Board of Supervisors — 2026-02-24

Alright, good morning everybody. If we could take our seats. Okay, I will call to order the February 24th, 2026 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Hartmann moves approval. I'll second.

All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Next item of business is the County Executive Office's report. CEO Miyasato.

Thank you, Chair Nelson. Good morning, board members. I just have one quick announcement, and this is regarding OEM, the Small Business Disaster Relief Assistance. So the U.S. Small Business Administration has announced low-interest disaster loans for California small businesses and private nonprofits impacted by the late December 2025 storms. The declaration was issued following a request from the governor's office allowing eligible organizations to apply for economic injury disaster loans to help cover working capital needs.

So we encourage all small businesses and nonprofits to visit ReadySBC.org for more information and application details to see if you can apply for a low interest disaster loan. And that concludes my report.

Thank you, CEO Miyasato. All right, Madam Clerk, are there any changes to today's agenda?

Chair Nelson, members of the board, I do have a couple announcements this morning. An addendum was posted on Friday, February 20th, 2026, adding administrative item number 24 to today's agenda and amending the closed session agenda. Administrative item 24 is from the Sheriff Coroner's Office regarding a memorandum of understanding between the County of Santa Barbara and the Superior Court of Santa Barbara for the provision of court security services, conference with real property negotiators, Thank you all for joining us today.

Individuals who would like to provide a verbal public comment may do so via Zoom by registering in advance via the link available on page 2. If you have any questions, please contact the Clerk of the Board's Office at 805-568-2240. Additionally, for today's hearing, on Departmental Item No. 1 regarding Sidewalk Vending Ordinance and Pilot Program, we are providing simultaneous Spanish interpretation services in the Santa Barbara Hearing Room.

If you are a member of the public and would like to use these services, either to listen to the meeting in Spanish or to have your public comment interpreted, please see the clerk located in the back of the room. Our team will be happy to assist you. That concludes my announcements for this morning.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Next item of business is the Administrative Agenda. Would any board members like to pull any items on the Administrative Agenda? Not seeing any from my colleagues here. Any items being pulled from the public?

Chair Nelson and members of the board, we previously had a request for administrative item number one that has since been withdrawn. We also have requests for A11, A14 through A23. A14 through

A23, is that a single?

That is a single member of the public,

yes. All right. So what we'll go ahead and do is take a motion to approve the balance of the agenda. So that's all administrative agendas, items except items 11 and 14 through 23. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. That member of the public on 14 through 23 will take those all as a single public comment item at that time. Can I get a motion to approve the balance of the agenda?

So moved.

Second. We have a motion from Supervisor Hartmann and a second from Supervisor Lee. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. At this time we'll go ahead and move to our presentation of the resolutions. Madam Clerk, will you please read item A1 into the record.

Chair Nelson, members of the board, administrative item number one is sponsored by Supervisor Lee, Supervisor Capps, Supervisor Hartmann, Supervisor Nelson, and Supervisor Lavagnino. It is to adopt a resolution honoring Court Executive Officer and Jury Commissioner Daryl Eugene Parker upon his retirement from the Santa Barbara County Superior Court after nearly four decades of faithful and dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. Joining us here, we have Tanya Heitman and Daryl Parker. If you'll please join us at the podium, I will read the resolution into the record.

Whereas, Daryl Eugene Parker has devoted nearly four decades of distinguished public service to the California trial courts, culminating in his service as court executive officer, jury commissioner, and has demonstrated unwavering leadership, integrity, and commitment to the fair administration of justice. And whereas, through his exemplary career, Mr. Parker provided steady and effective oversight of court operations, including the successful supervision of the construction of the clerk's office in Santa Maria and the juvenile court. Projects that strengthen the access to justice and improve services for residents of Santa Barbara County. And whereas, Mr. Parker served the judicial branch statewide through his work with the Judicial Council of California, contributing his expertise and sound judgment in multiple roles in helping to shape policy and governance of California's trial courts.

And whereas, after a career defined by dedication, public trust, and lasting impacts on the courts and communities he served, Mr. Parker has earned a well-deserved retirement and looks forward to spending meaningful time with his wife, Jolene, his children, and his new grandson, as well as pursuing a long-anticipated goal of fly fishing along the 500 miles of blue-ribbon trout waters along the Rocky Mountain Fly Highway. Now, therefore, be it hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County does hereby honor and commend Court Executive Officer, Jury Commissioner, Daryl E. Parker, for his distinguished service, outstanding leadership, and lasting contributions to the residents of Santa Barbara County, passed and adopted today.

Assistant CEO Heitman.

Good morning, Chair Nelson and Supervisors. I'm Tanya Heitman, Assistant CEO. Presiding Judge Trisha Kelly isn't able to be here this morning, so she invited me to share some comments. The court is very appreciative for this resolution and your board's acknowledgment of Daryl's service to the courts and the citizens of Santa Barbara County. I'm particularly honored to, I'm particularly glad to honor Daryl today. I've had the pleasure of working with him for much of my career. We've participated on many work groups and helped plan for numerous initiatives and statutory changes over the years.

Probably most notably, Daryl has served on both the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council and Community Corrections Partnership. He often scheduled around our meetings And Times in order to ensure we had a quorum and could conduct our business. Although he also managed to abstain from more votes than all of the other members combined. You have to admit, that may have been one way of avoiding controversy over the Sheriff's budget.

Seriously though, Daryl has been a true professional. He has helped to contribute to the collaborative relationships that our county is known for and has demonstrated a level of engagement that many other counties don't experience with their courts. He's been engaged and committed leader locally as well as at a statewide level. And that's often been demonstrated through his staff whose time he's freed up to engage with county initiatives.

Daryl and I have navigated many challenges together, including significant personnel changes and the pandemic. He has always been a trusted friend and advisor. And as a grandparent myself, I know he's going to love being able to focus more on his family and achieving his fishing goals rather than focusing on balancing the court's budget. Thank you.

Okay, I appreciate that you scheduled an hour and a half for me to speak. No, I want to thank the members of the board for this deeply meaningful resolution and thanks to the partnership of my favorite county executive officer, Mona Miyasato. I'm truly honored and humbled by your recognition of my 38 and a half years of service to the courts and the last 28 years in Santa Barbara County. I appreciate the presence of my peers today and co-workers, and I'm especially grateful to be joined by my wife, who has labored through all of these trials, literally and figuratively.

And most notably, my bad jokes at every event that I have to emcee. Serving as the CEO of the Santa Barbara Superior Court has been a privilege of a lifetime. Throughout these decades, I've had the opportunity to work alongside extraordinary justice partners. Our judges, court staff, the District Attorney John is here, public defender, probation, Tanya and I spent a lot of time together in the office. The Sheriff, I'm happy to see we passed a contract today for the court services after a lot of work.

The community-based organizations and county leadership. And what Tanya noted I think is true. What distinguishes Santa Barbara County is the strength of these partnerships and our shared commitment to the community that we serve. Over the years, we've witnessed remarkable change. We've moved from typewriters, paper files, and manual calendars to sophisticated case management systems. Most of the time, it works.

Digital displays, remote hearings, and electronic filings that has expanded transparency and public access to justice. At the same time, the nature of the challenges facing our community has evolved. Issues involving mental health, substance use, housing instability, and family instability require not only legal solutions but collaboration, compassion, and innovation.

Together, we've worked to develop problem-solving approaches that begin to address the root causes of those social woes while upholding the rule of law. The Court does not stand apart from the community. It stands within it. Every improvement we've made has been possible because of the trust and partnership between the Court, the County, and the people we serve.

I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to have contributed to that work, and I thank you for this recognition and your continued partnership in the court community. Thank you very much.

Daryl, just on behalf of the board, I guess I'll let Sue Resser-Lee jump in here first.

Thank you. So when you do go fly fishing, can you send us pictures of the fish you catch? I look forward to it. Thank you.

And again, Daryl, on behalf of the entire board and as your supervisor, as one of my favorite constituents, thank you for your service to our county. We know it's been a lot of work and a lot of effort, but you know, your collaboration and your skill has been a great benefit to the people that you've served. So thank you. All right, Madam Clerk, if we can go ahead and I think we're gonna move on to departmental item number, or sorry, administrative item number 11.

Chair Nelson and members of the board, excuse me, administrative item number 11 is from the Human Resources Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding position transfers to the Human Resources Department.

All right, we have a member of the public that pulled that item.

And we'll begin with our one and only speaker, Karen Hallenstein.

All right Karen, this is item

A11. Karen Hallenstein from North County. All the political glad-handing around here. This item Exemplifies something that we don't want happening in our county. Why are you switching people from the County Executive Office to other departments? To preserve the individuals. Why is that happening? Oh, because Mona's stacked her county executive office with a bunch of liberal progressive operatives who have been ensuring that the nonprofits, NGOs, and even governmental departments continue to wash money to liberal and progressive operatives in our community.

It's all happening right in front of us. We see that. That's the reason why Santa Barbara County took part in the billions and billions of dollars of fraud and waste that happened in California with the homeless funding debacle. And our executive office controls every single thing our county does. And I know because of my personal experience with the lovely Dennis Bozanich, who was a great political operative who actually got ousted because he's also a criminal.

And we want to cover for him because we cover for all of our liberal and progressive friends. Right, Mona? You're being called out for what you actually do, board, because the board approves what's been happening. Yeah. And we don't like it because you waste our money. And then you don't allow Lompoc to have reasonable housing that's owned by citizens and individuals. You want to turn our Lompoc Valley into something that looks like a dystopian, like, catch-all Pen for people with mental illnesses. Is that what we want to do? Make sure that everybody's living in these single apartments.

Yeah, so the county just closed escrow on buying a piece of property on the corner of Burton Mesa Boulevard and Rucker Road. It's supposed to be a secret, but it's not. That isn't the way we do business. We do business out in the open. We're supposed to anyway. Unless of course we have everything all wrapped up and we think we're going to get away with it.

Thank you Karen. So can I get a motion to approve item A or does, I've seen any of my colleagues have any additional comments on that item. Can I get a motion to approve item A11?

I move staff recommendation.

Second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. We now have items that was pulled in a list there. Get back to that here for a moment. Items A14 through 23. Madam Clerk will you read all those items in the record and do we have one public commenter for all those?

That is correct Chair Nelson.

Okay.

Administrative item number 14 is from the Public Works Department, Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District. It is to consider recommendations regarding the Public Works Director's Report on Emergency Response Actions from Impacts on Flooding and Storms and Continuation of Emergency Actions for the Transportation Division and Conclude Emergency Actions for the Flood Control District.

Administrative item number 15 is from the Public Works Department, Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District. It is to consider recommendations regarding Lower Mission Creek Flood Control Project Reach 4. Administrative item number 16 is from the Public Works Department, Board of Directors, Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Board of Directors, Water Agency. It is to consider recommendations regarding resolutions adopting records retention policies.

A-17 is from the Public Works Department, Board of Directors, Water Agency. It is to consider recommendations regarding Cuyama Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency appointments. Administrative item number 18 is from the Public Works Department, Board of Directors, Water Agency. It is to consider recommendations regarding the San Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin Eastern Management Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency request for extension of loan repayment terms and waiver of interest.

Administrative item number 19 is from the Public Works Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding certification of total miles in the county maintained road system. Administrative item number 20 is from the Public Works Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding Measure A five-year program of projects for fiscal years 26 through 27, 26-27 through 30-31.

Administrative item 21 is from the Treasurer Tax Collector Public Administrator. It is to consider recommendations regarding the Treasurer's Investment Pool Report for the quarter ended December 31st, 2025. Administrative item number 22 is to approve, is sponsored by Supervisor Nelson, it is to approve the reappointment of James Hassell of Behavioral Wellness Commission, term ending January 1st, 2029.

Administrative item number 23 is from the Public Works Department. It is a hearing to consider recommendations regarding an ordinance amending Chapter 15A of the Santa Barbara County Code relating to floodplain management. And as previously read into the record, administrative item number 24 is from the Sheriff Coroner's Office regarding a memorandum of understanding between the County of Santa Barbara and the Superior Court of Santa Barbara for provisions of court security services.

Just a point of clarification, was it A14-23 or A24?

Oh, forgive me. Yes, it was A14-23, so not administrative item number 24. My

understanding is that we have one speaker on all those items. That's Mr. Strong. That is correct. Okay, Mr. Strong, I'm going to give you up to five minutes for these items, but you need to stay on topic and address the items that have been polled as part of your public comment.

Rennie Strong. Rennie, we can hear you, please proceed.

Okay, thank you. So public works, this is regarding that, correct everybody? It's

one of the items that you pulled,

yes. Okay, so this is Rennie Dean Strong and basically We need to get up to par and up to speed on what's going on with the water. We need to know about primarywater.org. Look it up, please. You also need to know, again, I've spoken many times about the water and what is being generated, what kind of water and climate water is being geoengineered in our skies by our Air Force and our National Guard bases.

Thank you, Vandenberg. My father was in the Air Force. So, we understand about Operation Popeye, Project Popeye, weather modification. And it's also our own military and the DARPA program creating the water instead of what trees do. That's what leaves do, leaves of the trees. They send out a disbursement agent that actually brings in the moisture. And that's why we do not need to have these programs. So, you need to cease and desist.

These programs immediately. So this is for General Peter Pace via Lynn LeGue, who lived there in Santa Barbara, from Lompoc. So these are some things that we need to let sink in. We need to also know that if we plant Like Permaculture Design, like I did with Soil Harmonics and Soil Life Services up in Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, where I'm currently at and why I can't be with you guys right now.

But we were about growing local food. We were about planting so natural clouds could come in and not be geoengineered by our military complex. We need to be speaking up about all these corrupt aspects of this water. Again, looking up primarywater.org. And when you plant ecosystems, and we need to be doing that with the land that we have of the government, that's ours, taking back our local community and what we do with the land. And so, yeah, with the water that we can actually have, we can actually slow down and sink in on swales and plant ecosystems. So your water's being filtered, moisture's coming in naturally, and we have everything cleared up.

But when you don't want people, when you do not want to actually admit because the TV didn't tell you. So, and these people that are just players playing their part, actors, they want to push these technocratic Depopulation Agenda with the COVID-1984. There's some public works and these institutions need to go down and the players that are playing them because we need to commandeer this ship, folks.

And I hope you really hear me. So Uncle Steve Stabley, Chief of Police of California, head of Department of Justice, my mom's brother-in-law, my mom's a paralegal for John Yamani retired, Levitt, Yamani, and Soldner on Oahu. And again, it helps bring attention to all these crimes against humanity of our weather, of our lives, and people don't want to acknowledge it.

So we need to acknowledge it. That's why we have a First Amendment and why we have forefathers that care for us, to put that. But when we're brainwashed, MKUltra, like my father two years past, sadly, You know, he wasn't in the need to know, but MKUltra, there's blockage, so you can't break through. Anyway, yeah, I think I need to be the next governor or mayor or overseer. We need some new things until we can remove all these individuals that are running our world, our system. And again, get back to the basics. We don't need to keep going, going, going. So James Corbett, CorbettReport.com, thank you. Whitney Webb, again, pedophiles, all that stuff. Yeah, I'm on topic. On topic is covering everything that's related to all of us. So the water, the 70% water in our body, we're on a water planet.

And all the lies that we've been told about water. Yeah, reach out to me. I'm on Stop Geoengineering California Facebook page and the 805 Santa Barbara County Crimes Against Humanity and also San Luis Obispo County. Thank you,

Mr. Strong. That is your time.

Crimes Against Humanity.

All right, back to the board on those items. I see my colleagues have comments to make on those items. I would take a motion on items A14 through A23 for approval.

So moved.

Second. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. That concludes our administrative agenda. At this time, we will move on to general public comment. This is the time for members of the public to speak on items that are not on the agenda. Madam Clerk, are there any requests to speak on general public comment today?

Yes, Chair Nelson, members of the board, we have seven requests to speak. We will begin here with Kayla Peterson to be followed by Reverend Sarah Thomas.

Okay, before you get started with Kayla, public comment will be three minutes with the exception of Ms. Hauenstein who I've allotted five minutes because she deferred a previous public comment earlier in the meeting to general public comment. So thank you Ms. Hauenstein for that consideration and I'll go ahead and start with the first item, Ms. Peterson.

Chair Nelson, members of the board, members of the public, my name is Kayla Peterson-Vorster, and I work for Kingdom Causes, Inc., known as KCI, in Santa Barbara County. I'm our team's local program director, and I've been doing community-based work for over six years, working collaboratively first on the issue of homelessness, with some of you on the board, and then subsequently on anti-human trafficking efforts.

I've been on several teams tackling these complex challenges through collective impact, and I'm grateful for the multiple sectors working in our community to make systemic and ground-level change for the most vulnerable in our community in the ways that many of you have been working on these issues for a long time. As you know, commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth, abbreviated as CSECI, impacts youth across Santa Barbara County every day. This, of course, is not often in plain sight.

It is in grooming and exploitation of children and youth seeking love, purpose, and belonging, as well as basic needs, and is no less violent or egregious because of its hidden nature. CSEC is interconnected with so many other crises in our community, including homelessness and housing insecurity, domestic and intimate partner violence, and immigration enforcement.

When a person or family faces the vulnerability of one of these things and its impact on their work, education, family unit, or neighborhood, they are that much more vulnerable to exploitation. KCI is working with about 30 different individuals representing nearly as many agencies to create a three-year action plan to combat CSEC in Santa Barbara City specifically, recognizing that a system of care must be developed in a local region to shore up existing resources and illuminate potential gaps in services.

We are in the process of reviewing the innovative ideas generated by dozens of team members representing government, nonprofit, business, education, and faith community sectors, and will have a plan solidified by May or June of this year with deliverables, timelines, and project teams. For more consistent partnerships with schools and educators, to creative avenues for engaging families in the business community, we're looking forward to the ways that this action plan will demonstrate impact in the lives of children, youth, and families in Santa Barbara County City. You may be wondering, how does this plan impact me?

And as we implement the plan over the next three years, we will be collecting data and building a trajectory for replication across Santa Barbara County. in partnership with local agencies in each region. We will look to partner with you as we seek to make this a county-wide reality. We've been invited by Supervisor Lee to share briefly in an upcoming meeting for a short presentation and we look forward to our next steps and being able to share a little bit more about the work that we're doing in the community and would like to do in partnership with you. So thank you for your work across the county.

Thank you, Ms. Peterson.

We will now go to Reverend Sarah Thomas to be followed by

Kesa Mosley. Good morning, Chair Nelson and members of the Board. It is an honor to speak with you this morning. My name is Reverend Sarah Thomas and I serve as the Associate Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church just a few blocks away. And I'm here this morning because my faith community has decided to support what you just heard from Ms. Peterson, the Kingdom Causes Three-Year Action Plan to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth. In this city with the long range plan of making this countywide.

The church where I serve cares a lot about protecting the most vulnerable. It opens its doors as a warming center and provides several meal ministries to the unhoused. It offers rides to undocumented people and supports many organizations in town. My eyes have recently been more opened to this urgent issue in our city and county, one that is, as Kayla said, invisible, and therefore in great need of your support in educating the public and in amplifying the urgency.

I am particularly concerned about how the current political climate is making children and teens from undocumented families much more vulnerable to sexual exploitation because there is a lack of trust between families and public officials. I hope you will continue to support all services that protect and care for people at high risk, no matter what their immigration status.

I hope you will also consider working with Kingdom Causes to host awareness events in your jurisdictions. I can't think of anything more important than protecting our county's children and youth. And I'm really excited about KCI's action plan because it is something we can do and accomplish and involve systemic change, which is so rewarding. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Reverend Thomas.

Kisa Mosley to be followed by Catherine Hanna.

Good morning Board of Supervisors for Santa Barbara County. My name is Kisa Mosley and I attend Westmont College and I am a part of the fellowship cohort with Kingdom Causes working to end child sexual exploitation of youth in Santa Barbara City. I also serve as the Equity and Diversity Manager of Westmont Student Government, working to amplify and advocate for the voices that do not typically have a seat at the table. While my work with kingdom causes is different, some of the principles are the same.

Advocacy, awareness, and prevention are vital to both of these roles. It grieves my spirit to know that there are youth in our city being viewed as an object and exploited because of factors they have no control over. Youth should be cherished, protected, and valued, and are the pillar of life in the community and the larger Santa Barbara City. We live in a broken, fallen, and sinful world, but we don't have to disengage when things are hard. In fact, this should be our signal to lean in and use the gifts that we have been given to help love others. Board of Supervisors, please use your gifts, voice, and impact to partner with Kingdom Causes and other organizations such as NOAA's Anchorage to End the Child Sexual Exploitation of Youth in Santa Barbara City.

Thank you for your time and attention. I am hopeful that when we make room for those who have been hurt or are hurting, the world gets that much brighter. Be a part of the light, speak up, and take action. Thank you.

Catherine Hanna to be followed by Adan Kiss, the comedian.

Hi, good morning. I'm Catherine Hanna. I'm a junior at Westmont College, also part of the KCI Fellowship Program. This past summer, I had the opportunity with working at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office, and this is where my eyes were opened to the sexual exploitation of individuals, specifically children. This is also during my time there that I realized we face the same issues in Santa Barbara County that San Francisco is facing, that LA County is facing.

And so I've been drawn to also partner with KCI this semester in putting together this three-year action plan. I also have had personal close relationship and an experience with an individual who has had online sexual exploitation at an early age. This has also been a big part of my story in shaping why I care about this advocacy. During my first two months here with KCI, I've already learned so much as we've dug into systems change and what that practically looks like in a tangible way within our county.

Through my experience, I've learned that our county is three times more likely to fall into sexual, a child is three times more likely to fall into sexual exploitation than our state average of 4%. A total of 12.9% of kids in our public schools are experiencing homelessness, placing them at even greater risks for sexual exploitation. And currently, 3 out of 10 children in system care are showing signs of exploitation in our county.

Yesterday, we had the privilege to meet with Aaliyah Azarez, who she herself was in Ventura County, a system, and she experienced exploitation. She shared with us where we are identifying most of our CSECI children at a point where it is already too late. They have already been by probation or their parole officers are identifying these cases. And so our shift is to work more towards early intervention and Thank you so much for your time this morning. If you would like to stay more informed, you've already heard some of the ways you can. You are also welcome to join our monthly meetings as we kind of Work together on an action plan. It's going to be about an hour of your time every month. You're welcome to join. Let us know. Thank you.

Yeah,

thank you.

I just wanted to comment and thank you all to our speakers for being here. Thank you, Chair Nelson. Just thank you for being here, but more importantly, thank you for this work. And in particular, you know, our faith community stands up in so many important ways in Santa Barbara County, people of all different faiths. But on this issue, you really have and you really shone a light. And in particular, students from Westmont, I've just been so impressed by how you've taken hold of this issue of human trafficking and working with kingdom causes. I've been to your events, and we certainly need to do more. I know that Supervisor Hartmann has asked for, I think, an update from our public, from our district attorney, who has also been on this issue.

So thanks for being here today. We're listening very much. Thanks.

Thank you, Supervisor Capps.

We will now move to Adan Kiss, the comedian, to be followed by Karen Hauenstein.

I love everybody. Steve, thank you for your generosity. Thank you for your donation, sir. Mr. Steve was kind enough to donate to my mom's GoFundMe. I haven't seen her. She's in Africa for 20 years. Kiss the comedian. Ms. Laura Capps, I heard you're a very generous woman and you come from a good family. If you want to match Mr. Steve, gofundme.com, kiss the comedian. Thank you guys for everything you do.

Good morning, Supervisors Roy Lee, Laura Capps, Joan Hartmann, Bob Nelson, and of course, my favorite Italian man, Steve Lavagnino. My name is Adan. Some of you guys know me as Kiss the Comedian, but I'm not here as a comedian today, but a victim and a citizen. I was a client at Step Down Program Sober Living Housing here in Santa Barbara, which is owned by non-profit Good Samaritan Shelter, funded by the county taxpayers' money, federal taxpayer money, and donors.

I was wrongfully kicked out after being cursed out and threatened by non-profit Good Samaritan staff members, Ryan and John Denina. I was called every name in the book, a monkey, the N-word, African Trump supporter, and the Good Samaritan staff treating me like a deaf Hitler in genocide in Brooklyn. And they say we don't want our staff to be exposed because I posted a video on YouTube and they say you're homeless. You'll be replaced by five o'clock today by another homeless bomb and Senkai will pay us $5,000.

So I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart, do not let Good Samaritan non-profit get away with this and open an investigation. Key members of staff include Joshua Rodriguez, program manager, Donna Flores, director of the program, Ted Johnson, operations manager, If you don't believe me, ask my lawyer, Russell Brown, at RBX Law, downtown Santa Barbara. He's representing a lot of homeless people unhoused against non-profit Good Samaritan. He gets a lot of complaints about the staff and how unprofessional they are. The video audio is available on my YouTube channel, Kiss the Comedian.

And this morning on my way here, I was served with From Good Samaritan's Lawyer, I was served with a threat or a trespassing. And I guess they don't like me making comments at the board meetings. So now they're trying to shut me up. So I guess, you know, me being here is a threat to them. So I'm asking you guys to please open an investigation. They don't like when you speak up, and that's why I'm speaking up.

Nonprofit Good Samaritan. And now they won't even let me stay at the warmer shelters. And so it's just too, you know, too powerful and they think they're invisible and they can do whatever they want. So I'm begging you to open an investigation against nonprofit Good Samaritan. And Steve, thank you for your generosity. You guys are amazing. I love all of you. Thank you.

Thank you, Don.

Karen Hallenstein to be followed by our final speaker, Renny Strong via Zoom.

And as previously mentioned, I gave Ms. Hauenstein a couple extra minutes here. So, please.

Thank you. Thank you, Board Chair and Board members. Karen Hauenstein from North County. Yes, somebody needs to investigate legitimately the billing, the Medicare billing and the unauthorized billing that's going on with Good Samaritan just because Good Samaritan is headed by A very well-liked liberal progressive person does not mean that she should be protected from being accountable.

Just like the state of California with all our homeless money that didn't go to help homeless here in Santa Barbara County either. My general comment today is in remembrance of my neighbor, Armando Isabel Perez. My neighbor, Armando Isabel Perez, was a victim of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court system, specifically Judge Staffel, when Judge Staffel was manipulated by some dirty attorneys into issuing a conservatorship against my neighbor, Armando. And let me tell you about Armando. Armando was a quiet man.

He was a loner. He wasn't married. He didn't have any children. But I got to know him very well because he lived right next to me for 30 years. And Mondo had narcolepsy, so he would fall asleep driving his car on our private road. And we would find him sleeping in his car on the side of the road, and at first we thought he was drunk. But Armando never drank, and he never took drugs.

We got to be very close friends to him, basically because he was a loner. And we watched in horror As when he became older in his 80s, his late 80s, some of his distant family members who weren't happy for not getting any of his Chumash money. See, Armando was more Chumash than anybody who exists today. He was like over two thirds Chumash blood because he had Chumash on both his mother and father's side.

In fact, I found out what Armando did for the tribe personally. Armando is one of the elders of the Chumash tribe who stood up and demanded that the Chumash tribe in San Yanez not accept the contracts. of the casino bosses from Vegas that wanted to come in. He said, no, we need to remain autonomous. We need to control our own assets. And he was the outlier and the reason why they're independent today.

But unfortunately, because he was a loner, his distant family members who weren't happy getting none of the money Because they kept on coming and asking him every year. And he would complain about it when they left. When he got dementia, they attacked him. And they enacted a conservatorship with the help of some dirty attorneys, namely an attorney named Jason Dominguez, Christy Michelon-Vazquez.

Those two attorneys knowingly framed a narrative with the court And they stole the last three years of his life. My father, my mother, and I attended him during that time. We watched in horror as he cried because he was a prisoner in his own home, couldn't spend his own money, but had to watch the money he had, $6 million of it, go to pay People he didn't know.

And that is a situation of corruption, but also one that everyone should be aware of. Armando Isabel Perez, case number 21PR00508. Again, that's case number 21 PR00508. Spirit doesn't die. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Hauenstein.

We will now move to our final speaker, Rennie Strong. Rennie?

Fellow supervisors and human beings, constituents of the 805, This is Renny Dean Strong, born February 15th, 1971, the day after Valentine's Day. I am the son of Richard Lee Strong, two times Vietnam vet, recipient of Agent Orange by our government, and the violent that He raised myself and my two younger brothers in Glendora, California, West Covina by the Santa Barbara or Santa Barbara Mayor, actually, is where I was born in Covina there. But back on topic here, my father passed away two years ago.

And me being his first born, raised with PTSD and it's not past, it's present, it's always. So, you know, forgive some of my tactics or ways of how I come across. And I can stay on topic, but I've chosen to do things a certain way, just winging it, because people don't care enough to actually stop all the corruption. So my dad passed two years ago, not having a connection with his son because of his MKUltra brainwashed of this government that everybody has acquired, and the media and all that, and finding out truths. So yes, I'm a conspiracy theorist, a conspiracy realist, because I like to investigate. I like to look up things. I don't just trust what others tell me.

So I, again, I do this And I'm as a father and a grandfather that I don't get to be with my kids because of being ousted by everybody when I talked about COVID-1984, about the masking up, the eugenics and technocracy pushed AI in our bodies and the depopulation agendas. So, yeah, I'm a little pissed, you know, to say the least, but I have belief in us, we the people.

Again, just want to say about my mom too, Johnny Lou, Perl Slawoski, paralegal to John Yamani on Oahu. She too, you know, someone they're supposed to investigate, paralegals, the top law firm, she was the right hand superwoman. And I don't have a conversation, I don't have a connection with her either. So this, We need to stop all these agendas that are going on. We need to take back in our lives and quit bowing down to these people that do not look for your best interest.

Thank you, Mr. Strong. That is your time. All right. That concludes general public comment. I believe now we'll go to departmental item number one. We don't need to take a break, right? We're still good. All right, so Madam Clerk, will you please read departmental item number one of the record?

Chair Nelson and members of the board, departmental item number one is from the County Executive Office, County Health Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding sidewalk vending ordinance and pilot program and I will now invite our interpretation team to make a brief announcement. Good morning, I'm Mr. Jonathan Segal and I'm the Director of the Trustee Group. This

item will be provided for the We have a translator in the back. We have the one providing the

wireless earphones, and you can hear the whole item simultaneously in Spanish.

Thank you. All right, I believe we have Mr. Seifert. Sorry, Mr. Horton, will you go ahead and kick us off?

Good morning, Mr. Chair and Board. Wade Horton with the CEO's Office. I'm joined with Laura Seifert with County Public Health, and I'd like to thank Jason for helping us push the slides this morning as well. I'd like to acknowledge Jessie Steele with the CEO's Office for leading this effort. She couldn't be here today due to unanticipated circumstances, so I'll be presenting on her behalf.