Pro Choice Coalition
SBWPC 1992
SBWPC 4th of July
Some Women Government Leaders
US Representative
Lois Capps
U.S. representative for California’s 24th congressional district from 1998 to 2017. the 22nd District from 1998 to 2003 and the 23rd from 2003 to 2013
CA Senator
Hon. Hannah-Beth Jackson
2012-2020
Monique Limon
2020-present
CA Assemblywoman
Hon. Hannah-Beth Jackson
1998-2004
Monique Limon
2016-2020
SB County Supervisor
Gloria Ochoa, 1st District
1989-1993
Gloria Ochoa and Dianne Owens were the 1st women Santa Barbara County Supervisors.
Hon. Naomi Schwartz, 1st District
1993-2004
Laura Capps, 2nd District
2022-present
Hon. Susan Rose, 2nd District
1999-2006
Hon. Doreen Farr, 3rd District Supervisor
Joan Hartmann, 3rd District Supervisor
Hon. Gail Marshall, 3rd District
1997-2004
Dianne Owens, 4th District
1989-1993
Gloria Ochoa and Dianne Owens were the 1st women Santa Barbara County Supervisors.
Mayors
Hon. Sheila Lodge
City of Santa Barbara. She was the first woman to serve as mayor of Santa Barbara and also held the position for longer (12 years) than any other person in the city’s history.
Harriet Miller
1995-2001
City of Santa Barbara
Hon. Marty Blum
2001-2010
City of Santa Barbara
Hon. Joyce Howerton
1992-1998
City of Lompoc
Alice Patino
2012-present
First Female Mayor of City of Santa Maria, is serving her 3rd term
Paula Perotte
City of Goleta
Hon. Margaret Connell
In 2001, she became the First Mayor of the newly formed City of Goleta
SB County District Attorney
Joyce Dudley
Served 12 years as Santa Barbara County’s district attorney, and more than 32 years in the county District Attorney’s Office
City Council
Luz Reyes-Martin
2022-Present
City of Goleta
Gloria Soto
2018-present
City of Santa Maria
Administrator
Mona Miyasato
2013-present
CEO at County of Santa Barbara
Maria Elena De Guevara
2018-present
Director of Human Resources at County of Santa Barbara
SB Unified School Board
Laura Capps
2016-present
Wendy Sims-Moten
2016-present
Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustee
Anna Everett
2020-present
Served on the SB County Commission for Women
Laura Capps
Anna Everett
Monique Limon
SBWPC Co-founders in 1988
Gayle Binion
Served as its 1st president
Hon. Hannah-Beth Jackson
Lois Phillips
Hon. Susan Rose