Senate backs bills blocking mental health facility closures without vote
In Sacramento a trio of measures from Assemblymen Burton Vasconcellos advanced in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to require legislative approval before closing state hospitals for the mentally ill or retarded. Burton called the administration proposal terrifying to citizens statewide.
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San Francisco
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Zoning violator John Hohlbauch jailed for junkyard
Santa Barbara County authorities intensified a zoning crackdown sending John Hohlbauch of Montecito to 60 days in county jail for maintaining a junkyard in a residential area. Other violators include Edward Fleming of Goleta Valley facing additional penalties and Ernest Haeckel of San Marcos Road recently released after a 30 day sentence.
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Montecito
Edward Fleming
Goleta Valley
Ernest Haeckel
San Marcos Rd
Haeckel
Santa Barbara City College
Board of Supervisors
District Attorney's Office
Hohlbacch
Sheffield Dr
Frank Kearney
Kearney
Hohlbach
Court asked to unseal Grand Jury transcript in McAlpine case
District Attorney David D. Minier's office seeks a State Supreme Court order to disclose the full Grand Jury transcript in the McAlpine libel suit. The move targets Oct. 3 and Oct. 24 proceedings and a 1972 interim report, both previously sealed by Judge Floyd Dodson.
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David D. Minier
Lawrence McAlpine
McAlpine
Robert W. Schafer
High
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State Supreme Court
District Attorney's
Superior Court
Dodson
Charles S. Stevens Jr
High Court
Ventura County
Oxnard
Milner
John W. Carpenter
Goleta
Carpenter
Milier
Pat McKinley
Lawrence Gillespie
John Quinn
Santa Barbara
KIST
Does
Third rabid bat found in SB City
The Santa Barbara City limits report a third rabid bat as county health officials confirm a laboratory test on Wednesday. Two teen boys aged 12 and 15 had handled the bat near Cambria Place and Hope Ranch Park before the danger was realized.
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Health Department
Cambria Place
Hope Ranch Park
Farm Bureau calls for county wide agriculture study
The County Farm Bureau urges the Board of Supervisors to immediately initiate a county wide study on the potential of agriculture. Albert Giorgi cites changes in local agriculture and asks the County Water Agency to pause State Water Project bond decisions until facts from the study are available. The group also seeks more time on the SWP phase two decision.
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Board of Supervisors
Farm Bureau
Albert Giorgi
Giorgi
Bureau
County Water Agency
State Department of Water Resources
Property taxes rise as budgets grow despite relief plan
The piece argues that state tax relief through a 1700 exemption is offset by higher local subsidies and rising property values. Local governments reduce rates but expand budgets, leading to higher tax bills overall. School districts, enrollment declines, and higher salaries are cited as drivers. The piece questions Reagan’s tax limit and urges citizen oversight of spending.
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Reagan
Valley zoning hearing sparks clash over acreage zoning plans
Lompoc area residents debate zoning for Mesa Oaks and surrounding districts. Howells pushes for one acre estate zoning near Mission Hills, while critics cite community surveys. Advisory committee notes 5 acre agricultural zoning for 237 acres south of La Purisima, opposed by Ad Hoc Committee favoring 40 acre parcels.
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Onstott Estates
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Orville Howells
Commission
Mission Hills
Harley Craig
Howells
la Purisima Mission
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