Supervisor Joan Hartmann expressed concern over the design and whether it would meet the needs of inmates.

The county’s supervisors voted unanimously to monitor for proposed ICE detention centers, and discussed how to block them from being created in unincorporated areas.

A bill involving payments from PG&E to local governments and agencies has been amended to draw from a new funding source.

If the overlay zone is enacted, a mobile home park would need approval from the city to change its senior-living status.

If the bill is enacted, the payments made by PG&E to communities near the Diablo Canyon Power Plant would now only be renewed for two years, instead of five.

A public comment deadline is approaching for a proposed U.S. Postal Service rule that would change how mail-in ballots are handled in federal elections even as the proposal faces new legal uncertainty.

“If there's an opportunity for people who have committed serious crimes in the past to be transferred to ICE custody, I think it's the appropriate thing to do,” Sheriff Bill Brown said.

How many people go from Santa Barbara County’s jails into ICE custody? The answer is controversial.

Federal immigration agents are now limited in how and where they access property owned by San Luis Obispo County. The policy is unlikely to impact ICE operations at the county’s jail.

District Attorney Dan Dow had wanted to carve out funding in next year’s budget for five new staff members, including one dedicated to elder abuse.