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

• 12-11-23 Letter to SB City Council on Housing Element Adoption

• 12-1-23 Letter to County of SB Board of Supervisors regarding the Housing Element Adoption

Other Housing Issues

• 11-11-24 Letter to SB City Council on Ad Hoc Affordable Housing Recommendations
  
  
• 10-6-24 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Homeless Encampment Policies

• 8-23-24 Letter to SB City Council on the Resolution for the Proposed Tax Measure
  
  
• 8-16-24 Letter to SB City Council on La Cumbre Development Agreement
  
  
• 7-25-24 Letter to SB City Council and Planning Commission on Adaptive Reuse and Hotel zoning
  
  
• South Coast Housing Data Project
  
  
• 5-30-24 Letter to SB City Council on Proposed Ballot Measure for a Sales Tax Increase
  
  
• 3-31-24 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on the Long Range Planning Work Program
  
  
• 3-4-24 Letter to SB City Council on Paseo Nuevo
  
  
• 1-7-24 Letter to SB City Council on Tenant Protection Ordinances

• 1-7-24 Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Rezoning Criteria

• 11-6-23 Letter to SB City Council on Average Unity Density Extension
  

        All recent Housing-related letters can be found here.

        Older letters can be found here.

• 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.

• 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 
  

• 4-19-23 Joint Letter to SB County Board of Supervisors on Behavioral Wellness Budget