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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Santa Barbara Group of Funds:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
The Santa Barbara Group of Funds (comprised of the Bender Growth
Fund and the Starbuck Tisdale Growth and Income Fund) (the "Funds")
for the year ended March 31, 1998 (on which we have issued our report
dated May 13, 1998), we considered its internal control, including
control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine
our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form
N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the Fund's internal control.
The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are
relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing
financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those
controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, errors or fraud
may occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Funds' internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition
in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control
components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that
errors or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within
a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving the Funds'
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of March 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors of The Santa Barbara Group
of Funds, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 13, 1998
