Recap of the Town Hall with Roy Lee and Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig
https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-officials-talk-fire-safety-with-focus-on-preparedness/
Santa Barbara County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and Transportation Study for the Santa Barbara Foothill Communities. We are current in the Public Review stage for the Draft CWPP and Transportation Study and are now seeking input from community members, agencies, environmental groups, and…
Mission: Implausible? Eight-Story Housing Project Proposed Behind Santa Barbara Mission
https://www.independent.com/2024/11/13/580730/
Fire Insurance in the news
California Homeowners To Face New Fees To Keep Fallback Insurance Plan Solvent After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on homeowners and insurance companies, the first such move in more than three decades. To…
Upcoming town hall meeting with Roy Lee – newly elected 1st District Supervisor and Mark Hartwig – County Fire Chief
The meeting will feature Roy Lee and the County Fire Chief, taking place on February 18th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Fleischmann Auditorium at the Museum of Natural History. They'll be addressing all fire-related questions, including evacuation procedures and Firewise matters like defensible space. They are of…
Fire Insurance Update and Q & A
On Tuesday, December 3rd, Mission Canyon Association hosted Rob Obedoza from Community Relations and Outreach Branch of California Department of Insurance for a Fire Insurance Update and Q & A. The recording of the meeting is available below. https://youtu.be/UeBbrWwvvtI
Tunnel trail is now open!
Tunnel trail is now reopened to the public. Starting on November 18th, SC Edison will continue to do re-seeding and planting restoration work through December and help hikers and bikers navigate around them.
Helicopters in the Canyon
As part of their restoration project work SCE will be flying helicopters in the canyon for several days beginning this coming Tuesday, October 8th. SCE hand crews have been working for several weeks in the canyon bottom gathering and bagging rock and dirt that the SCE grading crew dumped over…
Mission Canyon Tag and Trim work
The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council will be doing some tag and trim tree work (trimming trees to provide better ingress/egress routes for first responders) starting October 14th in the Canyon and it will affect residents as it is along the roadways. Areas of focus have been identified and…
Living with Fire Summit on October 23rd
Please join Community Environmental Council, UCSB's California NanoSystems Institute and Santa Barbara County's Wildfire Resilience Collaborative for the Living with Fire Summit on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 1PM. RSVP required - please RSVP by visiting- cec.pub/firesummit With support from UC Climate Investments, CNSI in partnership with Community Environmental Council and Santa Barbara County Wildfire Resilience…
Red Flag Warning in effect 9/5,3pm through 9/7,10pm
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST FOR EXTREME HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS... ...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INLAND OF THE BEACHES FOR VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS, LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS, AND POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERTICAL PLUMEGROWTH... .DISCUSSION...A long duration heat wave continues to ramp up towards the Friday peak,with minimal improvement after through Saturday or Sunday. Peak high temperatures between 107 and 117 will become common over the valleys, lower mountains and deserts. Inland coastal plains will see peak highs between 93 and 103, including the Santa Barbara foothills. Overnight lows will bring little relief to the foothills and deserts, with lows in the 80s common and some locations not going below 90. Humidities will lower as well, with minimum humidities generally in the 8 to 15 percent range over the valleys and mountains and poor to minimal overnight recoveries. Sundowner winds will increase over southern Santa Barbara County, peaking tonight and Friday night with gusts between 25 and 40 mph common over most of the Santa Ynez Range.
Upcoming Tunnel Trail Closure by Southern California Edison
The trail will likely be closed for 6 months. More details and contact information can be found here: https://www.sce.com/about-us/reliability/upgrading-transmission/mission-canyon And Article by NoozHawk is also available here: https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbaras-tunnel-trail-closing-for-months-for-more-sce-restoration-work/#:~:text=Southern%20California%20Edison%20(SCE)%20is,SCE%20spokesperson%20Gabriela%20Ornelas%20said.
Annual Meeting Slides now available
Did you miss the annual meeting, or just want to see the slide again? Click here to download the PDF
IMPORTANT UPCOMING FIRE PREVENTION EVENTS
Community Wildfire Protection Plan The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is preparing a CWPP and Transportation Study for the foothills and needs our input about evacuation and community preparedness Register for a workshop HERE on: Tues, May 14th, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at SB Botanic Garden OR Wed, May 22, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.…
Mission Canyon Storm Response Road Repairs
Dear Mission Canyon Trails Community, SCE has been assessing the post-storm site conditions and repair needs on our access roads throughout our service territory following the El Niño driven storms over the past months. SCE is coordinating with the city, county, and environmental agencies in the Santa Barbara area on authorizations needed to move forward with post-storm repairs…
Santa Barbara County Celebrates Completion of Tunnel Road Sewer Extension
On Friday, Apr 05, 2024, Santa Barbara County Public Works Department held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the successful completion of the Tunnel Road Sewer Main Extension Project. First District Supervisor Das Williams said, “In this age, we understand the drawbacks of old septic systems. They can impact water quality,…
FREE COMMUNITY CHIPPING PROGRAM
Care of the Fire Safe Council of Santa Barbara Count YOU CUT AND STACK, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE REST! Cut VegetationSTART CUTTING YOUR VEGETATION in advance of your scheduled neighborhood clean-up date. Focus your efforts within 100’ of structures and roadways, in the area known as your “Defensible Space…
Free native plant for your home gardens
Hello, Mission Canyon residents. In an effort to restore our local watershed, we’d like to know a bit more about your gardening practices. Through a quick 7-minute survey we’ll learn how we can work together to protect the beauty and biodiversity of the canyon. To show our appreciation for taking…
Put Out the Periwinkle
Courtesy of the SB Botanic Garden: Help us remove a common invasive plant and support the protection of biodiversity in the watershed. Date: June 23, 2023Time: 9 AM to 12 PMLocation: Garden Entrance As part of the Mission Canyon Biodiversity Project to restore and preserve the watershed, the garden invites…