1. SBCAN's Green Team invites you to help with the Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden in Santa Maria, Sunday, August 28 from 10 a.m. to noon.
2. SBCAN's North County Roundtable will meet on Thursday, September 8 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
3. SBCAN editorial: Motorsports Park a bad idea for Lompoc
4. Mesa Refinery Watch Newsletter about the proposed Phillip 66 rail spur

1. Pacific Coast Energy Company’s Orcutt Hill Project
2. Our editorials on parks

1. URGENT: Pacific Coast Energy Company’s Orcutt Hill Project

The proposed Final EIR for Pacific Coast Energy Company’s plan to add 96 cyclic-steaming oil wells—and as many as 48 more—to its Orcutt Hill property is to be reconsidered on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission at the Betteravia Government Center in Santa Maria. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. and this item is expected to come up sometime after 10:30 a.m. and will likely continue after their lunch break.

SBCAN urged a year ago, last month, and will continue to urge, denial of the project. All of us should oppose the project, including the scaled-back alternatives, for the following reasons:

1.  Motorsports Park/Drag strip Proposed for Lompoc goes before City Council Tuesday, June 7 
2.  SBCAN North County Roundtable (formerly H.O.T. Committee) meets Thursday, June 9 in Santa Maria
3.  SBCAN South County Roundtable (formerly H.O.T. Committee) meets Friday, June 10 in Santa Barbara
4.  Tell the County to Keep Funding Clean Energy Programs

1. The Green Team is working on the Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden in Santa Maria, Sunday, May 29 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
2. SBCAN honored five individuals on Sunday during annual North County “Looking Forward” Awards Dinner in Santa Maria

Please join us in honoring outstanding community leaders during our 
2016 North County “Looking Forward” Awards Dinner Sunday, May 22

1. County Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday, May 10 at 9 a.m. on Farmworkers Bill of Rights and Community Choice Energy
2. Speak up for Buena Vista Park at City of Santa Maria Recreation & Parks Commission Meeting, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 10
3. Consideration of Final EIR on the Pacific Coast Energy Company's Proposal to add 96 cyclic-steaming wells to its Orcutt Hill oil field, 9 a.m. May 11, SB County Planning Commission, Betteravia Government Center, SM
4. SBCAN North County Roundtable (formerly HOT Committee meeting), Thursday, May 12 will be in Lompoc
5. SBCAN South County Roundtable (formerly HOT Committee meeting) scheduled for May 13 is cancelled
6. Coastal Housing Coalition 2016 Santa Barbara Housing Conference, May 13
7. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner, Sunday, May 22, in SM

Santa Barbara County Action Network
Action Alert
May 6, 2016

1. Speak up for Buena Vista Park at City of Santa Maria Recreation & Parks Meeting, Tuesday, May 10
2. Speak out against Pacific Coast Energy Company's plan to add 96 cyclic-steaming oil wells on Orcutt Hill, Wednesday, May 11
3. Speak up for Community Choice Energy ASAP
4. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner, Sunday, May 22, in SM

1. Speak up for Buena Vista Park at City of Santa Maria Recreation & Parks Meeting, Tuesday, May 10
The City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Commission will consider plans for renovating Buena Vista Park during its 4 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, May 10 in the City Council chambers, 110 E. Cook St., Santa Maria.

Plans costing $1.8 million have been drawn up that would remove the existing bell-shaped sidewalk and central circle that commemorate California's history. The four half-court basketball courts and all the picnic tables would also be removed. The five mature trees might also be removed if "they are in the way."

Please read my editorial at http://www.sbcan.org/keep_the_good_things_at_buena_vista_park for more details.

We are asking members of the public to show up at the commission's hearing to try to keep the 1970s design of the city's first park while adding new amenities to it. It is possible to do. The park was the city's first park and its reason for incorporation. It is a city historic landmark and should be preserved, according to the city's own guidelines on landmarks.

Here's what the park looks like now:

Santa Barbara County Action Network
Action Alert
April 30, 2016

1. Special showing of Michael Moore’s new film "Where to Invade Next," Tuesday, May 3, in SB
2. Green Team is working on Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden, Sunday, May 1, in SM
3. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner, Sunday, May 22, in SM

Santa Barbara County Action Network
Action Alert
April 26, 2016

1. Local premier of Mark Ruffalo's new film "Dear President Obama" April 27
2. Youth Advisory Council forming in Santa Maria, Friday, April 29
3. Green Team is working on Edible Landscaping Demonstration Garden in Santa Maria, Sunday, April 30
4. Shelby Foothills Coalition Forms to oppose the Shelby Development Plan
5. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner Tickets

1. Roosevelt-Hamer Dinner April 16
2. CAUSE Action Fund Awards April 17
3. Safe Energy Now! forum April 24
4. Local premier of Mark Ruffalo's new film "Dear President Obama" April 27
5. Jerry Connor Memorial Service April 30
6. Op-ed "Retain views from ancestral riverbank"
7. Op-ed "Locals help turn lives around, and more"
8. North County "Looking Forward" Awards Dinner Sponsorship and Tickets