Welcome to the County of Santa Barbara Commission for Women’s website!

The Commission for Women strives to promote equal status and well-being for women in Santa Barbara County. Our goal as commissioners is to keep women’s issues visible by actively reaching out to agencies and non-profit organizations and to communicate to the Board of Supervisors about women’s issues.   We encourage groups which work with women to use our website as a centralized source of information.

Our commission is made up of energetic and talented women from the five supervisorial districts.   We invite you to attend any of our general meetings and consider applying to serve as a commissioner. Any group which would like to make a presentation to the Commission should contact the EOO office to be added to the agenda.

This year we will focus on the issues of violence against women, to include sexually exploited minors and teen dating violence; women in prison and girls in the Juvenile Justice system; and women veterans’ issues.   We will continue to provide emergency resource information and to recognize groups which assist women, especially those women with the greatest needs. We will continue to work in conjunction with the California Commission on the Status of Women, the Association of California Commissions for Women and the National Association of Commissions for Women

Regards, Marell Brooks, Chair, 2007-2008