SBCAN Roundtable on Rent Stabilization co-sponsored w/ CAUSE; Speak up for caregivers and open space on Tuesday; SM General Plan; Labor Day events; and more

SBCAN Roundtable Friday, Sept 5

SBCAN Roundtable
Achieving Rent Stabilization
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Zoom

Join us for the SBCAN South County Roundtable on Friday, September 5 co-sponsored with CAUSE for a special briefing on achieving rent stabilization in Santa Barbara.

We’ll provide a review of current research debunking notions that ‘rent control never works,' a detailed understanding of how rent regulation is administered, and the strategy for getting the Santa Barbara City Council to make it happen.

	Prof. Rich Appelbaum
California tenant advocate Ryan Bell

Speakers will include Prof. Rich Appelbaum, California tenant advocate Ryan Bell, and representatives of CAUSE.

Register for the Zoom Roundtable at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/iuc5wJFkRLWNpHmA76HjfQ

Stay tuned for more information. And please put this on your calendar!

Speak up for caregivers and open space on Tuesday; SM General Plan; Labor Day events; and more

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26

Speak up for IHSS caregivers
Tuesday, August 26
Board of Supervisors Meeting
Santa Maria
(Remote testimony SB or online)

Message from United Domestic Workers:

Unfortunately as you have heard our county’s IHSS Caregivers are not doing too well right now. We have had two meetings with the County Board of Supervisors staff to discuss our next 3-year contract, and the offer has been truly disheartening.

Our county’s IHSS caregivers currently earn just $18.67.
The current offer on the table increase would bring caregiver pay up by .33 cents to just $19.00 per hour, where they would remain for 3 more years.
Caregivers’ compensation still does not include Medical Coverage or even period for Vacation, and neither of those benefits are on offer from our county.

Our members have been attending recent Board of Supervisors meetings sharing their stories and the challenges faced living in a county where the MIT Living wage index estimates a living wage should be $30.98. https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/06083

We are asking our community partners to join their voices with those of the county’s IHSS caregivers at the next Board of Supervisors meeting. Without an in-depth knowledge of the contract negotiations process, our community partners can easily speak in support during the public comment period simply sharing things like:

Their own experiences with the physical, emotional, and financial costs of providing care for aging or disabled loved ones
The importance of a living wage to maintaining a strong care workforce in our community
How the lack of adequate wages and benefits will continue to make it hard for our county to meet the current and growing need for caregivers to provide the supports our aging population requires
The consistency with which UDW’s IHSS caregivers offer their support back to the community
The importance of adequate compensation, career pathways and learning opportunities to any workforce

Please join for the Public Comment portion of our next County Board of Supervisors Meeting in support of our local IHSS Caregivers.

Santa Maria County Board of Supervisors Meeting
511 Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria

Tuesday, August 26^thPlease arrive by 8:40 AM, the meeting begins promptly at 9 am.
Editor's Note: Put in a speaker slip when you arrive requesting to speak during Public Comment. Remote testimony and emailed comments are also possible. Get instructions here: https://ca-santabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/2836/Board-of-Supervisors-Methods-of-Particip

Let me know if you can show up in support. We look forward to seeing you! Please feel free to share this ask for support widely!

Robert Gibson | Union Representative [email protected]
United Domestic Workers of America/AFSCME Local 3930
402 S. Miller St. Santa Maria, CA 93454
(805) 349-9656 (office) | (820) 899-8810 (cell)
www.udwa.org | facebook | twitter

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26

Speak up for Open Space
Tuesday, August 26
Board of Supervisors Meeting
Santa Maria
(Remote testimony SB or online)

The County will have a scoping hearing on the updating its Open Space Element on Tuesday.

This is a key opportunity to get a jump on a comprehensive approach to wildlife-habitat connectivity, fire resilience landscapes, protection of floodplains and waterways, equity and access to nature, and even public safety.

This is the opportunity to expand the scope of the project. The item is #3 on the agenda.

Click here for the County's Powerpoint presentation.

Click here for talking points from the Biodiversity Working Group.

Click here for the Agenda and Item #3 materials.

National Day of Action

Saturday, August 16

Events in

Santa Barbara

Solvang

Lompoc

Santa Maria

See below

Stop Sable. Congressman Carbajal visits SM. And more

TAKE ACTION NOW

EDC AND SBCAN CALL TO STOP SABLE

EDC represents SBCAN and other local organizations on this issue

TAKE ACTION >>

July 31, 2025

From the Environmental Defense Center:

We need your help to stop Sable's dangerous oil project in Santa Barbara.

The onshore pipeline servicing three 1980s-era offshore oil platforms has been inactive since it ruptured and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil onto the coastline 10 years ago. It was one of California’s worst ever oil spill disasters polluting more than 150 miles of the coastline.

Now a Texas oil company (Sable Offshore Corp.) is moving fast to restart this failed pipeline so it can resume pumping and transporting oil from three offshore oil platforms off the Santa Barbara coast. So far the project has moved forward with zero environmental review and no opportunity for public comment. Sable ignored multiple Cease and Desist Orders from the California Coastal Commission, showing they are moving full steam ahead unless state agencies reel them in with stronger enforcement and oversight actions.

As EDC laid out in a letter submitted earlier this week, California State Parks must require a full environmental review before making any decision on Sable’s application for a new easement to operate and maintain the pipeline across Gaviota State Park, a cherished public resource and sensitive habitat.

Can you call Governor Gavin Newsom and California State Parks Director Armando Quintero, and urge them to carry out a full environmental review of the restart project?

CALL SCRIPT >>

Call Governor Newsom’s office at 916-445-2841. Try to talk to a member of staff. Here’s what you can say:

“Hello. My name is ___ and I’m a resident of ____ .

I’m extremely disappointed to see Trump cheerleading the success of the Santa Ynez Unit, an offshore drilling project off California’s coast. Not a single agency under your leadership has committed to conducting a full environmental review for the proposed restart, including for the defective pipeline that caused the 2015 disaster.

None of us want another major oil spill, and we need strong leadership from you to stop that from happening.

Please reverse course and stand up to protect California’s coast from offshore drilling. Thank you.”

You can also call State Park's Director Quintero’s office to share your message at 916-902-8900.

“Hello. My name is ___ and I’m a resident of ____ .

I’m extremely disappointed that State Parks already granted one exemption from environmental review for Sable Offshore Corp’s work in Gaviota State Park.

None of us want a repeat of the massive 2015 oil spill at Refugio State Beach and we need strong leadership from you to stop that from happening.

Please require a full environmental review before you make any decision on Sable Offshore Corp.’s application for a new pipeline easement through Gaviota State Park for the Las Flores Pipeline System. Thank you

If you get through to voicemail, please leave a message.
Then, make sure your friends and family make a call as well.

Thank you for taking action at this critical time.

Linda Krop
Chief Counsel

EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org

805.963.1622

[email protected]

PHOTOS FROM LA MARCHA DE LA PUEBLA

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Click here to see photos from La Marcha de la Puebla on August 1, 2025 in Santa Maria.

Click here for KCOY's coverage of the event.
Click here for Noozhawk's coverage of the event

Click here to for MSNBC's coverage of the event

Stop Sable. La Marcha de la Puebla Friday in SM. And more.

TAKE ACTION NOW

EDC AND SBCAN - CALL TO STOP SABLE

EDC represents SBCAN and other local organizations on this issue

TAKE ACTION >>

July 31, 2025

We need your help to stop Sable's dangerous oil project in Santa Barbara.

The onshore pipeline servicing three 1980s-era offshore oil platforms has been inactive since it ruptured and spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil onto the coastline 10 years ago. It was one of California’s worst ever oil spill disasters polluting more than 150 miles of the coastline.

Now a Texas oil company (Sable Offshore Corp.) is moving fast to restart this failed pipeline so it can resume pumping and transporting oil from three offshore oil platforms off the Santa Barbara coast. So far the project has moved forward with zero environmental review and no opportunity for public comment. Sable ignored multiple Cease and Desist Orders from the California Coastal Commission, showing they are moving full steam ahead unless state agencies reel them in with stronger enforcement and oversight actions.

As EDC laid out in a letter submitted earlier this week, California State Parks must require a full environmental review before making any decision on Sable’s application for a new easement to operate and maintain the pipeline across Gaviota State Park, a cherished public resource and sensitive habitat.

Can you call Governor Gavin Newsom and California State Parks Director Armando Quintero, and urge them to carry out a full environmental review of the restart project?

CALL SCRIPT >>

Call Governor Newsom’s office at 916-445-2841. Try to talk to a member of staff. Here’s what you can say:

“Hello. My name is ___ and I’m a resident of ____ .

I’m extremely disappointed to see Trump cheerleading the success of the Santa Ynez Unit, an offshore drilling project off California’s coast. Not a single agency under your leadership has committed to conducting a full environmental review for the proposed restart, including for the defective pipeline that caused the 2015 disaster.

None of us want another major oil spill, and we need strong leadership from you to stop that from happening.

Please reverse course and stand up to protect California’s coast from offshore drilling. Thank you.”

You can also call State Park's Director Quintero’s office to share your message at 916-902-8900.

“Hello. My name is ___ and I’m a resident of ____ .

I’m extremely disappointed that State Parks already granted one exemption from environmental review for Sable Offshore Corp’s work in Gaviota State Park.

None of us want a repeat of the massive 2015 oil spill at Refugio State Beach and we need strong leadership from you to stop that from happening.

Please require a full environmental review before you make any decision on Sable Offshore Corp.’s application for a new pipeline easement through Gaviota State Park for the Las Flores Pipeline System. Thank you

If you get through to voicemail, please leave a message.
Then, make sure your friends and family make a call as well.

Thank you for taking action at this critical time.

Linda Krop
Chief Counsel

EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org

805.963.1622

[email protected]

906 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Immigration and I.C.E.

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025

FROM THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA:

Desplácese hacia abajo para obtener información en español

The City of Santa Barbara is hosting a Special City Council Meeting on Immigration this Thursday, July 31.

For additional information and local resources, visit SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ImmigrationResources.

Meeting Details:

Remote participation available
Spanish translation and interpretation provided
Meeting agenda will be posted by July 30 at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP

Special City Council Meeting on Immigration

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Starts at 11:30 a.m.

City Hall & Remote (Zoom)

PARTICIPATE IN PERSON or on ZOOM

735 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101

WATCH LIVE on Channel 18, YouTube, or Zoom.

SUBMIT COMMENTS TO [email protected].

The City of Santa Barbara offers live Spanish translation and interpretation for meetings via the Wordly Platform: https://attend.wordly.ai/join/QQBV-6746

La Ciudad de Santa Bárbara llevará a cabo una reunión especial del Concejo Municipal sobre inmigración este jueves 31 de julio.

Para obtener más información y recursos locales, visiteSantaBarbaraCA.gov/ImmigrationResources.

Detalles de la reunión:

Participación virtual disponible
Se ofrecerán traducción e interpretación al español
La agenda se publicará antes del 30 de julio en SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP

Reunión especial del Concejo sobre inmigración

Jueves 31 de Julio de 2025

Comienza a las 11:30 a.m.

Alcaldía y Participación virtual (Zoom)

ASISTA EN PERSONA O ZOOM

735 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101

VEA EN VIVO por el Canal 18 o en nuestro canal de YouTube, o Zoom.

ENVÍE SUS COMENTARIOS A [email protected].

La Ciudad de Santa Bárbara ofrece servicios de traducción e interpretación en vivo al español a través de "Wordly": https://attend.wordly.ai/join/QQBV-6746

City of Santa Barbara
City Hall
735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
SantaBarbaraCA.gov

CALENDAR

Items in blue are events SBCAN organized or is participating in

Items in bold have been added since our last action alert

DATE	TIME	SUBJECT	PLACE
July 30 Aug 13		One Million Rising	Online
Th July 31	11:30am	Special City Council Meeting on Immigration	SB
Fri Aug 1	Noon	La Marcha de la Puebla Heroes, Not Villians Silent Witness Silhouettes Deportation Data (online)	SM

SBCAN Roundtable 7/25: Calls to Action from our Local Orgs

Help us support and protect our immigrant communities, help hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change impacts, help save the Isla Vista Co-op, and learn about how you can help protect the Carpinteria Bluffs.

Calls to Action from our Local Organizations
Santa Barbara County Action Network Roundtable via Zoom
FRIDAY, JULY 25
Noon-1:30pm (Pacific)

Register using this Zoom link.

Good Trouble Lives On events; and more

INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA

TONIGHT

Thursday, July 17
6pm to 7:30pm
Santa Maria City Hall
110 E Cook St, Santa Maria

During the Indivisible Santa Maria event tonight, we will display Silent Witnesses my family and I created to represent people who have been abducted by ICE. We hope to see you there. Stop by SBCAN's table and say hi. Bring your friends.

More information about the vigil is below along with other Good Trouble Lives On events throughout the county.

Take care,

Jeanne Sparks

SBCAN Co-Executive Director

A message from PBS SoCal:

THE BILL HEADS BACK TO THE HOUSE TODAY—YOUR VOICE STILL MATTERS

Late last night, the Senate voted to eliminate $1.1 billion in public media funding, threatening the programs, stories, and services that connect us. These are funds that had already been approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the next two years.

But this fight isn’t over yet.

Because the Senate made amendments, the bill heads back to the House for a final vote as soon as today. We now have just a few hours to urge House Members to reject the amended rescissions bill, where a vote is expected this evening.

If the bill passes, that will pull support from the shows that teach our kids, inspire our curiosity, and reflect our communities. That means we have one more chance to stop these cuts. Contact your Representatives immediately for one last push to oppose the rescissions bill.

If your representative did not support public media last time, now’s the moment to ask them to change their vote.
If they did, thank them and encourage them to hold the line.

Let’s make sure every member of Congress hears loud and clear: Public media matters.

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE

Your voice can make a real difference right now. Thanks for standing with us.

– PBS SoCal

SBCAN: Speak out against ICE. SB Town Hall. One Million Rising. Good Trouble. Youth Arts Alive Showcase.

TUESDAY, JULY 15

From The Fund for Santa Barbara:

Community Speak Out
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 9:15 am
Santa Barbara County Administration Building
105 E Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara
Please wear white in solidarity.

In response to last Thursday’s violent immigration raids in Carpinteria and Camarillo—where ICE agents detained more than 200 people during coordinated operations at Glass House Farms—The FUND for Santa Barbara, the 805 Immigrant Coalition, and community partners are calling on you to join us for a Community Speak-Out ahead of tomorrow’s Board of Supervisors meeting.

Last week, ICE descended on our communities with military-style force—storming worksites, detaining hundreds, and unleashing chaos that ultimately led to the tragic death of Jaime Alanís Garcia, a farmworker and community member who fell 30 feet during the raid and later died of his injuries. Families were torn apart in broad daylight. Hundreds of community members gathered to defend their neighbors and were met with tear gas and smoke bombs.

Let us be clear: This is state-sanctioned terror—carried out with impunity, and now with deadly consequences.

We urge you to show up, speak out, and stand with immigrant families in Santa Barbara County. Join us at the Board of Supervisors meeting and plan to speak during public comment. Our voices matter. Tomorrow, we are calling on the Board of Supervisors to:

Support the ACLU of Southern California’s federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional ICE raids, and direct County Counsel to explore legal options such as amicus support,
Allocate $1 million in emergency funding to immigrant-rights organizations providing legal aid, rapid response, and Know-Your-Rights education,
Raise the minimum wage for farmworkers to $26/hour to protect and respect the essential labor of those most impacted.

The FUND for Santa Barbara was created for moments like this. We’ve already granted over $450,000 to immigrant-rights groups across the county—and as this crisis escalates, we’re committed to doing more. Frontline organizations are stretched thin supporting those detained, deported, or separated from their families.

For those who have supported, thank you. For those of you sitting on the sidelines, the time to step up is now. Join us in resourcing the resistance.

From the City of Santa Barbara:

Desplácese hacia abajo para obtener información en español

The City, in partnership with 805UndocuFund, is hosting a town hall on immigration to answer community questions.

For additional information and local resources, visit SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ImmigrationResources.

Meeting Details:

Spanish translation and interpretation provided.
Family-friendly recreation activities will be provided by Parks and Recreation Camp Counselors.
Library on the Go will be on site.

Community Town Hall on Immigration

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Starts at 6:30 p.m.

Franklin Neighborhood Center

ATTEND IN-PERSON

1136 East Montecito St

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

WATCH LIVE on Channel 18, YouTube, or Zoom.

SUBMIT COMMENTS TO [email protected].

The City of Santa Barbara offers live Spanish translation and interpretation for Meetings via the Wordly Platform: https://attend.wordly.ai/join/QQBV-6746

La Ciudad, en colaboración con 805UndocuFund, organizará una reunión comunitaria sobre inmigración para responder preguntas de la comunidad.

Para obtener más información y recursos locales, visiteSantaBarbaraCA.gov/ImmigrationResources.

Detalles de la reunión:

Traducción e interpretación al español disponibles
Actividades recreativas para toda la familia, ofrecidas por los consejeros del campamento del Departamento de Parques y Recreación
Biblioteca móvil estará presente.

Reunión comunitaria sobre inmigración

Martes 15 de julio de 2025

Comienza a las 6:30 p.m

Franklin Neighborhood Center

Agregar evento a su calendario

ASISTA EN PERSONA1136 East Montecito St

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

VEA EN VIVO por el Canal 18 o en nuestro canal de YouTube, o Zoom.

ENVÍE SUS COMENTARIOS A [email protected].

La Ciudad de Santa Bárbara ofrece servicios de traducción e interpretación en vivo al español a través de "Wordly": https://attend.wordly.ai/join/QQBV-6746

City of Santa Barbara

City Hall

735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

SantaBarbaraCA.gov

SBCAN RT: Renowned speakers on global system change. Climate Fridays. MPAs. Diablo Canyon. tgif! Pt Sal Hike. 1 million rising. Good Trouble. And more

Renowned activists headline SBCAN Roundtable TODAY!

Ben Manski, a UCSB sociology PhD and longtime activist,

leads a presentation of an amazingly stimulating program

SBCAN ROUNDTABLE - FRIDAY, JULY 11 AT NOON

Ben Manski
Director
UCSB Next System Studies

and

Assistant Professor of Sociology George Mason University

Building the Next System: Here and Now
Santa Barbara County Action Network Roundtable via Zoom
TODAY, FRIDAY, JULY 11
Noon-1:30pm (Pacific)

Register using this Zoom link.

How can we build the next system even as we resist attacks on our communities and institutions?
And what is Santa Barbara's role in global system change?

Join us to hear from four U.S.-based activists who argue that if we take our social, political, economic, and ecological crises seriously enough, we have what it takes to build a world that is democratic, sustainable and just.

Guest Speakers:

	Joe Guinan, President The Democracy Collaborative
April Doner, Asset-Based Community Development Institute Steward, Goldin Institute Peace Fellows Trainer
	Matt Nelson, Executive Director Presente.org

In different regions of the world, deep local relationships are developing as communities, local governments, and universities mobilize their assets to build economic democracy and solidarity and to grow community power and wealth.

We will explore where this emerging “uni-muni-community” strategy is headed.

Drawing on cases ranging from Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, DC, Jackson, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Northern Virginia in the United States, as well as Belfast, North Ayrshire, and Preston in Ireland, Scotland, and England, what can we learn about how best to build a new social base for progress?

More information on our guest speakers:

April Doner is a connector, roving illustrator, and community building coach with an enduring belief in the power of neighbors using their gifts to act together. Based in Chicago, she has spent 16 years blending asset-based community building work with artistic practices to cultivate locally controlled economies, self-determination, and authentic networks of care. She is affiliated with the ABCD Institute, Goldin Institute, and Resist & Build Network and is cofounder of Living World Studios.

Joe Guinan is President of The Democracy Collaborative. His focus is on political economy, strategy, and economic system change, and he is co-author (with Martin O’Neill) of The Case for Community Wealth Building (Polity, 2020) and (with Christine Berry) of People Get Ready! Preparing for a Corbyn Government (O/R Books, 2019), which was named one of The Guardian’s best politics books of the year in 2019.

Ben Manski is Director of Next System Studies and Assistant Professor of Sociology at George Mason University. He studies the participation of ordinary people in the deliberate constitution of their societies. His work takes in social movements, law, politics, climate and ecology, digital technology, and the corporation, focusing on democracy, constitutionalism, and system change, and he has published widely on these themes. Prior to joining the faculty at GMU, Manski devoted more than two decades working as a public interest lawyer, nonprofit executive, lobbyist, issue campaign director, direct action campaigner, and election campaign manager.

Matt Nelson is the Colombian-born, Midwestern-raised Executive Director of Presente.org. Before his work at Presente, he was the Organizing Director at Color Of Change. Matt also co-founded several worker-owned cooperatives in multiple Midwestern cities. He is a seasoned campaign strategist who has won dozens of local and national campaigns and a skilled community organizer who has trained thousands of activists. Matt co-edited the book “How We Win: Energizing Strategies, Voters, and Agendas” (Routledge 2024). He is finishing a new book on how Latinx organizing and cultural power is reshaping U.S. politics.

Don't forget to register using this link.

We look forward to seeing you TODAY - Friday, July 11!

CALENDAR

Items in blue are SBCAN events

Items in bold have been added since our last action alert

DATE	TIME	SUBJECT	PLACE
Fri July 11	9am	California Coastal Commission meeting	Pismo Beach
Fri July 11	Noon	Building the Next System: Here and Now	Online
Fri July 11	330pm- 5pm	Climate Fridays	SB
Fri July 11	530pm- 730pm	tgif! Happy Hour	SB
		Message regarding ICE
Sat July 12	9am	Point Sal Docent-Led Community Hike	Guadalupe
July 16 July 30 Aug 13	5pm- 630pm	One Million Rising	Online
July 16 July 17		Proposed Changes to California's Marine Protected Areas	Online
Th July 17	Noon- 130pm	Good Trouble Lives On	Santa Ynez Valley
Th July 17	430pm- 6pm	Good Trouble Lives On	Carpinteria
Th July 17	5pm- 7pm	Good Trouble Lives On	Lompoc
Th July 17	6pm- 730pm	Good Trouble Lives On	SM
Th July 17	730pm- 830pm	Good Trouble Lives On	SB
Now		Save the Whales	Online

Action Alerts

National Day of Action

Saturday, August 16

Events in

Santa Barbara

Solvang

Lompoc

Santa Maria

See below

EDC AND SBCAN CALL TO STOP SABLE

EDC represents SBCAN and other local organizations on this issue

EDC AND SBCAN - CALL TO STOP SABLE

EDC represents SBCAN and other local organizations on this issue

INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA