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Meeting Name: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 4/16/2025 9:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR 105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
BUDGET WORKSHOP
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25-00268  Agenda ItemThe Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors currently provides in-person participation as well as remote participation until further notice. Board members and the public may participate from the County Administration Building, Board Hearing Room, Fourth Floor located at 105 East Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara or the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building Board Hearing Room located at 511 Lakeside Parkway in Santa Maria. The following methods of participation are available to the public: 1. You may observe the live stream of the Board meetings in the following ways: - Televised in English and Spanish (SAP channel via Comcast and Cox) on local cable channel 20; - Online at: ; and - YouTube (English) at: (Closed Captioning Available) - YouTube (Spanish) at: <> 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: - Distribution to the Board of Supervisors - Submit your comment via email prior to 5:0  Not available Not available
25-00001  Agenda ItemCounty Executive Officer’s Report: Receive a report from the County Executive Officer (CEO) on County programs, County staff updates and achievements, staff recognitions, updates on major projects, updates on state and federal legislation, and upcoming events of interest to the Board and the public. There will be no Board discussion except to ask questions or refer matters to staff; and no action will be taken unless listed on a subsequent agenda.  Not available Not available
25-00321  Agenda ItemCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9) Significant exposure to civil litigation: 1 case. On April 11, 2025 the County received a threat of litigation (letter attached to this Agenda item) from Latham & Watkins LLP regarding “Change of Owner, Operator, and Guarantor for the Santa Ynez Unit, POPCO Gas Plant, and Las Flores Pipeline System Final Development Plan Permits.”  Not available Not available
25-00270 1)Agenda ItemHEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Preliminary Budget and Budget Development Workshops, as follows: a) Receive and file information about the FY 2025-2026 preliminary budget; b) Confirm recommended uses of one-time funds to be included in the County Executive Office’s Recommended Budget; c) Provide direction, if any, regarding other items to be addressed or included in the County Executive Office’s Recommended Budget, scheduled for release in May and Board adoption scheduled for June 17, 2025 and June 18, 2025; d) Provide direction, if any, regarding Special Issues or other items; and e) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because it is a government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  Not available Not available
25-00002  Agenda ItemPublic Comment Period THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS RESERVED FOR COMMENT ON MATTERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. EACH PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD FOR UP TO THREE MINUTES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR, FOR A TOTAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. (Resolution No. 09-368) (25-00002) WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.  Not available Not available