1) Yes, I see that also. Will need to request a second opinion from the lead dev (Ed). Will assign the ticket to him.
2) Please add this to Theme Options => Custom CSS:
.force-padding .spb-row>.spb_content_element {
padding-left: 0px !important;
padding-right: 0px !important;
}
I have added this custom class force-padding
to the SPB Section, the CSS above will use this to target just that section.