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Save the Flores Casita in Sycamore Canyon

built by Santa Barbra Vaquero Leo Flores who was born and died (1887-1963) on the Flores Ranch in Sycamore Canyon

"Vaqueros" painted by Edward Borein at the E.W. Ranch where Leo Flores began his illustrious career as a Santa Barbara Vaquero.

Help Save the Flores Casita in Sycamore Canyon

Who is working to save the Flores Casita?

A notable group of community members and organizations along with a number of respected former City council members, department managers and employees have joined forces in an effort to try to convince the City attorney and building official that their interpretation of the Conejo Landslide ordinance is contrary to that intended by the very staff who wrote and implemented the ordinance. Below find a partial list of the persons, organizations and agencies who have been working together to bring resolution to what will otherwise be a profound injustice and loss of an important historic resource:

Agencies and Agency Officials:

 The State Historic Building Safety Board; 21 member board representing State agencies and Associations

The State Office of Historic Preservation; Wayne Donaldson, SHPO

Community Organizations:

 The Pearl Chase Society

Montecito Association

 Individuals:

Rob Egenolf, Egenolf & Associates

Roy Harthorn, Building Code Consultant and former City Building Official

Brian Barnwell , former City Council member, Planning Commisioner

Gil Garcia , Architect and former ABR, HLC Commissioner and City Council member

Rich Applebaum, resident of Sycamore Canyon

David H. Johnson , former City Public Works Director

Bob Sedivy, former City Senior Engineer, Acting Building Official and Sr. Plan Check Engineer

Mike Gones , PE and former City Assistant Building Official

Jim Buster, former City Plan Check Supervisor

Charles Evans, former Plan Check Engineer

Mary Lou Days, former City Urban Historian

Christine Palmer, former City Urban Historian

Vadim Hsu , Architect and Contractor and former HLC Commissioner

Howard Wittausch , Architect, PE and former HLC, ABR and Building Code Board of Appeals Commissioner

Alex Cole, Historian and resident of Sycamore Canyon

Henry Lenny, Architect and former member of HLC and ABR

Joe Wilcox, Architect

Ken Minor, Architect and resident of Sycamore Canyon

Isabelle Green, Landscape Architect

Mark Sauter, General Building Contractor

Charlie Grant , PE , U.S. Grant & Sons Engineers and Surveyors

Tim Dolan, PE, Coast Valley Testing

For more information, please see the State Historic Building Safety Board Meeting Notice, Attachement "C" for the April 23, 2008 Appeal Hearing.