Letters

To:  County of Santa Barbara Legislative Committee Re:  2025 Legislative Priorities Dear Committee Members: Citizens Planning Association has reviewed this year’s proposed Legislative platform and would like to make the following comments: Overall, we support the following: Linking housing development to necessary infrastructure development (p2). Greater inter-agency collaboration between cities/regions for infrastructure and large projects (p3). We need […]

Good morning, Chair and Commissioners – I am speaking for Citizens Planning Association regarding some changes CPA members have been noticing in regard to Planning Department procedures and we would like to make 3 suggestions. We were very surprised when we first heard about the over the counter approval of the Sentinel oil trucking proposal.

Dear Santa Barbara Mayor and City Council Members, Citizens Planning Association is very concerned about the fate of the individually landmarked Stone Pine trees that grace the six block stretch of Anapamu Street. These trees and the majestic canopy have been a part of Santa Barbara City history since the early 20th century and are

Good morning Commissioners. My name is meb and I am here representing CPA. CPA supports SBCAN in this appeal We support a continuance of this item until the February date. A continuance will allow for more information to be included from both the CHP and Caltrans regarding a study of traffic incidents in recent months

Dear Santa Barbara County Planning Commissioners, Citizens Planning Association asks that you deny Sable’s application to transfer permits for the Santa Ynez Unit, POPCO Gas Plant, and Las Flores Pipelines. Our County has already suffered from the devastating oil spill from those corroded pipelines and surely there will be another catastrophic event if you allow

To: SB City Decision-Makers RE: Reject these Builders Remedy Projects Dear Decision Makers/Staff: Citizens Planning Association has been following development in the City of Santa Barbara for more than six decades. We have always advocated for transparency, public input, and adherence to existing planning policies. CPA is a member of Allied Neighborhoods Association and agree

To SB County Planning Commission − Citizens Planning Association submitted a comment letter for the draft ND and we read staff’s responses. We are here today to voice full support of the SBCAN appeal of the Sentinel Peak Oil Trucking proposal and to ask the Planning Commission to deny this over-the-counter director’s approval, an approval

Dear HLC Commissioners: Citizens Planning Association has a long history – since 1960 – admiring and watchful of our city’s character, the sometimes hard to define essence of what makes Santa Barbara, “SANTA BARBARA!” Putting aside the obvious, the mountains-to-sea, it is Santa Barbara’s human-scaled architecture, especially those rare gems that make you stop and

Dear Mayor Rowse and City Council members: Citizens Planning Association* has been a part of Santa Barbara’s planning processes since 1960. We have been credited – or criticized for standing up for what we consider good planning. What is good planning, we’ve often been asked? It’s the forethought that takes into consideration our city’s history,

To: Jacquelynn Ybarra, Project Planner Re: Draft Negative Declaration for proposed Sentinel Peak Resource Truck Rack (and Trucking Project) 22LUP-00000-00199 100,000 Oil Tanker Trips over a 50 Year period Proposed Citizens Planning Association has followed this oil development since 1980, when the Lompoc Separation Plant was first proposed. We are very concerned that this current