County of Santa Barbara  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
First District - Roy Lee  
Second District - Laura Capps, Chair  
Third District - Joan Hartmann  
Fourth District - Bob Nelson, Vice Chair  
Fifth District - Steve Lavagnino  
Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer  
Action Summary  
Tuesday, June 17, 2025  
9:00 AM  
BUDGET HEARING  
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING  
BOARD HEARING ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR  
105 EAST ANAPAMU STREET, SANTA BARBARA  
The Board of Supervisors meets concurrently as the Board of Directors of the Flood Control & Water  
Conservation District, Water Agency, the Santa Barbara Fund for Public and Educational Access and other  
Special Districts.  
Live Web Streaming of the Board of Supervisors Meetings, Agendas, Supplemental Materials and Minutes of  
the Board of Supervisors are available on the internet at: www.countyofsb.org.  
9:00 A.M. ..... Convened to Regular Session  
Roll Call  
Present:  
5 - Supervisor Lee, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, Supervisor  
Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino  
Pledge of Allegiance  
County Executive Officer's Report  
25-00001  
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.  
No report from the County Executive Officer, Mona Miyasato.  
25-00002  
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.  
No requests to speak.  
Budget Hearing  
Santa Barbara County Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Plan  
The schedule shown is an estimate for planning purposes. Items may be heard earlier or later than  
listed on the Agenda. Departmental presentations not completed on Tuesday, June 17,  
2025 may be considered on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. If Budget Hearings are continued to  
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, the Board of Supervisors may discuss, or discuss again, budget items for  
any County Department, County Function or Special Issue previously discussed.  
Persons may address the Board at the conclusion of each Functional Group presentation.  
Please refer to page two (2) of this Agenda for details regarding current methods of participation.  
Matters not listed on the Agenda or of a general nature may be addressed during the Public Comment  
Period at the beginning of each day's hearing. Additionally, pursuant to Government Code Section  
29082, each department has an opportunity to address the Board regarding their recommended budget.  
At the Board's discretion, departments may be asked to respond to questions regarding their  
recommended budget or make a formal departmental update. Staff will be available from each  
Department to respond to questions and to provide information as requested by the Board.  
9:00 A.M. Introduction  
HEARING TIME: 9:08 AM - 9:21 AM (13 MIN.)  
Budget Overview  
HEARING TIME: 9:21 AM - 9:33 AM (12 MIN.)  
Functional Group | Public Safety  
Received and filed staff presentation regarding Departmental Budgets, as follows:  
District Attorney; Probation; Public Defender; Sheriff; and Fire.  
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District Attorney  
Probation  
Public Defender  
Sheriff  
Fire  
Public Comment  
Re: Functional Group - Public Safety: Karin Hauenstein, Maureen Earls, Robert  
Ornstein, and George Kaufmann addressed the Board  
Functional Group | General Government & Support Services  
HEARING TIME: 10:02 AM - 10:04 AM (2 MIN.)  
Received and filed staff presentations regarding Departmental Budgets, as  
follows: Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator;  
Clerk-Recorder-Assessor; Human Resources; Auditor-Controller; Information  
Technology; and General Services.  
Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator  
Clerk-Recorder-Assessor  
Human Resources  
Auditor-Controller  
Information Technology  
General Services  
Public Comment  
No requests to speak.  
Functional Group | Health and Human Services  
HEARING TIME: 10:04 AM - 10:19 AM (15 MIN.)  
Received and filed staff presentations regarding Departmental Budgets, as  
follows: County Health; First 5 Santa Barbara County; Social Services;  
Behavioral Wellness; and Child Support Services.  
County Health  
First 5 Santa Barbara County  
Social Services  
Behavioral Wellness  
Child Support Services  
Public Comment  
Re: Functional Group - Health & Human Services:  
Leo V. Smith addressed the Board  
Functional Group | Community Resources & Public Facilities  
HEARING TIME: 10:19 AM - 10:31 AM (12 MIN.)  
Received and filed staff presentations regarding Departmental Budgets, as  
follows: Public Works; Agriculture, Weights & Measures; Planning &  
Development; and Community Services.  
Public Works  
Agriculture, Weights & Measures  
Planning & Development  
Community Services  
Public Comment  
No requests to speak.  
Functional Group | Policy & Executive  
HEARING TIME: 10:31 AM - 10:33 AM (2 MIN.)  
Received and filed staff presentations regarding Departmental Budgets, as  
follows: County Counsel; Board of Supervisors; County Executive Office and  
General County Programs.  
County Counsel  
Board of Supervisors  
County Executive Office  
General County Programs  
Public Comment  
No requests to speak.  
Departmental Agenda  
Planning Items and Public Hearings  
1)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
25-00519  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended  
Budget Hearings, as follows:  
Acting concurrently as the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara; the Board of  
Directors, Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District; Santa Barbara County Flood Control  
and Water Conservation District; Laguna County Sanitation District; Santa Barbara County Water  
Agency; and other special districts under the supervision and control of the Board of Supervisors:  
a) Receive, consider, and file the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended Budget, which includes  
the County’s General Operating Budget as well as budgets of special districts governed by the  
Board of Supervisors;  
b) Approve final budget adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended Budget;  
c) Approve final budget adjustments allocating $250,000.00 of funding from the General County  
Programs sustainability initiatives set aside to the Community Services Department for work on oil  
and gas regulations;  
d) Approve budget adjustments, if any, to the use of ongoing Cannabis Tax Revenue allocated to  
the Sheriff Cannabis Enforcement Program and the 18% Deferred Maintenance Program, as  
amended during Budget Hearings;  
e) Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Supervisors entitled In the Matter of Adopting the Budget  
for Fiscal Year 2025-2026;  
f) Delegate authority to the Chair to execute single-year renewals of grants and contracts previously  
approved by the Board and included in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended Budget, where  
contract amounts are within 10% of previously contracted amounts;  
g) Receive the draft Salary Resolution, direct any specific changes made during the June 2025  
budget hearings, and adopt that amended Salary Resolution to be effective June 23, 2025, which  
updates job classifications and department position allocations to include positions approved by the  
Board of Supervisors during the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget Hearings;  
h) Adopt position changes previously approved by the County Executive Officer during Fiscal Year  
2024-2025 under Board Resolution 99-486; and  
i) Determine pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section  
15378(b)[4] that the above fiscal activities are not a project subject to CEQA.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
A motion was made by Supervisor Hartmann, seconded by Supervisor Capps, that  
this matter be acted on as follows:  
Acting concurrently as the Board of Supervisors; Board of Directors, Fire  
Protection District; Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation  
District; Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District; Board of  
Directors, Water Agency; and other Special Districts under the supervision and  
control of the Board of Supervisors:  
c) Approve a revision to the recommended budget allocating $250,000.00 of  
funding from the General County Programs sustainability initiatives set aside to  
the Community Services Department for work on oil and gas regulations.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Ayes:  
Noes:  
3 - Supervisor Lee, Supervisor Capps, and Supervisor Hartmann  
2 - Supervisor Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino  
A motion was made by Supervisor Nelson, seconded by Supervisor Lee, that this  
matter be acted on as follows:  
Acting concurrently as the Board of Supervisors; Board of Directors, Fire  
Protection District; Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation  
District; Board of Directors, Laguna County Sanitation District; Board of  
Directors, Water Agency; and other Special Districts under the supervision and  
control of the Board of Supervisors:  
a) Received, considered, and filed the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended  
Budget, which includes the County's General Operating Budget as well as  
budgets of Special Districts governed by the Board of Supervisors;  
b) Approved a revision to the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended Budget;  
d) Approve a revision to the Recommended Budget regarding adjustments, if any,  
to the use of ongoing Cannabis Tax Revenue allocated to the Sheriff Cannabis  
Enforcement Program and the 18% Deferred Maintenance Program, as amended  
during Budget Hearings and reflected in Attachment G of the Board Letter;  
e) Adopted;  
RESOLUTION NO. 25-142  
f) Delegated;  
g) Received and adopted;  
RESOLUTION NO. 25-143  
h) Adopted; and  
i) Approved.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Ayes:  
5 - Supervisor Lee, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, Supervisor  
Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino  
2)  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE  
25-00518  
HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Recommended  
Budget for the County of Santa Barbara as Successor Agency to the former County of Santa  
Barbara Redevelopment Agency, as follows:  
a) Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara as the  
Successor Agency to the former County of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency, entitled In the  
Matter of Adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the County of Santa Barbara as  
Successor Agency to the Former County of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency; and  
b) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to  
environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA  
Guidelines Section 15378(b)[4], finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms  
and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.  
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY  
A motion was made by Supervisor Nelson, seconded by Supervisor Lavagnino, that  
this matter be acted on as follows:  
Acting as the Successor Agency to the former County of Santa Barbara  
Redevelopment Agency:  
a) Adopted; and  
RESOLUTION NO. 25-144  
b) Approved.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Ayes:  
5 - Supervisor Lee, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, Supervisor  
Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino  
Adjourned at 1:27 PM  
Adjourned to  
Tuesday June 24, 2025  
County Administration Building  
Board Hearing Room  
105 East Anapamu Street , Fourth Floor  
Santa Barbara  
Challenges  
IF YOU CHALLENGE A DETERMINATION MADE ON A MATTER ON THIS AGENDA IN COURT, YOU  
MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE  
PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT, OR PRIOR TO, THE PUBLIC HEARING.  
Announcements  
The meeting of Tuesday, June 17, 2025 will be telecast live on County of Santa Barbara TV Channel 20  
at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 5:00 PM and on Saturday, June  
21, 2025, at 10:00 AM on CSBTV Channel 20.  
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