Remarks by Joan Hartmann
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“Yeah, I would say about OASIS that, I don't know if planning and development are here, but the county, when that was largely in my district, we were. OASIS was never in your district. Part of it was, yeah, before it moved. when it was the trailer. Yes, it was. Anyway, that's not the issue. The issue is that the county invested a lot to wind it through a permit process.”
“I guess I would go in a slightly different direction. I do think precedent is important. I do think we don't want to be deluged, and it's always been pretty cut and dried. But this case doesn't fit that, and I think we can distinguish it from other cases. This is a small working farm. They got caught in the Ag Enterprise Ordinance development in that gap. and they have documented quantifiable public benefits. And so what I'd like to see is if we come back with ways to think about this, just documenting the benefits that they have provided and seeing what those are worth. I mean, they're…”
“Yeah, the date would be okay. I just wonder, could we merge Supervisor Lavagnino in my approaches?”
“I just had a question for you. So if we know a young person, could you tell us the age range for which people are eligible and how they would access your services?”
“And what kind of information do you give when you first Minimal.”
“And then how long till the person hears back?”
“And then does it deal with things I mean, serious things like schizophrenia and serious depression, and then help guide people?”
“Well, you. Those are extraordinary opportunities for people who really need it. Thank you.”
“I just wanted to raise one other issue of the impact of resolutions. Sometimes for public works, when we pass the resolution, then that gives them an opportunity for allowing flags things on public spaces acknowledge what we're pinpointing as valuable.”
“Thank you very much to all the organizations who brought this forward. I just wanted to emphasize that Santa Barbara County really is a hotspot for biodiversity, and we're in the midst right now of the sixth great extinction, and and it's being caused by human activities. And so we are in a really precious place, not only where north and south meet, but the transverse mountains and the extreme wet and dry means that the species here have adapted to live in very extreme and conditions. And they teach us a lot about how to survive, and there's lots of things we can learn. But we can talk about…”
“Our job is to recognize that we wanna keep a healthy ecosystem. So I was intrigued when I heard that a report on biodiversity would be a good thing. I wonder if the biodiversity working group, if we could work what we're ultimately looking for, we're involved now in our open space element, which is to look at our county and public properties, but then we're leading up into our conservation element. And that's where we will embed principles into policies that are enforceable. So we need to prepare for that, and I think the report would be a good strategy.”
“I wrote my PhD dissertation on the Endangered Species Act. My interest in biodiversity goes back many decades. So I'm here to help, and I'm grateful for all the work that you're doing, because we live in a very precious place, and we're the trustees. Thank you.”
“Thank you. And I would note that in all the advisory committees and things the county has, we don't really have one on biodiversity. So I would welcome whatever input we can get. Thank you. Thank you very much.”
“Everything's been said, by the way. Kids come free to all our concerts. And thank you very much.”
“Thank you. And as you're coming up, I just had a quick question. How maybe you could explain how state law has changed, and then how your review process of different roads throughout the county in light of that law is taking place?”
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“And this property is directly adjacent to mine, so in abundance of caution I will recuse.”
“Well, thank you so much. It's very exciting to see your the bowl is really a jewel in our crown for the entire county, and this outreach is terrific. I did have one question. I think we forwarded to you a letter that we received from Alan Hancock president Kevin Walther about the box office advantage that you don't have to pay the ticket fees, add ons, if you can go to the box office in Santa Barbara. But for people in the Valley or Santa Maria, that's a 90 to a 150 mile round trip.”
“And so I I just wondered if there's some opportunity, not a box office up here, then phone or or something so that that's more widely distributed.”
“And you're, I mean it's not just the individual, but he raised the issue, but you're working on it.”
“And you being up here in person in Santa Maria says a lot.”
“Yes. I had four questions, but first with a preface. The audit twice in a row wasn't just a one off, an anomaly. That's extraordinary. And I do hear that people want to work at the PUF, that there's a camaraderie there, and I think that that's extraordinary.”
“My first question has to do with what is it that makes for a super PUF? I mean, you can build Medi Cal, but what is it in the structure of the services? Okay.”
“Because we have a lot more services there that we offer. Okay, thank you, that helps. My second question, at one point we were looking for a waiver to try to expand the number of beds from the federal government. I think that came with lots of additional requirements. And we now have more flow, as you say, more options.”
“But I just what is do we do we have enough beds at the PUF? Where are we in terms of that waiver discussion?”