Goleta Abandons Gang Task Force
Goleta’s decision to pull funding from the South Coast Youth Gang Task Force raised eyebrows at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Year: 2013
Third-Strikers Reformed?
Santa Barbara prosecutors say it’s still “too early” to say what impact Proposition 36 — the statewide initiative passed last November granting early release to eligible repeat offenders sentenced to life under the state’s Three-Strikes law — has had despite a new study showing only 2 percent of those released have re-offended.
$40 Million More For New Jail?
Sheriff Bill Brown is sharing plans to apply for a $40 million grant available through Senate Bill 1022.
Supervisors to Appeal Chumash Expansion
After the urging of Santa Ynez residents and businesspeople, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 (with 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal against) on 9/10 to appeal the June decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to approve a Tribal Consolidation and Acquisition Area Plan.
Pollution Lawsuit Filed Against Ojai Quarry
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Environmental Defense Center have filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of Mosler Rock-Ojai Quarry, alleging he consistently failed to prevent pollutants, like sediment, from entering the Lower North Fork of Matilija Creek nearby, resulting in a damaged ecosystem for the endangered southern steelhead trout.
John Jostes Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
John Jostes, former Santa Barbara City planning commissioner, won the prestigious lifetime Sharon M. Pickett Award for his work mediating protracted and seemingly intractable land use conflicts.
New School Opens for Gifted Kids
A private school for gifted and talented students opened its doors 9/3.
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Raises $4.4 Million
Thousands of men and women dressed in everything pink trekked nearly 40 miles and raised more than $4.4 million during this year’s Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
Teen Birthrates Declining
Santa Barbara County’s birthrate among females ages 15-19 is decreasing in line with the country’s, according to data provided by the county’s Public Health Department and a study conducted by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.
Carp Smoking Areas Put on Back Burner
A proposal to install three designated smoking areas in downtown Carpinteria — as part of the city’s outdoor smoking ban — was not killed outright, but indefinitely put on ice by the City Council on 9/10.
