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Bringing Early Education into the Great Outdoors
By Steven Libowitz   |   May 26, 2026

First 5 Santa Barbara County was established in 1999 after California voters passed Proposition 10, a state constitutional amendment that imposed a 50-cent sales tax on tobacco products and directed those revenues to support early childhood development. Governed by the First 5 Santa Barbara County Children and Families Commission appointed by the Board of Supervisors […]