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Final Reminder: Mark your Calendar!
CITY & FAITH COMMUNITY SUMMIT TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS – View the Summit Program Below
Dear friends,
Please join Santa Barbara City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-SB) for a conversation on how faith communities and city government can work together more effectively to address homelessness. The summit will be held Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:00pm–8:00pm.
Location: City of Santa Barbara Community Development Building
630 Garden Street, David Gebhard Room
Santa Barbara, CA 93101Clergy, lay leaders, congregation members, volunteers, and people with lived experience of homelessness are welcome. Together with local government, nonprofit organizations, and faith communities, we will learn about current efforts, identify gaps, and explore practical partnerships—including what faith communities need from the City to strengthen their work.
Santa Barbara’s faith communities have a long-standing tradition of serving neighbors experiencing hardship. Let’s build on that commitment to identify next steps toward housing, stability, and well-being for our unhoused neighbors.
Please let us know if you plan to attend by clicking here.
Hoping to see you there!
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Faith Communities & City Government: Addressing Homelessness Together
Dear friends,
Please join Santa Barbara City Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez and Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE-SB) for a conversation on how faith communities and city government can work together more effectively to address homelessness. The summit will be held Thursday, November 5, 2026, 6:00pm–8:00pm.
Location: City of Santa Barbara Community Development Bldg.
630 Garden Street, David Gebhard Room
Santa Barbara, CA 93101Clergy, lay leaders, congregation members, volunteers, and people with lived experience of homelessness are welcome. Together with local government, nonprofit organizations, and faith communities, we will learn about current efforts, identify gaps, and explore practical partnerships—including what faith communities need from the City to strengthen their work.
Santa Barbara’s faith communities have a long-standing tradition of serving neighbors experiencing hardship. Let’s build on that commitment to identify next steps toward housing, stability, and well-being for our unhoused neighbors.
Please let us know if you plan to attend by clicking here.
Hoping to see you there!
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Join Us October 25! RSVP for the CLUE-SB Workshop
Dear CLUE-SB Community,
We hope you’ll join us for our upcoming free workshop!
Spiritually-Based Justice in Uncertain Times: Environmental, Housing, and Criminal Justice
Sunday, October 25, 2026 | 2:00–4:00 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church
1500 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101To help us plan for the event, please let us know if you’ll be attending by completing our RSVP form below.
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Criminal Justice Action Alert
Dear CLUE Members,
On October 20, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will consider the proposed $167 million jail design, a decision that will affect our county for years to come.
What is proposed?
- 880 beds in the total county jail system.
- Six new 64-bed housing units (384 beds) at the North Branch Jail to reach that total.
- All six units built to hardened high-security standards, regardless of whether residents are classified as high, medium, or low security. Limited adjustments made within a high security building.
Our CLUE/LWV Criminal Justice Workgroup recommendation:
Vote to move forward with four 64-bed housing units, but PAUSE approval of the other two until updated data justifies the need.
What data is needed before approving the other two housing units?- Updated jail population projections: The average daily jail population (ADP) has declined by 141 people—from 790 in July 2025 to 649 in September 2026. How many new housing units are actually needed? Updated jail population projection form County expert Mike Wilson needed.
- Current security-level counts: How many people currently in jail are classified as needing high-, medium-, or low-security housing? September average count per level needed.
- Comparison of housing designs: What are the construction costs, staffing needs, program access, reentry benefits, and future flexibility of a medium/low-security housing unit compared with a hardened high-security unit as currently proposed?
PLEASE ACT BEFORE OCTOBER 20!
Take five minutes to read the attached flyer and one-page background summary, then email the Board of Supervisors.
One email to the Clerk of the Board reaches all five supervisors. The flyer includes a short suggested message you can send.
Thank you for helping CLUE advocate for responsible use of public funds and a more effective, humane criminal justice system
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Environmental Justice Action Alert
PLEASE DO THIS IMPORTANT ACTION – TAKES ONLY TWO MINUTES!
Tell Governor Newsom to Sign AB 1448
TALKING POINTS FOR YOUR EMAIL TO Gov. Newsom
- AB 1448 will close the loophole that allows the federal government to reopen offshore drilling and route the oil through California’s aging pipeline and platforms – the same infrastructure that has already burst and flooded our coastline and local waters with oil.
- We have seen how disastrous oil spills affect our environment, our fisheries, and our tourism. We cannot let this happen again.
- (Add a personal note, e.g. if you or your grandchildren particularly love surfing, or if you have a personal stake in the fishing industry, if you witnessed the results of the oil spill in Gaviota in 2015, etc…)