Farm to tax table: County supervisors erase Lompoc farm’s five-figure tax debt for farmstay operation

Laying a Lompoc egg farm’s tax appeal to rest recently divided local officials, who simmered over the issue across two lengthy hearings this summer. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ reception to Dare 2 Dream Farms’ plea to forgive about $65,000 in unpaid taxes was nearly split down the middle before a 3-2 vote in late August erased the debt. While all five supervisors said they consider the Lompoc-based ag operation an important community asset, three supervisors initially…

by Caleb Wiseblood September 17, 2026

Farm to tax table: County supervisors erase Lompoc farm’s five-figure tax debt for farmstay operation

Laying a Lompoc egg farm’s tax appeal to rest recently divided local officials, who simmered over the issue across two lengthy hearings this summer. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors’ reception to Dare 2 Dream Farms’ plea to forgive about $65,000 in unpaid taxes was nearly split down the middle before…

by Caleb Wiseblood September 17, 2026