Anonymous
By Santa Barbara County Public Works
On Monday, October 24, government officials, staff, contractors, and community partners celebrated the completion of the Randall Road Debris Basin in Montecito. This project dates back to the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow when community members expressed support for a new debris basin. The project was approved in August 2020, and construction on the $21.3 million project – the largest debris basin in Montecito, began in May 2021.
Speakers at the event included United States Congressman Salud Carbajal, First District Supervisor Das Williams, California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Manager Salomon Miranda, Public Works Director Scott McGolpin and County Public Works Deputy Director Walter Rubalcava. Director McGolpin thanked staff, the project’s contractor, V. Lopez Jr. and Sons, and the community for working on a project that will improve safety for the residents of Montecito and the traveling public. “Our Public Works team takes pride in this project that will reduce potential flooding and debris flow impacts at Highway 192 and downstream infrastructure and properties.”
As a former County Supervisor and the region’s federal representative, Carbajal said it was a privilege to work with various agencies and the community to improve regional resiliency. “As we approach the fifth anniversary of those events, I am proud to stand with the County’s public servants and first responders to remember those that lost their lives and their livelihoods. By completing projects that will save lives in the face of worsening climate disasters, we honor those affected by the debris flow and help build a more resilient community.”
Williams said, “This is a great accomplishment, but we are not done working on your behalf. We need to always be getting better, both in our infrastructure and fire service. We know we have a long-term generational project between here and the ocean to ensure this community is safer. Through this work, we can ensure that future disasters are less likely to be severe and less likely to have such a terrifying loss of life.
Monday’s event kicked off California Flood Preparedness Week. California Flood Preparedness Week began in 2012 with a single event in Sacramento County and is now in its eleventh year. DWR supports events across the state, working with federal, state, and local agencies to inform Californians about flood risk and preparedness. Miranda highlighted the importance of preparing for potential flooding. “Even though California is entering the fourth year of an extreme drought and conservation is as important as ever, we must remember that flooding can happen at any time, even during drought years.”
With the Randall Road Debris Basin now complete, Rubalcava thanked the community, contractors, and local, state and federal governments that helped see the project to completion. “After the next flood event or wildfire that occurs, the hope is that when the debris comes down that mountain, more of that debris will be captured here, helping to protect the community, the neighborhoods, and the network of roadways down below.”
The project was funded by a FEMA $13.5 million Hazard Mitigation Program Grant and a State $4.5 Community Development Block Grant. For more information on Flood Preparedness Week, visit water.ca.gov. For local resources on flood preparedness, visit https://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/floodprep.
Salud has to zoom for a debate but can show up for a ribbon cutting, representation at its finest. Looks like he cut D’ass hair at the same time
Lots of wealthy potential political donors to schmooze with and promise the world to at the ribbon cutting. Not so at the debate, which was rather pointless anyway with way to many “blue no matter who” voters here. Salud could have zoomed the debate from a strip club while being a chauvinist with the staff and he’d still win.
2:43 – You fools still haven’t figured out how the pandemic works, have you?
Oh, you are so funny!!!!
I realize this is hopeless, given how clue-resistant the antivax crowd is, but:
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/06/scicheck-vaccinated-people-not-more-susceptible-to-covid-19-than-unvaccinated/
VoR: Who is Salud running against? No I’m genuinely asking bc I barely knew he was running against anyone. You can’t run a little league team against pros then complain it’s unfair when you lose. Dear QOP, Try harder and stop running dingbats, get some moderates with business sense.
Salud Is slimy 1 : of, relating to, or resembling slime : viscous also : covered with or yielding slime. 2 : vile, offensive.
How so?
And do you think a conspiracy promoting, election denying, bloviating radio talk show was a better option?
@3:48 Larry Elder ran against your dear leader in a recall election. And this is just my opinion about salud. I think he’s slimy politician like the rest of them. The Lompoc river bed is like thunderdome from mad max. But who cares.
We weren’t discussing the Governor’s election, I was talking about Andy Caldwell, but I guess there are a lot of GOP candidates who fit that description. Since you brought it up, the GOP blew their chances at the CA Governor seat by putting their support behind Elder (the domestic abusing, sexist, ignoramus) instead of a moderate with a shred of sense who could have actually swayed other moderates and Dems, all of who were pissed at Newsom.
Point being, there aren’t good enough candidates on the right to sway independent thinkers.
And you still didn’t answer why Salud is “vile” or “slimy.” Is it because he personally hasn’t fixed the homeless issue in the Lompoc riverbed?
You make Lompoc sound like Omaha Beach on D-Day. But is it as bad as the Milpas Little Caesar’s dumpster after Super Bowl??
It okay to show up to Montecito to cut ribbons. But the Lompoc river bed his district, has people chopped cut stabbed shot rapped theft’s drugs. But yeah it’s in the armpit out of sight out of mind.
Lmao the truck flag types crack me up getting offended on behalf of Lompoc. As if any have been there or give a flying rats behind about what happens there. C’mon man, thats taking the fake outrage to the fantasy level.
When I was a kid I played with Tonka trucks moving dirt around the yard. Little did I know it was a career path to be taken.
Whenever I see these ribbon-cutting occasions, I am struck that the photos are all or mostly of politicians. Don’t they have anything pressing to do? It isn’t a 10 minute break in their day.