Santa Maria and Lompoc, and the unincorporated areas of the north county have the most poverty and the most crime (poverty and crime being conjoined twins). Their crime rates – including some 20,000 outstanding arrest warrants for criminals – are exacerbated by the fact that the city police and county sheriff departments are underst…
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