December 7th Planning Commission Meeting City of Solvang
Citing negative publicity for the city and potential loss of state and federal aid as a result of last weekâs emergency actions by the Solvang City Council, the newly seated mayor and both newly seated council members Monday quickly put the kibosh on any hint of revolt against state mandates relating to COVID-19.
âI know, myself, Iâm not in favor of the city condoning any type of activity disregarding public health officials,â said Mayor Charlie Uhrig.
At an emergency meeting last week, the council voted unanimously to write a letter to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to seek the creation of a Central Coast region consisting only of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties. The effort was intended to separate the coastal region from the Southern California region identified, and shut down, by the state of California as intensive care units in southern counties became