Posted by November 04, 2025 12:00 AM

SBCAN RT features SB city administrator; Stop Sable; Bob Dylan and civil rights

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

 

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Santa Barbara County Action Network Roundtable

Friday, November 7
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Register here

The November South Coast SBCAN Roundtable features a presentation by Kelly McAdoo, recently appointed Santa Barbara city administrator. We've asked her to present an overview of the proposal to transform Paseo Nuevo with a large-scale housing development.

The terms of the plan include significant concessions to Paseo Nuevo leaseholders. These terms, and the fate of affordable housing, are among questions being raised by city planning commissioners, some members of the city council and the city housing authority. The roundtable hopefully is a chance to understand the debate, which is important to the city's future. It's also a chance to meet Ms. McAdoo.

Agenda
  1. Welcome by SBCAN Co-President Dick Flacks
  2. Santa Barbara City Administrator Kelly McAdoo discusses the city staff proposal for housing development at Paseo Nuevo and responds to community questions
  3. Updates from participants

 

CALENDAR

 

  

SPECIAL EVENTS:

  

Tues
Nov 4

 

 ELECTION DAY - VOTE YES ON 50!  
Tues
Nov 4

7am

 Stop Sable Rally & Hearing SB
Tues
Nov 4

530pm

 Carpinteria Indivisible Monthly Meeting Carp
Wed
Nov 5

Noon-
1pm

 Tenant Protections in Goleta Online
Fri
Nov 7 		Noon-
130pm 		SBCAN Roundtable Online
Sat
Nov 8 		130pm Stop the Trump Shutdown SM
Sun
Nov 9 		2pm Tom Lehrer Tribute Show Orcutt
Sun
Nov 9		 1pm-
4pm		 805 UNDOCUFund Rapid Response Training

SM
Sat
Nov 15 		2pm

Collective Action Now with SBCAN

 SM
Mon
Nov 17		 4pm-
5pm

One Million Rising Small Group Meeting

 Orcutt
       
   

CALLS TO ACTION:

  
Every
Week		  

No Kings Alliance Weekly Actions
Mass Mutual Aid

  
Now -

Indivisible (national):
Cancel Spotify

  
Now -
Help support Eastside SB

 Petition
       
   

WEEKLY EVENTS:

  
Every Monday 4pm-
530pm

Support Palestinians

 SM
Every Thursday  Noon-
1pm

Indivisible: What's the Plan?

 Online
Every Thursday 4pm

Culture of Protest
Bob Dylan's earliest recordings

 Online
 Every 1st Friday 330pm-
5pm 		 Climate Fridays SB 
       

 

  

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE:

  

Open until filled

   County Hiking and Riding Trails Advisory Committee  

Items in red are new since our last action alert.
Items in blue are SBCAN items.

 

SPECIAL EVENTS
 

ELECTION DAY - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

VOTE!

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MESSAGE FROM LOMPOC INDIVISIBLE  

REMEMBER TO VOTE – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 – VOTE YES ON PROP 50! 

California state elections and polling place information – click the link: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place

If you are a last minute voter, please do not mail your ballot, as the USPS is not guaranteed to postmark it on time (unless you walk it into the post office and ask them to stamp it). Take it to a drop box (by city hall) or take it to your polling place and turn it in on voting day. 

IF you need assistance with transportation to vote, please email us at [email protected] and we’ll figure out how to help you get that done. 👍

  

 
 
Giving Tuesday

MESSAGE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

EDC represents SBCAN and other groups in our effort
to protect our county from another oil spill

RSVP & MORE INFO

On November 4, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to transfer Exxon’s oil and gas permits to Sable Offshore Corp.—the Texas company threatening our coast and communities with the restart of three aging offshore platforms, two onshore processing facilities, and the same pipeline that failed 10 years ago causing the devastating oil spill on the Gaviota Coast.

In September, a federal judge rejected Sable’s attempt to force an immediate transfer of permits for these oil facilities. That’s a big win for our community and our coast. But the fight isn’t over. The court ordered the Board to hold a new public hearing on whether to transfer the permits.

The Board will once again consider whether Sable has the skills, training, and financial resources to operate safely and responsibly. This is not a simple paperwork issue—it’s a major decision about our County’s future. EDC and our partners will urge the Supervisors to deny the transfer of these permits. Sable has continuously shown disregard for the law, ignoring multiple cease-and-desist orders from the California Coastal Commission and digging up sensitive habitats without permits. Sable’s work in Santa Barbara County has resulted in a record $18 million fine from the Coastal Commission, a state Attorney General lawsuit accusing Sable of illegally discharging waste into streams and habitats, and 21 criminal charges filed against the company by the District Attorney, including five felonies. The company has proven to our community time and time again it cannot be trusted to operate these facilities safely or responsibly.

WILL YOU JOIN US TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4TH?

We need every voice. Every student, every parent, every surfer, every fisher, every person who loves this place. Let’s fill that hearing room.

IN PERSON: Testify in person at the hearing on Tuesday, November 4, 9AM at the County of Santa Barbara, 105 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara
RALLY: 8:00AM (Wear Red!)
DOORS OPEN: 7:00AM

VIRTUALLY: Testify virtually by Zoom - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
(Link to be released with agenda here)

EMAIL COMMENTS: by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 3 to [email protected] 

The Board has every right—and responsibility—to ask hard questions and require Sable to provide more information. Sable’s record makes clear this company is either unwilling or unable to follow the law and operate safely.

On November 4 the Board can—and must— deny the transfer of these permits. But they need to hear from us.

Let’s protect the places we love—together.

Thank you.

Tara Rengifo
Senior Attorney

 

 

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MESSAGE FROM CARPINTERIA INDIVISIBLE

Carpinteria Indivisible Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, November 4
5:30 – 6:30pm PST
Rancho Granada Mobile Home Park
5750 Via Real, Carpinteria

Carpinteria Indivisible holds monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30pm - 6:30pm. We discuss calls to action and hear reports from our focus groups.

Currently our federal government (aka The Regime) hits us daily with one "crisis" after another. Indivisible partners with other groups for national events each month. We also hold marches and rallies for local events. So far we have held public visibility demonstrations at least once/month. Please bring your major concerns to the meeting.

Let's save democracy!

Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/854010/

     

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

MESSAGE FROM THE CITY OF GOLETA

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Chapter 8.19 of the Goleta Municipal Code

More info: www.cityofgoleta.org/TenantProtections

 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-of-goleta-tenant-protections-lunch-learn-webinar-tickets-1860514863039 Goleta-Join_Us_for_a_Virtual_Lunch-2.jpg

    

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

 

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MESSAGE FROM INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA

Stop the Trump Shutdown

Santa Maria City Hall
Saturday, November 8
Noon-1:30pm

Sign Up Here

Join Santa Maria Indivisible for a powerful, pop up protest, P to the third POWER, to protest Trump and his shutdown. Facists depend on you believing you're alone and powerless. But when individuals come together, we create real power!

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9

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Musical Showman Gale McNeeley Presents
Tom Lehrer Tribute Show

Sunday, November 9
2pm-3pm

Home of Jeanne Sparks and Ken Hough, Orcutt
RSVP to [email protected] for address

Tom Lehrer left the planet July 26th, but his inspired music and lyrics live on.

In the 50s and 60s, Tom was a hit on college campuses with outrageous songs like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Vatican Rag and So Long Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb. He pushed the envelope with his take on religion, politics and war, taking jabs at the Boy Scouts, the Marines and Wernher von Braun.

Gale McNeeley’s Irish tenor vocals and wide musical and performance range make Lehrer’s satirical lyrics shine. And his performance background of unique material makes him ideal for bringing out the best of Lehrer’s work.

A former Broadway singer-actor, he’s a European trained instructor of Commedia Dell ‘Arte (Italian masked comedy) teaching nationally. Work like his ongoing touring show Archy and Mehitabel, allows for a rich interpretation of Lehrer zany words ands music. McNeeley says, “At my Jesuit college, The Vatican Rag was the naughtiest song I had ever heard. Tom inspired my career as a song parodist.”

Mr. McNeeley will be accompanied on the piano by Paul Marszalkowski from the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. There will be a suggested donation of $15 at the door. For more information text or call 805 406 4997.

THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ACTION NETWORK

    

 

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805 UNDOCUFund Rapid Response Training

 Sunday, November 9
1pm-4pm
Santa Maria location supplied upon reservation

RSVP Here

‘More Than a Hotline’: How 805 UndocuFund Rapid Response Network Works - Noozhawk

  

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15

 

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MESSAGE FROM SANTA MARIA BRANCH OF AAUW

Join us in learning from fellow branch member, Jeanne Sparks, and her husband, Ken Hough, as they provide information about their work on environmental, economic, and social justice issues as Co-Executive Directors of Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN).

They will also share the ways we and fellow residents can work together to face the challenges our community is currently experiencing. Invite your friends and neighbors to this program! If you are on social media, be sure to share the club’s posts on your page!

[email protected]

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

 

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MESSAGE FROM INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA

One Million Rising Small Group Meeting

Monday, November 17
4pm-5pm
Gloira Dei Lutheran Church, 4380 Orcutt Road, Orcutt

More info & Sign Up Here

 

CALLS TO ACTION

 

NO KINGS ALLIANCE
  
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MESSAGE FROM NO KINGS ALLIANCE

Mass Mutual Aid

There will be more mass protests in our future, but before that, there will be authoritarian overreach to defend against…and quickly. What we do will change week to week. Whatever the moment requires, we’ll adapt. Because authoritarianism doesn’t stand alone — it survives on silence, complicity, and cash flow. The No Kings Alliance is simple: make it impossible for anyone — in power, in profit, or in denial — to quietly capitulate.

THIS WEEK'S ACTION:
  • Donate to your local food bank
  • Support your local community shelter
  • Host a local give-back drive

Mutual Aid Guide

Mobilize

https://www.nokings.org/alliance
No Kings Alliance has numerous partners including Indivisible, 50501 and Move on: https://www.nokings.org/partners
 

INDIVISIBLE (NATIONAL)

 

 

 

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MESSAGES FROM INDIVISIBLE (NATIONAL)

Our Demands for Spotify

Until our demands are met, we will withhold our subscriptions and our support. We are calling on Spotify founder and current CEO Daniel Ek, as well as Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström who will become the new co-CEOs starting in January 2026, to:

  • Immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts with Spotify.
  • Spotify must update its Advertising Policy to prohibit government propaganda and hate-based recruitment campaigns.
  • Spotify must commit to defending civil rights and standing up for communities under threat from authoritarian actions.

What You Can do

We are asking every listener and artist to take three key actions:

  1. Cancel your Spotify subscription, TODAY until the ICE ads are removed.
  2. Engage in peaceful, public protest outside of Spotify offices, studios, or major events to demand they stop their ICE recruitment ads.*
    • Bring your community together to make your voices heard, peacefully and powerfully.
    • Use your signs, stories, and creativity to demand that Spotify drop ICE ads and stand on the right side of history.
    • Share photos and videos from your protest on social media and tag Spotify on their social media accounts.
    • Use hashtags: #CancelSpotify #DontStreamFascism #StopICEAds
  3. Tag Spotify publicly and urge artists, podcasters, and labels to denounce these ads and oppose the platform complicity.

How to cancel Spotify Premium

We've included instructions on how to cancel Spotify via website, iOS app, Android, or if the service is bundled with a mobile/internet provider.

Read More
    

Help Promote Eastside Santa Barbara's Businesses & Resources

   

Last year, Eastside residents approached SBCAN for help to promote Eastside businesses and resources. Residents consider Milpas Street Santa Barbara's "second State Street," but do not feel like there is enough investment in the Eastside to help boost its economy. Long-standing businesses are struggling due to various factors including lack of visitation from tourists staying on Cabrillo and from locals. 

Thank you to our volunteer Abigail Lindros for helping create this petition to urge the City of Santa Barbara to help promote social and economic justice in Santa Barbara's Eastside. The Eastside is a community rich with diversity and resources and should be treated as such.

"To revitalize the Eastside, a community of Eastside residents alongside SBCAN and other organizations, propose creating a dedicated Eastside Resources/Businesses page on the official City of Santa Barbara website. This page would include hyperlinks to local business websites and contact information, enhancing visibility and accessibility for residents and visitors alike. Additionally, this page would promote Eastside resources such as libraries, community centers, and services for families to bolster community resilience and increase use of existing services.  

To elevate Eastside’s online presence, we call for the hiring of City staff or the designation of funds towards a local nonprofit to manage social media accounts that uplift our Milpas restaurants to attract more visitors and invigorate our community’s economy."

Please sign this petition to urge the City of Santa Barbara to create an Eastside businesses and resources tab on the official City website and designate funds to promoting Milpas restaurants on social media.   

 

WEEKLY EVENTS

 

MONDAYS

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Support the Palestinians
Every Monday 4pm-530pm

MESSAGE FROM SANTA MARIA RESIDENT GALE MCNEELEY

Come join us every Monday 4–5:30 PM at Main & Broadway in Santa Mara to Support the Palestinians and to Protest the Genocide in Gaza. We invite you to join us for all or any part of that time. Bring a sign expressing your hopes for the Palestinian people. We have been there for this last year, and the beeps in support are growing every week.  
Gale McNeeley 805 406 4997
 

THURSDAYS

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What's the Plan?
Every Thursday at noon
Online

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.

The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back.

Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/

 

 

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MESSAGE FROM DICK FLACKS

Culture of Protest
Every Thursday at 4pm
KCSB Radio, 91.9 FM in SB
www.kcsb.org

SBCAN Co-president Dick Flacks has been doing a weekly radio how on KCSB (91.9 FM) for 43 years.

This week features a new multi-CD project of Bob Dylan‘s earliest recordings with particular attention to his involvement in those years in the civil rights movement.

For a downloadable link contact Dick Flacks to the pre-recorded episode, or to get on Dick's email list, contact Dick at rflacks@gmall com

 

FRIDAYS

 

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Climate Fridays Santa Barbara

Friday, November 7, 2025 (AND every first Friday in 2025)

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

CEC's Environmental Hub

1219 State St., Santa Barbara

Join CEC, the Society of Fearless Grandmothers Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Sierra Club on the first Friday of each month. At these events, climate activists, students, community partners, and friends gather to learn about regional climate change issues and how to take collective action to protect our planet. November's gathering will focus on regenerative agriculture and feature guest speakers from CEC, Harris Gaviota Farm, and SEEAG, along with sustainable food expert Gerri French.

Learn more and register.

     

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
  
 

COUNTY RIDING AND HIKING TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The County Riding and Hiking Trails Advisory Committee (CRAHTAC) has at one or more vacancy in each of its five supervisorial districts. It needs more community members to represent the needs of the public. SBCAN encourages you to apply to be on the committee.
 
CRAHTAC was established by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors in an advisory capacity to review programs, policies, and procedures affecting county recreational riding and hiking trails and their use. Committee members are concerned with the location, development, and maintenance of the recreational trails system countywide, to provide public access and links to the Los Padres National Forest, parks, beaches, and other public recreation areas.
 
The committee is comprised of a maximum of four members from each of the five Supervisorial Districts and serves at the pleasure of the appointing Supervisor. CRAHTAC meets regularly on a bimonthly schedule.
 
CRAHTAC Members
  • District 1 Kim Fly, Kevin Snow (2 Vacancies) 
  • District 2 Jack Bish, Otis Calef - Chair, Dan Gira (1 Vacancy)      
  • District 3 Faith Deeter - Vice Chair, Linda Rubenstein, Desiree Woodlill - Secretary (1 Vacancy)
  • District 4 John Karamitsos (3 Vacancies)
  • District 5 (4 Vacancies)   
For more information, contact Executive Assistant Teralyn Evans-Gutiérrez
Email Teralyn Evans-Gutiérrez; Phone: 805-568-2467
   
   
ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTACT INFORMATION

 

U.S. CONGRESS

Senator Adam Schiff
Washington, DC: (202) 224-3841
Los Angeles: (310) 914-7300
San Francisco: (415) 393-0707
Fresno: (559) 485-7430
Email

Senator Alex Padilla
Washington, DC: (202) 224-3553
Fresno (559) 497–5109
San Francisco (415) 981–9369  
Sacramento (916) 448–2787
Los Angeles (310) 231–4494
San Diego (619) 239–3884
Email

Congressman Salud Carbajal
Santa Barbara: (805) 730-1710
San Luis Obispo: (805) 546-8348
Washington, DC: (202) 225-3601
Email

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE

Senator Monique Limón
Santa Barbara: (805) 965-0862
Oxnard: (805) 988-1940
Sacramento: (916) 651-4021
Email

Assemblyman Gregg Hart
Santa Barbara: (805) 564-1649
Sacramento: (916) 319-2037
Email
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

1st District Supervisor Roy Lee
(805) 568-2186
[email protected]

2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps
(805) 568-2191
[email protected]

3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann
(805) 568-2192
[email protected]

 

4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson
(805) 346-8407
[email protected]

5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino
(805) 346-8404
[email protected]

 
  

 

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Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) is a countywide progressive organization working to promote social and economic justice, to preserve our environmental and agricultural resources and to create sustainable communities.
 
BECOME A MEMBER OF SBCAN OR MAKE A DONATION

 

SBCAN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We rely on memberships and donations to help fund our work. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. Join with us to work on environmental, economic and social justice issues.

 

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Jeanne Sparks and Ken Hough, Co-Executive Directors