New MPC Commissioner 

Also at the SB Board of Supervisors hearing, local realtor and longtime resident Sandy Stahl was appointed to the Montecito Planning Commission, filling the vacancy left by Susan Keller, who was removed from the commission in January after nearly a decade of service. 

Stahl has been a resident of Montecito since 1982, and has been a top-producing realtor for 34 years; her office with Sotheby’s International Realty is in the Upper Village. Her nonprofit work includes organizations such as Childhelp USA, Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, CASA, Montecito Association, Santa Barbara Board of Realtors Nominating Committee, the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation, and others. 

Stahl will join fellow Commissioners Bob Kupiec, Marshall Miller, Donna Senauer, and Ron Pulice. Stahl’s first meeting will be in March, and her initial term will be for one year, which is the remainder of Keller’s term.