We Deserve Safety in Santa Barbara County - Fund the Jail

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Joan Hartman, Santa Barbara County District 3 Supervisor, made the motion to reduce the county jail capacity in the recent May budget workshops.

Supervisor Hartman's motion is contrary to the advice of Sheriff Bill Brown, the police chiefs of Lompoc, Santa Maria, Guadalupe and the head of the Deputy Sheriff's Association.

What does Hartman know about crime that law enforcement does not?

Supervisor Hartman's motion is to proceed with a plan that will result in a capacity of 728 inmates (of note, there were 771 jailed at the time of the May meeting).

Sheriff Bill Brown's guidance, given the expected increase in population as evidenced by the county's own housing initiatives, is to increase the jail capacity to 928. Nearly 90 percent of people in county jail, Brown told the supervisors, had been charged with felonies.

Proceeding with a plan that will limit the capacity of our county jails to 728 down from the requested 958 that Brown and the police chiefs recommend will make our communities less safe.

Send Joan Hartman and the other soft on crime Supervisors --Das Williams, and Laura Capps a message today.

We deserve safety in Santa Barbara County!
Fund the county jail proposal submitted by Sheriff Brown.

Spread the word!

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