Coastal Commission Nomination

Santa Barbara First District Supervisor Das Williams has been nominated by the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors to be the South Central Coast region representative on the California Coastal Commission.

Williams represents the Bates Beach part of the county.

The Coastal Commission aims to protect and enhance California’s coast and is made up of 12 voting members and three non-voting members. Six of the voting members are public members, and the other six are local elected officials who come from specific coastal districts. The Governor makes the final selection from those that are nominated by the supervisors, the governor, state committee on rules, or the Speaker of the Assembly will appoint a commissioner.

Meanwhile we are asking our members to send letter of support for Williams to Governor Gavin Newsome with copies to the Supervisor and to us. Suggested tect and talking points have been emailed to all of our members.

We expect to hear his decision by mid-April.