CPA Letters
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...
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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...