John Treloar Rickard (December 27, 1913 - May 18, 2000) is a former Mayor of Santa Barbara, California.
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John "Jack" Rickard was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1913 until James Bickle Rickard, US Postmaster, and Acacia OreÃÆ'Â ± a Rickard, the granddaughters of Jose De La Guerra and Noriega and Maria Antonio Carrillo. Rickard is the middle of two siblings. He has older brother, James Robert Rickard and younger sister, Consuelo "Connie" Rickard.
Rickard lived in and attended school in Santa Barbara until the 1925 earthquake destroyed a family home on Victoria Street. On June 28, 1925, Rickard and his family moved to the family farm, El Encinal, in Los Alamos, California. When the school was ready to begin in the fall, the family moved to Hancock Park in Los Angeles. While living in Los Angeles, Rickard and his brother, Robert, attended the Urban Military School and Loyola Middle School; However, the summer is always spent at Los Alamos in Ranch. Rickard started his college career at Loyola University, but after finishing his second year decided to move to Santa Clara University where he earned a bachelor's degree. After finishing college, Rickard decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. He attended the law school of the University of California, Boalt Hall and obtained a law degree and passed the bar in 1939. Rickard founded law practice in Los Angeles and trained there until he enrolled in the US Navy when the United States entered World War II.
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Marriage and children
In 1943, while serving in the Navy, Rickard married Marion Esther Foster from Des Moines, Iowa in Miami, Florida. They will remain married until Marion's death in 1987. Rickard and Marion have five sons: James Bickle (1946), Robert Webb (1947), John Treloar Jr. (1948), Thomas Orena (1950), and Dennis Foster (1953-2015).
World War II years
In 1942, Rickard was registered in the United States Navy. He will serve in the South Pacific with the Navy until 1945 earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Rickard was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1945. During his time in the Navy, his brother Robert was killed in action while on duty at USS Franklin in the South Pacific. Also during this time, Rickard's father, James Bickel Rickard, a retired Santa Barbara Postmaster was stricken with appendicitis while on a family farm and died before receiving proper medical treatment.
"Old Spanish Days" and mayor year
At the end of the War, Rickard returned to Santa Barbara to organize his training as a lawyer. Rickard was instrumental in revitalizing a local festival called "Old Spanish Days Fiesta", which had been postponed due to World War II and the subsequent drought in Southern California. He will become El Presidente for "Old Spanish Days Fiesta" in 1948 and 1949. In the mid to late 1940s he will serve as Commissioner City Harbor and as the City Attorney of Santa Barbara.
In 1953, he ran for election and was elected Mayor of Santa Barbara. He will serve two periods as Mayor (1953-1954, 1955-1956). His term as Mayor is largely considered very successful. During his tenure, the following things are accomplished:
- The "Voluntary Appendix" for City services helps limit the city of Santa Barbara to extend to cover the Coastal Village Road to the East and Highway 154 (Five Points) to the West.
- The Town Hall will also approve the bonds to acquire land for Shoreline Park.
- City Hall will secure Real Estate which will become Mackenzie Park and Municipal Golf Course.
- Signal laws will be adopted that limit the size and height of signboards in Santa Barbara.
- New police and fire stations were built. Both are still in use today.
- Municipal garbage and paving contracts are issued to bid. Cost savings help fund sidewalks and road construction in the lower east.
- Skid boat built in port for the first time.
- Garbage incineration in the backyard is prohibited and garbage collection is set up, because it does not allow garbage to be picked up by the side of the road.
However, the most important achievement by City Hall during that time may not be the drilling shelter that was imposed on August 27, 1954. The sanctuary stretches from Summerland (Sheffield Drive) to UCSB (16 miles long). This gives the jurisdiction of City of Santa Barbara from the shoreline to the three mile limit where federal control begins. Rickard felt the shelter was necessary to "protect the beautiful recreation areas and coastal settlements from desecration by the development of oil wells...".
Rickard chose not to run for a third term as Mayor and would return to his career as a lawyer. He will remain politically involved in Santa Barbara. During this time he worked closely with the likes of Pearl Chase's pearl capital and former owner of Santa Barbara News-Press T.M. Storke to promote the creation of a "smokeless" industry based on the research and development potentials offered by UCSB. He believes that important for that vision is a full-service commercial airport capable of handling a new generation of large jet aircraft. He was the one who knew that by extending the jurisdiction of the city to include a 50-foot band under a sea that ran down the coast to the airport, Santa Barbara could claim the airport as a "contiguous" property, essential for the annexation of the process. The annexation of the shoelace will allow the City of Santa Barbara to make the necessary improvements, improvements and expansions to meet federal requirements to retain commercial operators vital to Santa Barbara's economic vitality. On November 14, 1961, the airport land was annexed by the City of Santa Barbara.
In 1968, after spending most of his professional career as a lawyer, he was appointed High Court Judge by California Governor Ronald Reagan. The following year (1969) he was honored as "Man of the Year" Santa Barbara. Rickard will serve for an impeccable 14 years on the bench before retiring in 1982. In his honor, the County Bar gives the annual award, John T. Rickard Judicial Service Award, to someone who has made outstanding contributions to the court and/or the local court system.
Legacy
On October 30, 2012, the Santa Barbara City Council voted 5-2 to name a new $ 63 million airport terminal, John T. Rickard Terminal.
References
- Pedro Nava, Letters to the Editor, Santa Barbara View, November 4, 2012
- Santa Barbara News Press, August 27, 1954
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