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Second District Supervisor Gregg Hart asked if there was a better deal if the Board chose not to adopt the contract extension, to which Stokes said it wouldn’t be possible to execute an additional amendment.
“Holding onto the possibility that we might somehow get a better deal from the DWR at this point I think is impossible,” Stokes said.
First District Supervisor Das Williams questioned whether it would save the water districts money.
“I still think this is chess, it ain’t checkers. It’s very complex, arcane stuff and it’s difficult to see into the future on which route is riskier than the other,” he said. “I have a lot of heartburn about this amendment. It is hard for me though to argue that if the districts themselves are certain that it’s going to save money and are willing to take that risk.”
Housing and Development Newsletter
Regional leaders hope the state will lump Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties into one region to avoid severe restrictions now in place, such as halting outside dining and closing salons. Those restrictions returned last week as the broader Southern California region experiences a larger outbreak affecting hospitals. It’s critically important, right now especially, that everyone cooperate together to reduce the spread of the virus and keep our cases and hospitalizations as low as possible,” Hart said. “All of the businesses in our county depend on everyone working together, and I’m hopeful that the city of Solvang will be a productive, cooperative partner in our joint effort to work with the governor and create a new path for us to exit sooner than would be the base.”