Remarks by Bob Nelson
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“Yeah, thank you, Supervisor Lavinino. I would just say that, you know, these assets are county wide assets. And I think it's, you know, some of these historic inequities that have taken place in our county, you know, it's great that we're starting to try to make up for that and that, you know, this is a good first step in those directions. So we appreciate that. I know, Surazza Kappa, I just saw your light there.”
“Wanted to add just one other comment was don't forget the junior high bands. That's a big thing in the North County as well, and that's the feeder program to our high school program. So if we don't catch them in junior high, sometimes they won't participate in high school. So I don't know if there's a way for you guys to work them into that process, but I know that that's a very active program in the Northern Santa Barbara Counties, our junior high band programs. And so especially junior hires, they're always looking for a way to belong.”
“And, you know, I think that's one of those populations that's often underserved, is their junior hires. So just keep that in mind as you guys future development of the programs. Supervisor Caps?”
“Alright. Thank you, Supervisor Caps. Alright. I think we just want to”
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“Can I Mr? Resley, do want to make a motion here?”
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“Opposed? Motion passed unanimously. Thank you.”
“right. We got one more. I know there's some of you guys public commenters that want to get to public comment, and we'll get there here in a moment. But Madam Clerk, we read the last administrative item that's been pulled, item 46, and it's been pulled by supervisor Capps.”
“Good morning, Supervisor Caps, Chair Nelson, members of the board. Thank you for having us. We do want to be clear that on the twenty third, the sheriff will be present.”
“And he is not only going to provide the board and the community what he's legally required to provide, but also is going to offer a little additional information on how us as an organization are working to conform to Senate Bill 54. So we will have that additional information for you, and we look forward to seeing this team on the twenty third. All right. Thank you, Under Sheriff. And as Chair, Survivor Cavs brought this up to me this morning.”
“I'm open to trying to find a way to accommodate as many people as possible in this public and transparent process that is both required by law, but also I think something we all want to do as part of our values on this Board. So I'll be amenable to finding an appropriate time to set a hearing for. Okay. All right. So let's go ahead and take a motion to set the hearing for the what's that date there?”
“All right. We've a motion for Supervisor Caps.”
“A second by Supervisor Hartman. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye.”
“Opposed? Motion passes unanimously. All right. So that's the conclusion of our administrative agenda. We're going to, at this time, move on to general public comment.”
“General public comment is for items that are not on today's agenda. I know that we have many of our employees that are here today that want to speak to some of the issues that we're dealing with our budget, so we want to hear from you. And so Madam Clerk, how many general public commenters do we have at this time?”
“All right. And I think we've been there was a request made that we try to keep it to two minutes if possible. But we will try to show some grace there too. I know many of you are passionate about this topic and want to make sure that we hear from you. And so I think we'll go ahead and start with public comment.”
“Madam Clerk, I think we heard that we wanted to maybe start in Santa Barbara today? Okay. Go ahead We'll go ahead and close general public comment this time.”
“Thank you. I just want to make an announcement to those that are here in the room or in the public. I know there's going be a lot of things that you guys agree with and maybe even things that the Board agree with. We prefer that you guys do the kind of the jazz hands for applause. That way we see what your that your affirmative affirmative approval, but at the same time, we kinda keep things in order and keep things moving along instead of having a a a period of time of clapping and also just helps balance out the public comments.”
“So, Madam Clerk, can go to item number two.”
“Francisco, that that is your time. Thank you.”
“Doctor. Sebastian. Thank you, Sebastian. Sorry about that.”
“Alright. Thank you, madam clerk. And I just wanna thank our county employees and advocates. Please know that we hear you and that we are taking these issues very seriously as we move forward over the next weeks and months. Thank you.”
“All right. We'll go ahead and take a short break, and then we'll be coming back from Department Item Number one. All right. Welcome back, everybody, to the 05/12/2026 meeting of Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in Santa Maria. We have completed our general public comment as well as our administrative items, and we'll start off with Department Item Number one.”
“Madam Clerk, will you please read that into the record?”