Two candidates are running for the vacant District 4 seat in the city of Buellton Tuesday night.The candidates are David King, a former mayor of Buellton and retired CHP officer, and Carla Mead, a former middle school teacher and board member for the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society.

San Luis Obispo County Supervisors have put a pause on an appeal over the demolition of the shuttered Santa Maria oil refinery in Arroyo Grande.

Some Santa Barbara residents lost their battle to stop a 90-unit housing project in the lower eastside of the city.Several residents showed up to the City Council meeting on Tuesday to ask council members to stop the housing project, which is near the corner of Gutierrez and Milpas streets.

SLO County Supervisors has accepted a more than $300,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The funding drew public opposition over the department’s immigration enforcement policies.

The Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to local immigrant organizations in response to recent ICE enforcement activities.Local advocates packed a Special Council Meeting urging lawmakers to support families impacted by raids and educate the immigrant communities on their rights.

A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims at changing how the federal government plans to address homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The order says “endemic vagrancy” and hundreds of thousands of people living on U.S. streets are a threat to public safety.

The City of Carpinteria voted this week to create an ad-hoc committee to advise on the city's response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.Vice Mayor Monica Solorzano and Council Member Julia Mayer will lead the ad hoc committee.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta toured the privately run Adelanto facility days after ICE blocked other members of Congress from making surprise inspection visits.

The City of Goleta passed a resolution urging federal lawmakers to advocate for immigrants who live and work in the city. The move follows recent immigration raids that shook nearby communities on the Central Coast.

Sheriff Bill Brown told the Board of Supervisors earlier this week that overtime expenses were the main reason for its shortfall.