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The County is looking at a way to reduce costs. But the sheriff's office says the issue is that they don't have enough deputies, which forces large amounts of overtime.

The county is exploring ways to close a multi-million-dollar budget gap projected over the next five years.

County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato said she will step down in July, after more than 12 years of service as the county's top non-elected official.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors voted to start action to reject the transfer of county permits for the facilities.

Proposal calls for asking voters to hike transient occupancy tax from 12% to 14% in unincorporated parts of county. Tourism groups oppose it.

With county revenue projected to slow, plan for upcoming fiscal year calls for using some reserve funds to maintain the status quo

The deal also calls for the UC system to pay Santa Barbara County $3.7 million, and Goleta $2.3 million

County officials say current dump will be full by 2026, so they had to act now or face trucking garbage out of county.

Leaders say county on solid ground financially, despite pandemic; No service cuts planned

Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, certain people have claimed that it's nothing more than a version of the flu, and that the lockdown…