2 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025

Santa Barbara County Action Network Members, Prospective Members and Supporters,

We hope you'll join us for our 2025 Membership Meeting on Sunday, March 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Marks-in-the-Valley, 2901 Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos. 2 p.m. registration and social. 2:30 p.m. program begins.

Our guest speaker will be the new mayor of Buellton, David Silva, who will talk about his experiences on the City Council and his goals for the future.

Members will get an update from SBCAN staff, discuss priorities for the year, and elect board members.

Please RSVP at https://www.sbcan.org/2025_membership_meeting and bring a dish or drink to share if you would like.

Email us at [email protected] to let us know what you are bringing. If you'd like to help with set up or clean up, let us know at [email protected].

If you can't make it in person, please join us online. Register for the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AOK8HUoETaWgKNfhSZz-jw

Hope to see you March 9!

Voces sin Fronteras will speak during public comment at the Lompoc City Council meeting on March 4 asking the council to discuss their requests at their March 18 meeting. They are asking individuals to provide public comment on March 4 in support of agendizing the item on March 18.

The Lompoc City Council meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. on March 4 at City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, Lompoc.

Click here for the agenda: https://www.cityoflompoc.com/home/showpublisheddocument/43775/638762562870470000

Read the letter from Voces sin Fronteras here: VSF_Letter_to_Lompoc_City_Council.pdf

For more information, contact Carson Link, [email protected].

UPCOMING

Mar. 4	Voces sin Fronteras	Lompoc City Hall
Mar. 5	Rally for National Parks and Park Employees	Ventura Harbor
Sunday, Mar. 9 at 2 p.m.	SBCAN Annual Membership Meeting	Los Olivos and online
Comments due Tuesday, Mar. 11	Comment on SB County Recreation Master Plan	Online
Thursday, Apr. 17	Register for Santa Barbara County Action Network's first FREE Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs) Trauma-Informed Workshop!	Goleta

5 P.M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025

Rally in Support of National Parks and Park Employees

Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center in the Ventura Harbor

A message from Jim Hines, Conservation Chair, Santa Barbara-Ventura Chapter of the Sierra Club

YOU ARE FIRED...and we are fired up........

The National Park Service has been ordered by the Trump/Musk Administration to fire thousands of dedicated hardworking national park service employees who provide essential visitor services, law enforcement/public safety services and resource management for our treasured national parks.

We are holding a rally in support of our national parks and park employees, many were terminated this week including employees at Channel Islands National Park.

The rally will take place in front of the Channel Islands National Park visitor center in the Ventura Harbor on the park's 45th birthday, March 5, 2025 at 5 PM.

Please spread the word and join us as we show support for our national parks.

for national parks,

Jim Hines

[email protected]

COMMENTS EXTENDED THROUGH 5 P.M. MARCH 11

COUNTY HIKING TRAILS – DRAFT COUNTY RECREATION MASTER PLAN

Recreation Master Plan

The Draft Plan includes the County’s plan to build parks, trails, and recreation facilities to help meet those needs. The Draft Plan proposes capital improvements, programs, funding, and implementation strategies for the unincorporated area over about 20 years. It includes the proposed Recreation Benefit Project (RBP) Program, allowing private developments to contribute to the public recreation system, and amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and zoning ordinances.

The draft Recreation Master Plan is now available!

Check out SBCRecPlan.com to learn more about the project!

Click Here to View the Draft Recreation Master Plan.

Click Here to download a PDF Draft Recreation Plan in English.

Click Here to download a PDF Draft Recreation Plan in Spanish

Santa Barbara Recreation Master Plan, Community Starts at the
Park

Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

The County has released the Notice of Preparation for a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the Draft Recreation Master Plan. Agencies and the public are encouraged to provide comments on the scope of the EIR.

Rec Plan NOP Comment Period extended to March 11, 2025.
Click Here to View the Notice of Preparation

How to Comment

Comments on the Draft Plan and the EIR scope are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Submit Comments to: Jeff Lindgren
Via Email: [email protected]
Via USPS: Community Services Department, Parks Division, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

The Santa Barbara County Recreation Master Plan represents a once in a generation opportunity to promote and plan for trail development and to protect and expand the County's trail system.

Please consider sending the following email:

Dear Mr. Lindgren,

As a trail user, I am excited by the potential opportunities for our trail system that are proposed under the Recreation Master Plan. I wish to thank the County for preparing the Recreation Master Plan and am particularly encouraged by the planned expansion of the Orcutt Hills and Orcutt Creek Trail systems, the Guadalupe-Santa Maria River Trail into the dunes and beach, and the Bodger trails in Lompoc. However, I also respectfully request that the County adopt strong policies as part of the Master Plan program that require protection and expansion of our public trail system. I also wish to request that the Master Plan include the planned extension of the Santa Maria Levee Trail and explore new trail opportunities, especially linkages between open lands such as Point Sal Trail and Los Flores Park.

Email County Parks Deputy Director Jeff Lindgren at [email protected] and copy County Supervisor Steve Lavagnino at [email protected] and Bob Nelson at[email protected]

Add favorite possible trail locations or issues if you like.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

Register now for Santa Barbara County Action Network's first FREE Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs) Trauma-Informed Workshop!

Thanks to a grant from the City of Goleta and our wonderful speaker Susan Jones with Creative Behavior Systems, you have the opportunity to discover your nonprofit organization’s potential to efficiently serve its constituency.

This workshop is specifically catered to nonprofit organizations who serve our low-income and houseless population residing in Goleta.

Susan Jones was among the first to provide Trauma-Informed Workshops in the nation. She worked directly with Jane Stevens who is the author of the ACEs study and was a part of Dr. Nadine Burke's early focus groups. She began providing workshops to school districts with high rates of low-income students. Today, she works across the country helping school districts, businesses, city governments and more be more effective for those they serve.

For more information, see our website.

Please share this information with others who may be interested.