Projects and Priorities

Constituent Services

Supervisor Joseph Centeno is firmly dedicated to making constituency services a top priority of his administration. The hallmark of constituency services is that every person seeking assistance from the 5th district supervisors’ office will be treated with the utmost of respect, dignity and compassion. All constituency concerns will be responded to, and acted upon, as is humanly possible.

Projects and Priorities
Property Rights: Place emphasis on right of property owners to disallow unwarranted invasion of basic rights. 

Farmers: Support farmers and agribusiness as a major economic engine to our community by working closely with them on important issues (weekly meetings to discuss agenda items which impact agriculture).

Environment: Attempts to find viable and equitable solutions to the California Tiger Salamander controversy.

Public: Concentrate priorities on critical issues of our constituency.
Work with stakeholders on issues relating to affordable housing and job creation.
Provide the essential services—consistent with needs and revenues (public safety, roads, human services, flood control, etc.)
Ensure that recipients of Prop 10 funding receive their commensurate share of funding.

Rural Activity: At a minimum, meeting on a quarterly basis with constituents in Cuyama & Venticopa.

County Staff Functions:
Focus on policy, procedures, communications and paper flow to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
Work with other Members of the Board to make county government more accessible and user friendly.
Work closely with county staff on issues relating to health services.

Collaborate with all local agencies and farmers to develop a Master Plan for the greater Santa Maria Valley:
Identify all prime agricultural lands and designate those lands as “no-growth” for urban land use.
Identify all non-prime and /or marginally prime agricultural lands for potential residential, commercial and /or industrial land use.
Develop consensus for a sound water management policy of the Santa Maria Valley water basin.
Develop a footprint for future growth of the City of Santa Maria by working closely with the City of Santa Maria elected and appointed officials.
Work toward consensus on the governance of the greater urbanized area of Orcutt by exploring incorporation and annexation options.