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SUPERVISORS MINT NEW 'VICTIMS' FOR PROFIT: UNHEARD-OF TAXPAYER GRANTS FOR IMAGINARY WOES!

Santa Barbara County's finest bureaucrats are at it again, cooking up half-a-million dollars in grants for 'unserved/underserved' victims, proving once more that no demographic is too niche for their

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9/10/2026 · Inspired by “Consider recommendations regarding the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Unserved/Underserved Victim Advocacy and Outreach (UV) Program Grant, as follows: a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the District Attorney or their designee to submit an application, and if awarded, execute the Grant Subaward Award Agreement, which includes the Grant Subaward Assurances, Program Standard Assurance Addendum, Standard Certification of Compliance, and Application Signatures Form, to accept anticipated funding with the Cal OES Unserved/Underserved Victim Advocacy and Outreach (UV) Program for the award period of January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027, up to a maximum grant award amount of $196,906.00, subject to the approval and concurrence of Risk Management, Auditor Controller, and County Counsel; b) Approve and authorize the District Attorney, or designee, to execute any future amendments to extend the term of the Grant Subaward Agreement through June 30, 2028, or to increase the grant award in an amount not to exceed an additional $50,000.00, with the concurrence of Risk Management, County Counsel, and Auditor-Controller; and c) Determine that the above recommended actions are not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because they consist of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.” via SB County Board of Supervisors

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SUPERVISORS MINT NEW 'VICTIMS' FOR PROFIT: UNHEARD-OF TAXPAYER GRANTS FOR IMAGINARY WOES!Follow the Money
SB County Board of Supervisors · The Whipping Post · NO.610 · PANEL 2/6 · SB-4YB

Your perpetually generous Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors recently convened to discuss what can only be described as a masterpiece of modern bureaucratic absurdity: a resolution to apply for a cool $196,906.00, with an option for another fifty grand, in state funding for 'Unserved/Underserved Victim Advocacy and Outreach.' Yes, you read that right. In 2026, with a booming economy under President Trump and violent crime plummeting nationwide, our local leftists are scrambling to invent new categories of 'victims' to justify their ever-expanding, taxpayer-funded dole.

One can only marvel at the sheer chutzpah of claiming a program that funnels money into 'advocacy and outreach' for these ethereal 'unserved/underserved' individuals somehow doesn't warrant an environmental review. What, precisely, are they advocating for? That the air is too clean? That our pristine beaches aren't 'diverse' enough? Perhaps they're worried the sheer weight of government paperwork will create a localized micro-climate of misery, thus requiring an 'unserved' victim advocate to decry the oppression of the paperclip.

The real story, of course, isn't about victims. It's about a well-worn playbook: identify an abstract problem, apply for state or federal grants, create new county positions, and then — *poof* — another half-million dollars vanishes into the black hole of public sector 'services.' It's a never-ending cycle, fueled by Sacramento's bottomless appetite for virtue-signaling and our local supervisors' eager hands ready to catch the cash. Who benefits? Certainly not the taxpayer. But rest assured, a new cohort of well-meaning but utterly superfluous 'advocates' will soon be drawing a county salary, while the actual issues facing our community, like rampant petty crime and the ever-rising cost of living, remain conveniently 'unserved.'

Perhaps The Whipping Post should apply for a grant to advocate for the 'Unserved/Underserved Taxpayer' — though we suspect our application would be promptly filed under 'too sensible for Santa Barbara County.'

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