HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Richards Ranch Reorganization Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) File No. 24-08 Tax Exchange Arbitration, as follows: (EST. TIME: 45 MIN.) a) Receive and file a report on the outcome of the advisory arbitration regarding a property tax exchange between the County of Santa Barbara and the City of Santa Maria as required by the proposed Richards Ranch Reorganization Annexation to the City of Santa Maria LAFCO File No. 24-08; b) Reject the property tax exchange offer selected by the contracted arbitrator, based upon certain findings of fact; and c) Find that the proposed actions are administrative activities of the County, which will not result in direct or indirect changes to the environment and therefore are not a “project” as defined for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5). COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE

Committee

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Introduced

March 30, 2026

On agenda

April 7, 2026

Passed

April 7, 2026

Where it was heard

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Apr 7, 2026 Acted on as follows: Pass

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