Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Elected Office

102
Reports
14
Jury Terms
57%
Response Rate
7
Overdue

Assigned Findings & Recommendations (102 reports)

Year Report Findings Recs Response
2025-2026 Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management: Is the County Neglecting Emergency Preparedness? 1 1 Responded
2025-2026 What’s Up With the Excessive Overtime? 3 3 Responded
2024-2025 Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury Quiet 6 7 Response Overdue
2024-2025 Cannabis Taxation and Expenditures 5 5 Responded
2024-2025 Do Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara County Create a Public Health Risk? 5 5 Responded
2024-2025 Santa Barbara County South Coast Housing Crisis a Call to Action 3 10 Responded
2024-2025 Preventable Death at the Northern Branch Jail a Death-in-Custody Investigation 3 2 Responded
2024-2025 Is the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Prepared for the Next Epidemic? 6 7 Responded
2024-2025 Another Suicide in Santa Barbara County Jail Inmate's Death Should Have Been Prevented 7 14 Responded
2024-2025 Fatal Head Injury at the Northern Branch Jail a Custody-Related Death Investigation 3 6 Responded
2023-2024 Individuals in Crisis The Right Care at the Right Time 1 2 Responded
2023-2024 Homeless Encampments in Santa Barbara County Becoming Part of the Community Again 7 7 Responded
2023-2024 Deaths in Custody in Santa Barbara County Jails Our County Jails Meet Many Needs 4 4 Responded
2023-2024 Santa Barbara County Coroner Facility and Equipment a Hazardous Environment 4 11 Responded
2023-2024 Civil Grand Jury Compensation 2 0 Responded
2024-2025 Unpermitted Street Food Vendors in Santa Barbara County 4 5 Responded
2023-2024 Unpermitted Street Food Vendors in Santa Barbara County 4 5 Response Pending
2022-2023 A Vicious Cycle Incarceration of the Severely Mentally Ill 3 5 Responded
2022-2023 A Death In Custody – Lessons Learned 5 8 Responded
2022-2023 "every Death in Custody is a Failure" 2 3 Responded
2020-2021 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 6 6 Response Pending
2020-2021 Lompoc Police Department Moving Toward a Safe and Proud Community 1 1 Responded
2020-2021 Suicide in Santa Barbara County Main Jail a Challenge for Law Enforcement and Health Professionals 2 2 Responded
2020-2021 Idle Oil Wells in Santa Barbara County 4 4 Responded
2020-2021 The Keys to Housing the Homeless Two State Programs Offer Rooms and Homes 6 6 Responded
2022-2023 Death on Electronic Monitored Home Release 1 2 Responded
2020-2021 Cybersecurity for Special Districts and County Service Areas in Santa Barbara County 1 1 Responded
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 8 12 Response Pending
2019-2020 Final Report Santa Barbara County Courthouse 8 12 Response Overdue
2020-2021 Pensions in Santa Barbara County Require Vigilance Balancing Promises and Maintaining Services 1 2 Responded
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 8 12 Response Pending
2019-2020 Juveniles in Gangs in Santa Barbara County Has Accountability Been Forgotten? 7 8 Responded
2019-2020 Cannabis 12 19 Responded
2019-2020 Public Alerts for Public Safety Power Shutoffs and Emergencies 6 5 Responded
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Coroner's Bureau Still a Substandard Facility 10 10 Responded
2018-2019 Detention Facilities in Santa Barbara County 6 6 Responded
2019-2020 Jail Diversion in Santa Barbara County Criminal Justice Partners Are Finding Common Ground 6 6 Responded
2019-2020 Homelessness in Santa Barbara County Our Everyday Epidemic 11 14 Responded
2019-2020 Cyber-attacks Threaten Santa Barbara County 8 12 Responded
2018-2019 Final Report Santa Barbara County Courthouse 9 10 Response Overdue
2018-2019 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 6 7 Response Pending
2018-2019 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 10 10 Response Pending
2018-2019 Railway Fatalities in Santa Barbara County 6 7 Responded
2018-2019 Children and Youth in Crisis Weathering the Storms of Mental Disorders 7 10 Responded
2018-2019 Suicide in Custody 1 1 Responded
2017-2018 Internal Controls in the County of Santa Barbara 11 19 Responded
2017-2018 Mandatory Overtime in the Sheriff's Office 5 10 Responded
2016-2017 SEP 1 2 2017 September 5, 2017 Thorovement Distr Herman Honorable Judge James Herman, Presiding Judge Santa Barbara 2 2 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara Police Hiring Filling the Ranks 0 3 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation vs Punishment 1 1 Response Pending
2016-2017 Youth Safety in Santa Maria 2 2 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara Main Jail Finding 4 Funding Availability 4 4 Response Pending
2016-2017 Public Safety Radio Coverage and Medical and Mental Health Care in the Main Jail 2 2 Response Pending
2016-2017 Managing Regional Water Supplies 3 3 Response Pending
2016-2017 Managing Regional Water Supplies Are There Better Solutions? 3 3 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation vs Punishment 0 0 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara Main Jail An Outdated and Inefficient Facility 4 4 Responded
2023-2024 Wellpath Contract Services Provided to Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff's Office 4 11 Responded
2016-2017 Laguna County Sanitation District Prudent Planning 0 0 Response Pending
2016-2017 Youth Safety in Santa Maria Developing a New Strategy 6 6 Responded
2016-2017 Voter Registration in Santa Barbara County a Study of the Facts 0 0 Response Pending
2016-2017 Veterans Stand Down Never Forget 0 0 Response Overdue
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 7 7 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 7 9 Response Pending
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 4 6 Response Pending
2015-2016 Los Prietos Boys Camp Effective, but Underutilized 4 6 Responded
2015-2016 Lake Cachuma Protecting a Valuable Resource 12 15 Responded
2015-2016 Santa Barbara County – Grading Code Where the Dozer Meets the Dirt Poorly Defined and Unevenly Enforced 7 7 Responded
2015-2016 Emergency Operations Center Activation 0 0 Response Pending
2015-2016 Detention Facilities Report 1 1 Responded
2015-2016 City of Santa Barbara Harbor Operations Are Boat Owners' Property Taxes Slipping Away? 2 2 Response Pending
2014-2015 Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Protecting Our Human Infrastructure 0 0 Responded
2014-2015 Elementary School Truancy Elementary School Truancy This is Where it Starts 0 0 Response Pending
2013-2014 Receivei Mar 12 2015 Janet Wolf By: 0 0 Response Pending
2013-2014 Detention Facilities Report 0 1 Response Pending
2013-2014 Northern Branch Jail Operating Cost When They Build It You Will Pay 7 6 Response Pending
2013-2014 Santa Barbara County Take-home Vehicle Use Clarify and Comply 4 4 Responded
2013-2014 Union Valley Parkway Progress with Problems 1 1 Response Pending
2012-2013 Santa Barbara Sheriff-coroner's Bureau Still an Unhealthy Environment 2 3 Response Overdue
2013-2014 Inmates Released During Late-night Hours What are their options? 1 1 Responded
2012-2013 Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office Response to Grand Jury Report 0 1 Response Pending
2012-2013 Financing Low-income Housing 0 0 Response Pending
2012-2013 Taxing Oil Tapping into Santa Barbara County's Natural Wealth 4 1 Responded
2012-2013 Sheriff-coroner's Bureau The Manner of Death—A Final Diagnosis 3 3 Responded
2012-2013 Truancy Prevention—a Class Act Off to a Good Start 0 0 Response Pending
2012-2013 Law Enforcement and Detention Facilities Report 4 1 Responded
2012-2013 Local Efforts to Address Graffiti Preserving Our Magnificent Garden The following Activity Report of the 2012-2013 0 0 Response Pending
2012-2013 2013 Santa Barbara County Grand Jury Final Report 4 1 Response Pending
2012-2013 Annual Property Value Notices Now Available Online Only The following Activity Report, prepared in accordance with the 0 0 Response Pending
2013-2014 What is 2-1-1? 4 4 Responded
2017-2018 Pensions in Santa Barbara County 12 2 Responded
2011-2012 Cares Crisis Residential North Underutilized Mental Health Asset 2 4 Responded
2011-2012 A Failure of Oversight Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation 1 3 Responded
2011-2012 Reducing Truancy Throughout the County a Prudent Investment 5 6 Responded
2011-2012 Detention Facilities Report 0 0 Response Pending
2011-2012 Requiem for Redevelopment The Life and Death of Redevelopment Agencies 8 4 Responded
2011-2012 LOS Prietos Boys Camp and Academy The following constitutes an Activity Report issued by the 2011-12 Santa Barbara 0 0 Response Overdue
2011-2012 Online College Education at Juvenile Justice Center 1 0 Response Overdue
2016-2017 Public Safety Radio Coverage Is Our Safety at Risk? 2 2 Responded
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau 3 4 Response Pending
2012-2013 Truancy Prevention – a Class Act, Off to a Good Start 4 1 Response Pending
2019-2020 Detention Facilities in Santa Barbara 8 12 Response Pending

Also Mentioned In (56 reports)

Year Report Mentions
2025-2026 A Look at the Overtime Issues in the Sheriff’s Office 2
2025-2026 What’s Up With the Excessive Overtime? 2
2023-2024 Lompoc Tourism Improvement District Management 7
2023-2024 Unpermitted Street Food Vendors in Santa Barbara County 1
2020-2021 Das Williams First District, Vice Chair Board of Supervisors Gregg Hart County Administration Building Second District 6
2020-2021 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 41
2020-2021 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 2
2020-2021 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 7
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 11
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 95
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 95
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 95
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 43
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 5
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 12
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 15
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 5
2018-2019 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 1
2018-2019 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 1
2016-2017 Detention Facilities Report 1
2016-2017 Santa Barbara Main Jail Finding 4 Funding Availability 2
2016-2017 Public Safety Radio Coverage and Medical and Mental Health Care in the Main Jail 3
2016-2017 Managing Regional Water Supplies 2
2016-2017 Santa Barbara Police Hiring Filling the Ranks 3
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Juvenile Justice Rehabilitation vs Punishment 3
2016-2017 Youth Safety in Santa Maria 4
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 3
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 6
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 7
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 1
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2016-2017 Santa Barbara County Courthouse 19
2012-2013 2012-2013 Santa Barbara County 13
2012-2013 Observations and Analysis 3
2012-2013 Eugene Bucciarelli Santa Barbara 13
2012-2013 Taxing OIL Tapping into Santa Barbara County’s Natural Wealth 1
2012-2013 Michael Desmond Santa Barbara 13
2012-2013 Mary Frink Santa Barbara 13
2020-2021 A Zoning and Permitting Issue in the City of Santa Barbara 8
2019-2020 Juveniles in Gangs in Santa Barbara County 43
2012-2013 Sheriff-Coroner’s Bureau: The Manner of Death – a Final Diagnosis 5
2015-2016 Still an Unhealthy Environment 1
2012-2013 Local Efforts to Address Graffiti: Preserving Our Magnificent Garden 5
2012-2013 Truancy Prevention – a Class Act, Off to a Good Start 2
2020-2021 County Service Areas in Santa Barbara County 7
2012-2013 Financing Low-Income Housing 1
2019-2020 Affordable Housing in Santa Barbara 5
2019-2020 Detention Facilities in Santa Barbara 11
2019-2020 Deaths in Custody 2019 15
2019-2020 City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department 12
2019-2020 Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau 5