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By Santa Barbara Newsroom
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Sunday, June 03 2007 |
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has entered the brave new world of “video on demand.”
People interested in watching the board’s meetings – live or archived -- can now do so on their home computers.
The County on Monday announced the new feature, which provides the general public 24-hour access to the televised meetings at www.countyofsb.org.
Archiving the meetings on the Web site will eliminate the need for people to order – and wait for – copies of meetings, said Terri Maus-Nisich, assistant county executive officer.
“We all lead busy lives and now the public will have 24/7/365 access to any meeting that is streamed on our website,” she said in a statement.
The May meetings have been archived and are accessible.
The County teamed up with San Francisco-based Granicus Inc., a high-tech company that specializes in helping local governments like Santa Barbara County to bring video streaming technology to the public. The company provides the service to more than 250 government agencies nationwide, including 100 in California.
The County eventually plans to make the video streaming service available for all County public meetings that are broadcast via the County’s government access cable television station, CSBTV Ch. 20.
In addition to watching the entire audio/video record of the meeting, the public can watch selective parts of the meeting by a specific agenda items. An enhanced feature of the webcasting service allows users to browse a drop-down menu that includes index points and agenda items that are linked to the audio/video stream.
The service works best with a high-speed Internet connection common to most service providers today and Windows Media Player is required to view the videos. A link to download the free media player is available on the County web site. |
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By Tom Schultz
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Friday, June 01 2007 |
A proposed five-year contract for law enforcement services between Goleta and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department would cost the city more than $5 million annually and give it more say in public safety operations, officials say.
In the next fiscal year, Goleta would spend $5.63 million to keep residents safe, according to the draft agreement, which was released Thursday.
After months of closed-door negotiations between City Hall and Sheriff's Department brass, the public and the City Council will have their first crack Monday night at commenting on the proposed deal. The contract would start July 1 and expire in 2012.
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By Melissa Evans
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Wednesday, May 30 2007 |
Santa Barbara today will officially kick off a major planning effort to revise and update its blueprint for growth and development.
The so-called “Plan Santa Barbara” update will likely take up to two years, a process that will begin this month with public workshops, work sessions and community meetings. All cities are required by the state to adopt 20-year “general plans,” which provide a general guide for future growth, including sometimes contentious rules about design, building setbacks, height and the size of buildings on city lots -- all issues that have caused rancor over the years in Santa Barbara. |
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By Tom Schultz
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Tuesday, May 29 2007 |
Looking ahead toward the next two financial cycles, Goleta officials face a raft of potentially tricky decisions as they work to keep the city's operating budgets in the black.
Goleta has maintained a balanced budget since its 2002 incorporation, and council members during a recent workshop did not appear ready to let that record of success slip away in the coming weeks, as they work to finalize spending plans for the next two fiscal years before June 30. |
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By Tom Schultz
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Friday, May 25 2007 |
The former Santa Barbara County public defender in a lawsuit accused Santa Barbara County CEO Mike Brown of discriminatory, harassing and retaliatory behavior that included yelling, screaming, swearing and spitting — allegations that drew a strong response Thursday from a county spokesman and county Supervisor Brooks Firestone.
James Egar described in a lawsuit a series of confrontations occurring between January 2000, when Egar began to serve as public defender, and July 14 of last year, when he says he was "constructively terminated" after unsuccessfully pushing for better working conditions for himself and his employees.
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