Action Alerts

ACTION ALERT- January 26, 2009

Submitted by ouribe on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 12:27

Santa Barbara County Action Network

INFORMATION & ACTION ALERT

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. Here they are in brief:

 

1.      California State Lands Commission hearing regarding Tranquillon Ridge, January 29, Santa Barbara

 

2.      Housing Element Update: Affordable Housing Focused Rezone Hearing, January 27, Santa Maria

 

3.      Community Events:

 

*Santa Barbara - A "Green Carpet" award ceremony celebrating Get Oil Out 40th anniversary, Jan 30

* San Luis Obispo - League of Women Voters Lunch and Learn, January 31

*Guadalupe - Community Planning Meeting, February 5

 

4.      SB CAN Column: Holding Greka accountable for spills

 

Date: 
26 Jan 2009 - 7:27pm

Action Alert- January 12, 2009

Submitted by ouribe on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 16:03

Santa Barbara County Action Network

INFORMATION & ACTION ALERT

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. Here they are in brief:

 

1.      Stop the oil spills! On-shore Oil Drilling Hearing, Board of Supervisors, January 13, Santa Maria

 

2.      SBCAG Hearing on Unmet Transit Needs, January 15, Santa Maria

 

3.      Affordable Housing Focused Rezone Hearing, Board of Supervisors, January 27, Santa Maria

 

4.      Nominations open for SB CAN & SB CORE North County Community Hero Awards

 

5.      Community Events: Two Inaugural Celebrations, January 20, 2009

Santa Maria - PRESIDENT OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION & DANCE

Santa Barbara - The UniTea Inaugural Ball

 

6.      SB CAN Column: Balanced Planning Needed for Affordable Housing

 

Date: 
12 Jan 2009 - 11:03pm

SBCAN-SBCORE North County Award Nominations.

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 12:10


SB CAN & SB CORE

2009 North County Community Award Nominations

 

Help us honor North County Community Heroes!

 

Each year the Santa Barbara County Action Network and Santa Barbara Council on Research and Education honor community heroes working or living in the northern part of our county.

 

Award nominations are now open for individuals, community organizations, and local businesses from northern Santa Barbara County who have made significant contributions to the community. Awards will be presented at our 5th annual North County Community Celebration Dinner this spring (date and location TBA).

 

Last year's award recipients included: John Buttney (Social Justice Award); Guadalupe Dunes Center (Environmental Protection & Sustainability Award); Bess Connie Krieger (Giving Back to the Community Award); Eric Cardenas & the Central Coast Environmental Health Project (Working Families Award); and Joan Leon, ("Looking Forward" Award).

 

Please take the time to nominate someone from your community who deserves recognition. Fill out the following nomination form and return by January 20, 2009. Email your nomination todeborah@sbcan.org, fax to 805-564-7188, to mail to SB CAN at P.O. Box 23453, Santa Barbara, CA 93121.

 

Date: 
7 Jan 2009 - 7:10pm

Action Alert December 23, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 12:04


Santa Barbara County Action Network

INFORMATION & ACTION ALERT

 

Happy Holidays SB CAN members and friends!

 

We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of the work that SB CAN and SB CORE have been doing in SantaBarbara County. While progressives across the nation are moving for change and progress at the national level, it's so important to ensure that change and progress is being made right here in the community we cherish.

 

SB CAN and its educational and research partner, SB CORE, have been working day by day throughout Santa Barbara County for sustainable planning and democratic governance. The planning we seek simultaneously fosters affordable housing so that people of all classes can live and work here, protects Santa Barbara's environmental and agricultural resources, and encouragesalternative transportation systems to reduce dependence on private cars.

 

Please take a few moments to review the following news and opportunities. Here they are in brief:

 

  1. Learn all about us--SB CAN Newsletter up on website

 

  1. SB CAN "Sustainable Community and H.O.T. Advocacy Program" in Santa Maria

 

  1. Help us grow! Membership Renewals and Year-End Donations

 

  1. Go Green for the Holidays!

 

  1. SB CAN Column: Showing of "Milk" evokes connections with Prop 8

 

Date: 
23 Dec 2008 - 7:04pm

Action Alert December 5, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:59


Santa Barbara County Action Network

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. Here they are in brief:

 

  1. SB CANNES presents special screening of MILK, Tuesday, December 9, Santa Barbara

 

  1. General Plan Amendment proposed to open ag land to new development, County Planning Commission, Wednesday, December 10, Santa Maria.

 

  1. Santa Maria Workshop on unmet transit needs, Wednesday, December 10, Santa Maria

 

  1. Plan SB - General Plan Update Hearings, December 11 & December 16, Santa Barbara

 

  1. Support SB CAN & SB CORE

Let's Go Green for the Holidays - Eco-friendly products at LetsGoGreen.biz

Cars 4 Causes - Donate your old vehicle and help support  sustainable communities

 

Date: 
5 Dec 2008 - 6:59pm

Action Alert November 24, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:42


Santa Barbara County Action Network

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. And please forward to your friends and others who are interested in creating sustainable communities through sound planning that integrates housing, open space and transportation-our HOT principles.

 

News in brief:

 

1. SBCANNES- "Movies with a Message" series presents "Milk".

 

2. Sustainable University Now (SUN)- Coalition forms to respond to UCSB development plan

 

3. Election results bring hope and renewal

 

Date: 
24 Nov 2008 - 6:42pm

Action Alert November 10, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:33


Santa Barbara County Action Network

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. And please forward to your friends and others who are interested in creating sustainable communities through sound planning that integrates housing, open space and transportation-our HOT principles.

 

News in brief:

 

1. HERE COMES THE SUN! Election Results

 

2. SB CAN & SBCORE Fall Harvest Picnic - Thank you and Slideshow

 

3. Naples Coalition Outreach Meeting - Tuesday, Nov. 11, Santa Barbara

 

4. Update on Coastal Commission Appeal of the Naples Development Project

 

5. Other Community Events

Learn How to be an Advocate for Green, Sustainable, Communities,

Workshop, Nov. 15, Ventura

  

Date: 
10 Nov 2008 - 6:33pm

SBCAN & SBCORE Fall Harvest Picnic

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:27


2008 Fall Harvest Picnic

Sunday, October 26, 11 AM-4PM

El Capitan Ranch, Gaviota Coast

 

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SB CAN)

Santa Barbara Council of Research and Education (SB CORE)

 

Date: 
20 Oct 2008 - 6:27pm

Action Alert October 10, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:22


Santa Barbara County Action Network

 

Greetings SB CAN members and friends! Please take a few moments to review the upcoming events and news. And please forward to your friends and others who are interested in creating sustainable communities through sound planning that integrates housing, open space and transportation-our HOT principles.

 

News in brief:

 1. BOS Hearing on Gaviota Coast project at NAPLES (Santa Barbara Ranch), October 13, Santa Barbara

 

2. SB CAN Fall Harvest Picnic, October 26, El Capitan Ranch.

 

Date: 
10 Oct 2008 - 6:22pm

Santa Barbara County Elections, November 4th, 2008

Submitted by ouribe on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 10:07
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SB CAN Endorsements

 

SB CAN promotes participation in the electoral process and local initiative campaigns. Our candidate assessment team carefully evaluates ballot measures and candidate positions to determine how well they reflect SB CAN'scommitment to social justice, environmental protection, sustainable transportation, and affordable and workforce housing.

 

The SB CAN Board of Directors endorses

 

Lois Capps, Congress 23rd District

Hannah-Beth Jackson, State Senate 19th District

Pedro Nava, State Assembly 35th District

Doreen Farr, 3rd District County Supervisor

Margaret Connell, Goleta City Council

Ed Easton, Goleta City Council

Cecilia Martner, Lompoc City Council

Mike Cordero, Santa Maria City Council

Lauren Hanson, Goleta Water Board

Bill Rosen, Goleta Water Board

Measure A - ½ cent sales tax renewal for transportation

Measure E - Urban Growth Boundary for city of Buellton

 

Date: 
29 Sep 2008 - 5:07pm