CPA Policies & Positions:

  
Up and Coming Events:

The following are select CPA adopted policies & positions on a variety of planning matters.  Check back occasionally as we will be updating this list in the future.

If you're interested in finding out if CPA has taken a position on a particular project or comprehensive planning issue (such as a General Plan, a particular ordinance that is being proposed or revised, or a general planning issue), please contact us. 

View: CPA's General Plan Update Review & Comments

View: CPA Proposed New Housing Policies for the City of Santa Barbara.

View: CPA's SB City General Plan Update Survey Results

View: Letter to our State Government Regarding: "State Housing Mandates"

View: CPA's COOL Response to Common Ground's HOT Principles

View: CPA's Proposed Updates for the City of SB's Conservation Element's Air Quality Chapter - and - Attached Abstracts.


  

July 12th - Ruby's Diner Breakfast & Lunch Bonanza Flyer - Eat at Ruby's Diner and help raise money for Citizens Planning Foundation. Print out a copy of the flyer for you and a friend.

July 16th - Do-It-Yourself Neighborhood Advocacy Workshop - Learn how to get involved in the land-use process.

July 29th - Pre-Fiesta Open House - Come see the enjoy food & cold beverages with the CPA/CPA staff & board members.

August 13th - Reduce Your Footprint (One Small Step at a Time) - Learn easy ways to save energy and reduce your eco-footprint around the house and at work.

September 13th - CPA's & CPF's Sandcastle Festival - Join us for this one-day festival featuring live music and entertainment, a fun variety of activities for children & adults, vendor booths, food & refreshments, our "Surf-a-Duck" race, and of course, a spectacular sandcastle contest!
List of Recent & Current Issues:   Citizens Planning in the News:

• South Coast Land Use

• North County Land Use

• Comprehensive Planning

• Watersheds

  

List of Recent and Current Issues

 

South County Land Use Committee (LUC) 

City of Santa Barbara: 

  • 3880 State Street (La Sumida property)
  • CPA/CPF Housing Policy Task Force Report
  • CPA Santa Barbara General Plan Update Committee Report
  • Sojourner project
  • 122 La Plata
  • 2003-2008 Housing Element Environmental Impact Report (EIR
  • St. Francis / Cottage Workforce Housing (Appeal)
  • Upper State Street Study
  • Whole Foods/Circuit City
  • 15 South Hope Ave.
  • Sandman Inn
  • State Street Lofts
  • Century 21
  • Entrada/Ritz Carlton
  • Veronica Meadows
  • 1776 Eucalyptus Hill Rd.
  • One-year review of City of SB Staff Hearing Officer
  • SB City Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance (NPO) Update
  • Charter Amendment for Height Limit in El Pueblo Viejo (EPV)
  • Measure E Report
  • Traffic & Parking Workshop @ SB City Planning Commission & TCC

Goleta: 

  • Goleta General Plan Amendments
  • Following Goleta issues/getting more involvement of Goletans
  • Changes to the Goleta Planning Process & Design Review Board
  • Costco Gasoline Station - Draft Supplemental EIR
  • Village at Los Carneros

Santa Barbara County: 

  • County’s TDR Program
  • County’s Process Streamlining
  • County of Santa Barbara - Process Improvements
  • 1451 Orange Grove Avenue

Other: 

  • Woodfin Suites Timeshare Hotel / Port of San Diego Master Plan Amendment

 

North County Land Use Committee (NCLUC) 

Lompoc: 

  • PXP Development on Plains Oil Land

Orcutt: 

  • Orcutt Issues
  • Housing Element Issues / Orcutt Advisory Group

Santa Ynez Valley: 

  • Santa Ynez Valley Issues

Santa Barbara County: 

  • Tranquillon Ridge/Oil
  • Uniform Rules (Ag)
  • Housing Element Issues
  • North Hills

Other: 

  • CPA Board info
  • Public Forum on Planning
  • Santa Ynez Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
  • Info on LNG

Comprehensive Planning Committee 

City of Santa Barbara: 

  • El Pueblo Viejo - building height limitation
  • SB City General Plan

Santa Barbara County: 

  • Uniform Rules (Ag)
  • Naples – DEIR Recirculation and TDR Working Committee
  • County of Santa Barbara - Process Improvements
  • Brief review of the "Issues" addressed or to be addressed by our committee and the need to "refocus" our efforts and subcommittee assignments
  • State Housing Mandates
  • Naples
  • Measure D – CPA Involvement
  • County - Process improvement & Key Projects

State of California: 

  • State Housing Mandates
  • "The Son of Prop 90"

Other: 

  • CPA Housing Policy
  • Solid Waste Thresholds

Watersheds Committee 

City of Santa Barbara: 

  • Lower Arroyo Burro watershed planning Issues/class one impacts of Veronica Meadows bridge.
  • Veronica Meadows
  • Santa Barbara City Watershed Planning
  • Mission Canyon neighborhood drainage, fire safety, neighborhood compatibility related Comprehensive Planning Issues
  • Whole Foods proposal, Upper State St.
  • 1776 Eucalyptus Hill Rd
  • SB City General Plan Update

Goleta: 

  • Costco Underground Fuel Tank
  • GW Sanitation District obligation to abandon section of a sewer main in Devereux Creek

Santa Ynez: 

  • Santa Ynez River – at Santa Rosa Road – South of Buellton: Athletic Fields for Youth Sports

Santa Barbara County: 

  • Mission Canyon neighborhood drainage issues - Orange Grove Ave
  • County Watershed Planning
  • Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
  • Goleta Beach Park erosion protection – County of S. B. Scoping Process
  • Maria Ygnacio Creek – Lot Split and Commercial Horse Facility Appeal
  • 1140 Via Regina
  • Tecolote Creek – Rancho Embarcadero neighborhood proposal for bridge

Other: 

  • G.I.S. project – Geotracker map (LUFT sites)
  • UCSB Housing – Recent Coastal Commission decision
  • Forum: Groundwater, Waste Treatment and Sludge – Electro-Coagulation/Other Alternatives

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