Whatever the boundaries, Santa Barbara County’s 3rd District is a handful and needs a committed, capable, and exceptional leader. Supervisor Joan Hartmann’s record shows that she has all of these qualities.
She wasted no time meeting the people of the communities new to the 3rd District and finding ways to meet their needs. Partnering with Bay Wa.re, the company that built the Strauss Wind Energy Project, Joan was instrumental in securing free laptops for students in the Future for Lompoc Youth program. Her ability to locate and leverage state funding for the Lompoc Theatre has given this popular project a valuable boost.
She is skilled at bringing people together to resolve issues: facilitating citizen-government partnerships to improve roads, portable restrooms, and sidewalks in Los Olivos and Santa Ynez.