One805 Getting Ready for Concert

Oscar winning actor Kevin Costner is again lending his oceanside estate on Carpinteria’s Padaro Lane for this year’s One805Live fall concert, which last year raised around $1 million providing equipment not available in normal budgets for first responders, including mental health support.

At a socially gridlocked Honorary Board cocktail reception at the Montecito Club the organization announced 2024 grants totaling $582,000 to Santa Barbara County responders.

“We are taking our lead from the advisory board, as they know better than anyone what their specific needs are,” said Richard Weston-Smith, COO of One805. “It is also important to note that many items are shared across the various organizations in Santa Barbara County.

“Mental Health support is another critical category of support that helps ensure that we are taking care of those who take care of us.”

Among the equipment provided by the grants are water rescue jet skis, 30 defibrillators – one for each Santa Barbara police patrol car, three self-contained breathing units for sheriff dive teams, dune-fly 3D topography mapping software, night vision goggles for the sheriff air support unit, and water-backcountry thermal rescue drones.

Among the supporters were Nina Terzian, who donated $100,000, Gretchen Lieff, the ubiquitous John Palminteri, Alan and Lisa Parsons, George Isaac, Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith, Jeep Holden, Tom Parker, Police Chief Kelly Gordon, and Fire Chief Chris Mailes.