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Meeting date/time:
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9/23/2025
9:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Draft
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Meeting location:
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR
105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA
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25-00841
| | Agenda Item | The 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 5:00 PM | |
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25-00001
| | Agenda Item | County 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. | |
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25-00817
| A-1) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the week of September 29, 2025 through October 5, 2025 as American Institute of Architects (AIA) Architecture Appreciation Week in Santa Barbara County. | |
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25-00820
| A-2) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution proclaiming the month of September 2025 as National Preparedness Month in Santa Barbara County. | |
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25-00827
| A-3) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution acknowledging the Interfaith Initiative in Santa Barbara County. | |
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25-00818
| A-4) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation honoring Kristen Hughes as the Central Coast Medical Association (CCMA) 2025 Physician of the Year in Santa Barbara County. | |
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25-00819
| A-5) | Resolution to be Presented | Adopt a Resolution of Commendation for the participants in the successful implementation of Workday Financials in Santa Barbara County. | |
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25-00826
| A-6) | Honorary Resolution | Adopt a Resolution congratulating Unite to Light upon being awarded the Peace Prize by the United Nations Association of Santa Barbara. | |
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25-00821
| A-7) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution authorizing application to and participation in the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 2 Unmet Needs Program Grant Funds, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that authorizes and directs the County’s submission of one application (Application) for the California DHCS Bond BHCIP Round 2 Unmet Needs Program Grant Funds being administered by Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. for new construction of and expansion of services with two 16-bed Social Rehabilitation Facilities focused on crisis residential treatment located near the North Branch jail, in the Fifth District, by budgets to be developed by the County Department of General Services;
b) Direct the Department of Behavioral Wellness Director or designee to return to the Board of Supervisors for authority to execute a Program Funding Agreement and any additional funding requirements for a Bond BHCIP Round 2 Award; and
c) Determine that the above recommended actions are not a project that is subj | |
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25-00814
| A-8) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an amendment to the temporary staffing contract for elections-related work for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Robert Half Inc. formerly known as Robert Half International Inc. doing business through its division Office Team to provide qualified temporary staff for election-related work, for an amount not to exceed $750,000.00 for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; and
b) Determine pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5) that the above action is not a project subject to CEQA review because the action consists of organizational and administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | |
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25-00822
| A-9) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Public Pedestrian At-Grade Crossing Agreement for the Santa Claus Lane Streetscape Improvements and Beach Access Project; First District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Public Pedestrian At-Grade Crossing Agreement with UPRR to allow the County to install and maintain a new at grade public pedestrian crossing within the UPRR right-of-way as part of the Santa Claus Lane Streetscape Improvements and Beach Access Project (Project);
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments to increase the budget allocation from $7,620,000.00 to $8,370,000.00 for additional reimbursement to the County of Santa Barbara for work on the Santa Claus Lane Streetscape Improvements and Beach Access Project; and
c) Determine that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed to the project, and no new information | |
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25-00823
| A-10) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement between the County of Santa Barbara and the City of Santa Barbara for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Arts and Culture Services and Programs, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute an agreement with the City of Santa Barbara to receive a grant in the amount of $461,986.00, for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, for the County's Office of Arts and Culture (SBCOAC) to implement and administer City arts and grant programs, and to provide related administrative services; and
b) Determine that the recommended actions are not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), because they consist of administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change to the environment. | |
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25-00824
| A-11) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Budget Revision to support the Santa Maria Park Ranger for Santa Maria Riverbed Patrol, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010768 that establishes appropriation in the amount of $42,864.00 to jointly fund a Santa Maria Park Ranger position to patrol the Santa Maria Riverbed to prevent the re-establishment of encampments in the Riverbed; and
b) Determine that the above-recommended action is not a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions consist of administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | |
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25-00840
| A-12) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Resolutions authorizing County Counsel to Partially Settle the litigation County of Santa Barbara v. Purdue Pharma, et al. (Case No. 1:17-MD-2804) with Purdue/Sackler Family and Eight Opioid Manufacturers, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution that approves and authorizes County Counsel or her designee to execute the following agreements to partially settle the litigation County of Santa Barbara and the People of the State of California v. Purdue Pharma, et al. (Case No. 1:17-MD-2804) as to defendants Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers:
i) Subdivision Participation and Release Form which includes a release of all claims against Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family and its “Released Entities” for their conduct complained of in the litigation;
ii) Proposed California State-Subdivision Agreement Regarding Distribution and Use of Settlement Funds, which shall enable the County of Santa Barbara to receive and direct the use of a portion of settlement funds distributed to the State of California for approved opioid abatement activities; and
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25-00838
| A-13) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Outside Counsel Contract Amendment with Hooper, Lundy and Bookman, P.C. for Privacy Legal Services, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute, on behalf of the County of Santa Barbara, a First Amendment to the Agreement for Professional Legal Services with Hooper, Lundy and Bookman, P.C. in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00 for a term from October 8, 2025 to October 7, 2026; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because they consist of administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. | |
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25-00839
| A-14) | Administrative Item | Approve Budget Revision Requests Nos. 0010804 and 0010816 (4/5 Vote Required). | |
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25-00843
| A-15) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Contract Renewal for Countywide Security Services Provided by Triumph Protection Group, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Service Contract with Triumph Protection Group in an amount not to exceed $2,531,496.00 for the period of September 23, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with an option to renew thereafter for two additional one-year terms;
b) Find, in accordance with Government Code Section 31000, that the County of Santa Barbara does not have the employee resources to provide the security services being performed by Triumph Protection Group and that the County’s economic interests are best served by the contract;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010815; and
d) Determine that the proposed actions are exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, as they involve the maintenance of existing public structures that will result in no or negligible expansion of existing use and approve the filing of the Notice of Exe | |
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25-00825
| A-16) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement with Sensibill Services, Inc. for CalAIM Justice Involved (JI) Medi-Cal billing, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the professional services Agreement with Sensibill Services, Inc. to provide third party Medi-Cal billing services of CalAIM JI for the period of October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027 with a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $540,000.00;
b) Approve and authorize the County Health Director to execute any future amendments to the Agreement that involve changes to the Scope of Work, provided that the amendment does not exceed ten percent (10%) ($54,000.00) of the total agreement amount, upon review and concurrence by the Auditor Controller’s Office, Risk Management, and County Counsel’s Office, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the recommended actions are not a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are exempt per CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), because the recommende | |
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25-00828
| A-17) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program Annual Report, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, as follows:
a) Receive and file the Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program FY 2024-2025 Annual Report; and
b) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because they consist of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | |
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25-00844
| A-18) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc. for Job Order Contracting Program Management, extending the allowable annual maximum amount to $250,000.00, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (Board Contract No. 20198) with The Gordian Group, Inc., a Georgia corporation doing business in California as The Mellon Group (Gordian), increasing the maximum compensation limit from $1,000,000.00 to $1,250,000.00 and extending the Term until November 30, 2025; and
b) Determine that the recommended actions are not a project subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) as the actions are the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project; and Section 15378(b)(5), as the actions are the organizational or administrative act | |
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25-00810
| A-19) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Lease Agreement for Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic at 4440 Calle Real, Santa Barbara (RP Folio Number 003527); Second District, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the attached original and duplicate original Lease Agreement between the United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs (hereinafter “VA”) and the County of Santa Barbra, (hereinafter “County”) for the VA’s use of approximately 6,700 square feet of the County-owned medical facility currently occupied by the VA located at 4440 Calle Real; for a period of five years, from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with the first annual monthly rental amount of $27,690.45, based on $4.13 per square foot that includes utilities with subsequent annual rental amounts being increased by three percent; and
b) Determine that the proposed action consists of the operation and leasing of existing public or private structures or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use and therefore is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act | |
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25-00830
| A-20) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Management Classification and Compensation Refinement, as follows:
a) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution to revise the County of Santa Barbara’s Classification and Salary Plan Section 2 – to establish additional management classifications and salary ranges and delete unused management classifications; revise Section 3 – Salary Schedules effective October 13, 2025; and revise Section 4 – Department Position Allocation consistent with the June 24, 2024 implementation of the management classification changes that allowed certain employees with existing civil service status to retain that status until leaving their current position;
b) Adopt the Resolution which amends the Compensation and Benefits Plan for Management, Appointed Executive, and Confidential Unrepresented Employees (Resolution No. 24-187) previously approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 23, 2024, and amended June 16, 2024, July 16, 2024, and August 27, 2024;
c) Authorize the Human Resources Director to apply Management General Salary Increases in 2026 and subse | |
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25-00811
| A-21) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Employee Benefit Insurance Program Renewals for Calendar Year 2026, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve the following employee benefit insurance program renewals, each for 12-month period beginning January 1, 2026:
i) PRISM Health Blue Shield Health Plans
Renew the Public Risk Innovation, Solutions, and Management (PRISM) Blue Shield Tandem Narrow Network, Blue Shield Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) High, Blue Shield EPO Low, Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) at the existing benefit levels with a 13.92% premium increase for all active employees and retirees;
ii) Kaiser Permanente Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Health Plans
Renew the Kaiser Permanente High and Low HMO plans for active employees and early retirees at the existing benefit levels with a 13.92% increase in premiums, and renewal of the Kaiser Senior Advantage Plans for all Medicare-eligible retirees at the existing benefit levels, with a 9.8 % increase in premiums;
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25-00829
| A-22) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding Building and Safety Classification and Compensation Changes, as follows:
a) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution to revise the County of Santa Barbara’s Classification and Salary Plan Sections 2 and 3 to establish additional classifications and salary ranges; adjust the titles and salary ranges for other classifications in the Building and Safety Division of the Planning and Development Department; and establish a new allowance; and
b) Determine that the above actions are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) since the recommended actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. | |
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25-00812
| A-23) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Coastal Resource Mitigation Fund (CRMF) Grant Contract with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, First District, and City of Santa Barbara, First and Second Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a CRMF contract with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for the Shalawa/Hammond’s Meadow Restoration project in the amount of $25,000.00 for the period of September 23, 2025 through December 31, 2026;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a CRMF contract with the City of Santa Barbara for the Bicycle Parking in Santa Barbara project in the amount of $56,880.00 for the period of September 23, 2025 through April 15, 2026;
c) Delegate the Director of Planning and Development, or their designee, the authority to take the following actions, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time:
i) Extend performances in accordance with Section 3 of the contracts, for up to one year for good cause;
ii) Approve minor project changes in accordance with Section 5 of the contracts, including | |
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25-00831
| A-24) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) - Youthful Offender Block Grant (YOBG) 2024-2025 Expenditure and Data Report, as follows:
a) Receive and file the Department’s JJCPA - YOBG 2024-2025 Expenditure and Data Report for subsequent submission to the Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) as mandated by statute; and
b) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA guidelines. | |
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25-00832
| A-25) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Casmite Corporation Funding and Reimbursement Agreement, Fourth District, as follows:
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
a) Authorize the Public Works Director to execute the Funding and Reimbursement Agreement between Chevron Environmental Management Company and the Santa Barbara County Water Agency and upon review and concurrence of the Auditor Controller, Risk Management, and County Counsel; and
b) Determine that these actions are not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative action that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment, and 15306 as information collection which does not result in serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. | |
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25-00835
| A-26) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding a Third Amendment with Telmate LLC for Inmate Communication Services, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Third Amendment to an Agreement with Telmate LLC to continue providing inmate communication services at Sheriff’s Office facilities for a period effective from September 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, with no other changes to the contract terms; and
b) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government and governmental fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant impact on the environment. | |
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25-00836
| A-27) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding the Inmate Welfare Fund Annual Statement: Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025, as follows:
a) Receive and file the Annual Statement for the Inmate Welfare Fund for FY 2024-2025; and
b) Find that the proposed actions do not constitute a "Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b)(5), in that they are government administrative activities that will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment. | |
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25-00837
| A-28) | Administrative Item | Consider recommendations regarding approval of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Equitable Sharing Agreement (ESAC) and Certification, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the United States DOJ ESAC on behalf of the County for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025; and
b) Determine pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because it is a government administrative activity that does not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment. | |
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25-00833
| A-29) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Judith E. Koper to the Assessment Appeals Board No. 2 term ending August 31, 2028, Second District. | |
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25-00834
| A-30) | Appointment/BOS item | Approve the reappointment of Alex Rodriguez to the Santa Barbara County Finance Corporation, Inc., term ending July 31, 2031, Second District. | |
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25-00002
| | Agenda Item | Public 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. | |
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25-00845
| | Agenda Item | CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54957.6)
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Board of the Santa Barbara County Public Authority for In-Home Supportive Services:
Employee organization: United Domestic Workers of America, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Local 3930. Agency-designated representatives: County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato and Social Services Director Daniel Nielson.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54957.6)
Employee organizations: Service Employees International Union, Local 620. Agency-designated representatives: County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato and Human Resources Director Kristine Schmidt. | |
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25-00816
| 1) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 Fourth Quarter Budget Status Report, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Receive and file the FY 2024-2025 Fourth Quarter Budget and Status Report as of June 30, 2025, showing the status of appropriations and financing for departmental budgets adopted by the Board of Supervisors; and
b) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE | |
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25-00815
| 2) | Departmental Agenda | HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding responses to the 2024-2025 Grand Jury Report on Food Vending, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Consider and adopt the responses as the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ response to the 2024-2025 Grand Jury report entitled “Unpermitted Food Vendors in Santa Barbara County”;
b) Authorize the Chair to sign the letter and forward the letter and responses to the Presiding Judge of Santa Barbara County Superior Court; and
c) Determine pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(5) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review because they are government administrative activities that do not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY | |
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