids back on campuses five-days a week,” Superintendent Trevor McDonald said in a statement. “It’s what’s best for kids. LUSD will continue to follow all State and County mandated protocols.” For families who are hesitant about sending their children back to school, the school district will offer independent study options this fall. This will look different than the remote learning opportunities presented during the pandemic, as new

state guidance requires more in person student/teacher interaction. “We are working to modify our practices to meet the new requirements that were recently released. We encourage families who are interested in Independent Study to reach out to the District so that we may accommodate their needs,” Brian Jaramillo, executive director for LUSD, said in a statement. Throughout the school year, LUSD staff will continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19. Parents will still be alerted when a positive case is detected and when quarantine is necessary, according to a news release. The district is asking that parents continue daily COVID-19 screening checks before sending their child to school in the fall. — Madison Hirneisen

Foresters beat Pirates SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Foresters defeated the Ventura Pirates 6-3 Friday night at Pershing Park.

It was a great night for starting pitcher Brandon Beckel, who left the Pirates scoreless during five innings and allowed the Ventura team to get only three hits. — Dave Mason

Audubon Board elects new committee members SANTA BARBARA – The Santa Barbara Audubon Society has elected four new officers and seven new members to its Board for the coming year. The newly elected SBAS Officers are Janice Levasheff as board president, Briana Sapp as vice president, Chris Mersey as treasurer and Kathleen Boehm as secretary. In addition, the Board has added several committee chairs to its board. New members include Rob Lindsay, Ron Hirst and Scot Pipkin filling at-large positions; Maureen “Mo” McFadden serving as the Communications Chair; and Emily and Aaron Kreisberg

serving as program co-chairs. Sam Franz is also joining the board as the Membership Chair. Returning board members include Lori Gaskin and Jessie Altstatt as Conservation CoChairs; Dorothy Pak is Education Chair and Peter Thompson is Field Trips Chair. Former board members Lee Moldaver and Teresa Fanucchi stepped down this year. Ms. Levasheff will be succeeding Dolores Pollock as president. Reflecting on the past year, Ms. Pollock said she was pleased with the board’s ability to achieve outreach even during the COVID-19 pandemic. “What most struck me is the amount of outreach we (the Board) have achieved even while shut down,” Ms. Pollock said in a statement. “Unable to have our usual in-person events and programs, we achieved a great deal of contact with our public and beyond – all in pursuit of our mission.” For more information about incoming board members, visit santabarbaraaudubon.org. — Madison Hirneisen

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“They were finding out what to buy through the partners we connect with,” Mr. Yovanno said. He added that Impact allowed its staff to work remotely during the pandemic and managed its expenses conservatively. “My message to the company was, ‘Let’s make sure the company doesn’t get COVID. If we can find a way to be productive, we can operate remotely.’” Working remotely worked well for Impact, Mr. Yovanno said. “My hat’s off to the team.” He noted the company’s staff is starting to return to its 13 offices around the world, except for its office in South Africa, which is in a lockdown after the pandemic’s resurgence there. The international headquarters remains in Santa Barbara. For more information, go to impact.com. email: dmason@newspress.com

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t was a pandemicera world rowing championship without the usual thousands of spectators, and the Santa Barbara County team placed third among the three teams on a windy day. For the record, the Italian team placed first, and the German team, second, at the recent Under 23 World Rowing Championships in Racice in the Czech Republic. And for the record: Even though the Mission Rowing Club team placed third, the four women have the spirit of champions. Their coach is rightly proud of them. And the athletes felt like they were on top of the world. “It was a great opportunity,” teammate Isabella Begley of Moorestown, N.J. and Syracuse University, told the News-Press. “I am saddened we were not able to represent our country and schools better, but I don’t regret a single thing about the experience. I am more motivated than ever to train and get better.” Grace D’Souza, of Whitefish Bay, Wis., and a recent graduate of the University of WisconsinMadison, was happy to be there too. “It was an amazing opportunity to get to race against and with the best athletes in the world,” the Mission Rowing Club athlete told the News-Press. “I am humbled by the opportunity we earned. It was truly inspiring to have the honor to race at such an amazing venue with the elite U23 athletes in the world.” Going to the world championships was a lifelong dream for Ruthie Lacy of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Oklahoma City University. “I am beside myself that I have had this opportunity so young,” Lacey told the News-Press. “I am looking forward to rejuvenating and then getting back to training to see how far I can take this.” The four women, who also include Grace Beery of Seattle and Boston University, got to the world championships by excelling in June at U23 National Team Trials at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. That’s where the athletes won the lightweight women’s quadruple scull with a time of 6:59 on a 2-kilometer course. But in the Czech Republic, the women faced something that wasn’t present in Florida. They rowed into a strong head wind traveling at 5 or more mph, Groom said. He said the team’s time in the final heat in the Czech Republic was 7:05 for the 2-kilometer course, slower than the approximately 6:40 it had achieved on days with far less wind during training at Lake Cachuma. Still, “they did well,” Head Coach Conal Groom said about the women, who are under 23, a requirement to compete at the U23 World Championships. “They’re a young crew. Two of them have two or more years of eligibility.” (D’Souza and Begley are both 22 and won’t be able to compete next year in the U23 competition.) Groom, a former Olympian rowing athlete, said he was impressed by what the women did in an atypical year. Because of the pandemic, they had only four weeks to prepare and compete at nationals, then the world championships, and that put the Santa Barbara County team at a disadvantage, Coach Groom, a Santa Ynez resident, told the News-Press. “The Italian team had been rowing together for three months.” Still, his team made it all the way to the world championships despite the pandemic. “All the people who made the team this year had to overcome so many challenges over the last 18 months,” said Groom, whose athletes’ practices together at Lake Cachuma were delayed until June 5. “Whether they’re the best rowers, they’re certainly the toughest.” The short season posed an additional challenge on top of a demanding sport that requires the entire body, a strong core and an impeccable sense of rhythm. “It’s like synchronized swimming,” Groom said. “The back and the arms are

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From left, Grace Beery, Isabella Bagley, Grace D’Souza and Ruthie Lacy recently represented the Mission Rowing Club, which trains at Lake Cachuma, at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Račice in the Czech Republic.

The Mission Rowing Club team rows a 2-kilometer course in the Czech Republic in 7:05 despite the fact they were rowing against a headwind of 5 or more mph. Rowing requires discipline and a lot of training.

working together as the body pivots,” he said. “And they do that at 38 strokes a minute.” Groom stressed the physical and mental discipline required for rowing. He said the team had twohour practices in the mornings and another practice between

90 minutes and two hours in the afternoons. In-between that or in the evening, they stretched and did some training with resistance bands. Groom said his team had a surrealistic experience in the Czech Republic, where the

pandemic meant there weren’t usually the mammoth audience and opening and closing ceremonies. “The girls didn’t get to see how big of an event this normally would be,” Groom said. “Normally there would be thousands of

spectators.” Still, the support staff and coaches were cheering at the 2-kilometer outdoor swimming venue, and Groom and the other coaches rode bicycles to keep up with the teams as they rowed. “Ultimately, it was about the

athletes. There was no pomp or circumstance, but it gave the kids an opportunity for the first time in 18 months to go to a world championship. It was canceled last year,” Groom said. “They were Please see ROWING on B4

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The Profant Foundation’s Fiesta Finale Gala will take place at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the historic 7/18 Difficulty Level El Paseo Restaurant, 10 El Paseo. Continuing Profant tradition, Now arrange the a circled letters the entertainment will feature to form the surprise answer, as SOLUTION TO INSTRUCTIONS ©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC “artwork thatabove comescartoon. to life,” All Rights Reserved. suggested by the YESTERDAY’S not only with posed actors Fill the grid so every row, every column and and performers, but with the PRINT YOUR ANSWER IN THE CIRCLES BELOW PUZZLE every 3-by-3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9. audience itself, according to a That means that no number is repeated in any row, Solutions, tips news release. column or box. This year’s subject is a photo program at that includes the legendary Gil Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page www.sudoku.com Rosas performing in 1960. He will Monday-Saturday and on the crossword solutions join the gala this year to recreate © Puzzles by Pappocom page in Sunday’s Life section. the photo. The central fountain has been removed, and theater-in-theround will resume at the iconic 3 1 7 2 5 6 8 9 4 restaurant. 4 9 5 1 3 8 6 2 7 Event Producer Musette Profant is coordinating the gala’s 6 8 2 9 7 4 5 3 1 Answer: gourmet dinner, costume contest 2 3 9 7 8 1 4 5 6 and dancing under the stars. ODDEST ACIDIC ALPACA The program will feature 5 7 6 4 9 3 2 1 8 UNWIND HOOPLA FORBID flamenco performer Lakshmi 8 4 1 6 2 5 3 7 9 The huge oak was being planted “La Chimi” Basile with Ricardo and would provide plenty of shade Chavez and his troupe. 1 2 8 3 6 7 9 4 5 without — Performers will also include 7 6 3 5 4 9 1 8 2 professional dancers from A SHADOW Arthur Murray Dance Studio 9 5 4 8 1 2 7 6 3 OF A DOUBT JULY 18, 2021 Santa Barbara/Beverly Hills, 7/17 Difficulty Level

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At left, Brook Eiler will be joining the Board of Trustees as a new member this year. Center, Chris Ragland will be joining the board as a new trustee this year. At right, Lena Morán-Acereto will be returning to the Board of Trustees this year after a brief leave of absence.

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The Wilderness Youth Project has announced the addition of Brook Eiler and Chris Ragland, as well as returning member Lena Morán-Acereto, to its board of trustees. The WYP provides Santa Barbara County youth with many opportunities to connect with nature. The WYP works with thousands of children on a weekly basis through its summer camps, nature preschool, afterschool programs and a public school program known as “Bridge to Nature.” Members of the Board of Trustees oversee finances, fundraising and governance of the organization, while also acting as ambassadors in the community. In addition to the three new board members, the Board of Trustees includes Amy Schneider, Anthony Rogers, April Price, Carrie Kappel, Graciela Cabello, Kyra Rogers and Laura Russell. “Brook, Chris and Lena are three of the reasons that our community is a great place for kids to grow up,” WYP Executive Director Dan Fontaine said in a statement. “Recruiting them to the board will help us serve children even more fully. For more information on WYP, visit wyp.org. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

The city of Goleta is accepting applications for one youth representative on the Public Engagement Commission and one student representative on the Parks and Recreation Commission. The deadline is Friday. They are being accepted at tinyurl.com/goletaboardscommissions. They can also be completed at cityofgoleta. org/city-hall/city-clerk/boardscommissions. Or they can be sent to the City of Goleta, Attn: City Clerk Deborah Lopez, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta 93117. Applicants must be Goleta residents between ages of 15 and 21 for the Public Engagement Commission or a student 15 or older for the Parks and Recreation Commission). Both commissions consist of seven members and have six regularly scheduled meetings per year. Youth commissioners can choose to receive community service hours or the $50/meeting stipend. Jonika Ronkainen, a Dos Pueblos High School graduate, is the outgoing Parks and Recreation student commissioner. “I loved having the opportunity to participate in discussions about the exciting new projects being undertaken in my hometown and investing a bit more time into getting to know Goleta’s shared spaces, the importance of which

has been especially highlighted over the past year and a half of isolation,” she said in a news release. “I encourage anyone looking to become more engaged in the Goleta community to apply and wish I had done so sooner.” Another recent Dos Pueblos graduate, Vinesh Manian, has served on the Public Engagement Commission for the past three years. He said he is grateful for the experience. “I initially applied for the youth public engagement commissioner position because I wanted to do something to give back to my community,” he said. “I have really enjoyed working with my fellow commissioners on some very cool projects such as the census. The skills I have learned in this position will help throughout my lifetime.” The Parks and Recreation Commission advises the Goleta City Council on all issues related to parks and recreational opportunities. The Public Engagement Commission is charged with looking for ways to increase public engagement in city government. Currently the PEC is assisting with the district mapping process to determine district lines for the city’s first district elections in November 2022. For more information, email cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or call 805-961-7505. email: dmason@newspress.com

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At top, “I loved having the opportunity to participate in discussions about the exciting new projects being undertaken in my hometown and investing a bit more time into getting to know Goleta’s shared spaces, the importance of which has been especially highlighted over the past year and a half of isolation,” said Jonika Ronkainen, the outgoing Goleta parks and recreation student commissioner. Above, the skills I have learned in this position will help throughout my lifetime,” said Vinesh Manian, the outgoing public engagement youth commissioner.

Sunstone Winery announces leadership changes

The Wilderness Youth Project provides thousands of Santa Barbara County children with opportunities to connect with nature. WYP hosts summer camps, a nature preschool, afterschool programs and a public school program known as “Bridge to Nature” to connect kids with nature opportunities.

SANTA YNEZ — Sunstone Winery, a popular Santa Ynez vineyard estate that appeared as Chateau Picard on “Star Trek: Picard,” has named Neil Redmond as general manager and John Price as director on the Sunstone board. COO Dave Moser will take on the expanded role of chief marketing and operations officer. These appointments come as Sunstone works on an expansion that will include a rooftop tasting lounge in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, according to a news release. “It’s an exciting time for Sunstone as we continue to build our lifestyle brand and

expand our physical footprint,” Sunstone CEO Djamila Cabugos said in a news release. “With Dave’s continued leadership and the addition of John and Neil’s expertise, I couldn’t be more excited for Sunstone’s future.” Mr. Redmond joins Sunstone from Beckmen Vineyards, where he spent the last 12 years in various roles, including most recently as tasting room sales and education manager. As general manager, Mr. Redmond will oversee Sunstone’s direct-to-consumer and hospitality business, including the tasting room and the Sunstone Villa.

Mr. Price is the founder and owner of Santa Barbarabased commercial real estate development firm Price Management, which owns the Villas at Olive Mill in Montecito and The Point Market chain of gas stations and car washes. Mr. Moser joined Sunstone in 2018 and has served in various roles, including chief operating officer, general manager, and director of sales and marketing. In addition to Price, Sunstone’s Board of Directors includes Teddy and Djamila Cabugos, Moser, and Sunstone founder Fred Rice. — Dave Mason

‘Neverending Story’ at Goleta drive-in GOLETA — UCSB Arts & Lectures will present “Neverending Story” at 8:30 p.m. Thursday during its free summer movie series at West Wind DriveIn, 907 S. Kellogg Ave. The 1984 movie is about a boy who dives into a fantasy world with some help from a special book. Viewers are encouraged to arrive early Thursday at the Goleta drive-in for the food trucks, concessions, prize drawings and entertainment emceed by Catherine Remak of K-LITE 101.7. The “Neverending Story” screening is part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ drive-in series devoted to 1980s and ’90s movies. For more information, go to artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. — Dave Mason

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“Neverending Story” (1984) will screen Thursday during UCSB Arts & Lectures’ free movie series at West Wind Drive-In in Goleta.

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Mission Rowing Club lost to the Italian and German teams, but the athletes were still excited to have made it to the world championships despite a season shortened by the pandemic.

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all extremely happy and proud to represent the U.S.” He said three of the women will return to college, where they’re on their schools’ rowing teams. D’Souza, who recently graduated from the University of WisconsinMadison, is planning to go to law

school. Groom recalled his own experience competing in rowing in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. “The racing is racing; that was no different. It’s going as fast as you can,” Groom said. He said the difference was the pomp and circumstance, the huge crowd and the gathering of such great athletes from various sports in one location.

“Everyone you saw was in the top 1 percent of the world in something,” said Groom, who finished 12th in the competition. Groom said he believes his Santa Barbara team includes a couple Olympics hopefuls. He declined to single them out by name, but emphasized his pride in all four. email: dmason@newspress.com

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More housing isn’t helping Santa Barbara “Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” — George Washington Carver

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Water districts vs. Santa Barbara County Editor’s note: Santa Barbara resident Lis Wiehl is a legal analyst and a New York Times bestselling author of nonfiction and fiction books. Her weekly two-part column, “Wiehl of Justice,” debuts exclusively today in the News-Press. Each Sunday in Voices, Ms. Wiehl will discuss a legal case. Then in Monday’s News-Press, she will present the ruling she would give, if she were the judge in the case.

ust two weeks into home ownership in Santa Barbara, I awakened to the sound of what I thought were sprinklers. But the sound was actually a main water pipe bursting. I hurried off to cut off the water supply. As I watched the liquid gold flowing down my property and onto the street, I thought of the pending lawsuit between our local water districts and Santa Barbara

County. bent on providing oversight to The lawsuit may have a big district administration. The impact on how water rights are county holds the primary State managed and administered in the Water Contract with the state entire county. of California. But the county I’ve analyzed the takes on no financial pending case as if I responsibility for WIEHL OF were the judge writing providing or distributing JUSTICE a decision. As a judge, I the water to consumers. (first) identify the issues; The districts, not the then, (second), I outline county, pay for all the the arguments on both water obtained under the sides and (third), I offer a State Water Contract. decision in the form of a According to Ray ruling. Stokes, spokesperson for the districts collectively Lisa Wiehl THE ISSUES: known as the Central Our local water districts Coast Water Authority, — including Montecito, “The county has no right Goleta, Santa Barbara, Santa to make administrative decisions Maria, Buellton, Guadalupe, over water management at the Carpinteria and Santa Ynez — are local level.” suing Santa Barbara County over Mr. Stokes added, “The districts who has the right to control state take on all the responsibility for water purchases and sales. providing water to consumers, and It’s a battle that pits our local the county’s added administration water districts against a county gets in the way of good water

management.” The ability to sell water out of the county is one of the main sticking points for the districts. “We’re not trying to sell water rights out of the county during a drought. But we do want to have the right to make out-of-county contracts to sell water when we have a surplus,” Mr. Stokes said. The districts are claiming that the county overstepped its authority and breached its contract by imposing restrictions on the districts’ ability to buy and sell water. The county’s formal reply to the districts’ lawsuit is due Wednesday, but it has already taken the position that because it holds the contract with the state, it has the obligation to provide oversight (with restrictions) to the local districts. Rachel Van Mullen, counsel for the county, said she believes the county’s stance to be “both lawful

and in the long-term interest of all Santa Barbara residents.” Ms. Van Mullen added another wrinkle to the issue by saying that although the districts assert that the county has no financial responsibility for State Water Project water, “the Water Supply Contract with the State of California actually still requires (the County) to levy a tax or assessment if needed to cover any payments outstanding under the Water Supply Contract. We take that responsibility seriously.” So the issue comes down to a contractual dispute. The districts’ position is that the county is overstepping its contractual rights because they, not the county, bear all the financial responsibility for providing water. The county, in turn, takes the position that because it holds the Please see WIEHL on C4

It’s not easy to watch your language

ell, we know that Brandeis is one scary school to attend. I know that January is Stalking Awareness Month, that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. I don’t know about the other months, but if I’m a high school senior, I’m already scared and wondering if I really want to go there. But never fear. The administrators at Brandeis have come up with a new weapon (as opposed, say, to bear spray or a concealed weapon) to fend off unwanted attention. Brandeis’s Oppressive Language Code outlines a number of really scary words that could frighten undergrads of all sexes, pronouns and genders. Instead of saying you are “killing it!” which is an example of “explicitly or implicitly violent expressions and metaphors that are used casually and unintentionally,” you should say

“Great job!” or even “Awesome!” for obvious reasons. (Though “Awesome, dude!” would If you want to attend Brandeis be inappropriately sexist, so be to become… a linguist or an careful out there!) Offensive Words & Phrases Other frightening expressions expert, here’s more to chew on include “Take a shot at” (my apologies to people with no (alternative: “Give it a teeth at all, or who simply PURELY go”), “Take a stab at” have a hard time chewing): POLITICAL (alternative: “Try”) The list from what is and others. Even laughingly referred to as a “trigger warning” is not “university” or “institute recommended, because of higher learning” is as the BPARC (Brandeis long, but here are a few Prevention, Advocacy more words and phrases and Research Center; that school officials have this is its official found offensive for myriad moniker) folks explain, reasons: “crazy,” “insane,” James Buckley “The word ‘trigger’ “wild,” “lame,” “no can has connections to do,” “long time no see,” guns for many people; “sold down the river,” we can give the same heads-up “victim,” “survivor,” and a lot using language less connected to more just like those. violence.” Reading this list and the Same with “Rule of thumb,” suggested alternatives from an expression that “allegedly BPARC gives a new meaning to comes from an old British law a phrase that Sister Catherine allowing men to beat their wives would often admonish my older with sticks no wider than their brother with: “Watch your tongue, thumb.” All I can say to that is young man!” “Ouch!” And, naturally, one can I went to a Catholic elementary no longer “go off the reservation” school, and we used to call Sister

Catherine “Katie Cannonball.” Behind her back, of course. Sister Catherine was Mother Superior at St. Peter’s convent. She was a short, stout woman and the name actually seemed appropriate to our young minds. I’m afraid, however, we would be severely punished if she had heard us; in those days, corporal punishment was part of the regular operating procedures to maintain discipline. We’d all have been shocked way back when if we had been told that in the future, both “Mother” and “Superior” would be terms that many would find offensive, hurtful, even dangerous. “Katie Cannonball” was certainly disrespectful and would most likely appear on any number of BPARC-like lists. Rightly so, though we were just kids. Brandeis — the scary school with the terrified student body — does say that their list of verboten words and phrases is just “meant to be a tool to share information and suggestions about potentially oppressive language.” Which, I

guess means one can still call someone a tool and not cause undue trepidation on the part of the tender recipient of one’s misguided disapprobation. I don’t, however, advise using the term “dirty tool,” as there may be those, while not offended per se, may shake uncontrollably in memory of a childhood case of tetanus brought on by (or thrown at by), yes, a dirty tool. So if you attend Brandeis and some creep comes up behind you on a dark night, don’t “kick up a fuss,” if the perp triggers you by saying, “Stick ‘em up,” “Give me your money,” or any other threatening phrase or sentence. Just give him/her/he/it the money and pray he/she/they/it don’t hurt you. Oh, and remember, whatever you do, don’t say anything that may trigger him, her, them or it. Carpe Diem. Jim Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes comments and questions at voices@newspress.com.

anta Barbara disputes the California cry for more housing. The state claims more housing brings more affordability. Where in the entire state has that happened, but especially in Santa Barbara? Average Unit Density or AUD was designed to encourage housing by allowing higher density with smaller units and providing additional incentives to build affordable housing for the average worker. That certainly has not happened. The reality is that more housing falls under the current market value with the builder throwing in a few token moderate rate units. (Only after the developers were forced to do so). What is moderate? Of 1,200-plus units approved, maybe 30 are moderately priced. Imagine an overbuilt Ojai, an overbuilt Carmel, an overbuilt downtown Paris? And exmayors will say, “We didn’t know it would be so high.” Drive around town, see the results of the unanimous votes by the Santa Barbara City Council, big buildings obstructing our views all over, with little workforce housing. “Story poles, story poles, wherefore art thou story poles.” AUD began in 2013 and was due to expire in August 2021, but the “Scheme Team” (city staff and the city council) already voted to approve the extension of AUD, in order to wait for the report from the consultant regarding Floor to Area Ratio. When that happens, they will then trade AUD for FAR guidelines. And if you think AUD is a boondoggle bait-and-switch, wait until you see the heights of FAR! A simple understanding of a complicated equation for FAR is impossible. However, for comparison’ s sake, if the fourstory 82 units at 711 N. Milpas St. (before their requested revisions) is considered a 1.67 FAR, imagine what a 4-FAR or more will look like. Two of our council members are promoting 4-FAR in the Central Business District, which now includes De La Vina to Santa Barbara Street and Mission Street to Haley. The CBD is being stretched this far. Possibilities are huge buildings like those proposed at 630 Chapala St. (next to Paseo Nuevo) on both sides of State Street, all the way to Mission. Santa Barbara is not New York City. Is this the Santa Barbara we want? For the sake of housing? New York City doesn’t have mountain views, an ocean front nor this kind of weather. The focus has clearly changed. All this building was for housing so people could work and live in Santa Barbara — ecological and all, not contributing to the carbon footprint. There’s so much snake oil here, it is mind boggling. But now the focus is providing housing for the houseless. Despite the claims, COVID-19 had very little to do with the current homeless crisis. (We addressed in this column a few weeks ago. The causes of homelessness rise out of increased substance abuse and mental illness.) Another issue of homeless in California exists because the state hosts more than 25% of the nation’s Please see DONOVAN on C4

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Supervisors sacrifice farmers to the sun god

an Bernardino additional source of income County has banned to make a living. The utility-scale solar fortunate ones have oil and farms for a variety gas mineral leases on their of reasons. First property — fortunate that and foremost, it does nothing is, until the county started to help the local community doing everything it could to in the way of tax revenue (it is shut down oil and gas in our exempt from property taxes), county, both onshore and nor does it satisfy the need offshore. for housing or jobs, and it In spite of all these debilitates the quality of life controls, prohibitions and for local residents. machinations, the county is Regardless, Santa Barbara intending to allow utilityCounty wants to go all in sized solar “farms” to be on solar. Will this be built on ag-zoned another version of our lands, thereby giving marijuana debacle? this industrial Meanwhile, please scale, non-ag use, consider the fact that a free pass on all agriculture-zoned the aforementioned properties compose impositions. most of the land in Accordingly, Andy Caldwell the county. Yet our COLAB requested farmers and ranchers the Board of have suffered outright Supervisors prohibitions, restrictions, to reconsider the exorbitant fees and torturous aforementioned uses when permit processes having to do they consider rewriting all with uses on their properties these land-use policies to such as greenhouses, accommodate utility-sized wineries, hoop houses, solar because our farmers coolers, farm worker housing, and ranchers need options family member housing, the more than California needs ability to host events, such more redundant solar power. as weddings, along with Our request was denied. alternative uses of the land, Surely you are well aware such as golf, not to mention oil that there is no way to and gas operations, the latter adequately and affordably of which helps ranchers pay store solar power. Hence, we their bills. often must pay Arizona to take The rationale? The excess solar off our hands preservation activists during the daylight hours. don’t want urban sprawl, Conversely, for example, our leapfrog development, grape growers are forced to industrialization or non-ag truck 50% of their harvest out intensification of these lands. of the county to process the They want to keep it rural same. Does that make sense to and natural, or so they say. anyone? Lost on all the people Finally, how is it that once who want to preserve ag again, the Coastal Zone and lands as a form of open Montecito, not to mention space? The aforementioned the Santa Ynez Valley, will, land use opportunities can in the end, most likely get a be considered essential pass from this agricultural to staying in business. land conversion to utilityAlternatively, many sized solar? South County in properties have been unduly particular has more power converted from agriculture to outages than anyone else. estate living. There is no rationale for Hence, all lands outside the keeping the south off limits urban boundary are zoned while parking these projects, agricultural and virtually no like the Lompoc wind farm, “other” uses were deemed exclusively in North County, “compatible” to agriculture, except for the fact that the nor could agricultural lands residents in the tony areas be “converted” to other uses. of the county don’t want to Even uses that were essential have to look at them, due to for vertical integration, such the tendency to be blinded by as the ability to process the light (solar glare) or shook grapes into wine and sell the by the bad vibrations (wind same on the property, have turbines). been effectively constrained. Our ranch lands can Andy Caldwell is the COLAB only handle so many cows executive director and host of per acre, due to our ever“The Andy Caldwell Show,” recurring drought cycles. airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays Hence, our area’s cattle on KZSB AM 1290, the Newsoperations must have an Press radio station.

Protect Taiwan from China

hina’s President Xi Jinping struck an aggressive stance against all who would dare to deny his country the island of Taiwan. Those who resist the takeover will “have their heads bashed bloody against a Great Wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.” China, the bully of the South China Sea, has faced escalating criticism over its prolonged genocide of Uyghur Muslims in its far-western Xinjiang region and its strong-armed takeover in Hong Kong. Whether intentional or not, China is responsible for the deaths of more than 4 million people worldwide and 607,000 in the U.S. due to the effects of the COVID-19 virus. Due to this and many other offenses, China is now considered to be a pariah among civilized nations. China’s aggressive warnings are a bluster to provide a test to our current government. They wait to see how we respond. So far, the Biden administration has projected nothing but weakness and chaos, but if we do not protect an ally like Taiwan, our standing as the leader of the free world will be diminished and eventually destroyed. China and Russia will then be ready to divide up the nations of the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated their support for Taiwan during their confirmation hearings. Mr. Blinken stated the U.S. commitment to providing Taiwan with the capabilities it needs to defend itself. This is obviously not enough. America spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined. We and our allies must protect Taiwan with our entire arsenal against China’s sinister intentions. It’s time for the civilized nations of the world to stand up to Chinese aggression. John Hammerel Santa Barbara

Trump doesn’t represent American spirit

r. James Buckley’s response to my letter in which I disagreed with his claim that Donald Trump has “reinvigorated the American spirit” made me realize that we are polar opposites in our views of Donald Trump’s presidency. To me, the “American spirit” is one to be emulated, and I see

nothing to emulate in Mr. Trump. Can I see the behavior of a man who mocked a disabled New York Times reporter at a press conference as something I want to emulate? Can I accept Mr. Trump’s denial that he called dead soldiers “losers” and “suckers” as gospel truth? Do I believe Gen. John Kelly’s documented version or the words of an inveterate liar? The American spirit is displayed in men of conscience, such as the News-Press’ own former publisher, Thomas Storke, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his editorial that warned of the dangers of the secret John Birch Society. It is displayed in the words of patriot Nathan Hale, who said, “I regret that I have only one life to give for my country,” as he stood on the gallows during the perilous days of the American Revolution. It is displayed in men like my husband’s ancestor, a German immigrant who fought for the Union cause at Gettysburg and other Civil War battles, and in my cousin, a U.S. Army Air Corps flyer who came home after his mandatory 100 missions in World War II but then went back to the fight, his conscience not allowing him to desert his fellow fliers because the war was not yet won — a decision that led to his being shot down over Italy, not long before V.E. Day. Mr. Buckley embraces almost everything Mr. Trump says, even while acknowledging Mr. Trump’s flaws. Do we really want to accept such wanton flaws in our leaders, accept Mr. Trump’s version of the “Big Steal” as he seeks to reclaim his presidency? Americans are not usually such poor losers, not so determined to bend things their way, especially when these “things” are in dispute, as demonstrated by Mr. Trump’s pressuring of Georgia’s Republican officials to change the presidential vote in his favor. Yes, 75 million supporters are willing to overlook Mr. Trump’s flaws as they accept his words unquestioningly as being true. I see these loyal supporters as being in a reverse Rip Van Winkle time warp, dismissing Republican ideals of the past as they accept Trump’s version of Republicanism in the present, but perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable when it comes to Mr. Trump’s unpatriotic threats to punish those of his own party who dare to challenge him. Today’s more thoughtful Republicans may yet emerge from this collective amnesia, may seek to follow the idealism of Ronald Reagan, who described our democracy as a “shining city on a hill,” an example to the world. But, given Mr. Trump’s proclivities, I suspect Mr. Trump in another presidency would trade the Resolute desk for a golden throne. William F. Buckley, a revered conservative thinker, once famously said, “Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.” Are Mr. Trump’s diehard

supporters willing to seek the truth? Is respected young Sen. Josh Hawley capable of feeling regret for his raised fist in solidarity with the Jan. 6 rioters and for voting against Joe Biden’s confirmation as president? Does he feel shame for ignoring the truth as he betrayed his congressional oath to defend the Constitution? The extremist elements of Mr. Trump’s base aren’t seeking the truth, but the truth is there to be recognized: The election was not stolen; the electoral process was not flawed. Our democracy is in danger, is more fragile than we realized, and perhaps more Republicans will rally to U.S. Reps. Adam Kinsinger’s and Rep. Liz Cheney’s efforts to bolster this democracy by restoring the Republican Party to what it once was. I thank Mr. Buckley for his efforts to educate me to the facts as he sees them, but I’m afraid that in our views of the Trump presidency, “never the twain can meet.” Polarization can be destructive to our society, so I’ll add an anecdote about the ancestor I mentioned earlier. After one fierce battle had been won, he and his fellow soldiers sat down with the Confederate prisoners who had survived the battle and shared their meager rations with them. They felt no rancor toward their fellow “comrades in arms.” Maybe that spirit of reconciliation is still possible in today’s America. Joanne O’Roark Santa Barbara

Be kind to pets

t looks like it will be a long and very hot summer. We make sure that we have all the comforts to stay cool and comfortable. Please think of your animals. When you go to the beach and the sand is too hot for your bare feet, it is also too hot for your dog. You take water for yourself; also take some for your best friend. Concrete and asphalt get very hot, so don’t make your best friend walk on it. Love your pets, and leave them home in a cool and shady place when you go to town. The beautiful artificial grass gets extremely hot. (Try it, I did — it hurts). Don’t make your pet walk on it, and please don’t play fetch with him on it. He will do anything you will make him do, even if it burns his little paws. Please don’t take him for a ride in your car and leave him alone for just a moment. It gets boiling hot in an instant. He would be so much happier at home waiting for you. This is not a lecture, just a request from an animal lover to ask you to do for your dog or other pet what you would do for yourself or for your child. Stay safe and cool! Renate Quebec Santa Barbara

Don’t deny guns to law-abiding citizens

t’s getting a lot wearisome aren’t a lot more dangerous cities how we’re hammered day such as Chicago, Los Angeles and in and day out that white New York, which weren’t even in supremacists, the top 10. The majority of Qanon, proud boys violence in those cities are and everything else of that confined within a couple flavor are the root of all square miles, if even that. America’s problems and Now envision the those are the people we remaining vastness have to worry about. Guns of the country and need to be taken away the thousands upon from everyone in order thousands of small Henry to ensure the safety of all towns and mid-size cities Schulte Americans. packed with good lawMentally view a map abiding citizens. A nonThe author of the United States. scientific guess, but I’d say lives in Solvang outside the major crime The following have been listed as the most centers, of these smaller dangerous cities of 2021: Detroit, communities roughly 95%, or say Baltimore, Milwaukee, Memphis, even 85%, have zero or very little Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City, crime. Birmingham, Little Rock and The vast majority of cities Stockton. That isn’t to say there don’t even come close to the

shootings and murders of the aforementioned top 10. Which means, and this isn’t based on any stats either except my own (since it’s impossible to get accurate information anymore since Google is skewing the facts to fit its ideology), but for the sake of argument, say 20, 30, even 50,000 gang bangers, nut cases and organized crime are responsible for most of the violence. Let’s go as high as 200,000. That means if there are some 325 million people in America, 324,800,000 are being held hostage and pulled into the net as though they have a role in this shooting gone wild insanity. Decent people are being made the scape goats because of all the Please see SCHULTE on C4

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The author lives in Santa Barbara.

Harris didn’t do her homework

t seems natural for a family friend’s arm to be on a youth’s shoulders, extending a message of warmth at a family barbecue. However, on a day in the summer of 1968, the arm did not belong to a family friend but to the manager of a textile mill. The large arm on my shoulders extended a message quite different from warmth to this 25-year-old who was no longer a “youth.” The place was not a “family barbecue” but the hallway of a textile mill in McCormick, S.C. As the arm guided me down the long hall, his words hit my ear: “What do you want?” My truthful words “I am from Clemson University and am here to help you” led to his words “Son, we don’t get many people here with New Jersey license plates” How did he know my license plate? His continuing with “I hope you enjoyed your salad at the café” gave me an eerie feeling. With his arm slowly tightening, he continued, “The only three kinds of people we get here from up north in New Jersey are (1) union organizers, (2) revenuers and (3) integrationists, and son, we don’t like any of them.” In a strange way my trip to McCormick was similar to Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent trip south to Guatemala and Mexico. I went to McCormick thinking that their problems were lack of competition as there were only 600 jobs in a county of 6,000. Vice President Harris went south thinking the three problems of Guatemala and Mexico were corruption, climate change and the economy. The manager of the largest employer disagreed with my opinion of the problems. The presidents of Guatemala and Mexico disagreed with Ms. Harris’. The manager said new employers would only try to hire his employees. The presidents of Guatemala and Mexico said the problems were caused by President Joe Biden’s policies. The manager said he wanted the plant’s grass cut. The presidents said Biden-Harris should close the U.S. border. Some McCormick residents said they could not work the second shift as they ate dinner at 5. Some residents held signs requesting that Vice President Harris go home. Shame neither of us took the time to first understand the local economies and the attitudes of the residents. A barometer for the economies is the unemployment rate. The rate for McCormick in 1968 is not available, but it was high. The previous presidential agreements with the countries led to the rate in Guatemala dropping from 2.8% in 2016 to 2.46% in 2019, the last year the data is available. During the same period, the rates in Mexico dropped from 3.86% to 3.43%, and the rate in Wilmington, Del., the home city of President Biden, dropped 4.4% to 3.1%. In San Francisco, Vice President Harris’ home city, the rate fell from 3.3% to 2.4%. The rates and their trends indicate that the pre-COVID unemployment policies were lowering the rates, and in the words of John Anderson “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Under the same policies, the rates post-COVID should return to the pre-COVID levels. In the U.S. in May 2021, the U.S. rate is 5.8%, with Wilmington at 8.97% and San Francisco at 4.9%. Why is this administration changing all internal and external policies? Vice President Harris’ search for the “root causes” of the crisis at the U.S, southern border by addressing the “root causes” of Please see ZEPKE on C4

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Feds’ bill for no-fly secrets: $4,536

sent a simple request in April to my government for public data that taxpayers have the right to see. Through the federal Freedom of Information Act, I asked the Transportation Security Administration (as well as the FBI) for the following information: No. 1: The policy statement outlining the processes and criteria according to which officials nominate, consider and approve names for the no-fly list, selectee list and extended selectee list. No. 2: All information, documents, records and communications within the TSA and/or between the TSA and the FBI regarding attendees of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rally and their inclusion on the no-fly list, selectee list and extended selectee list from Jan. 6, 2021, through the present. (I requested copies of all information, records, emails, phone logs/transcripts, letters, notes, memoranda and all electronic or nonelectronic communications/ records/information related to aforementioned events and aforementioned parties.) No. 3: All information, documents, records and

communications within the TSA any information I receive will be and/or between the TSA and the shared with the public. Stay tuned FBI using the search terms “Nick for updates, but in the meantime, Fuentes,” “Nicholas Fuentes,” ask yourselves (and your elected “Nicholas J. Fuentes,” “America representatives, while you’re at it) First,” “Lauren Witzke,” this question: “AFPAC” or “Groypers.” What is our government You’ll be interested trying to hide at such to know, my fellow a high cost to ordinary American citizens and Americans? taxpayers, that the price As I reported in this of unlocking the TSA/ column in April, the FBI’s no-fly secrets subjects of my FOIA is precisely $4,536 request (Nick Fuentes Michelle Malkin and Lauren Witzke) have ($28/hour). Michael Tobias, government faced repeated obstacles information specialist to traveling by air since at Department of Homeland the beginning of the year. Their Security/Transportation Security plight is part of what I believe is a Administration/Freedom of clearly coordinated campaign of Information Act Branch, informed discrimination by Big Government me that “it would take a combined and Big Tech against America search time of 162 hours” to fulfill First nationalists. my request and that half of the Remember: Multimedia estimated cost — $2,268 of the entrepreneur Nick Fuentes has $4,536 — would be due up front as been banned by all the usual Big an advance payment. “Thank you Tech suspects (most recently by and have a great day!” Mr. Tobias Twitter last week after the Antiended his missive to me. Defamation League published a So much for “freedom” of hit piece), along with livestream information. LOL. service DLive, Coinbase and every I have appealed this onerous payment processor for his forceful tax on investigative journalism advocacy of populism, an end to and refiled my FOIA request this mass migration and protection of week, noting that I am a member the nuclear family. of the media and reiterating that Former Delaware GOP Senate

candidate Lauren Witzke (banned from Twitter for calling a pedophilia-flirting transgender activist “demonic”) had her Wells Fargo account shut down just last month. Both attended the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rally for former President Donald Trump, but neither had entered the building. Neither has been charged with any crimes. Both were peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. Yet, President Joe Biden’s TSA and multiple airlines told Mr. Fuentes he no longer has “clearance” to fly. Ms. Witzke cannot check into flights online, is swabbed for explosives and has “Secondary Security Screening Selection” marked on her tickets. My FOIA request would help unearth clues as to the criteria for putting untold thousands of innocent American citizens on secret lists and tyrannically classifying them as “security” threats. Ms. Witzke called out the feds’ information lockdown for the bribery that it is: “The full force of the federal government is trying to extort ordinary Americans who just want to know the truth. WHY are they persecuting us?” Laura Loomer, another early

and repeated victim of Big Government/Big Tech abuse, also weighed in: “Not only are they trying to extort people for wanting to know the truth, but they won’t even reply to my lawyers requests to find out why the FBI has illegally red flagged me” and prevented her unilaterally from owning firearms. “The federal government is illegally extorting Americans and they are abusing their power to politically persecute and target political opposition.” The rest of the deep-pocketed corporate media remains stubbornly uninterested in freeing the truth on behalf of persecuted dissidents. It’s not a newsflash, but it bears repeating: The Fourth Estate is not a neutral actor, but an active collaborator with the Swamp and Silicon Valley in stifling America First. 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. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

Businesses often must break rules to prosper

merica has so many regulations that today, often the only way to do something new, to create something great, to prosper is to ignore rules. Minutes before SpaceX launched a rocket, the government told the company that the launch would violate its license. SpaceX launched anyway. CEO Elon Musk says that the Federal Aviation Administration has “a broken John Stossel regulatory structure” and that “there is simply no way that humanity can become a spacefaring civilization without major regulatory reform.” But reform isn’t likely. While businesses must constantly adjust to survive, once bureaucrats create regulations, they have no incentive to repeal them, ever. Instead, they add hundreds of new ones every year. Mr. Musk complains that the government “can overregulate industries to the point where innovation becomes very difficult. The auto industry used to be a great hotbed of innovation ... but now there’s so many regulations that are intended to protect consumers. ... Regulation for cars could fill this room.” So Mr. Musk broke rules to make Tesla the success it is. He knew he couldn’t innovate if he obeyed all of them. He’s flaunted the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, even tweeting that SEC stands for “Suck Elon’s ... “ So far, he’s gotten away with it. So have a few others. In my latest video, Adam Thierer, author of “Evasive Entrepreneurs and the Future of Governance,” explains why rule breakers are the best hope for innovation. “When 23andMe came out with genetic testing by mail,” he said, “They didn’t get a permission slip from the Food and Drug Administration. They just started providing that service.” Once the bureaucrats noticed, they ordered 23andMe to stop offering health insights based on genes. “The product was off the market for over a year. That stopped genetic testing by other companies, too,” said Mr. Thierer. “Smaller players saw what the government did and said, ‘I don’t

‘American Marxism’ exposes chilling aims

ost people sense that America is under assault by America-hating forces and worry that our freedoms are actually in jeopardy. Mark Levin’s new book, “American Marxism,” confirms those fears, exposes the chilling aims and methods of these malicious groups and provides a blueprint to restore America to a path of recovery. Mr. Levin has a gift for distilling abstract ideas into understandable terms for lay consumption. I’ve personally written and discussed many of the ideas he addresses in this compelling book but had not considered the term “counterrevolution” to describe what we’re witnessing. He is exactly right. This is a counterrevolution to the American revolution, and horrifyingly, “It is devouring our society and culture, swirling around our everyday lives, and ubiquitous in our politics, schools, media, and entertainment.” He is also correct that this disturbing insurrection is no longer a fringe movement but is in the mainstream of our culture and institutions. Mark identifies the source of this threat — Marxism — the sinister, utopian ideology “responsible for the enslavement, impoverishment, torture and death of untold millions.” But he goes further and usefully tags the particular brand of this menace as “American Marxism”: “the application and adaptation of core Marxist teachings to American society and culture.” What makes the counterrevolutionaries particularly dangerous is their sophisticated techniques of distorting language, disguising their true intent with deceitful euphemisms to disarm patriots and facilitate their scheme to fundamentally transform this nation into something unrecognizable to its founders and wholly unacceptable to all who cherish and revere the glorious American experiment in self-governance. They’ve labeled themselves “progressives,” “social activists” and other innocuoussounding terms because they Please see LIMBAUGH on C4

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SpaceX’s Dragon craft has flown successfully to and from the International Space Station. The government told SpaceX that launching one of its rockets would violate its license. SpaceX launched the rocket anyway. CEO Elon Musk complained that the government “can overregulate industries to the point where innovation becomes very difficult.”

want that to happen to me.’” This delayed innovation for years. “Maybe the only way to succeed today is to break the rules,” I suggested. “Yes,” said Mr. Thierer. “Just to go out and try doing it.” A group of parents whose children have diabetes did that. They developed software that helps people track blood sugar levels. “Their hashtag is, ‘#WeAreNotWaiting,’” said Mr. Thierer. “What are they not waiting for? For the Food and Drug Administration to approve new insulin monitoring devices. Instead, they built them themselves. These devices were better than regulatory approved devices.” But it only happened because

they had the courage to do it without permission. “Innovations come out of nowhere,” Mr. Thierer pointed out. “The problem is law sometimes blocks all of that and says, ‘Thou shall not until you get a permission slip.’ That’s the death of entrepreneurialism.” Ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft prospered only because they didn’t ask for permission; they just created ride-sharing apps. By the time sleepy bureaucrats noticed and took steps to regulate Uber and Lyft to death, the company had so many satisfied customers that politicians were afraid to crush them. Some regulation is useful. The alternative isn’t zero rules. “If a product is dangerous,” said

Mr. Thierer, “it can be recalled. You can be sued. But don’t treat innovators as guilty until proven innocent.” It’s easier to see how absurd regulators can be when you look at old regulations. In 1982, after Sony’s Walkman came out, a New Jersey town banned wearing them while walking. “You couldn’t wear headphones because they would be a danger to yourself!” said Mr. Thierer with a laugh. “Sometimes, laws stop making sense. Governments need to adapt.” COVID-19 persuaded some governments. Suddenly, it was OK if private companies made virus tests, if nurses and doctors practiced in other states, if doctors used telemedicine without obsessing

about stupid privacy rules, if liquor companies made hand sanitizer, etc. “All sorts of people started doing really interesting entrepreneurial things to try to just help each other out,” said Mr. Thierer. “Those laws needed to change,” Mr. Thierer concluded. “But most changed only because people evaded the system.” John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by JFS Productions Inc.

Branson and six degrees of separation

ichard Branson and some friends jetted into outer space recently — at least for a few minutes. I am trying to write this article without Richard getting mad at me. In fact, I hope he comes to see me as his buddy. Most people are familiar with the six degrees of separation concept. The theory is that each of us is only six relationships away from being connected with anyone else on the planet. You know somebody, who

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knows somebody ... other. up to six times. None I am a former real estate of us is that far from owner and landlord. being in relationship (You don’t use “landlord” with anyone else on with your tenants; you the planet. We’re all say “owner”.) In my connected. landlord history, I have Yet there is a dark experienced several Frank side to the six degrees degrees of separation. Sanitate of separation. They are Each of these degrees aptly named as degrees pushed me further away The author of separation, not of lives in Santa from people as human connection. As we go beings. Barbara up the money ladder, Here is how it works. we actually get further First degree: I owned a and further separated from each house in Brooklyn where I lived

and had three tenants. I and my wife would generally see at least one of the tenants every day – especially Mrs. Bandini, who was always around. We knew the tenants. We had some involvement with their lives. Norby would tell me how hard the supervisory aspect of his job at the bank was. When my family was going to expand, we took over the second floor — Norby’s apartment. I was concerned that he and his wife and child were going to have to move out.

Second-degree: I also had another little three-story brick building in Brooklyn. I used the bottom floor for office space and rented out the other two floors. So,I didn’t see the tenants often – certainly not on weekends. (Just using the word “tenant” starts to separate me from them as human beings. It is not as crude as saying “rent-suppliers,” but it starts moving in that direction.) I did see Mrs. Brown once in a while. She would tell me: “Rain is forecast for tomorrow, they Please see SANITATE on C4

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already got a lot of rain in Jersey yesterday, my son lives there, but he works in the city, and his wife used to work in the city, now she moved jobs to be closer to the kids .…” “Goodbye, Mrs. Brown, nice to see you. Have a nice day.” As you can see, I am not saying that being in touch with these people regularly was especially delightful, but at least I did have contact with them as human beings. Third degree: Then, I bought some houses in Denver, which a Realtor friend, Barbara, managed. I never met the tenants. Sometimes Barbara would report on them: “Manuel got laid off for a couple of weeks, so he’s behind on the rent. But he said he is starting back on Monday and can send in partial payments every two weeks.” “Barbara, just tell me how much money I can take out of the account this month.” At this third level, I had virtually nothing to do with, no relationships with, the tenants, the people who were paying my mortgages and giving me a little profit. I had contact with Barbara, but I had virtually no idea about

the lives of the tenants. That was her job; that’s why I was paying her – to handle the headaches for me. Isn’t that a wonderful word for tenants — “headaches”! Fourth degree: I didn’t move up (I should say move down) to this level of separation, but it might have looked something like this: I own three apartment buildings, with a supervisor for each and an overall manager. I get monthly statements from the manager and an email once in a while. I might email back saying, “Why did repairs shoot up 12% this month?” At this degree of separation, I have no contact with the tenants or supervisors, only the manager. I don’t have to deal with the drama of the specific human beings who are working and paying off my mortgages and giving me some cash flow on the side. With email and texting, I hardly have to talk to anybody. Fifth degree: Then I sell my apartments for shares in a REIT — I now own a “basket” of real estate holdings in the stock market. There is no human contact at all. I just look at the numbers: Is the stock going up or down? Is my dividend going up? With direct deposit into my account, I don’t even get an envelope with a check in the mail.

Sixth degree: The REIT is now part of a mutual fund or ETF, which I own shares of. I no longer have to worry about how it is doing as an individual stock or company. I don’t have to worry about any people. I didn’t have to do that on level five either, but now it’s safer for me — theoretically. I don’t have to worry about whether one company or one industry isn’t doing well because I have a basket of stocks to spread the risk. The other companies will hold up my share value in case an individual company doesn’t do well. I have come a long way from being concerned about how Norby is doing at the bank or whether Mrs. Bandini has a cold today. Every one of these human beings along the line is investing their life energy and labor for me. I get separated from the personal pain — or pleasure — they are having in doing so. Not that a lot of property managers and people managers and company managers and corporation managers don’t care about those whom they manage. Most actually care, but as you separate from people, it becomes easier and easier to be concerned only about money itself and to forget about where it comes from.

Back to Richard Branson and the rich: Their little jaunt into space is a good metaphor for how we separate further and further from the real lives of real people. We all do that, as we increase our income. One suggestion, Richard, of lessening the degree of separation between the rich and the poor might be to fly your next group of customers to Burundi, the world’s poorest country, instead of into outer space. They could connect to people there, rather than separate from them, as we all do every day. The overwhelming majority of Burundians live on $1.25 a day or less. The cost of a Branson ticket to fly to space is $250,000. (Mr. Branson already has 600 reservations!) One customer could double the income of 200,000 Burundians for a day if they chose to do so. Something is not right about the financial world we have created. I’m picking on you, Richard, because you happen to be in the news. I direct my comments, however, to everybody in the world, including myself. I hope you can work your way down through the five degrees that separate me from you so we can have a conversation about this. Maybe I can locate Norby to join us and a Burundian.

Santa Barbara desperately needs wise and intelligent leadership DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 homeless population. It isn’t just the weather that attracts them here. Why does the city of Santa Barbara permit other areas to direct their homeless here, and why does the city embrace them as residents within 24 hours? Why are traffic lanes being whittled from two to one (sections of Anacapa, De La Vina, Chapala, to mention just a few) and parking eradicated with all the housing being approved? Really? People who own million-dollar-plus condos drive cars! And if the parking spots are not used, as Mr. Meaney, the architect of the 630 Chapala St. complex recently recanted from his experience, we submit the units were second homes or vacation rentals where the occupants left with their cars and luggage at the same time. 630 Chapala St. is the first AUD project presented without parking spots. (Remember, another unanimous decision by our city council was “maximum of one parking spot per unit,” which

translates into: none required.) The option for those residents with cars is to use the public parking garage at Paseo Nuevo. However, what will the residents do when they go downtown to go to the movies or the theater or to shop, eat, go to work or attend a city meeting? Where will they park if all the parking lots are already spoken for and rented to new residents of million-dollar condos in the downtown area? Here are two more examples of city parking lots given away for new developments by more unanimous council decisions: the Cota and the Carrillo/Castillo commuter lots. One was given up for the police station, and those approximately 360 commuters will be parsed out to other downtown city-owned lots. The same goes for the 125 commuters who use the Carrillo/ Castillo lot, which looks abandoned due to COVID-19. Rumor has it, that parking lot is being given to the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara. We wonder where the Westside neighbors in the Castillo/Carrillo area who used that lot at night, will park with the lack of on street spots for their cars. Approximately 485 cars are displaced by just

two projects! All dressed up and nowhere to park. Barely the tip of the iceberg. Another unanimous vote in action: The senior citizens at Vista Del Monte are being put in a precarious situation. The bike paths have been incorporated into the sidewalks, which poses a problem as people leave the driveway to get to Modoc Road. Is this because the elderly are expected to give up their cars? Why aren’t we protecting our senior population? Why the obstacle course on State Street and now beyond? Why all the accommodations for the bicyclists? Talk about housing; Rob Fredericks, CEO of the Santa Barbara Housing Authority, waxes about the $3 million “housing vouchers” he is in charge of dispersing. They have been given 89 of these vouchers. Regarding the landlord incentives to participate in the program, the incentives don’t cover the costs of the mandatory lease nor relocation fees if the lease is not renewed. That alone was equal to three months’ rent. Again, brought to us, courtesy of unanimous votes by the City Council.

Voting for Santa Barbara’s next mayor and city council is imminent. Job applications were opened July 12, and the closing date to file papers is Aug. 2. If you’ve got what it takes to step up to the plate and throw your hat into the ring, Santa Barbara desperately needs wise and intelligent leadership. To be considered, applicants need 100 valid signatures turned in with the application. Don’t forget: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall vote is less than 2 months away: Sept 14. We need a city council and mayor who will stop the removal of all the parking, in both street and city lots. All these changes are designed to create a different Santa Barbara — one that we will no longer recognize.

Continued from Page C1 contract with the state, it has the ultimate responsibility for how the districts manage water. And that authority extends to whether and how the districts can enter into contracts to sell water out of county. The county, according to Ms. Van Mullen, wishes to impose “principles that would help State Water Project water balance water needs within Santa Barbara county, including through a “right of first refusal”

for in-County water agencies at a reasonable cost before any State Water project water is sold or transferred outside of Santa Barbara County.” THE ARGUMENTS The CCWA’s fundamental argument boils down to saying that because the districts bear all the financial responsibility for providing water, they should not be burdened with certain oversight and restrictions by the county. They argue that the county’s arbitrary restriction on the sale of water contracts out of county

will harm consumers because the districts won’t be able to make real time decisions on crucial water matters. “We should have the right to make out of state contracts for our water when it would otherwise be wasted in times of surplus,” said Ray Stokes. “Not having that local decision making power is harmful to consumers because opportunities are wasted.” Santa Barbara County argues that because it holds the primary water contract with the state, and because it has the power to levy taxes in the event of a default by the water districts, it also has

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

the right of oversight on those districts which manage the water distribution. If the districts default on payments to the state, it is the county that would have to step in and levy taxes in order to bail the districts out, according to the county’s counsel, Rachel Van Mullen. The districts counter that argument by saying they have never been, nor plan ever to be, in default with the state. Now that you’ve got the issues, and the arguments well in mind, stay tuned to tomorrow’s column when I render my ruling.

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know Americans still, by the grace of God, reject naked Marxism. More recently, they operate under such organizations as Black Lives Matter, cloaking their anticapitalist designs in a facade of racial, environmental or gender justice. They have foisted their once-ridiculed notion of critical race theory into the forefront of our lives, forcing this dangerous philosophy into mainstream societal acceptance. Race agitation isn’t their only weapon. They’ve achieved considerable traction in the advancement of their agenda through divisive class warfare, which fuels their destructive policies of obscene deficit spending, confiscatory taxation, and runaway governmental and bureaucratic regulation. Their shameless employment of identity politics is just one of many arrows in their quiver. They expand their arsenal to ensure that certain setbacks will not

ultimately thwart their agenda. To shore up their bases, they promote extra constitutional schemes to crush their opposition through ostensibly legal means, such as changing the voting rules to rig the playing field in favor of their candidates. In the name of preserving our democratic processes, they pervert them — disenfranchising people while pretending to protect their voting rights. We saw this on the front pages lately when President Joe Biden preposterously argued that such election-integrity measures as voter ID were the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War. He also scored a twofer, as he invoked race — echoing his party’s position that these laws are a new form of heinous Jim Crow legislation. Anyone with half a brain recognizes that eliminating the requirement of proving one’s identity as a condition to voting destroys rather than safeguards the integrity of the election process. Anyone with

half a molecule of discernment understands that to equate voter ID laws to suppression of the black vote is the worst kind of patronizing insult to black voters, who these demagogues imply aren’t capable of furnishing proof of their own identity. Mr. Levin astutely notes that while the counterrevolutionaries were formerly very cautious in concealing their goals, they are becoming more confident with their recent successes and thus more outspoken and brazen about who they are. They’ve also developed another formidable weapon to impose their ideas, which is to intimidate, silence and cancel those who dare to oppose them or who even casually violate their draconian rules for acceptable speech and behavior. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Whereas the American Revolution was founded on liberty and representative government and led to the freest and most powerful nation in history, the counterrevolution aims to destroy our form of government, our cherished

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Continued from Page C2 stupid decisions by the Democrats, who intend to punish the entire population for their incompetence. Good citizens didn’t shoot hundreds of people over any given weekend. Americans who have never shot or harmed a single person are lumped into the pot of being part of the problem; are not even remotely part of the problem. Millions of Americans have legal guns, and the numbers are increasing every day, and they don’t go around shooting people. In many places, laws are relaxing a bit for concealed carry weapon permits, which offer you the tool to defend yourself, if necessary, against this rising tide of mayhem. Ironically the places with the least crime are those with open carry laws. Go figure. You see someone carrying a gun, you’re not going to pick that fight. I think it’s also safe to assume the killers, gang bangers and cartels don’t have serial numbers on their illicit weapons or a CCW, and I don’t think they’ve had any background checks. The majority of gun owners follow the laws, but the government tries to make them feel like they’re the criminals. It only took President Joe Biden a few weeks and some executive orders to criminalize formerly lawful behavior. And just a reminder, it isn’t President Biden we need to worry about. It’s the extreme activists who run his administration and who are determined to strip America of her freedoms. (Side note: Hunter Biden lied on his application to purchase a gun and suffered no consequences. You try that.) You have to ask yourself what is the real motivation behind trying to take guns away? You never

hear Democratic politicians say they’re going to the “root” of the problem and seize all the guns with blood on their barrels. So, it’s the same old story of going after the low hanging firearms and get the vulnerable innocent guy. We all know the answer is that it’s purely political. In the mind of the left, the majority of people who have guns are conservative, Trump-loving, flag-over-your heart during the national anthem Americans. They are the rebels who love their country and need to be squelched. The Democrats know taking guns away from law-abiding Americans won’t change a thing about the violence, but it will make them feel better that they can punish the people they don’t like. And the liberal, Socialist politicians can puff their chests and pronounce how magnanimous they are because they’ve done something to reduce the killings in America. Which of course won’t happen. So while they’re gearing up making more laws to take away John Q Public’s tools of defense, the criminals are wearing Cheshire cat smiles ready to pounce on all the unarmed households. It’s all a show. Our government is completely out of control. There’s so much money being wasted, so many unneeded agencies, so much corruption and bro deals going on every day. We have never been able to end the “war on drugs,” and there’s no way we can stop the illegal flow of guns, so why pick on the good guys? We’re already witnessing the massive influx of weapons marching from the south into our cities, and those are the ones that get caught. And if I can’t keep a gun, then neither should any of the politicians or their bodyguards. Fair is fair.

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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The majority of gun owners follow the law

liberties, our society and our way of life. Mr. Levin soberly observes that to defeat the threat we face, “a unified, patriotic front of previously docile ... factions and forces” that believes America is worthy of defending must emerge. People of good will must wake up to the gravity of the threats we face and recognize “the urgency of the moment” and rise up to take back this nation. In “American Marxism,” Mark Levin paints a bleak picture of an America under siege. But he offers hope that we can turn this around and inspires us to unite around the noble cause of liberty and the salvation of the greatest nation the world has ever known. David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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Kamala Harris spent less than a day near the border ZEPKE

Continued from Page C2 the migrants leaving Guatemala and Mexico, brings to mind the use of “blinders” — sometimes called blinkers or winkers — to restrict a horse from a complete field of vision. The complete view is that the reports from border indicate the migrants are from 170 different countries. But even with the blinders narrowing the effort to “fixing” just the two countries. it involves 148 million people — Guatemala’s 18 million and Mexico’s 130 million. What about their neighbors of Ecuador, 18 million; Costa Rica, 5 million; Honduras, 10 million; Nicaragua, 7 million; El Salvador 6.5 million, which brings the total population to 194.5 million? Can the U.S. afford to rebuild some, or all, of these economies? Approximately 140 million pay U.S. federal income taxes out of 336 million Americans, meaning currently each taxpayer is paying for themselves, another person and 40% of a third person. Adding another 148 million brings the total per taxpayer to 3.45 people and 194.5 million would mean each taxpayer supports 3.8 people. How do you think the 78% of PayPal employees who currently live paycheck-to-paycheck would vote? What about the supposed purpose of her trip of addressing the U.S. southern border? If just 10% of those in or near Guatemala and Mexico migrate, the number is about the size of New York State. At 20%, the number is the size of Texas plus Montana, and at 30% is the size of California plus New York and New Mexico. How many new states do U.S. taxpayers want to create? Will sending money work? In 1968, the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare

knew just sending money to the leaders in McCormick would not work. Ms. Harris learned the same lesson with her gift of $315 million to Guatemala and $130 million to Mexico. HEW funded a grant to have this “Jersey Boy” (to steal a nickname from Franke Valli) study the area and have “bootson-the-ground.” Vice President Harris did neither. In Ms. Harris‘ defense, she did interrupt her fourth vacation to say that she is overworked with responsibilities for the origins of the migrant surge, expanding voting rights, closing the digital divide and working on black maternal mortality, racial inequality, women in the workforce and the Space Council. But she has the resources of the federal government. Think about the manager in McCormick doing his homework about this visitor. I conducted 30 interviews. Ms. Harris spent less than a day near the border and in those countries. I obtained funding for a dam for a recreational area for jobs and tourists. What did Ms. Harris accomplish? I used my project toward my master’s. I hope Vice President Harris uses hers to reinstate the approaches used in 2019 at the border and in those countries, and spends the time and money searching for the root causes of the increasing crime rates in the four cities with the highest crime rates: Detroit, St. Louis, Memphis and Baltimore. How about the rising crime rates in Wilmington and San Francisco companies like Walgreen closing stores and others like Targets reducing hours? Who would have thought that the message delivered in that hallway in 1968 of not wanting visitors from the north bringing their three messages would be applicable in 2021 to the U.S. border, Guatemala and Mexico?