Action Alerts
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Santa Barbara County Redistricting hearing August 4, 2021, at 6
Santa Barbara County's Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission will have a hearing tonight, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m.
This is an important issue that SBCAN is tracking and may weigh in on in the future.
The commission is looking for input from community members and residents, especially from the Fifth District, on important communities of interest and neighborhoods that should be respected when drawing the county's new supervisorial districts.
The meeting includes: Redistricting overview, public input on communities of interest and the composition of districts. Mapping tools training. Business meeting.
Download the agenda here: https://drawsantabarbaracounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CIRC-Agenda-20210804-FINAL.pdf
A link to additional information is here. You can draw a map, view draft maps, view public comments and more: https://drawsantabarbaracounty.org
The meeting will be in-person and accessible via Zoom.
In person: Betteravia Hearing Room, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96627818457 or call (669) 900-6833 or (346) 248-7799 ID: 966 2781 8457
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Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative is main topic of North County Roundtable Thurs, July 8
We hope you’ll come to our North County Roundtable to hear about an exciting new project SBCAN is likely to get involved in – the Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative.
Steph Wald from Creek Lands Conservation has asked SBCAN to become involved with the project. She will tell us what CLC has been doing and their desire to add new partners and get funding through a CalEPA Environmental Justice grant. She will ask us what we are most interested in doing. Come with your ideas for participating.
Learn more about Creek Lands Conservation here: https://creeklands.org
Learn more about the CalEPA Environmental Justice grant here: https://calepa.ca.gov/envjustice/funding/Below is the agenda for our North County Roundtable on Thursday, July 8 at 5 p.m.We plan to have our South County meeting next Friday, July 16 at noon.SBCAN North County Roundtable
Thursday, July 8, 2021
5 PM - 6:30 PM (NOTE NEW START TIME!)
Via Zoom - Registration Required -
Protest Line 3! Day of Action Friday, June 4 in Santa Barbara
Please see this message from SBCAN member and Society of Fearless Grandmothers leader, Irene Cooke:GRANDMOTHERS TELL BANKS: “STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE” AT PROTEST ACTION FRIDAY JUNE 4WHO: The Society of Fearless Grandmothers-Santa Barbara, Sunrise Movement-Santa Barbara, 350-Santa Barbara, Women’s March-Santa Barbara, Standing Rock Coalition-Santa Barbara, Democratic Socialists of America-Santa Barbara, Extinction Rebellion-Santa Barbara, Standing Rock Coalition-
Santa Barbara.WHAT: STOP LINE 3 PROTEST - A nonviolent demonstration, part of the global movement to “#Stop the Money Pipeline”
WHEN: Friday, June 4 at noon
WHERE: Beginning at Wells Fargo Bank at 3804 State St., Santa Barbara, then marching to nearby Bank of America and Chase Bank, Santa Barbara
WHY: Elders join with Youth to tell banks to stop funding fossil fuel projects contributing to climate chaos. This protest focuses on banks funding the Enbridge “Line 3” project, a pipeline that violates treaty rights and threatens Indigenous lands in northern Minnesota. The Grandmothers will deliver letters to CEOs of these three banks to inform them of the damage being done by their funding and to demand that they stop contributing to the climate crisis.
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George Floyd Memorial 5 pm Tuesday, May 25 in SM and Lompoc
SBCAN urges you to join with NAACP to honor the life of George Floyd on the first anniversary of his death.
Meet at Santa Maria City Hall, 110 E. Cook St., and Lompoc City Hall, 100 Civic Center Plaza, at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 25. Social distancing and masks required.
For more information, call 805.448.7869.
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Save the Date for SBCAN's North County "Looking Forward" Awards Celebration and Fundraiser
Santa Barbara County Action Network will hold its 2021 North County “Looking Forward” Awards Celebration & Fundraiser online on Sunday, June 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.Please mark your calendar and watch for more information we'll be putting out soon!
There is still time to sponsor the event! Please email our Events Director at [email protected] if you or your organization would like to sponsor our event.
Click here for information about our sponsorship levels
We recognize individuals or organizations that work to protect our environment and the rights of our county’s residents. These awards help encourage this good work to continue and to raise the funds we need to keep doing our part.
This year’s award recipients are:
- Yasmin Dawson, “Looking Forward” Award
- Lorraine and Wally Waldau, Giving Back Award
- Larry Bishop, Environmental Protection & Sustainability Award
- Zulema Aleman, Working Families Award
- Pam Gates and Cliff Solomon, Social Justice Award
- Juliana Neel, Youth Activist Award
- Art Hibbits, Lifetime Achievement
Because of the extenuating circumstances of the past year, we are giving special recognitions this year to:
- Dr. Melissa Smith and Dr. Van Do-Reynoso for their county public health work during the pandemic
- The Racial Justice Committee of the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s Office and the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, both for advancing racial justice
- UFCW Local 770 for their essential work during the pandemic
- Jane Baxter for volunteer work with SBCAN and other organizations
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SB County Grassroots Green New Deal online on Sat, May 15
The Climate Justice Network's Green New Deal Subcommittee would like to invite you to the Junta Grande virtual celebration on Saturday, May 15!
This will be a celebration of the cumulation of over a year's worth of work gathering information from the community via house meetings.
The event will be a chance for those who participated in house meetings to hear findings, and for those who are interested to learn about this project and how to help make it a reality.
Please register at this link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrceqrrj4tHtVhjchsoYPhqAj7qX57bkDV
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/163762678999924
Junta Grande for the Green New Deal
Come learn about the Central Coast Green New Deal proposal
and join in the movement to make it a reality!May 15, 2021, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time
Junta Grande del Nuevo Acuerdo Verde
¡Venga a conocer la propuesta del Nuevo Acuerdo Verde de la Costa Central
y únase al movimiento para hacerlo realidad!15 de mayo de 2021 12 PM en hora del Pacífico (EE. UU. Y Canadá)
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Save the date - June 27 - for North County Awards Celebration!
Santa Barbara County Action Network will hold its 2021 North County “Looking Forward” Awards Celebration & Fundraiser online on Sunday, June 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Please mark your calendar and watch for more information we'll be putting out soon!
We recognize individuals or organizations that work to protect our environment and the rights of our county’s residents. These awards help encourage this good work to continue and to raise the funds we need to keep doing our part.
This year’s award recipients are:
- Yasmin Dawson, “Looking Forward” Award
- Lorraine and Wally Waldau, Giving Back Award
- Larry Bishop, Environmental Protection & Sustainability Award
- Zulema Aleman, Working Families Award
- Pam Gates and Cliff Solomon, Social Justice Award
- Juliana Neel, Youth Activist Award
- Art Hibbits, Lifetime Achievement
Because of the extenuating circumstances of the past year, we are giving special recognitions this year to:
- Melissa Smith and Dr. Van Do-Reynoso for their county public health work during the pandemic
- The Racial Justice Committee of the Santa Barbara County Public Defender’s Office and the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, both for advancing racial justice
- UFCW Local 770 for their essential work during the pandemic
- Jane Baxter for volunteer work with SBCAN and other organizations
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SBCAN: Defund Line 3! Stop the Money Pipeline day of action Friday
Sunrise Santa Barbara is planning an action in conjunction with the "Defund Line 3" / Stop the Money Pipeline day of action on Friday, May 7 at 1 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Courthouse.
The oil pipeline known as Line 3 is being built through Indigenous territory without consent. The Red Lake Nation, White Earth Nation and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe are all suing to stop the pipeline. Prominent native activists have described the pipeline as “cultural genocide” and Indigenous activists in northern Minnesota are leading the direct actions on the ground.
If built, Line 3 would release as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as 50 new coal-fired power plants. It would release as much greenhouse gas as the entire rest of the state of Minnesota.
The fight to stop this pipeline is the fight to save our planet.
Meet at the Santa Barbara Courthouse at 1 p.m. and march to four major banks that fund fossil fuel projects (Union, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Chase) with signs, songs and chants.Masks are required. Register for the event here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/defundline3-global-day-of-action-4?source=direct_link& -
Join Santa Maria May Day Caravan!
Santa Barbara County Action Network invites you to join a caravan on May Day to show support for immigrant workers.Participants are asked to show up on May 1 at 11:45 a.m. at CAUSE's location, 120 East Jones St., Santa Maria. The caravan will start at noon and travel around Santa Maria. See the flyers below for more information.Bring signs showing support for immigrant workers who are #AlwaysEssential.If you would like to share the FB event page, you can do so here! -
Speak up for Hero Pay at SB City Council on Tuesday, April 20
Please join SBCAN in advocating for temporary increased "Hero Pay" for grocery and drug retail workers in the City of Santa Barbara.
At the Santa Barbara City Council meeting on Tuesday, Apr. 20, the council will decide whether or not to approve an emergency ordinance to temporarily increase pay for grocery and drug retail workers by $5 per hour for 120 days.
The item is #14 on their agenda and will likely be heard around 4 p.m. You can call into the meeting through their webinar app (information on their website here) or you can submit a written comment to the clerk before noon on April 20 by emailing it to [email protected]
Below are some talking points you could include in your comments. Thank you for supporting essential workers!