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Chief reports mutual-aid deployments, first-responder wellness efforts; residents press council on homelessness and enforcement

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The director of public safety updated the council on firefighter mutual aid to Los Angeles, first-responder wellness programs, trafficking cases and generators for emergency shelter; public commenters pressed the council for more resources and better coordination with Santa Barbara County on homelessness.

Director of Public Safety Cash briefed the council Jan. 14 on multiple public-safety matters, including personnel wellness, mutual-aid deployments for large fires, trafficking response and preparedness improvements.

Cash told the council two Guadalupe firefighters had deployed to Los Angeles to assist with ongoing fires and that the department is monitoring rotation and welfare as the deployment extends. He described attending a first-responder wellness conference and praised local efforts that assisted a Guadalupe officer who had been in the…

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