February 2024

CPA Cite Concerns of Proposed 101 Garden Street Hotel in the Funk Zone

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To: Santa Barbara City Planning Commissioners Re: 101 Garden Street 250 Room Hotel Citizens Planning Association is quite familiar with this site. When CPA was founded in 1960, this site was an industrial site which was quietly creating significant contamination. We feel this current project should not be given an exemption under CEQA. In the […]

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CPA Supports the Gaviota Community Plan Viewshed Policies

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To: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission Re: Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) Appeal of Project F1-F2. Citizens Planning Association followed closely the entire Gaviota Coastal Plan (GCP) process and felt after several years of discussion by county stakeholders that our precious Gaviota Coast would be safe from impactful development. We are very concerned to discover the

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CPA Supports Stronger Voice for SB City Historic Landmark Commisson on the State Street Advisory Committee

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Since its founding in 1960, CPA has advocated for the best standards of design and we work to protect the heritage of SB County. Also in 1960, the El Pueblo Viejo was established. The Historic Landmarks Commission was also formed in 1960 to ensure the EPV would be protected through ‘careful City planning and development.”

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