Mayor Helene Schneider and other community leaders including Rob Fredericks, Dave Davis, Rich Appelbaum, Kathleen Baushke and Alyce Parsons will roast Rob Pearson during RGP Up with a Twist Gala Banquet in Rob's honor April 23. 

We hope you will join them and Santa Barbara County Action Network for this fun-filled evening featuring Rob's favorite drink, Ketel One, Up with a Twist, lovingly served by Mickey Flacks!

Topics:

1. Guadalupe City Council to consider taking a position on the Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery Rail Spur on March 24
2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thresholds to be considered by County Planning Commission and the Air Pollution Control District’s Community Advisory Council on March 25
3. SBCAG Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan workshop on March 25 (and op-ed pieces on the subject)
4. Comments on the Draft EIR for Pacific Coast Energy Company’s proposal to double its cyclic-steam oil production project on Orcutt Hill are due March 26
5. Granada Books on State Street in Santa Barbara needs your support

Topics:

1. Food Action Plan - Listening Sessions March 17 and 18 in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara and Solvang
2. SBCAG bike and pedestrian plan - seeking input March 17 and 25

Three things you might be interested in:
1.  Green Team Garden Fun Day on Saturday, February 28
2.  Santa Barbara County Food Action Plan on Tuesday, May 17
3.  Earth Day at the Natural History Museum on Saturday, April 25

• Green Team Gardening Fun Day
• Charlie King in Concert
• Event to honor Rob Pearson
• Oscar Viewing Party
• North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner

• Green Team Gardening Fun Day
• Charlie King in Concert
• Event to honor Rob Pearson
• Oscar Viewing Party
• North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner

Please join us during

Topics:

1. North County H.O.T. Committee Meeting THURSDAY
2. South County H.O.T. Committee Meeting FRIDAY
3. Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden "Fun Day" SATURDAY
4. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Nominations

Santa Barbara County Action Network invites you to attend the Open Streets event in Santa Barbara in Saturday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as a way to not only have fun, but to make our streets safer. If you live in north county, we especially hope you will go to get ideas on how we can make our streets safer in the communities where too many people are being hit by cars.

Please see the information below, and if you are interested in helping up to make safer streets in north county, we are bringing people together now to talk about how to proceed. Please let us know if you'd like to be part of the effort.

Santa Barbara County Action Network is pleased to post "Oil Issues: A Citizen's Guide," a report prepared by one of our members, Jane Baxter.  

SB CAN staff finds the report compelling because it documents so many reasons why we need to support Measure P. 

It is long--49 pages--but you don't need to read it all at once.  By all means, don't stop phone banking and knocking on doors, but do read this in your spare time and you will find many nuggets of information that will help you in your conversations with undecided potential voters.

You can find this report on SB CAN's website at www.sbcan.org or by clicking here.

Here is Jane's Author's Note: