We'd like your help giving away plants during the first Santa Maria Open Streets event on Sunday, March 31 in Santa Maria. 

We'll be one of many groups providing fun activities for the community on Main Street -- in the street! This is the first time West Main Street will close for a community event that promises to have tons of activities for hundreds, if not thousands, of people who attend.

Please contact us and let us know you can help. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. We need people to help bring some tables, chairs and canopies to the event, to help set up the booths and to give away the plants during the event.

Felicity Lazo is organizing a booth for SBCAN to give away organic seedlings from Plantel Nurseries and would like you to contact her at felicitysfarm@gmail.com or 805-441-6782 (voice and text) to let her know how you can help. 

Kathy Sharum is organizing a booth for SBCAN, along with the California Native Plants Society, to give away native plants. We'll let you know later if she needs additional help.

SBCAN has been involved in the planning of this event, which is coordinated by SBCAG Traffic Solutions. 

We are cancelling tomorrow's (Saturday, February 2) membership meeting because of the incoming storm with its high wind warning and flash flood watch.

We are saddened by the accident on Thursday on the Nojoqui Grade that killed two people and injured a third when a car hydroplaned from the water on the highway. And Montecito residents are already evacuating today.

We don't want to put anyone at risk by traveling to our meeting. We plan to reschedule it at a future date.

Thank you for your support of Santa Barbara County Action Network. We will let you know when we reschedule the meeting.

Be careful. Be safe.

Ken Hough, SBCAN Executive Director and Jeanne Sparks, SBCAN Associate Director

Second District County Supervisor Gregg Hart will be the guest speaker at Santa Barbara County Action Network's annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, February 2. We hope you will join us to welcome the newest county supervisor and hear his plans and priorities for the new year.

The meeting begins at 1 p.m. at St. Marks-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave. in Los Olivos. The social hour with refreshments will be a great chance to renew friendships and build support for SBCAN’s future. Mark your calendar!

If you know you're coming, let us know by emailing membermeeting@sbcan.org so we can get an idea of how many are coming. If you don't know now, that's okay. Just show up. We'll be happy to see you!

If you haven't paid your dues for 2019 yet, please do so soon. We appreciate the support you have shown us over the years that has made it possible for us to continue nurturing our strong local network of progressive folks and creating bridges between environmental and social justice activism.

If you haven't been a member before, now would be a good time to join!

For seventeen years Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) has been the preeminent nonprofit organization working on both sustainability and social justice issues throughout the county. We have many partner organizations, to be sure, but we always strive to be countywide and working on a wide range of progressive issues — especially looking for issues that might fall through the cracks otherwise. Please look at the attached Issues and Actions paper highlighting what we have been working on. We are especially proud of our leadership on several North County issues.

With increasing competition for foundation support, we are all the more reliant on our members, major donors, and fundraisers. Therefore, we hope that you will make a membership donation that suits your budget and helps SBCAN continue its educational and advocacy roles.

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Here is our draft agenda for Thursday's meeting. We hope you will be able to join us and participate in discussions about important issues and actions coming up later this month and in coming months.

At the last meeting (our first at Giavanni's) the pizza was on me. This time, come early, if you'd like, and order what you'd like. We will meet in the private room.

Hope to see you there!

Ken

SBCAN North County Roundtable

Thursday, January 10, 2019, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Giavanni’s Pizzeria, 1108 E. Clark Ave. at Bradley Road, Orcutt

AGENDA

1. Call to Order by Chair and SBCAN Co-president Janet Blevins. Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)
2. Housing and Homelessness Issues. (15 min.)
3. Upcoming Hearings and Comment Deadlines for Oil Wells Proposed for Cat Canyon. (25 min.)
4. ExxonMobil Trucking Proposal. (10 min.)
5. Downtown Santa Maria Streetscape Plan. City Council hearing is January 15. (10 min.)
6. Santa Maria Open Streets Event, March 31. (5 min.)
7. SBCAN North County Awards Dinner. Jeanne Sparks (5 min.)
8. Brief updates from participants. (2 to 5 min. each)
9. Open discussion about other items of interest. All (5 min.)
10. Next meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for February 14, although that being Valentines Day, we could discuss moving it up or back a week. 

Dear Jeanne --

For seventeen years Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) has been the preeminent nonprofit organization working on both sustainability and social justice issues throughout the county. We have many partner organizations, to be sure, but we always strive to be countywide and working on a wide range of progressive issues — especially looking for issues that might fall through the cracks otherwise. Please look at the Issues and Actions paper below highlighting what we have been working on. We are especially proud of our leadership on several North County issues.

On February 2, 2019, we will convene our annual Membership Meeting in Los Olivos, and we really hope we will see you on that special day. Our guest speaker is Gregg Hart, our newest County Supervisor. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. at Saint-Marks-in-the Valley Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave. in Los Olivos. The social hour will be a great chance to renew friendships and build support for SBCAN’s future.

With increasing competition for foundation support, we are all the more reliant on our members, major donors, and fundraisers. Therefore, we hope that you will make a membership donation that suits your budget and helps SBCAN continue its educational and advocacy roles.

Hi Jeanne --

SBCAN North County Roundtable

Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Giavanni’s Pizza, 1108 E. Clark Ave. (Clark and Bradley), Orcutt

AGENDA

1. Call to Order: Co-president Janet Blevins. Introductions; Agenda Review (5 min.)
2. Discussion of Election Results and Implications for SBCAN. (15 min.)
3. Status of 750+ Unconventional Oil Wells Proposed for Cat Canyon. (20 min.)
4. SBCAN Priorities for 2019. (20 min.)
5. Brief updates from participants. (2 to 5 min. each)
6. Open discussion about other items of interest. All (5 min.)
7. Next meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for December.