Coast land protection drives clash over rezoning
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors rejected appeals from conservation groups seeking to shield coastal lands west of Embarcadero from residential use. With four votes to one, the board deferred action, citing regular channels, while critics argued the move endangers agriculture and public access. The El Capitan Ranch project remains contentious amid prior referendum battles and lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
George H. Clyde
Santa Barbara Audubon Society
Josephine Webster
Julio J. Veyna
Santa Barbara
American Society of Landscape Architects
Embarcadero
Ray Martin
el Capitan Ranch
Martin
Herman Farnum
Goleta
Grant
Clyde
Lompoc
Herbert Diverbiss
Tepusquet
Curtis Tunnell
Francis Beattie
County civil service proposal faces opposition in ballot
The Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assn opposes adopting a county employes civil service merit system in the November general election. It calls the plan hastily drawn and a shell that returns patronage, while urging voters to consider the legislative analysis and arguments submitted by county officials.
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Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assa
Sheriff's Assn
Allan S. Ghitterman
Daniel G. Grant
Social workers seek pay raises in county
AFL-CIO Workers Union president Leonard E. Rodgers told the Board of Supervisors that members demand wage boosts from 10 to 1742 percent effective Dec 1. The requests include 10 percent for psychiatric social workers 1242 percent for social workers and practitioners and 17 percent for eligibility workers and welfare aids. Board will study the proposals, noting past turnover and guideline issues.
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Afl-Cio Workers Union
Board of Supervisors
Leonard E. Rodgers
Roders
UCSB Set to Host Annual University Day Open House
About 2,500 guests from Lompoc area and families will visit UCSB on October 17 for a campus open house. Activities start at 9 a.m. with coffee, tours of facilities, and information tables on housing scholarships and admissions. An afternoon program in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall features Chancellor Vernon I. Cheadle and AS President Tom Tosdal.
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Lompoc
University of California
UCSB
Storke Plaza
Spurs
Honebears
Chimes
Lotte Lehmann
Vernon I. Cheadle
Tom Tosdal
CSF
Summer recreation program in Lompoc tops records
The Lompoc Recreation Department reports its best summer program with 56 242 attendees. Ryan Park led with 4 433 total, while the park system totals reach 28 274 across activities from ballet to tennis including dance, outdoor events, and Movie Day. Disneyland trips underperformed with only one of three planned trips completed.
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Lompoc
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Ryan Park
Disneyland
Lompoc sees jump in building activity in September
The September 1969 report from the city Planning and Building department shows building activity surging ahead of last year. A $147,800 First Southern Baptist Church project and a $12,852 single family dwelling boosted the month’s valuation to $176,621, with year to date at $278,422 versus $268,684 a year earlier.
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Lompoc
First Southern Baptist Church
North Third Avenue
County board weighs school drug program plan
County Superintendent Lorenzo Dall Armi reports to the board on a county wide drug education effort. The ad hoc committee seeks funding, a paid director, and a coordinated program with youth outreach and counselor teams, aiming for recommendations in three to four weeks.
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Board of Supervisors
Lorenzo Dall’ Armi
Dall’Armi
Dall’ Armi
County Switches to Bi-Weekly Payroll System
The county will move more than 2,200 employees to a bi weekly payroll starting Feb 1 after unanimous Board of Supervisors approval. Proposed by Paul Floyd, the change aims to provide two pay periods monthly with Feb 25 as the first payday. Employees may opt for mailed checks on Thursdays or bank direct deposits with Security Pacific National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Paul Floyd
County Employes Assn
Zack L Stringer
Social Workers Union
Leonard E. Roders
Richard Temple
County Taxpayers Assn
John Keairns
Sheriff's Relief and Benefit Assn
Floyd
Security-Pacific National Bank
Montreal Diplomat Kidnapping Sparks Crisis
Montreal police halted the search for British diplomat James R Cross to deter kidnappers from panic. The FLQ claimed credit for the abduction and demanded concessions while Prime Minister Trudeau refused negotiations. Cross’s wife urged broadcasters to help ensure his medicine schedule amid the standoff with Ottawa pressing no concessions.
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Montreal
UPI
James R. Cross
Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
Front de Liberation Quebecoie Flq
Quebec
Canada
Trudeau
Mitchell Sharp
Cross
FLQ
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Los Padres National Forest
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Allan Hancock College
Vance Jefferis
Eben Cabot
Ephraim Cabot
Pace
Mental Health Department
Standard Oil
Dick Lawton
Standard Oil Company of
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