On Leadership, Transparency, and Decision-Making in Santa Barbara

Dear Mayor Rowse and City Council Members,

I’m writing this letter to you all to ask a fundamental question: Who is actually leading this city — and when will you, our elected officials, make some of the important decisions this community needs?

I’ve watched as major policy decisions increasingly bypass the public process that we rely on for accountability. But beyond transparency issues, we seem to have a leadership vacuum. Critical decisions keep getting delayed, delegated, or made behind closed doors…

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