CLUE Santa Barbara

Category: Action Alerts

  • Environmental Justice Action Alert

    JOIN STATEWIDE EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR OCEAN AND PUBLIC LANDS

    There are many actions we can take to help protect California’s environment:

    • The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is moving to auction nearly 36,000 acres of federal public land and mineral rights to industrial oil development in the Carrizo Plain, one of the last undeveloped remnants of the southern San Joaquin Valley ecosystem. Its sweeping grasslands and rugged ridges support one of California’s greatest concentrations of rare and endangered plants and animals.

    The BLM is accepting public comments through August 1 before completing its environmental review. 
    Take action: https://forestwatch.org/campaign/stop-new-oil-drilling-next-to-the-carrizo-plain/

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  • Housing Justice Action Alert

    Dear supporters of housing justice,
     
    On Tuesday, July 28, the Santa Barbara City Council will meet at 5:00pm to consider proposed amendments to the rent stabilization ordinance, based on extensive public input. This is a crucial meeting, which will decide whether or not Santa Barbara adopts a strong ordinance to protect tenants from escalating rents.

    • The City webpage, with relevant information (including may documents) can be accessed here.  
    • Please come to City Hall, 735 Anacapa, at 5:00 to offer your support (and hopefully testify!).
    • You can also watch and testify by Zoom at https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/j/89359334270.

  • Housing Justice Action Alert

    Dear supporters of Housing Justice:

    The next 9 days could shape the future of tenant protections in Santa Barbara.

    After years of organizing, testimony, and community pressure, we’re closer than ever to winning meaningful tenant protections in Santa Barbara. But we’re not across the finish line yet. 

    The public comment period for Santa Barbara’s proposed Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), along with Just Cause and Ellis Act amendments, is now open through July 10, 2026. This is our chance to make sure City leaders hear directly from the people who will be impacted most: renters, working families, seniors, students, and community members fighting to stay in Santa Barbara.

    We community members make our voices heard. This is a moment when public participation can make a real difference!

    Please take action today. Email your public comment to: RSO@santabarbaraca.gov and CC to ana@causenow.org, sbtenantsunion@gmail.com, and rich@global.ucsb.edu.  

    Rich Appelbaum, Ana Arce, Larry Severance, Wayne Mellinger
    CLUE Housing Justice Workgroup

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  • Housing Justice Action Alert

    As the attached letter to the Mayor and City Council indicates, at tomorrow’s City Council meeting they will be deciding whether or not to reopen State Street to vehicular traffic, even though the long-awaited State Street Master Plan will not be finalized – based on public input – until later this summer.

    Please let the City know your thoughts in this (we think State Street should remain closed until the Master Plan is finalized).

    • You can do so on the City’s website for this purpose, although that is for long-term input and unlikely to influence the City Council meeting tomorrow.
    • You can also email the City Clerk (Clerk@santabarbaraca.gov) and ask that your thoughts be shared with the Mayor and Council.
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  • Environmental Justice Action Alert

    Dear CLUE Members,

    We would like to share this announcement about supporting a new policy in Santa Barbara County to prohibit new oil and gas drilling as part of efforts to reduce pollution and protect public health. It’s an opportunity for community members to get involved and make their voices heard.

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  • Criminal Justice Action Alert

    The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is considering a costly expansion of the North Branch Jail that would divert funding from critical community services without improving public safety.

    We urge Supervisors to limit construction to one housing unit and invest instead in mental health care, addiction treatment, and proven prevention strategies.

    Learn more and sign the petition.

    Sign Petition

  • Environmental Action Alert

    Resist & Rise

    A community vigil to protect our coast from Sable pipeline.

    From Grief to Hope

    Our community is reeling in the wake of Trump’s reopening of the dangerous, corroded Sable pipeline. This staggering abuse of federal power beckons a response. Come together and send a message: we will not give up! Together, we will protect our coastline & stand up for democracy.

    Thursday, 3/19
    6:30 PM

    Dolphin Fountain
    Cabrillo Blvd & State Street

  • Environmental Justice Action Alert

    Dear CLUE-SB members,

    This is an urgent action alert regarding Sable Offshore Corp. and an upcoming closed-session meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Monday, January 5. We are asking community members to contact key Supervisors to urge them to enforce their recent denial of Sable’s application and protect our coast and environment. For more information and suggested actions, please read the details below.

    Chair Capps has called a closed session to discuss Sable on Monday, Jan. 5, at 9:00 a.m. (See agenda at https://santabarbara.legistar.com

    Please call and email Supervisors Capps, Lee, and Lavagnino to ask them to enforce their denial of Sable’s application to operate the Santa Ynez Unit facilities. Please also share this alert with your members and supporters.

    Lavagnino: Steve.Lavagnino@countyofsb.org; 805-346-8400
    Capps: LCapps@countyofsb.org; 805-568-2191
    Lee: roylee@countyofsb.org; 805-568-2186

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