Action Alerts

  • SC HOT Committee, Open Streets

    1.  Friday, October 16: SC HOT Committee in Santa Barbara
    2.  Friday, October 16: Registration deadline to ride the bus from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara for Open Streets


     

  • SBCAN Action Alert - McNeeley Musical, SM Bike Day, Sustainability Summit, SC HOT Committee, Open Streets, Climate Change

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 

    October 9, 2015

    1.  Saturday, October 10: Gale McNeeley performs "50 Years in Musicals" in Goleta
    2.  Sunday, October 11: Bike Day/Bici Familia at Buena Vista Park in Santa Maria 
    3.  Wednesday, October 14: Sustainability Summit at UCSB
    4.  Friday, October 16: SC HOT Committee in Santa Barbara
    5.  Friday, October 16: Registration deadline to ride the bus from Santa Maria to Santa Barbara for Open Streets 
    6.  SBCAN op-ed on Exxon's Knowledge of and Denial of Climate Change was published October 9

    1.  Saturday, October 10: Gale McNeeley performs "50 Years in Musicals" in Goleta

    Broadway Actor, Singer, Dancer and SBCAN Board Member/Treasurer Gale McNeeley will perform his show – “50 Years in Musicals” accompanied on the piano by his musical partner, Betty Faas. 

    Saturday, October 10 at 2 p.m.
    Niche Theatre at Live Oak 
    820 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, CA. 93117

    $15 for adults and $10 for seniors or students

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    For more information e-mail [email protected] or call (805) 406-4997 or read the Noozhawk article at http://www.noozhawk.com/calendar/detail/gale_mcneeleys_50_years_of_musicals.


    2.  Sunday, October 11: Bike Day/Bici Familia at Buena Vista Park in Santa Maria

    SBCAN has teamed up with Buena Vista Beautifiers, SB Bike, Adam School, Traffic Solutions and Tailwinds Bicycle Club to put on the first Family Bike Day/Bici Familia in Santa Maria. The event starts at 1 p.m. at Adam School, 500 Windsor Street, with free bicycle tune ups and bike riding instructions for children who attend the school. The group will then ride to Buena Vista Park, 833 S. Pine Street. 

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    If anyone would like to help, please show up at the school at 12 p.m. Volunteers are needed as follows:

    • 1) Event Volunteer:
      ROLES: Help with helmet fitting, help with handling skills on blacktop, coach new young riders or ride with the group on the streets. THANK YOU for being flexible and willing to help.
    • 2) Spanish speaking volunteer: 
      Spanish speaking volunteers will greet & direct participants at the registration table. They will hand-out waivers & collect them when completed & signed.
    • 3) Volunteer (bike mechanic skills):
      Basic bike mechanic skills needed
    • 4) Certified League Cycling Instructor (LCI)
      Will teach riders about bike safety, bike handling skills and will lead the group ride on the streets.

    For more information, call 805.963.SAVE, or visit http://www.bicicentro.org/event-1994351 or https://www.facebook.com/buenavistasm.

  • SC HOT Committee Friday, Sept. 18

    Please join us for:
    South County H.O.T. (Housing, Open space and Transportation) Committee meeting 
    Noon, Friday, September 18, 2015
    Rabobank, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 33 Carrillo St. (corner of Anacapa Street), Santa Barbara
  • Dick and Mickey Flacks are being honored at COAST's Fall Gathering Sept. 24

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    Fun Alert
    September 15, 2015

    SBCAN Founding Members Dick and Mickey Flacks are this year's honorees and will receive COAST's prestigious Barry Siegal Award on Thursday, September 24 at 5 p.m. at the Spanish Garden Inn, 915 Garden St., Santa Barbara.  

    Please see the flier below and join us in congratulating Dick and Mickey.
  • Garden Day Sunday, Rail Spur at BOS, Community Choice Energy at Goleta City Council

    1. Central Coast Green Team Garden Fun Day - Sunday, August 30

    2. County Board of Supervisors to Consider Phillips 66 Rail Spur, September 1, afternoon session

    3. Goleta City Council to Consider Contributing to the Feasibility Study for Community Choice Energy, September 1, 1:30 PM


    1.  Central Coast Green Team Garden Fun Day

    Please join us for a Fun Day at the

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    Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden and Flower Garden

    Sunday, August 30, 2015
    10 a.m. to Noon

    Santa Maria Community Garden
    910 S. Oakwood Drive, Santa Maria

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    Message from Green Team Garden Director Leo Espinoza:
  • Urge SB City Council to take a stand against the Phillips 66 Rail Spur on Tuesday

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    July 26, 2015

    On Tuesday afternoon, July 28, probably around 3:30 p.m., the Santa Barbara City Council will consider urging San Luis Obispo County to deny the Phillips 66 Rail Spur project. SBCAN has sent this letter, with this report "Impacts and Risks from Oil Trains and the Phillips 66 Rail Spur Project," to the City Council. Our report focuses on the potential impacts of the project on Santa Barbara County. 

    A detailed map, prepared by the report's author, Jane Baxter, shows the areas that will be at greater risk of damage from explosions, pollution and trains blocking access to major arterials if the project is approved. Click here to view or download the map.

    Please join us in urging the Santa Barbara City Council to ask San Luis Obispo County to deny this project.

    Pasted below is the call to action issued by SBCAN's major partner is this endeavor, Food and Water Watch:

  • DOGGR hearing TODAY in Santa Maria on injecting wastewater into aquifers

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    July 16, 2015

    The State of California Department of Conservation is holding a hearing in Santa Maria TODAY, July 16, at 4 PM on its proposed regulations governing the injection of wastewater from oil drilling operations into aquifers that could be used for irrigation or for drinking water.
     
    When: Thursday, July 16 from 4 PM - 7 PM
    Where: Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 511 East Lakeside Pkwy, Santa Maria
     
    Here is the link to the state's notice:
    And here is information about a protest being held before the hearing:
     
    Subject: Protest the California Groundwater Contamination Scandal this Thursday in Santa Maria
     
    Governor Brown! Shut Illegal Oil Wastewater Wells Down!
    STOP DOGGR FROM DUMPING TOXIC OIL WASTE INTO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AQUIFERS!
    Protest the California Groundwater Contamination Scandal
     
    When: Thursday, July 16 at 3:30 PM
    Where: 511 East Lakeside Pkwy, Santa Maria
  • SBCAN Action Alert - Oil Trains & Rail Spur report and rally, CPA annual meeting, even-year elections op-ed

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    July 9, 2015
    Oil Trains & Rail Spur report and rally, CPA annual meeting, even-year elections op-ed

    1. The 2nd edition of SBCAN's report on the Impacts and Risks from Oil Trains and the Phillip 66 Rail Spur Project has been posted and and can be viewed here:  http://www.sbcan.org/issue_papers. The report helps the reader visualize the ramifications of an oil train crash along Santa Barbara's coastline or in one of its communities. It includes a call to action to oppose the proposed Phillips 66 Rail Spur Project at the refinery on the Nipomo Mesa.

    2.   SBCAN, Food & Water Watch and Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter are sponsoring a rally to oppose crude oil by rail and the Phillips 66 Rail Spur Project. This will be at 11 AM, Saturday, July 11 under the Moreton Bay Fig Tree next to the Santa Barbara Amtrak Station, 30 W. Montecito St.Click here for the media advisory.

    3.  Citizens Planning Association of Santa Barbara County, one of SBCAN's close allies, is holding its Annual Meeting Saturday, July 11 from 1 PM to 3 PM in Santa Barbara.  Information is here: 

    4. Dick Flacks and Daniel Ramirez authored an op-ed supporting even-year elections in the City of Santa Barbara as a means of furthering social justice goals.  It ran in The Independent on July 7. It is pasted below or can be viewed online at 
    http://www.independent.com/news/2015/jul/07/unfinished-business-voting-rights-santa-barbara/
  • SBCAN Action Alert July 7, 2015

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    July 7, 2015

    1.  
    SBCAN North County H.O.T. (Housing, Open space and Transportation) Committee meeting
     
    Thursday, July 9, 2015, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
    2.  
    SBCAN South County H.O.T. (Housing, Open space and Transportation) Committee meeting
     
    Friday, July 10, 2015 12:00 PM  (NOTE NEW START TIME)

  • SBCAN Action Alert June 23, 2015 - Blue Bins Press Conference (SM) and Refugio Oil Spill (SB)

    Santa Barbara County Action Network 
    June 23, 2015

    1. Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
    Blue Bins Press Conference
    Preisker Park (to the right of the entrance), 330 Hidden Pines Way, Santa Maria
    2. Friday, June 26, 2015: 
    Joint Legislative Hearing on Refugio Oil Spill, 2 to 5 PM at the County Administration Building, Fourth Floor.

    HERE ARE THE DETAILS: