News in and around Santa Barbara's Mission Canyon
"Forest Service lands will now be off the table under the revised provision, Lee said, as would a significant chunk of the Bureau of Land Management acreage he formerly offered up. Instead, he plans to only include lands within five miles of population centers." Full Article: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/06/24/mike-lees-public-lands-selloff
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https://www.noozhawk.com/8-story-apartment-tower-proposed-behind-santa-barbara-mission-closer-to-reality/
Thursday, May 8social half-hour: 5:30 p.m.meeting: 6–7:30 p.m.Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History2559 Puesta del Sol Once a year, we open the wine, roll out the cheese, brew up the coffee, and bake batches of brownies for a canyon-wide get together you don't want to miss! This year we will…
A tax credit would help pay for upgrades to protect against natural disasters. By Kevin Rector https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=6289b61b-e106-4d75-844b-b4c5779152ce&v=sdk
Maps and more information available at the FireSafe Council website
https://www.noozhawk.com/chipping-program-helps-residents-create-fire-safety/
https://www.noozhawk.com/calfire-releases-new-fire-hazard-maps-for-santa-barbara-county/
Rumble Strip Installation Occurring on E. Los Olivos Street Near Mountain Drive Thursday, March 27 https://santabarbaraca.gov/news/rumble-strip-installation-occurring-e-los-olivos-street-near-mountain-drive-thursday-march-27
The meeting featured presentations from the State Insurance Commissioner, the California FAIR plan, the California Association of Realtors, Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, and the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council. Here is a link to the recording of the event: Insurance Town Hall.Power Point slides from the presentations…
https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-officials-talk-fire-safety-with-focus-on-preparedness/
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…
https://www.independent.com/2024/11/13/580730/
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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…
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…