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Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor Das Williams — Chipping Starting Soon for Carp-Summerland Fire District, Commissioners Needed, Domestic Violence Awareness Month and More

by Community Contributor • October 17, 2022 • Comments Off

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Current SBC District 1 Commissioner Vacancies:

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Please contact Esme Estrada in my office if you have any questions

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Summerland Community Chipping starting November 7th!

A big thanks to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District for offering free chipping service again, starting November 7^th, 2022. This is a great way to increase the defensible space around your property and your neighbors.

They will be starting the chipping in Summerland, and working East through the District. Residents are free to put piles of brush (non-fibrous, chippable material) in an easily accessible area for our contractor to chip. You can keep the chips if you would like, or we will haul them away. Please specify in your email if you would like to keep the chips. d.fawcett@csfd.net

They will have green waste dumpsters from Marborg that will be marked for residents to place non-chippable items such as agave, century plant, and palm. They will not chip palm, agave, or any other fibrous material. Dumpsters will be in Summerland, Torito road, and Shepard Mesa.

Participation has been great over the past several years and they hope to continue that.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

I would like to thank the Barbareño Band of Chumash Indians Chair Eleanor Fishburn, Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians Vice Chair Matthew Vestuto, and Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians tribal elder Reginald Pagaling for accepting a resolutions Supervisor Hartmann and I co-sponsored proclaiming the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Santa Barbara County. As Elenor said during our meeting today, Native American day for some of us is every day. For my family, it is every day. We must know the stories and share them with younger generations as I do with my daughters about our past and my wife’s ancestral history. We build stronger communities by confronting our inconsistencies and the hypocrisies of our history. One that confronts truth in the past, sees the gap in our aspirations, and past realities, and strives to close that gap so that we can meet the aspirations of what this nation should be.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

This month, Supervisor Hart and I sponsored a resolution declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Santa Barbara County. The County is committed to the safety and well-being of all county employees and residents. We have collaborated with Domestic Violence Solutions to stand against domestic violence by placing posters throughout our County buildings. These posters will help raise awareness of the resources available to break the silence around domestic violence. To help spread awareness, we held a press conference this week with Senator Monique Limón, Supervisor Gregg Hart, and Domestic Violence Solutions. I was happy to hear Senator Limón announce that she will be working with stakeholders to introduce legislation at the State next year to make placing posters that provide domestic violence resources at all workplaces more accessible. Be sure to support Domestic Violence Solutions of Santa Barbara County’s work by stopping at Mission Steet Ice Cream for a treat. Throughout October, if you purchase a single scoop sundae, they will donate 10% of the proceeds to DVS.

For more information, to make a donation, or to learn about upcoming events, please visit https://www.dvsolutions.org .

BEGA GOES SOLAR

I was happy to join in celebrating BEGA’s Flip the Switch event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

This occasion honored BEGA’s investment of more than $4 million in solar energy to provide 95% of campus power, reducing their reliance on traditional sources and reducing their carbon footprint. Their Carpinteria campus will receive over 900kW of power from over 2,000 fully recyclable solar panels installed by HES Solar.

Not only will this make BEGA more sustainable and efficient as a company, but it will also have a positive impact on the Carpinteria Community. BEGA’s use of solar energy will reduce the carbon footprint of the city and will reduce the city’s electrical load, contributing to an overall more stable system; this ensures that rolling brown-outs due to strain on the electrical grid are less likely. Find out more about BEGA’s solar transition, here.