News Commentary | Laura Capps to Challenge Das Williams
School Board Member Set to Announce Bid for 1st District County Supervisor on Tuesday
Laura Capps | Credit: Paul Wellman
This story first appeared on Newsmakers with Jerry Roberts on August 22, 2019.
Laura Capps, school board member and scion of Santa Barbara’s most prominent political family, plans a formal announcement of her candidacy for the 1st District seat on the Board of Supervisors next Tuesday, Newsmakers has learned.
In challenging incumbent Das Williams, a fellow liberal Democrat, Capps will spark what is likely to be a bruising and bitter campaign in advance of the March 3 election, which will test and strain local political alliances, personal friendships, and loyalties within the environmental, education, and nonprofit communities.
