CPA Letters

CPA asks BOS to deny the most recent Exxon / Mobil attempt to re-start corroded pipelines
Dear Supervisors: Over the past decades, Citizens Planning Association has offered input regarding the Plains pipelines, especially after the ruptured pipeline along our precious Gaviota Coast in 2015....
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How Tall is Too Tall? CPA replies to Brian Cearnal
CITIZENS PLANNING ASSOCIATION REPLIES TO BRIAN CEARNAL: “How tall is too tall?” There’s a straight-forward answer to that: It’s anything beyond what the voting residents of a city have decided via their...
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Housing Element additional Sites
Dear (Santa Barbara County Board of) Supervisors: Citizens Planning Association, a volunteer organization created 63 years ago, promotes sound planning and sustainable communities throughout Santa Barbara...
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State Street Parkway
Dear Santa Barbara City Council Members: Citizens Planning Association, a countywide, not for profit organization, has worked since 1960 to endorse and participate in the promotion of good urban planning....
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CPA Public Comments: LAFCO re Bailey Avenue.
Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara County has been closely following this annexation attempt since it was first proposed in 1998. In the past, LAFCO has denied the annexation. Today the city...
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Streamline Approval for Affordable Housing & Objective Design Standards
TO: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission FROM: Citizens Planning Association RE: Item 1: Streamline Approval for Affordable Housing and Objective Design Standards Dear Commissioners: CPA was very recently...
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Housing Element
CPA has advocated for transparent community planning since its founding in 1960. CPA has followed the HEU process. Since early 2001, CPA has expressed concern to various county officials about the absence...
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CPA Asks County for Transparency and Public Participation for Housing Element Update
TO: BOS CPA has advocated for transparent community planning since its founding in 1960. CPA has followed the HEU process and Since the beginning, CPA has expressed concern to various county staff about...
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Support for State Street Parkway Historic Designation
Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission Dear Commissioners: Citizens Planning Association, a countywide, not for profit organization, has worked since 1960 to endorse and participate in the promotion...
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County Housing Element Update
TO: Jessica Steele/Staff RE: County Housing Element Update Scoping Comments Dear Staff: CPA has written several letters to County Planning and BOS over the past year urging public information and outreach...
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Proposed Milpas Development Not In Best Interest of Santa Barbara
Letter to the Santa Barbara City Architectural Board of Review August 22, 2022 Dear ABR members: Citizens Planning Association has worked in Santa Barbara County, with a base in Santa Barbara City, since...
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Nojoqui Farms appeal
Citizens Planning Association submits this letter to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission in support of the Seaman appeal of the Nojoqui Farms cannabis cultivation LUP. Citizens Planning Association,...
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CPA Opposes Huge Project in Funk Zone
Letter presented to the SB City Architectural Board of Review July 10, 2022 Citizens Planning Association appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposal before you today.  Several members have...
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CPA & Watershed Alliance Support Funding Goleta's Creeks & Watersheds
6/20/2021 Letter to the City of Goleta Re: City Budget and Sales Tax Revenue Priorities: Creek and Watershed Protection and Restoration   Dear Mayor Perotte and Councilmembers: The undersigned members...
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CPA Objects to Chick-fil-A Expansion
Dear Santa Barbara City Council Members: Citizens Planning Association has worked to create and support city guidelines and ordinances for more than 60 years. Many of our current members remember clearly...
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CPA Supports Tighter Cannabis Ordinance
TO: Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors RE: 5-24-22 BOS Hearing: Amendments to Cannabis Land Use ordinance Dear Chair Hartmann and Board Members: As you know, Citizens Planning Association has repeatedly...
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