CPA Letters
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...
13 May, 2022
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...
09 May, 2022
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...
02 May, 2022
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...
25 April, 2022
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...
21 April, 2022
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...
04 March, 2022
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...
01 March, 2022
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...
27 February, 2022
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...
23 January, 2022
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...
18 January, 2022
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...
22 November, 2021
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...
07 October, 2021
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...
05 October, 2021
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01 September, 2021
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...