bettina

CPA Supports Yet Another Cannabis Appeal, this time in Carpinteria (Cate School)

Dear Santa Barbara County Planning Commission) Chair Cooney and Commissioners: Citizens Planning Association has expressed repeated concerns about the inadequate protections and safeguards that the County’s uniquely permissive Cannabis ordinance affords to local residents. These impacts throughout the County are further exacerbated by the limited protections provided by simple Land Use Permits or, in the present […]

CPA Supports Yet Another Cannabis Appeal, this time in Carpinteria (Cate School) Read More »

CPA Supports More Oversight before Cannabis Appeal Was Pulled

Dear (Santa Barbara County Planning Commission) Chair and Commissioners: Citizens Planning Association submits this letter in support of the La Barge appeal ABL Partners cannabis cultivation LUP. For reasons cited in great detail in the appeal letter, we concur that the findings for this project cannot be made. Citizens Planning Association, representing residents from throughout

CPA Supports More Oversight before Cannabis Appeal Was Pulled Read More »

CPA Makes Suggestions for De la Guerra Plaza Update Joint Hearing

Dear Historic Landmarks Commission members: Citizens Planning Association has been active in Santa Barbara since 1960, working for good planning, including the preservation of our historic resources for the present and future appreciation of Santa Barbara residents. The de la Guerra Plaza is central to the two or three blocks of our historic civic center,

CPA Makes Suggestions for De la Guerra Plaza Update Joint Hearing Read More »

CPA Asks for Transparency in Cannabis Ordinance Updates

County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors RE: 3-1-22 Hearing: Item A-4 Chapter 50 Second Reading Dear Chair Hartmann and Board: Citizens Planning Association requests that you refrain from adopting the proposed amendments to Chapter 50, set for Second Reading and adoption at your 3-1-22 meeting. We are concerned that the confusion and significant impacts

CPA Asks for Transparency in Cannabis Ordinance Updates Read More »