On Tuesday, please take action with us:
- The County of Santa Barbara will consider a resolution opposing the federal government’s call to open our coast to new offshore oil and gas drilling; and
- The City of Santa Barbara will address affordable housing.
| TUESDAY, JUNE 10 |
Urge Board of Supervisors to Oppose New Offshore Oil and Gas
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
9am
On Tuesday, June 10, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will consider Item A-30—a resolution opposing the federal government’s call to open our coast to new offshore oil and gas drilling. Your voice is needed! (Note, Item is A-30, not A-29 as stated in our alert earlier today.)
The U.S. Department of the Interior is preparing its 2025–2030 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Leasing Program, which could allow new oil drilling in federal waters off the continental U.S., including off the coast of Santa Barbara County. This is part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) leasing program outlined in the Federal Register (Vol. 90, No. 84, Doc. No. 2025-07479).
We’ve been here before. In 2018, the County passed a resolution on a 3-2 vote, opposing similar leasing efforts and asking the federal government to exclude the Central Coast's waters from new oil & gas leases.
How you can help:
✅ Write a letter of support for the Board’s resolution. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at: [email protected]
✅ Attend the June 10 Board meeting (in person or via Zoom) to give public comment - details for participating on Zoom will be available when the full agenda is published by June 6
✅ You can also submit your comment directly to BOEM before the June 16 federal deadline
Santa Barbara County’s coast fuels our local economy, supports incredible biodiversity, and is core to our community identity. This resolution is an important step in reaffirming our values.
You can find the County's Board Letter here and Resolution here.
Item is cosponsored by Supervisors Joan Hartmann and Laura Capps. Contact Hartmann's Chief of Staff Gina Fischer for more information: [email protected]
The meeting details are here: https://santabarbara.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1245851&GUID=48CF6643-A539-41A4-857F-C5457C09783D&Options=info%7C&Search=
| TUESDAY, JUNE 10 |
Santa Barbara County Action Network asks you to speak up for affordable housing on Tuesday, June 10, when the City of Santa Barbara will consider final budget recommendations.
We ask you to urge the City to allocate $5 million per year to the Local Housing Trust Fund, which can provide a match to state funds to create affordable housing in the city.
The City Council Finance Committee will recommend final budget allocations to the full City Council at a meeting from noon to 1:30pm in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden St. The City Council meeting itself will follow at 2 p.m. in Santa Barbara City Hall in De la Guerra Plaza.
Public input at both of these meetings is critical to make the greatest impact, or written comment submitted via email to [email protected] prior to the start of each meeting can make a difference. Remote verbal public comment during the meetings via Zoom is possible by registering before each meeting at: https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-tbNSuHPTmquCwDEP9hNaQ#/registration.
Another way to make an impact is to email every member of the City Council. One email can be sent to all council members at once by copying and pasting their addresses into a new email message:
Mayor Randy Rowse [email protected]
Eric Friedman [email protected]
Kristen Sneddon [email protected]
Meagan Harmon [email protected]
Mike Jordan [email protected]
Oscar Gutierrez [email protected]
Wendy Santamaria [email protected]