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The Santa Barbara Police Department Encourages Safe St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
This St. Patrick’s Day, the Santa Barbara Police Department will be on alert for suspected impaired drivers and reminds the community to celebrate the holiday responsibly. Additional officers will be on patrol today looking for drivers…
Santa Barbara Police Department Encourages Participation in CFC Community Survey
The City of Santa Barbara Community Formation Commission (CFC) has developed a draft framework to create a civilian oversight system for the Santa Barbara Police Department and created a survey to collect feedback to be incorporated into…
Thousand Steps Repair Project Starts March 28
The Thousand Steps repair project will start later this month, the City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department announced today. Beginning Monday, March 28, the beach stairway will be fenced and closed to public access. The…
UPDATE: Arrest Made in Suspicious Death on State Street
The suspicious death that occurred in the first block of State Street this morning is being investigated as a homicide. Santa Barbara Police Detectives learned of a potential suspect that was in the area where the female victim had been…
Suspicious Death Investigation on State Street
On March 14, 2022, around 7:20 am, the Santa Barbara Police Department’s Combined Communication Center received a report about an unresponsive female lying in the parking lot of a business located in the 1st block of State Street.…
City Invites Community Input to Help Define Voting District Boundaries
Help determine how the voting district boundaries are drawn representing your community. The City is in the process of redistricting--adjusting the lines of voting districts in accordance with population shifts. Jurisdictions like the City…
Santa Barbara Police Department Issues Body Worn Cameras to Officers
In July of 2021, the Santa Barbara Police Department began testing body worn cameras for sworn personnel. In December 2021, SBPD started outfitting its patrol officers with these cameras. Over the course of nearly two months, all field…
La ciudad invita a la comunidad a participar para ayudar a definir los límites de los distritos electorales
Ayude a determinar cómo se trazan los límites de los distritos electorales que representan a su comunidad. La Ciudad está en proceso de redistritación, ajustando las líneas de los distritos electorales de acuerdo con los cambios de…
City Council Approves Distribution of ARPA Funds to Offset COVID-19 Financial Impacts and Stimulate Economic Recovery
The City Council approved the second allocation of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support projects that offset negative financial impacts of COVID-19, provide services to disproportionately impacted communities, address…
City Businesses are now Powered by Clean Electricity
Santa Barbara Clean Energy, a program of the City of Santa Barbara, began providing carbon-free electricity to Santa Barbara businesses on March 1. With this change, businesses within the City of Santa Barbara will effortlessly and…
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