Going with the flow Santa Barbara City Council to meet Friday

By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Santa Barbara City Council will consider and set council priorities for Fiscal Year 2023 during a special council meeting on Friday.

The meeting will be held at the Palm Park Beach House, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. It will begin at 9 a.m.

The meeting, held in workshop format, will be open to the public to attend, but neither a live video stream nor a video recording will be available to view.

Staff is recommending the council consider and set its priorities for the year.

Staff also recommends the council explore council and staff roles to respond effectively to policy direction and to accomplish the work by city staff.

In addition, the council is expected to review changes to the Brown Act and changes

TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER

State Route 150 reduced to one lane

OJAI/SANTA PAULA —

Starting today, Caltrans plans to reduce sections of State Route 150 to one lane with alternating traffic between Reeves Road near Ojai to about April Lane near Santa Paula for emergency storm repairs.

Work will continue seven days a week until completion. Motorists can expect delay, Caltrans said.

Crews will be removing dirt and debris from the roadway, repairing eroded slopes and damaged shoulders and clean drainage inlets for about 10 hours per day. The reduction to one lane will vary depending on where workers are stationed each day.

Similar storm repairs will continue along State Route 150 near Lake Casitas for an unknown duration.

Real-time traffic information can be found at http://quickmap. dot.ca.gov.

— Katherine Zehnder

Disaster recovery center to reopen Saturday

The South County Disaster Recovery Center/Local Assistance Center at Direct Relief will be temporarily closed today and Friday.

The closure is due to a prescheduled event.

The South County Center will reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday at Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Goleta. Its normal hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

The North County Center will remain open to service all Santa Barbara County residents during this time.

That center is at Allan Hancock College, 800 South College Drive, Building O-300, Santa Maria, and its hours are also 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

The centers were established to help residents do long-term rebuilding and recovery after the Jan. 9 storm.

Residents can go to the one-stop centers to get help applying for federal assistance and disaster loans, update their applications and learn about other resources.

Disaster survivors can get information and advice about community, state and federal agencies and other available assistance.

Spanish, ASL and Mixteco interpreter services are present.

— Katherine Zehnder