••• “The renaming process for Santa Barbara’s Calle Cesar Chavez and the city-observed holiday César Chávez Day is officially underway.” Here’s why, if you missed it. —Noozhawk
••• From the Santa Barbara News-Press: “The California Values Act, a state law often known as SB 54, was intended to prevent migrants from fearing police. It prohibits local law enforcement from transferring anyone into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents unless the person has already been convicted of a felony or certain serious misdemeanors. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office says that in 2025, it transferred 12 people to ICE under the tenets of SB 54. The Sheriff’s Office says a qualifying inmate is notified about the transfer, and when the time comes, is taken to a secure set of doors known as a ‘sally port,’ where an ICE vehicle is waiting. But dozens more people have been arrested in the lobbies and parking lots of county jails in the past year, including many for whom ICE records do not disclose any conviction, much less a conviction that meets the SB 54 threshold [….] While the official number of transfers for the year was 12, federal data suggests in 2025, ICE arrested more than eight times that number at Santa Barbara County jails.”
••• “The Santa Barbara City Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to pursue limits on rent increases, forming a rental registry and exemptions for certain types of housing and landlords as part of the rent stabilization ordinance. […] City staff will use this direction to draft an ordinance and bring that back for consideration in June.” —Noozhawk
••• “The downtown Santa Barbara Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum location that houses unique exhibits [closed] on Sunday. […] Museum staff will be packing up the artifacts to send to Florida.” —Noozhawk
••• “The independent districts that govern water supply and sewage treatment in Montecito are moving in the direction of consolidation, setting aside a study that appears to undermine the rationale for creating one big agency. The Summerland sewage, or ‘sanitary,’ district is in the mix, too, waiting to see what its neighbors will do.” —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• “Santa Barbara’s Elings Park Has Million-Dollar Opportunity to Renovate Softball Complex [.…] Anonymous Donor Pledges $1 Million for Upgrades If Park Can Raise $200,000 by May 1.” —Independent
••• “Buellton Rejects Plan to Relocate Part of Pea Soup Andersen’s Building Ahead of Demolition [….] The landmark can’t be demolished until officials determine how to address the loss of the historic resource.” This part made me laugh out loud: “Councilman Hudson Hornick said honoring Pea Soup Andersen’s legacy in Buellton was a good idea, but suggested the city could do that in other ways, including a more interactive feature for children.” —Noozhawk
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