County of Santa Barbara  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  
First District - Das Williams, Chair  
Second District - Laura Capps  
Third District - Joan Hartmann  
Fourth District - Bob Nelson  
Fifth District - Steve Lavagnino, Vice Chair  
Mona Miyasato, County Executive Officer  
Action Summary  
Wednesday, July 19, 2023  
10:30 AM  
SPECIAL MEETING  
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.  
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the Board of Supervisors are available on the internet at: www.countyofsb.org.  
10:30 A.M. ..... Convened to Regular Session  
Supervisor Hartmann participated from the following remote location:  
Veteran's Memorial Building  
100 East Locust Avenue  
Lompoc, CA 93436  
Supervisor Nelson participated from the following remote location:  
Work-Collective  
2900 NW Clearwater Drive, Suite 100-200  
Bend, Oregon 97703  
Roll Call  
Present:  
Absent:  
4 - Supervisor Williams, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, and  
Supervisor Nelson  
1 - Supervisor Lavagnino  
Pledge of Allegiance  
County Executive Officer's Report  
23-00001  
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.  
Administrative Agenda  
All matters listed hereunder constitute a consent agenda, and will be acted upon by a single roll call  
vote of the Board. Matters listed on the Administrative Agenda will be read only on the request of a  
member of the Board or the public, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Administrative  
Agenda and considered as a separate item.  
A-1)  
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT  
23-00742  
Consider recommendations regarding the 2023 Homekey Program Application, First District, as  
follows:  
a) Approve a no-interest loan to The Turner Foundation - Since 1958 (The Turner Foundation) in  
the amount of $90,000.00 from the First District, 990 Fund 0001 (Loan) for use as an earnest  
money deposit for the acquisition of that certain real property located at 2011 Oak Avenue, Santa  
Barbara, CA 93101 (Project) using Round 3 Homekey Program grant funding from the State of  
California Department of Housing and Community Development (Homekey Funding), which Loan  
is to be memorialized, and subject to terms and conditions set forth, in a Promissory Note  
(Promissory Note), and subject to immediate repayment in the event that (i) The Turner  
Foundation’s application for such Homekey Funding is not granted by the State of California  
Department of Housing and Community Development, or (ii) The Turner Foundation fails to duly  
execute and record, as appropriate, loan documents approved by the Board of Supervisors  
memorializing a loan by the County to The Turner Foundation of Homekey matching funds,  
including a loan agreement, promissory note, deed of trust, and regulatory agreement (Homekey  
Matching Loan Documents) within 30 days of The Turner Foundation’s application for such  
Homekey Funding being granted by the State of California Department of Housing and Community  
Development, and which Homekey Matching Loan Documents include the Loan as amended to be  
subject to the terms and conditions of such Homekey Matching Loan Documents;  
b) Find that the foregoing recommended action constitutes the financing or assisting in the financing  
of the acquisition of real property to be owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation to carry  
out a program deemed by the Board of Supervisors to be necessary to meet the social needs of the  
population of the County pursuant to Government Code Section 26227; and  
c) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.4, finding that the  
proposed Project is to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing  
homelessness, and that the Project satisfies the requirements described more fully in Section  
50675.1.4.  
Alternatively, that the Board of Supervisors:  
d) Approve a no-interest loan to The Turner Foundation - Since 1958 (The Turner Foundation) in  
the amount of $90,000.00 from the First District, 990 Fund 0001 (Loan) for use as an earnest  
money deposit for the acquisition of that certain real property located at 2011 Oak Avenue, Santa  
Barbara, CA 93101 (Project) using Round 3 Homekey Program grant funding from the State of  
California Department of Housing and Community Development (Homekey Funding), which Loan  
is to be memorialized, and subject to terms and conditions set forth, in a loan agreement and  
promissory note in forms approved by each of the Community Services Director, County Counsel,  
County Risk Management, and the County Auditor-Controller (Loan Documents). This Loan is  
subject to immediate repayment in the event that (i) The Turner Foundation’s application for such  
Homekey Funding is not granted by the State of California Department of Housing and Community  
Development, or (ii) The Turner Foundation fails to duly execute such Loan Documents by August  
18, 2023, and (iii) authorize the Community Services Director to execute such Loan Documents;  
e) Find that the foregoing recommended action constitutes the financing or assisting in the financing  
of the acquisition of real property to be owned and operated by a nonprofit corporation to carry  
out a program deemed by the Board of Supervisors to be necessary to meet the social needs of the  
population of the County pursuant to Government Code Section 26227; and  
f) Determine that the recommended actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 50675.1.4, finding that the  
proposed Project is to provide housing for individuals and families who are experiencing  
homelessness, and that the Project satisfies the requirements described more fully in Section  
50675.1.4.  
A motion was made by Supervisor Capps, seconded by Supervisor Hartmann, that  
this matter be acted on as follows:  
a) through c) Approved as revised at the Tuesday, July 19, 2023 Board of  
Supervisors meeting to strike the following language at the end of recommended  
action a), as follows:  
"and which Homekey Matching Loan Documents include the Loan as amended to  
be subject to the terms and conditions of such Homekey Matching Loan  
Documents."  
d) through f) No action taken.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Supervisor Williams, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, and  
Supervisor Nelson  
Ayes:  
1 - Supervisor Lavagnino  
Absent:  
23-00002  
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) (23-00002)  
WHEN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL ATTACKS  
AND OTHER DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ARE NOT APPROPRIATE.  
No requests to speak.  
Adjourned at 10:40 AM  
Adjourned to  
Tuesday, August 22, 2023  
Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building  
Board Hearing Room  
511 East Lakeside Parkway  
Santa Maria  
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 Wednesday, July 19, 2023 will be telecast live on County of Santa Barbara TV Channel  
20 at 9:00 AM, and will be rebroadcast on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at 5:00 PM on CSBTV Channel 20.  
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