Our Monday Speaker Series takes place on the first Monday of the month at noon. Typically these events are conducted online and can be viewed via Zoom. Please use the link and Zoom Password below (if available).
Melissa Hetrick, Resilience Program Supervisor
March 3, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Passcode: f5&+VFw7
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James Kyriaco – Goleta City Council
February 3, 2025, 12:00 pm
Passcode: C7%^Crn7
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CPA First Monday Rick Closson / Italian Stone Pines on Anapamu Street
January 6, 2025, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Zoom meeting is now online.
Link: click here
Passcode: CZ9T7^rE
January 6, the first Monday of the year at noon, CPA will present a call-out by Rick Closson with Pearl Chase Society board members Cheri Rae and Emma Brinkman, PCS Vice-president. They will talk about the fate of the Italian Stone Pines on Anapamu Street.
On January 14, the appeal will be heard at the regular Tuesday afternoon City Council meeting. The gist is that the California Environmental Quality Act requires environmental review of what amounts to delisting of landmarked trees and their replacement with oaks. (The landmarking was done by City Council resolution in 1997.) Such delisting must be done by the City Council, not by its advisory commissions.
Decided at a recent Parks & Recreation meeting, on the recommendation of the PRC subsidiary, the Street Tree Advisory Committee (STAC), was a replacement of the Stone Pines, Pinus pinea, with Coast Live Oaks, Quercus agrifolia, often used as street trees, especially to provide shade. Handsome trees, with extensive roots, they’re well-suited for wide parkways without immediately adjacent sidewalks and underground utilities. (See: ChatGPT for pros and cons.) …
The 5-member STAC, a Brown Act committee, meets monthly at the Parks office on 402 E. Ortega Street, 8:30 A.M., and the meetings are not televised or apparently recorded for the public. Their recommendations are usually adopted by the PRC.
The appeal argues that it is the sole authority of the Landmark-designating City Council “to establish – or revoke – landmark designations and attendant protections for features within the City”, contending that “the PRC does not have the authority – by immediate direct action or prolonged incremental action – to de-landmark these trees.”
Rick Closson has been actively researching and presenting information on the Stone Pines to the City Council for years. The PCS worked hard during the recent drought to supply water to the Anapamu trees. This looks to be a fascinating presentation of the intersection of the challenges of urban street trees and the roles of government, City Council and its advisory boards.
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CPA First Monday – Ken Hough
December 2, 2024, 12:00 pm
Passcode: L7UL14a*
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Kelly McAdoo, SB City Administrator
November 4, 2024, 12:00 pm
Passcode: QMJ6eb&!
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Environmental Defense Center
October 7, 2024, 12:00 pm
Passcode: +G5gkDV?
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SB City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez
April 1, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join CPA members and friends for a discussion of current events with SB City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez.
Monday, April 1, 2024
noon (via Zoom)
https://us02web.zoom.us/s/84596862781?pwd=dkpnOFVLaW9xcTQrZjZaYkE4VWt5Zz09
Oscar Gutierrez is a proud alumnus of our quality local education system, having graduated with honors from San Marcos High School, followed shorty by his graduation from the School of Media Arts at SB City College, where he earned three national awards. He went on to earn a degree from UCSB, where he received high honors in the Film Department, and won UCLA’s Best Documentary award for his senior film project. Oscar was elected to the City Council in 2018.
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CPA Presents Eric Friedman, Santa Barbara City Councilmember
February 5, 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Enjoy the informative discussion as Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman presents information about recent happenings in Santa Barbara, and discusses housing proposals for La Cumbra Plaza and Paseo Nuevo, along with a supportive housing project proposed by the City Housing Authority. He touches on the issues of water, traffic, impacts to schools, and solid waste, and the role of the State in local housing proposals.
Click here to view the presentation.
You will need to enter this passcode to view: f.%URB3U
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First Monday Speakers Series: Alex Katz, Executive Director Environmental Defense Center
November 6, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join us on November 6th to learn what’s new at EDC from the Executive Director.
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First Monday Speakers Series: Allison deBusk, City Planner, City of Santa Barbara
October 2, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Dakota Corey, Santa Barbara City Water Supply and Services Manager
May 1, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join CPA for a “First Monday” discussion with Dakota Corey, Water Supply and Services Manager for the City of Santa Barbara. Get all your water questions answered!
Click Here to Watch the ZOOM recording
You will need to use this password: um5K1R%^
Dakota Corey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the Colorado College and a Master’s of Environmental Science and Management with a specialization in Water Resources Management from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. Upon completing her degree at Bren, Dakota served as the Water Conservation Coordinator for the City of Oxnard for 3 years and a Water Resources Planning Specialist for Kennedy/Jenks Consultants for 2 years.
She joined the City of Santa Barbara in 2014 in the middle of the drought as a Water Resources Specialist and then was promoted to the Water Supply Analyst position in 2016 where she worked for the past 7 years. In January, Dakota was promoted to the Water Supply and Services Manager position at the City where she oversees water supply planning, water conservation, metering, customer service, the Water Resources Laboratory, and the Sewer Lateral Inspection Program.
A true water nerd at heart, Dakota loves applying analysis and strategy to develop water supply plans and policies that will protect the City’s water supplies for years to come.
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County Planning Commissioner Michael Cooney
April 3, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
With extensive legal and community public service experience, Mike Cooney has been on the County Planning Commission for nearly 20 years representing Santa Barbara County’s 1st District. Bring your questions. We look forward to a fascinating discussion.
to view you will need to enter the Passcode: w9KEX6^Q
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Conversation with Land Trust of Santa Barbara County Director Meredith Hendricks
February 6, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join the conversation with Land Trust of Santa Barbara County Director Meredith Hendricks. Meredith will share her extensive background in protecting and expanding public lands, and some of the challenges faced locally.
→ More Information about this Event
To view this event, click here
you will need the password: 09WIu03@ to view the recording
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“A String of Pearls” author and neighborhood Activist Cheri Rae discusses Pearl Chase
December 5, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Local Author and neighborhood activist CHERI RAE will discuss her years-long research into Pearl Chase that culminated in her new book “A String of Pearls” due to be released in Spring 2023.
Watch the recording – click here.
and use this password 9b^=!Hay
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“First Monday” – LAFCO Director Mike Prater
November 7, 2022, 12:00 pm
LAFCO exists to “discourage urban sprawl & encourage orderly formation of local agencies” Mike will discuss issues & projects facing our local LAFCO
To view the recording click here.
The Password is: msWB2!%i
it is easier to copy and paste the password.
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First Monday with Supervisor Gregg Hart
October 3, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join us for the return of CPA’s First Monday zoom meeting with important community leaders. October 3rd we will be joined by Santa Barbara County’s Second District Supervisor Gregg Hart. Please join us, there will be ample time for questions and answers.
Click here to watch the video
Password: qQNRXX0=
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John Polansky – County Housing Authority & Clarissa Montenegro – City of SB Housing Authority
June 7, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
To View the Video – Click Here
Use the pass code: wJ#SM839
About our speakers:
Clarissa Montenegro is the Property and Development Supervisor for the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara. Clarissa grew up in Los Angeles County and moved to Santa Barbara 14 years ago after graduating from California State University Monterey Bay with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities and Communications. She also holds a Master of Legal Studies degree from the Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law. Clarissa has been with the Housing Authority for over 13 years, and immediately found her passion and purpose in the Housing Authority’s Mission and Vision of providing affordable housing while demonstrating compassion and respect for the people and community they serve. She is inspired everyday by her colleagues at the Housing Authority and the residents and clients whose lives have changed from having a place to call home. When not at the Housing Authority, Clarissa can be found spending time with her husband Brian and her newly rescued French Bulldog, “Penny”.
John Polanskey is the Director of Housing Development for the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO). John was born in Washington, DC and grew up in DC and the DC suburbs. John moved to California to complete college and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Business Administration from Biola University in La Mirada.
John has developed affordable rental housing with HASBARCO for the past 26 years. During his tenure, HASBARCO has developed partnerships that have resulted in the construction or rehabilitation of over 1,200 affordable housing units. An additional 450 affordable housing units are in the development pipeline or under construction. While John finds locating sites, obtaining approvals, securing funding and constructing and/or rehabilitating permanent supportive housing rewarding, the favorite part of his job comes when he sees families of all sizes moving into the safe, decent, affordable, permanent housing from having lived in their cars, in shelters, in encampments, or in unsafe or overcrowded conditions.
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Goleta City Councilmember Stuart Kasdin
May 2, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Stuart will reflect on the accomplishments and challenges facing Goleta as it celebrates 20 years of cityhood.
Click here to watch the video.
Please use the pass code: Ujdq5^nO
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Elias Isaacson – Santa Barbara City Community Development Director
April 4, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Elias Isaacson will discuss City policies & answer your questions!
Watch the Recording Click Here
You will need a Passcode to view: ?EdAFU7%
Elias Isaacson is the Community Development Director Planning and Land Use Director for the City of Santa Barbara, CA. He is a member of the AIA, and is also an AICP Certified Planner and an ICC Certified Building Official.Before joining the City of Santa Barbara, Elias was the Planning and Land Use Director for the City of Santa Fe, NM. Elias spent two years as Planning and Land Use Director and Interim City Manager for the City of Espanola. During this time, he led a city-wide effort to draft and adopt a new Comprehensive Plan for the City. The Plan, “Espanola: Beyond Boundaries”, received the 2018 NM APA Award for Excellence in Comprehensive Planning. Elias has extensive experience working with property owners and design professionals, and has completed multiple independent planning and development projects for clients in both the US and abroad.Elias is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin (BA in Geography), and the University of Pennsylvania (Master of City Planning and Master Certificate in Urban Design and Development). Elias studied architecture at the University of New Mexico, where he earned his Master of Architecture degree in 2012.
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County Planning Director Lisa Plowman
February 7, 2022, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
County Planning Director Lisa Plowman will be our guest Monday, February 7th, 2022 at noon.
Click here to join the meeting.
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SB Mayor-Elect Randy Rowse
December 6, 2021, 6:00 pm
Santa Barbara Mayor-elect, Randy Rowse, focusing on city planning — and other city issues, as time allows!
Access Passcode: M9vk.gHE
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Joan Hartmann, SB County 3rd District Supervisor
November 1, 2021, 6:00 pm
Joan Hartmann, SB County 3rd District Supervisor, talking about the County Recreation Master Plan and more:
Passcode: Z*&0Kj&c
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Dick Flacks and George Relles
October 4, 2021, 6:00 pm
SUN and UCSB housing: Dick Flacks and George Relles talk UCSB’s Long Range Development Plan and UCSB-promised housing:
Passcode: md$703p1
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Nancy Emerson (WE Watch) and Lansing Duncan
September 6, 2021, 6:00 pm
Nancy Emerson (WE Watch) and Lansing Duncan talk about planning in Solvang:
Passcode: !EZ.cdt7
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Assemblymember Steve Bennett
June 7, 2021, 6:00 pm
This meeting began with CPA’s annual meeting; for the entire recording, click:
Access Passcode: =*c1r0c5
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Dan Gullett, Principal Planner, SB City, and Dan Klemann, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning Division, County of SB
May 3, 2021, 6:00 pm
RHNA numbers, special attention to the high allocations for SB City and the SB unincorporated South County, with Dan Gullett, Principal Planner, SB City, and Dan Klemann, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning Division, County of SB.
No passcode needed.
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Rob Dayton, The Santa Barbara Transportation Earthquake 3.0
April 5, 2021, 6:00 pm
Passcode: @AMejWj7
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Jeff Lindgren, County Parks and Jill Zachary, City Parks
March 1, 2021, 6:00 pm
March, 2021,
Passcode: g0SYC1+H
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Laura Bridley, 2nd District County Planning Commissioner
February 1, 2021, 6:00 pm
Passcode: =1AJ5N?B
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Brad Hess
January 4, 2021, 6:00 pm
January – Brad Hess, re: Plaza de la Guerra
Passcode: DBN=U3Je
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Sheila Lodge
December 7, 2020, 12:00 am
Sheila Lodge, talking about her book, Santa Barbara: An Uncommonplace American Town
The recording for this talk is presently not available.
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Detty Peikert, Cass Ensberg & Ellen Bildsten, AIA board members
October 20, 2020, 6:00 pm
AIA Charette, with AIA board members Detty Peikert, Cass Ensberg, Ellen Bildsten
Passcode: .u1^KQm2
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