CPA Letters
19 August, 2023
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....
16 July, 2023
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...
04 April, 2023
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...
25 February, 2023
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....
02 February, 2023
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...
10 January, 2023
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...
04 January, 2023
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...
08 December, 2022
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...
25 October, 2022
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...
08 September, 2022
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...
22 August, 2022
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...
09 August, 2022
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,...
10 July, 2022
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...
21 June, 2022
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...
06 June, 2022
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...
23 May, 2022
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...