Good wine is nothing new in Santa Barbara County.
He then became involved with a county split proposal to cut Santa Barbara County in half.
Santa Barbara County is very resistant to more wineries going in.
He had been covering brush fires in Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara County gave the plant its first permit to operate in 1988.
In 1984 he was appointed episcopal vicar of Santa Barbara County.
Chevron agreed to the plan, but Santa Barbara County rejected it.
The company then asked Santa Barbara County for an interim permit to move oil by tanker.
The project would give the state of California $2 billion in tax revenues during that time, and Santa Barbara County about $350 million.
Santa Barbara County has long been divided between competing political interests.