County backs $5 weekly methadone fee plan
County Administrative Officer Raymond D Johnson supports a minimum $5 weekly fee for methadone patients in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria clinics. The program serves over 100 addicts and runs a $9 000 deficit, with other counties charging $7 to $35 weekly. Critics cite affordability and funding fairness.
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Raymond D. Johnson
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Norbert McNamara
Johnson
California
Retirement Assn. election slate for county board seats
Four candidates filed for two three year terms on the County Employees Retirement Assn. board with the annual election set for Jan. 18. Incumbent William Cook seeks reelection against Virginia Bass in the regular members race. Safety members candidates are Acting County Fire Chief Fletcher Common and Peter Zanella, with the second place vote getter becoming alternate. Filing closes Jan. 4 at 5 p.m.
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County Employees’ Retirement Assn
William Cook
Virginia Bass
Santa Barbara General Hospital
Bass
County Employees Assn
Cook
Fletcher Common
Peter Zanella
Merlin McCune
Sheriff's Department
Howard Menzel
Soil erosion costs California taxpayers says expert
Soil Conservationist Bob Long of Lompoc cites the 1967 Conservation Needs Inventory showing California loses over 50 million tons of topsoil yearly from 11 million acres of cropland. He notes 4.6 tons per acre and stream sedimentation, reduced reservoir capacity, and rising costs to taxpayers.
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US Department of Agriculture
California
Bob Long
Lompoc
Long
Santa Barbara to Close City Jail by February 1
Sheriff John W. Carpenter and Santa Barbara police officials confirmed plans to close the city jail starting February 1 and move city prisoners to the new county jail in Goleta Valley. They said cities are exiting the jail business and County facilities will need expansion.
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Santa Barbara
Carpenter
Congress extends deadline for county water plan approval
HUD in Los Angeles grants extension until June 30 for certification of the county General Plan water and sewer elements. Samuel Clawson of the County Cities Area Planning Council says the delay removal aids federal grants for Goleta County Water District and the water treatment project. The environmental impact statement decision by HUD remains under review in Los Angeles.
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Congress
Samuel Clawson
County Cities Area Planning Council
U.S Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Los Angeles
Goleta County
County planning panel to hear new citizen input on water sewer plan
The County Cities Area Planning Council will hold a February session in Santa Barbara to consider only new citizen input on the water sewer element of the General Plan. HUD has acknowledged input but urges further discussion. Goleta District seeks 1.5 million dollars in federal aid for a water treatment facility amid local opposition.
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County Cities Area Planning Council
Dan Firth
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Firth
County Planning Commission
Goleta County
HUD
Los Angeles
County Supervisors Act On Planning, Litigation And Projects
The Board continued a public hearing to January 24 on revised General Plan amendments and referred an oil containment barrier test off Pt Conception to county counsel. It set a January 17 hearing on six agricultural preserves and reiterated opposition to offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel. Actions include claims against the county by Sheriff’s Captain Honey and bikeway advocate Albright, authorization of an utilization review plan at Santa Barbara General Hospital, approval of a $36 634 remodeling bid for the County Honor Farm, and termination of the Carpinteria building inspection joint powers agreement.
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Board of Supervisors
Pt. Conception
U.S. Coast Guard
Standard Oil Co
California
Ventura County
Santa Barbara Channel
Planning Commission
Carpinteria Valley
Santa Ynez Valley
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Joel B. Honey
Robert G. Albright
Albright
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara General Hospital
Goleta Valley
JW. Bailey Construction Co
County Honor Farm
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