We are sad at the passing of our friend Franca Bongi Lockard. She was a very giving person who received the "Social Justice Award" from SBCAN in 2016 and was a member of SBCAN. Here is a message from her good friend Jeni Olivera:

We will meet Thursday evening, November 15 at 6 PM at Giavanni's Pizza, 1108 E. Clark Ave. in Orcutt. That is at Bradley and Clark behind the gas station and close to Albertsons. 

 

The agenda, which is below, includes discussion of election results and implications for SBCAN, and priorities for 2019. Cat Canyon oil projects will be discussed. Please let me know if you have items you want on the agenda.

 

We hope you will join us. First time at Giavanni's, pizza is on SBCAN staff!

We hope you will join us for

SBCAN South County Roundtable

Friday, October 12, 2018, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Union Bank’s Board Room, 15 East Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA

AGENDA

(times are approximate, and feel free to bring your lunch)

1. Call to Order by Chair and SBCAN Co-President Dick Flacks.Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)
2. Discussion of Current Issues with Santa Barbara City Councilmember and Supervisor-Elect Gregg Hart. (40 min.)
3. Update on Tenants’ Rights. (10 min.)
4. Update on Santa Barbara’s Average Unit Density Program. (10 min.)
5. Immigration Advocacy Collaboration. Jacqueline Inda is seeking support for resolutions supporting the migrant community. (10 min.)
6. Mobile Homeowners Project. Sharon Rose will report on the project. (5 min.)
7. Brief updates from participants. (2 to 5 min. each)
8. Open discussion about other items of interest. All (5 min.)
9. Next meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for November 9.

We encourage you to attend the League of Women Voters Santa Maria City Council candidates' forum:

The SBCAN Board of Directors has voted to take the following positions:

 

 

SUPPORT Proposition 1: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Specified Housing Assistance Programs.  This $4 billion in general obligation bonds will support existing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill and transit-oriented development. 

 

SUPPORT Proposition 2: Authorizes Bonds to Fund Existing Housing Program for Individuals with Mental Illness. The "No Place Like Home Program" funds housing for those with mental illness who are homeless. 

 

OPPOSE Proposition 6: Eliminates Certain Road Repair and Transportation Funding.  This would repeal the gas tax enacted in 2017 and would reduce funding for road and highway repairs and public transportation. 

 

SUPPORT Proposition 10:  Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. This measure would repeal state law that currently restricts the scope of rent control policies that cities and counties may impose on residential properties. Repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act will allow cities and counties to decide how to handle rent control in their jurisdictions. 

 

 

SUPPORT Measure G: Creates a County of Santa Barbara Citizens' Independent Redristricting Commission. This measure would create an 11-member independent redistricting commission to adjust the boundaries of the County's supervisorial districts.

 

OPPOSE Measure H: Creates a County of Santa Barbara Independent Redistricting Commission.  This measure would create a 5-member commission to adjust the boundaries of the County's supervisorial districts.

SBCAN South County Roundtable

Friday, September 14, 2018, Noon to 1:30

Union Bank’s Board Room, 15 East Carrillo St., Santa Barbara, CA

AGENDA

 (times are approximate, and feel free to bring your lunch)

1. Call to Order by Chair and SBCAN Co-President Dick Flacks.Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)
2. Proposition 10 and Rent Control. Proposition 10 would repeal the Costa Hawkins Act, which limits localities' capacity to regulate rents. Repeal would give localities the opportunity, now denied, to institute or expand rent regulation. Prop. 10 doesn’t itself create rent control, but discussing and understanding the debates and the models for local rent control is the intent of this primary topic at this meeting. Professor Rich Appelbaum of UCSB will be on hand—he was one of the leading academic analysts of the rent control debate back in the '80s and can help us decode the arguments. (40 min.)
3. Average Unit Density. The City of Santa Barbara’s Planning Commission is meeting on September 13 to begin discussion about revising the AUD program. We will get a report on the status of that. (10 min.)
4. Immigration Advocacy Collaboration. Jacqueline Inda is seeking support for resolutions supporting the migrant community. (10 min.)
5. Mobile Homeowners Project. Sharon Rose will report on the success achieved in the state legislature this year. (5 min.)
6. Brief updates from participants. (2 to 5 min. each)
7. Open discussion about other items of interest. All (5 min.)
8. Next meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for October 12.