SBCAN RT on Climate Superfund; support persons with disabilities; support SBTAN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Santa Barbara County Action Network Roundtable

Friday, November 14
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom
Register Here

Agenda

Welcome by SBCAN
Make Polluters Pay SB - Upcoming BOS Vote on Resolution Nov. 18, 2025
1. More information on why supervisors are being asked to pass the resolution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vPt4Egmi_7_8C7W1vZM8Md9QN6-qQsjNLZ1pJ4FPHLI/edit?tab=t.0
2. AB-1243 Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1243#99INT
Updates from participants

Do you have an issue you'd like to present?
Let us know at [email protected] so we may add you to the agenda.

CALENDAR

		SPECIAL EVENTS
Th Nov 13	5pm	SM General Plan Study Session	SM
Fri Nov 14	Noon- 130pm	SBCAN Roundtable	Online
Sat Nov 15	2pm	Collective Action Now with SBCAN	SM
Sat Nov 15	1230pm- 4pm	Day in the Park! Sustainability Community Fair	Guadalupe
Sun Nov 16	1030am	Gubernatorial Candidates Town Hall	SM
Mon Nov 17	4pm- 5pm	One Million Rising Small Group Meeting	Orcutt
Sat Nov 22	2pm	Transgender Day of Remembrance	SB

		NEWS
		18-story housing development proposed for Carpinteria
		Video of SBCAN's Nov 7 Roundtable on Paseo Nuevo

		CALLS TO ACTION
		Support persons with disabilities	Online
Weekly		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	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

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

Santa Maria General Plan Study Session

A November 13^th special study session agenda of the Santa Maria City Council and Planning Commission has been posted, and can be viewed here: Special Study Session agenda.

The Meeting Portal can be viewed here to see other agendas of interest: AGENDA CENTER & MEETINGS PORTAL | City of Santa Maria

For technical problems accessing the links, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at [email protected].

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15

MESSAGE FROM SANTA MARIA BRANCH OF AAUW

Collective Action with SBCAN

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]

MESSAGE FROM THE DUNES CENTER

You're Invited! Day in the Park: Sustainability Community Fair

📍 Leroy Park | 4689 11th St, Guadalupe, CA 93434

📅 Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 12:30 – 4:00 PM

Come celebrate Guadalupe! Enjoy free food, lively music, and fun activities for kids, all while connecting with neighbors and discovering resources to support your family and community.

At this free, family-friendly gathering you can:

Learn about easy sustainability tools and tips to support your household and community.
Check out local projects that are helping Guadalupe residents and our environment
Talk with organizations who want to hear your thoughts and ideas on projects that affect Guadalupe.

Bring your family, enjoy time with neighbors, and celebrate Guadalupe while looking ahead to a sustainable future.

The event is hosted by the Guadalupe-Nimpono Dunes Center and County of Santa Barbara as part of the Guadalupe–Lompoc Initiative. and part of the Guadalupe-Lompoc Initiative.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

MESSAGE FROM UDW

Gubernatorial Candidates Town Hall
Streamed live to Santa Maria UDW Office
Sunday, November 16 at 10:30 a.m.

SEATING IS LIMITED - RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Hello My Friend!

UDW is going to host a townhall for candidates that are running for governor on Sunday the 16th. The event will be held in our Riverside office but will be streamed live into our Santa Maria office.

It is open to the community as well as UDW members.

Here is the invitation. Feel free to share it.

Have a great evening! See you soon!

Robert Gibson <[email protected]>

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

MESSAGE FROM WOMEN'S MARCH SANTA BARBARA AND SBTAN

Transgender Day of Remembrance
De La Guerra Plaza, Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network (SBTAN) invites the community to come together in solidarity for Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Saturday, November 22 at 2:00 p.m. at De La Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara.

Participants will gather at the plaza and then march down State Street carrying signs bearing the names of transgender individuals lost to violence this year. This annual observance honors their memory and calls attention to the urgent need for equality, safety, and dignity for all transgender people.

“Transgender Awareness Week and TDOR are a time for trans people to share experiences, educate, and advocate for their rights,” said Michal, organizer with Women’s March Santa Barbara. “This is more important than ever as attacks on the trans community — and the organizations that support them — continue to rise across the country.”

Community members are encouraged to RSVP at https://sbtan.org/march to help organizers plan sign-making and ensure the greatest possible impact.

Please join in standing with the transgender community — in remembrance, resistance, and hope.

Follow: @womensmarchsb.bsky.social

Website: https://sbtan.org

Contact:
Michal Lynch Womens March [email protected] (805) 895-4885
Megan Overland Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network [email protected]

NEWS

Story in the Santa Barbara Independent: https://www.independent.com/2025/11/08/carpinteria-threaten-by-an-18-story-housing-project/

Information from the City of Carpinteria: https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/community-development/housing/5115oganroad/

Video of Santa Barbara County Action Network's
Nov. 7, 2025 Roundtable

Proposal for Housing at Paseo Nuevo

Thank you to those who joined us for our November South Coast SBCAN Roundtable featuring a presentation by Santa Barbara City Administrator Kelly McAdoo. McAdoo presented 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 provided participants with more information to understand the debate, which is important to the city's future.

Click here to view the recording.

CALLS TO ACTION

SUPPORT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Urgent Request for CPUC to Reconsider Disallowance of the
Disability Disaster Access and Resources (DDAR) Program

MESSAGE FROM JACOB LESNER-BUXTON

My name is Jacob Lesner-Buxton, and I am the System's Change Coordinator at Access Central Coast. (ACC) ACCis a disability advocacy non-profit organization that serves the Tri-Counties. We offer services such as assistive technology, benefits assistance, housing navigation, peer support, and more. We also advocate for community-wide change to improve the lives of people with disabilities.

I want to share this sign-on letter about how Southern California Edison cut its funding to organizations like mine throughout Southern California to assist persons with disabilities in preparing for disasters.

Please consider signing the letter at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0hewseMgX0hhuNJIAPs9-FftnnUi8rqChxon81sagz8IRrg/viewform

Thanks

Jacob--

[email protected]

NO KINGS ALLIANCE

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)

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:

Cancel your Spotify subscription, TODAY until the ICE ads are removed.
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
Tag Spotify publicly and urge artists, podcasters, and labels to denounce these ads and oppose the platform complicity.
- Use our social media toolkit to post online.

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.

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

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/

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 show on KCSB (91.9 FM) for 43 years.

Contact Dick Flacks for a downloadable link to the prerecorded episode or to get on his email list: rflacks@gmall com

FRIDAYS

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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