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Contact Your Elected Officials 
Attend and Speak at Local Government Meetings
Write a Letter to Your Local Newspaper

U. S. Government

President:  Barack Obama
Website: www.whitehouse.gov

U.S. Congress
Senate
Senator Barbara Boxer
Website:  www.boxer.senate.gov

Senator Diane Feinstein
Website:  www.feinstein.senate.gov

House of Representatives, 24th Congressional District
Representative Elton Gallegly
Website:  www.house.gov/gallegly

State of California Government

Governor:  Arnold Schwarzenegger
Website:  www.gov.ca.gov

State Senate, 19th District
State Senator Tony Strickland
Website:  www.sen.ca.gov/strickland

State Assembly, 35th District
Assemblyman Pedro Nava
Website:  www.assembly.ca.gov/nava

County of Santa Barbara Government

Santa Barbara County website: www.countyofsb.org

Board of Supervisors
Salud Carbajal, First District
Website: www.countyofsb.org/bos/carbajal/

Janet Wolfe, Second District
Website:  www.countyofsb.org/bos/wolf/

Doreen Farr, Third District (Santa Ynez Valley in this district)
Website:  www.countyofsb.org/bos/farr/

Joni Gray, Fourth District
Website: www.countyofsb.org/bos/gray/

Joseph Centeno, Fifth District
Website: www.countyofsb.org/bos/centeno/

Board of Supervisors meets Tuesdays at 9 a.m.   Check County website for location and agenda.

County Administrator
Michael Brown
Website:   www.countyofsb.org/ceo/

Director of Planning and Development
Glenn Russell
Website: www.sbcountyplanning.org

Director of Long Range Planning
Derek Johnson
Website:  longrange.sbcountyplanning.org/

County Planning Commission meets 3 Wednesdays/month at 9 a.m. 
Central County Board of Architectural Review (BAR) normally meets every 3 Fridays at 9 a.m., Solvang Municipal Courtroom, 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang
Check planning website for dates, locations and agendas.

Santa Ynez Valley City Governments

City of Buellton
Website:  www.cityofbuellton.com

City Council

Ed Andrisek
Russ Hicks, Mayor
Dave King
Victoria Pointer
Holly Sierra

City Manager, John Kunkel
Planning Director, Marc Bierdzinski

City Council meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6 p.m.
Planning Commission meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6 p.m., unless cancelled
Both groups meet at 140 W. Hwy 246 behind the post office.
See the City website for agendas and any notices of cancellation.

City of Solvang
Website:  www.cityofsolvang.com

City Council

Jim Richardson, Mayor
Hans Duus
Joan Jamieson
Ken Palmer
Edwin Skytt

City Manager, Brad Vidro
Planning and Community Development Director, Shelley Stahl

City Council meets 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7 p.m.
Planning Commission meets 1st Monday, 7 p.m.
Board of Architectural Review meets  2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Meetings are held at the City offices, Oak and First Street, Solvang

See the City website for agendas and any notices of cancellation.

Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1

Website:  www.syrwd.org

Board of Trustees
Harlan Burchardi, President, Division 1 Representative
Jeffery Clay, Division 2 Representative
Lee Bettencourt, Division 3 Representative
Harry Poor, Division 4 Representative
Matt Loudon, Trustee at Large

General Manager, Chris Dahlstrom

Board of Trustees meets 3rd Tuesday of each month, 5:30 p.m.( Nov. – Mar.) and 6:30 p.m. (April - October).  Meetings are held at the Water District office, 3622 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez.
See website for agendas.

Write a Letter to the Editor

Go to websites for information about requirements for Letters to the Editor and how to send them to the newspapers.

1. Santa Barbara Independent
Website: www.independent.com

2. Santa Barbara News-Press
Website: www.santabarbaranewspress.com

3. Santa Maria Times
Website: www.santamariatimes.com

4. Santa Ynez Valley Journal
Website: www.santaynezvalleyjournal.com

5. Santa Ynez Valley News
Website:  www.syvnews.com