CPA Letters
To: Mayor Randy Rouse and City Council Members
Re: Agenda Item 12; Proposed Disposition and Development Agreement between the City of Santa Barbara and Alliance Bernstein for the Redevelopment at Paseo...
Dear SB City Planning Commission,
Citizens Planning Association appreciates the opportunity to comment today during the Concept Review of the redevelopment of Paseo Nuevo mall at 70l State Street. We urge...
Dear City of Santa Barbara:
The Citizens Planning Association has been advocating for good planning in Santa Barbara County since 1960. Over the past 65 years, CPA has stood for safe planning that meets...
Re: Appeal of the ABR decision of April 14, re 418 N. Milpas/915-923 E. Gutierrez St.
Dear Mayor Rowse and City Council members Friedman, Gutierrez, Harmon, Jordan, Santamaria, and Sneddon:
Since 1960,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
RE: Agenda Item 13, Recommendation “A”:
TO: Mayor Randy Rowse and Council members: E. Friedman, A. Gutierrez, O. Gutierrez, M. Harmon, M. Jordan, K. Sneddon; Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
Dear Mayor Rowse and...
To: Santa Barbara City Planning Commissioners
Re: 101 Garden Street 250 Room Hotel
Citizens Planning Association is quite familiar with this site. When CPA was founded in 1960, this site was an industrial...
To: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission
Re: Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) Appeal of Project F1-F2.
Citizens Planning Association followed closely the entire Gaviota Coastal Plan (GCP) process and...
Since its founding in 1960, CPA has advocated for the best standards of design and we work to protect the heritage of SB County. Also in 1960, the El Pueblo Viejo was established. The Historic Landmarks...
To: Chair Lavagnino and Supervisors.
Citizens Planning Association is here today to say ‘Yes”. As president of CPA, I am here today to speak in support of some of the proposals for criteria to be considered...
Dear Supervisors:
Citizens Planning Association has been following the Housing Element process since the very beginning. We hope you have read the many CPA letters regarding the RHNA numbers allotment...
To the Architectural Board of Review:
Citizens Planning Association has worked within Santa Barbara City and County for good planning since 1960. The off-ramp area from the 101 to Milpas is truly the “entrada”...
Citizens Planning Association has participated in the public process regarding planning and housing for more than 63 years. We recently hosted City Planner Allison deBusk at our monthly Speakers Series....
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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear Chair Hartmann and CEO Miyasato:
The Board of Directors of Citizens Planning Association wish to express urgency and concerns about the absence of transparency and community engagement in the 2023...
TO: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission
RE: 5-11-22 PC Hearing: Item 2: Amendments to Cannabis Land Use ordinance
Dear Chair Cooney and Commissioners:
As you know, Citizens Planning Association has...
Dear Santa Barbara County Planning Commission) Chair Cooney and Commissioners:
Citizens Planning Association has expressed repeated concerns about the inadequate protections and safeguards that the County’s...
Dear (Santa Barbara County Planning Commission) Chair and Commissioners:
Citizens Planning Association submits this letter in support of the La Barge appeal ABL Partners cannabis cultivation LUP. For reasons...
Dear Historic Landmarks Commission members:
Citizens Planning Association has been active in Santa Barbara since 1960, working for good planning, including the preservation of our historic resources for...
Citizens Planning Association strongly urges the Board of Supervisors to deny the findings necessary to approve the revised development plan and Exxon Mobil’s request to transport crude oil via diesel-driven...
Citizens Planning Association supports the appeal by Ms. Sally Isaacson et al of this cannabis operation. CPA has voiced concern about other cannabis operations, but we feel very strongly that this operation...
County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors
RE: 3-1-22 Hearing: Item A-4 Chapter 50 Second Reading
Dear Chair Hartmann and Board:
Citizens Planning Association requests that you refrain from adopting...
Citizens Planning Association has, for decades, participated in the development of ordinances, processes and policies advocating for careful community planning and environmental protection throughout Santa...
Re: HLC Concept Review, Item 4, de la Guerra Plaza, 20 de la Guerra St.
Dear Historic Landmarks Commission members:
Citizens Planning Association has been active in Santa Barbara since 1960, working for...
Dear Redistricting Commissioners,
The non-profit Citizens Planning Association, representing residents from throughout Santa Barbara County, has supported sound land use policies on the Central Coast since...
Citizens Planning Association, since its founding in 1960, has supported good planning and historic preservation in Santa Barbara. Our mission statement says it well: “We advocate for the best standards...
916 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101...
July 9, 2021
To: Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG)
RE: July 15, 2021 Regional Housing Needs Allocation [RHNA] Public Hearing and Adoption
Dear Chair Sierra and Honorable SBCAG...
June 21, 2021
RE: 825 de la Vina Street appeal: need for transparency
Dear Mayor Murillo and Councilmembers:
Citizens Planning Association is in its 6th decade of participating in Santa Barbara city...
916 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101...
To: Historic Landmarks Commission
From: Citizens Planning Association
Re: Conditions of Current Paseos
August 30, 2021
Dear City Historic Landmarks Commissioners: It has come to the attention of Citizens...
February 6, 2021
To: SB County Planning Commission
Re: The Neighborhoods at Willow Creek and Hidden Canyon.
For more than sixty years, CPA has promoted sound planning practices. CPA strongly encouraged...
Re: Appeal of the Caltrans Culvert Project
August 29,2020
Citizens Planning Association has been following environmental issues in Santa Barbara County for more than 60 years. CPA members participated...
February 8, 2021
To: Goleta City Council
Re: Stormwater
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
Citizens Planning Association has been advocating for environmental sustainability in Santa Barbara County...
January 24, 2021
To: Santa Barbara City Council via Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
RE: City Council Agenda, January 27, Item #15, Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Approval of a Coastal Development Permit...
January 11, 2021
To: Santa Barbara County Planning Commission
Re: Appeal of the Amity Development Proposal
Dear Planning Commissioners,
The Board of Directors of Citizens Planning Association has been...
HLCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
February17. 2021
To the Historic Landmarks Commission:
Citizens Planning Association has been active for more than 60 years, working to protect Santa Barbara. We have followed...
To: Board of Supervisors Re: Appeal of the Caltrans Culvert Project
August 29, 2020
Citizens Planning Association has been following environmental issues in Santa Barbara County for more...
August1 , 2020
TO: SB County Planning Commission
RE: Terracore Request for Time Extension
CPA has been monitoring the oil industry for more than 60 years in an effort to make sure the industry is safe...
July 17, 2020
To: Santa Barbara City Planning Commissioners
Re: Storm water Permit Updates
CPA has been a voice for the protection of the environment for more than 60 years. The current storm water policies...
June 30, 2020
To: Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors
Re: Applicant Appeal of the Carpinteria Valley Farms Helistop
Citizens Planning Association has supported community planning and environmental...
April 16, 2020
Dear Mr. Henry:
The non-profit Citizens Planning Association, representing residents from throughout Santa Barbara County, has supported sound land use policies on the Central Coast since...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
To: Santa Barbara Planning Commissioners
Re: Herbal Angels
Citizens Planning Association was founded sixty years ago to make sure that our County created a process whereby residents...
The Citizens Planning Association will host a series of panel discussions on local land use planning and the expected impacts of climate change. Our fourth of several events will focus on the Santa Ynez...