Local Hot Topics

Housing Elements

• 4-26-24 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Housing Element Rezones

• 4-21-24 Letter to SB City Council on BAE Contract for Inclusionary Housing, In Lieu and Hotel LinkLi 

Other Housing Issues

• 8-3-25 Letter to SB City Council on Paseo Nuevo
  
  
• 7-27-25 Letter to SB City Council on Prohousing Designation
  
  
• 7-25-25 Letter to SB City Council on Adaptive Reuse
  
  
• Opinion Piece on City of SB Budget and Measure I Use June 1, 2025
  
  
• 6-10-25 Letter to City of SB Planning Commission on Adaptive Reuse Ordinance
  
  
• 5-12-25 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Pro-Housing Designation
  
  
• 5-4-25 Letter to SB City Council on Budget
  
  
• 4-5-25 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Workforce Housing Study
  
  
• 4-5-25 Letter to SB City Council on Tenant Protections - Cap on rental upon return after renovation
  
  
• 3-3-25 Letter to SB City Council on Tenant Protections


• 2-2-25 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Inclusionary Housing Ordinance

        All recent Housing-related letters can be found here.

        Older letters can be found here.

• 7-14-25 Letter to County Board of Supervisors on Sheriff's Overbudget
  
  
• 6-14-25 Letter to SB City Council and City Administrator on Police to LA
  
  
• 4-3-24 CLUE LWV Criminal Justice Reform Workgroup Synopsis
  
  
• 1-23-24 Guest Commentary on Mental Health in Jails
  
  
• 12-4-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Jail Oversight
  

• 11-20-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Jails and the Murray Decision
  

• 11-15-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Wellpath
  

• 4-17-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Public Safety/Public Defender Budget

• 2-23-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Jail Remodel

Older letters can be found here.

• 5-11-25 Letter to County Board of Supervisors on Oil and Gas Ordinance
  
  
• 3-1-24 Joint Letter to CalFire on the Pipeline

• 10-25-23 Letter to NOAA regarding the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

• 8-21-23 Letter to County Board of Supervisors on Appeal of PC Denial of Exxon's Line 901/903 Valves

• 7-26-23 Letter to County Staff on the Draft Climate Action Plan

• 3-4-24 Letter to SB City Mayor Rowse and staff on budget priorities 
  

• 7-31-25 Letter to City of SB on Immigration Issues
  
  
• 7-17-25 Letter to Goleta City Council on Immigration Enforcement
  
  
• 7-14-25 Letter to County Board of Supervisors on Immigration Raids
  
  
• 4-19-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Behavioral Wellness Budget