Santa Maria Teacher Targets Status Quo in Bid for County Board of Supervisors

Santa Maria Teacher Targets Status Quo in Bid for County Board of Supervisors

As a candidate in the first contested race in 16 years for the Fifth District seat on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, Ricardo Valencia has set his sights on ending the status quo. “My people, we don’t have to accept the status quo. Status quo politics means the difference between rent and groceries, childcare that costs more than college, wages that don’t keep up with inflation,” Valencia, 42, said. “Are you down with that? Let me…