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• SBCC Students Enter the New School Year With Many Options to Meet the Job Market (keyt.com) — New and returning Santa Barbara City College students are starting the year with expanded support, from robust tutoring and the Promise Program's free tuition to a new NeoQuad app that maps classes and clubs across campus. SBCC leaders say these tools, along with flexible programs for adults, are designed to help students adapt to a shifting job market and explore multiple career paths.
• Santa Barbara ends Flock camera contract, considers replacement surveillance system (keyt.com) — Santa Barbara has ended its contract with Flock Safety license plate cameras over privacy concerns and is weighing a new system from Verkada that would keep data in a city-controlled, closed network. City councilmembers, local advocates, and police supporters are debating how to balance public safety with fears of mass surveillance as the council prepares to vote on the proposed $63,000 replacement system.
• 'I'm a systems thinker': Santa Barbara County CEO Jana Petersen stepping into top spot - Santa Barbara News-Press (newspress.com) — Santa Barbara County's new CEO, Jana Petersen, is stepping into a $1.66 billion operation facing tight budgets, service cuts, and political tensions with the Sheriff's Office. She brings criminal justice reform experience from Boulder County and emphasizes collaborative, data-informed decision-making. Local supervisors say her leadership will be key as the county navigates funding shortfalls and changing community expectations.
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