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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: Joseph Biden  Website: www.whitehouse.gov

U.S. Congress

Senator Alex Padilla  Website:  www.padilla.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: Gavin Newsom, (916) 445-2841
State Senate,   Monique Limon  www.sen.ca.gov/limon
State Assembly, Steve Bennett  www.assembly.ca.gov/bennett

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

Bob Nelson, Fourth District, bob.nelson@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
Lisa Plowman
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.  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, hollys@cityofbuellton.com

Ed Andrisek, eda@cityofbuellton.com

David King, davek@cityofbuellton.com

Elysia Lewis, elysia@cityofbuellton.com

John Sanchez, ajs@cityofbuellton.com

City Manager, Scott Wolfe, scott@cityofbuellton.com

Planning Director, Andrea Keefer, andrea@cityofbuellton.com

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:  Charlie Uhrig,  Charlie.Uhrig@cityofsolvang.com

Mayor Pro-Tem: Claudia Orona, Claudia.Orona@cityofsolvang.com

Mark Infanti, Mark.Infanti@cityofsolvang.com

Robert Clarke, robert.clarke@cityofsolvang.com

Jim Thomas, Jim.Thomas@cityofsolvang.com

City Manager, Xenia Bradford  xeniab@cityofsolvang.com

Planning and Community Development Director, Vacant

City Council meets 2nd and 4th Mondays, 6:30 p.m.  Planning Commission meets 1st Monday, 6:00 p.m.  Design Review Committee 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.  Agenda Center

Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District No. 1
Website:  www.syrwd.org

Board of Trustees   

Jeff Hozer, Division 1 Representative
Jeff Clay, Division 2 Representative
Lori Parker, Division 3 Representative
Michael Burchardi, Division 4 Representative
Brad Joos, Trustee at Large
General Manager, Paeter Garcia

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.

Los Olivos Community Services District

PO Box 345, Los Olivos CA 93441, 805-500-4098

Board of Directors

Tom Fayram, President

Lisa Palmer

Julie Kennedy

Mike Arme

Brian O’Neill

Santa Ynez Community Services District

1070 Faraday St., Santa Ynez, CA 93460, PO Box 667, Santa Ynez, CA 93460, 805-688-3008

General Manager, José Acosta

Board of Directors

Karen Jones, President

Bob D’Ambra

Bradlee Van Pelt

Frank Redfern

David Beard

Write a Letter to the Editoremail

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.

  1.  Santa Barbara Independent: 50-250 words, do not say anything about address and phone number.  E-mail: letters@independent.com
  2.  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
  3.  Santa Maria Sun:  Maximum of 250 words.  Include name, address and phone number.  E-mail: letters@santamariasun.com
  4.  Santa Maria Times:  No longer than 300 words.  Must include author’s full name, address and daytime phone number.  E-mail: smtletters@santamariatimes.com
  5.  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 2/15/2021

 

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