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  • Criminal Justice Action Alert

    Please see the attached announcement regarding upcoming community engagement opportunities focused on the Northern Branch Jail project.

    From the County of Santa Barbara:

    We are now under contract with a design‑build firm, and their team will be present to hear directly from community members. You may attend in person on either August 19 or 20 at 5 p.m. or participate virtually via Zoom on August 20.

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  • 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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