Jump-starting the race, political consultant Laura Capps says she plans to announce her candidacy for an open school board seat today.
Capps, the 43-year-old daughter of retiring Rep. Lois Capps, told the Independent she will declare her candidacy during the public comment period of tonight’s board meeting, and also in a two-minute, biographical online video to be posted earlier.
“I’m a Santa Barbara kid,” she said. “As my (four-year-old) son starts kindergarten in the fall, I want to strengthen our schools for his generation and beyond.”