Please see this message from the League of Women Voters Santa Barbara. Register for the Housing Panel featuring SBCAN's Advocacy and Events Director, Nadia Abushanab, as one of the speakers. 

To start an exploration of the complex issues involved in our housing crisis, the League of Women Voters Santa Barbara (LWVSB) invites you to complete this Pre-Forum Survey.

Please join us for our

Santa Barbara County Action Network 
2022 Membership Appreciation Meeting
and Board Election

Saturday, March 19, 2022
Noon-1 p.m.

via Zoom
Registration required. Click here to register.

There are two items of interest at the upcoming County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, March 8:

• The Grand Jury's Report on idle wells (item A-8) 
• The ExxonMobil trucking project (item 3).

Idle Wells (item A-8): 

Please join SBCAN in supporting all four recommendations made by the Grand Jury to the Board of Supervisors to better monitor the health and financial impacts of idle wells in the county and to make sure companies are removing equipment from the wells in compliance with the petroleum code.

Idle wells pose threats such as methane leaks, oil leaks, and soil and groundwater contamination. They also pose financial risks to taxpayers who often end up paying for cleanup when oil companies declare bankruptcy.

Please make a comment during the meeting or send a written public comment in support of the Grand Jury's four recommendations. 

ExxonMobil (item 3): 

SBCAN opposes the ExxonMobil proposed trucking project because of its impacts on climate change, the risk of an oil spill, and the dangers of increased traffic on highways 101 and 166. 

Please make a comment - virtually and or written - in opposition to this dangerous project.

Watch this video that shows just how dangerous the trucking route is. 

Video produced by Vacation Land for the Environmental Defense Center. 

Please see this message from our friends at Women's March Santa Maria.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

The Women’s March is Returning to Santa Maria

Santa Maria is one of the 4th Annual Women’s Marches to be held nationwide in 2022

Who: Women’s March Santa Maria Valley

What: Joining thousands of Women’s March Sister Marches worldwide

When: March 6, 2022, from 2 pm to 4 pm

Where: The event will be held at the Minami Center (Enos and Depot). We will march from the Center east to Broadway, then north to Stowell, west to Depot and return on Enos.

SBCAN urges you to submit a public comment in OPPOSITION to ExxonMobil's dangerous offshore platform restart and trucking proposal this week.

Written public comments are due by NOON on Friday, March 4th. Submit your comment by emailing [email protected] or add your name to this petition.

Please join us for our

Santa Barbara County Action Network 
2022 Membership Appreciation Meeting
and Board Election

Saturday, March 19, 2022
Noon-1 p.m.

via Zoom
Registration required. Click here to register.

It's time to submit your nominations for the 2022 North County "Looking Forward" Awards.

Submit nominations via this Google Form

Awards will be presented at our annual fundraiser in June to individuals, organizations, or businesses in the North County who have made significant contributions to the community.

Please take the time to nominate those in your community that deserve recognition. Feel free to submit multiple nominations. Please submit nominations by Monday, January 31.

Wow, what a year! The community came out of our Covid isolation only to learn that we are still not out of the woods. However, we’ve found ways to keep making progress on the changes that need to be made. And you’ve been with us every step of the way! Thank you for your support.

Now, we’re proud to announce Santa Barbara County Action Network is turning 20!

Click here for a pdf of the December Newsletter

On Tuesday, Dec. 7:

• The Santa Barbara City Council will be discussing a Rent Stabilization Ordinance.
• Community members will also be calling on the Santa Maria City Council to adopt a Rent Stabilization Ordinance for mobile home parks.

Please lend your support through written or verbal public comment to protect renters, families, and essential workers and keep them in our community.