Contact Your Elected Officials
Attend and Speak at Local Government Meetings
Write a Letter to Your Local Newspaper
U. S. Government
President: Donald Trump Website: www.whitehouse.gov
U.S. Congress Senate
Senator Kamala Harris Website: http://www.harris.senate.gov
Senator Diane Feinstein Website: www.feinstein.senate.gov
House of Representatives, 24th Congressional District Representative Salud Carbajal Website: http://www.carbajal.house.gov
State of California Government
Governor: Jerry Brown Website: www.gov.ca.gov
State Senate, 19th District State Senator Hanna-Beth Jackson Website: www.sen.ca.gov/jackson
State Assembly, 37th District, Monique Limon Website: http://www.assembly.ca.gov/limon
County of Santa Barbara Government
Santa Barbara County website: www.countyofsb.org
Board of Supervisors
Das Williams, First District 805.568.2186, dwilliams@countyofsb.org
Gregg Hart, Second District 805.568.2191, ghart@countyofsb.org
Joan Hartmann, Third District (Santa Ynez Valley in this district), 805.568.2192. jhartmann@countyofsb.org
Peter Adam, Fourth District, 805.737.7700 peter.adam@countyofsb.org
Steve Lavagnino, Fifth District, 805.346.8400 steve.lavagnino@countyofsb.org
Board of Supervisors meets Tuesdays at 9 a.m. Check County website for location and agenda.
County Administrator
Mona Miyasato
Website: www.countyofsb.org/ceo/
Director of Planning and Development
Glenn Russell
Website: www.sbcountyplanning.org
Director of Long Range Planning,
Dan Klemann, Deputy Director
Website: www.longrange.sbcountyplanning.org/
County Planning Commission meets 3 Wednesdays/month at 9 a.m. Central County Board of Architectural Review (CBAR) normally meets 2nd Friday 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
Holly Sierra, Mayor
Ed Andrisek
Dan Baumann
John Connolly
Foster Reif
City Manager, Marc Bierdzinski
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
Solvang City Council
Mayor: Ryan Toussaint, toussaint.ryan@cityofsolvang.com
Mayor Pro Tem: Robert Clarke, robert.clarke@cityofsolvang.com
Chris Djernaes, chris.djernaes@cityofsolvang.com
Karen Waite, karenw@cityofsolvang.com
City Manager, David Gassaway, effective April 8, 2019
Planning and Community Development Director, Holly Owen
City Council meets 2nd and 4th Mondays, 6:30 p.m. Planning Commission meets 1st Monday, 6:00 p.m. Board of Architectural Review meets 2nd Thursday, 6:00 p.m. Meetings are held at the City offices, Oak and Second 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, Division 1 Representative
Jeff Clay, Division 2 Representative
Kevin Walsh, Division 3 Representative
Michael Burchardi, Division 4 Representative
Brad Joos, 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
It seems like “everyone” reads the Letters to the Editor, so it is a good way for your ideas to get attention. Here is the information you need to write a letter to the newspapers most widely available in the Santy Ynez Valley. We recommend using e-mail to transmit your letter.
- Santa Barbara Independent: 50-250 words, do not say anything about address and phone number. E-mail: letters@independent.com
- Santa Barbara News-Press: no longer than 250 words, no more than 1 every 30 days, writer’s address and telephone number. Must be exclusive to SBNP. E-mail: voices@newspress.com
- Santa Maria Sun: Maximum of 250 words. Include name, address and phone number. E-mail: letters@santamariasun.com
- Santa Maria Times: No longer than 300 words. Must include author’s full name, address and daytime phone number. E-mail: smtletters@santamariatimes.com
- Santa Ynez Valley News: No longer than 250 words. They require full name, address, daytime phone number. Only name and town are published. E-mail: mcooley@leecentralcoastnews.com
Information current as of 1/29/16.
