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  • Participants painting at an activity of the Mental Wellness Center, a 2025-2026 grant recipient.
    City of Santa Barbara Grants Applications Now Open
    As part of its ongoing commitment to a vibrant, sustainable local cultural sector and arts access for all, the City is investing nearly $250,000 into the community through its annual Cultural Arts Grants. Applications must be…
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    Annual Notice: Erosion, Sedimentation Control, and Stormwater Quality Program
    This annual informational bulletin outlines guidance on Best Management Practices (BMPs) aimed at reducing erosion, retaining sediment on site, and protecting water quality throughout construction activities. Program…
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    Learn About Your Water Quality
    City laboratory staff conduct more than 45,000 water quality tests each year to ensure safe drinking water for our community. As in past years, the City outperformed every state and federal public health standard for water quality. Read…
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Art Exhibit Unveiled at The Airport
Next time you're at the Airport, visit the new temporary art exhibit featuring Photographer Alan Lucchetti and a new community arts focused organization, Santa Barbara Records. The exhibit is on the first floor, just past the main rotunda…
Community Workshops for Cliff Drive Vision Zero Project
The City is developing a project to increase safety along the Cliff Drive corridor. A high number of repeat collisions in the area make safety modifications a high priority. Community feedback over the years has also identified the need…
Wastewater Collection truck feeding a pipe into a drain hole.
Wastewater Bug Spotlight: Nematodes
Nematodes are small, worm-like metazoans that thrive in aerobic habitats including wastewater treatment processes. Nematodes are naturally abundant in bio-rich soils and, along with playing a starring role at the El Estero Water Resource…
Concept Plan Update
Staff and the Design Team for the revitalization of De La Guerra Plaza will be presenting the concept plan update to the Historic Landmarks Commission on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. 
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Cliff Drive Vision Zero Project Community Workshop:
Community Feedback Requested!  Please join us virtually on Wednesday, January 26th, or in person on Saturday, January 29th, to receive a project update, review the latest safety conceptual plans, and latest grant…
Project Update Cliff Drive Utility Undergrounding East of Meigs Road to San Rafael Avenue
On December 14, 2021 the City Council adopted a resolution establishing Underground Utility District No. 11 on Cliff Drive from Salida del Sol to San Rafael Avenue.
SBPL Adds Library on the Go Pop-up Visits for January.
Due to the increased community transmission of COVID-19, SBPL has introduced a modified service model for use of indoor Library facilities from Thursday, January 6 through January 31, 2022 that limits library visits to 30 minutes or less.
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Cerrará en conmemoración del Día de Martin Luther King, Jr.
La Biblioteca Pública de Santa Bárbara ubicada en 40 E. Anapamu estará cerrada al público el martes 18 de enero de 2022 en conmemoración del Día de Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Closed for Martin Luther King, Jr Day.
Santa Barbara Public Library’s Central location at 40 E. Anapamu will be closed to the public on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. 
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