Letters

CPA Urges Legislators Not to Support Budget Trailer Bill SB/AB 130 As It Weakens CEQA

TO: Senator Monique Limon, Assemblyman Gregg Hart Citizens Planning Association was established in 1960 to encourage the local community to participate in the planning process. We have supported planning that will make our local jurisdictions sustainable for all residents. Today CPA writes to convey our concern about the governor’s housing trailer bill, AB/SB 130 which

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CPA Urges Board of Supervisors to Tell Sacramento to Protect CEQA and Local Control in Planning

To: Board of Supervisors Re: Pro-Housing Designation Dear Supervisors: Citizens Planning Association has reviewed the County application for this designation and we have some concerns. This program does little to provide the adequate funding for the affordable housing that is needed in our County. But something is better than nothing. If you go ahead and

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CPA Urges the Use of Story Poles for 418 Milpas to Let the Public Know What is Proposed

Re: III. NEW ITEM: 418 N Milpas St. and 915-923 E. Gutierrez Street – (Milpas Gardens) Dear Planning Commission Members: Citizens Planning Association has worked in Santa Barbara City since 1960, with members from throughout the city. As our Mission says, “We advocate for the best standards of design … in order to maintain sustainable

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CPA Weighs in on County Legislative Priorities 2025

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

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CPA Warns of Issues with Sable Oil Restarting the Corroding Pipeline

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

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Sentinel Oil Trucking Project: Appeal of the Director’s Decision to Allow Oil Tankers for 50 Years

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

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