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City recognizes outgoing City Attorney Sara Jane Connect

Santa Barbara City Council · December 17, 2025
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Summary

Council members honored Sara Jane Connect with a certificate and brief tributes at the start of the Dec. 16 meeting, thanking her for decades of municipal service and leadership.

The meeting opened with the council presenting a certificate of appreciation for Sara Jane Connect on her retirement. Mayor Randy Raus read a recognition of Connect’s municipal service dating back to her work as a planner and city attorney; multiple councilmembers offered short tributes and personal thanks.

Council members praised Connect for her institutional knowledge and mentorship; several described her service as foundational to the city’s legal and administrative work. The remarks were ceremonial and no formal actions accompanied the recognition.

Connect was identified in the record as the city’s first municipal city attorney in 2022 (as read into the record) and was celebrated by colleagues for her decades of service to Santa Barbara.

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