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Land Development – 2025 End of Year Closure
End of Year Closure As part of the City’s annual Holiday closure, most City Land Development Team offices and operations will be closed beginning Friday, December 19, 2025, and will resume business on Monday, January…
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Emergency Storm Parking Activated
The City has activated FREE Emergency Storm Parking from November 13 to November 16, for residents in flood-prone areas at City Lot 2. Registration is open! Unregistered vehicles will be charged standard rates.
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2026 City of Santa Barbara Cultural Arts Grant Recipients
The City has awarded more than $240,000 in Cultural Arts Grants to 32 local organizations that keep our community inspired and connected through the arts. Funded by the City and administered by the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts…
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Madres Unidas
Los programas de la Biblioteca Pública de Santa Bárbara (SBPL, por sus siglas en inglés) no son creados únicamente por el personal de la biblioteca, sino que nacen de la colaboración con nuestra comunidad.
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Register for Community Meeting!
The City of Santa Barbara will hold both an online and open-house public meeting to review the Westside and Lower West Neighborhoods Transportation Management Plan Implementation Project (Project), which will provide safe pedestrian and…
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Wastewater Bug Spotlight: Crawling Ciliate
Crawling ciliates are small protozoa named for hair-like protrusions that cover their bodies. These “hairs,” called cilia, which is Latin for eyelash, enable the ciliates to climb over clumps of bacteria at El Estero Water Resource Center…
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New City Connection Episode
Explore the 'SB Connect' App designed to improve resident engagement with city services, learn about the Westside Community Paseos project enhancing pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, and get valuable insights into our street sweeping…
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Annual Volunteer Rose Pruning Day This Saturday
Join the Parks and Recreation Department this Saturday at Mission Historical Park for their annual Rose Pruning Day. A January tradition for almost 40 years, volunteers are invited to spend the morning pruning the 1-acre garden in…
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City Crews Restore Waterfront After High Surf Event
On December 28, 2023, the City of Santa Barbara’s waterfront was hit by powerful high surf posing a threat to beachgoers and coastal infrastructure. The impact on the Santa Barbara waterfront was particularly felt in the harbor business…
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Santa Barbara Public Library Invites Applications for Teen Advisory Board
Santa Barbara Public Library is excited to announce the relaunch of the library’s Teen Advisory Board (T.A.B.) in January 2024. This exciting initiative was reformed to encourage teenagers to take an active role in their community and to…
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Average Unit-size Density Incentive Program Made Permanent
In December 2023, the City Council amended the Average Unit-size Density Incentive Program (AUD Program) to make it into the City’s permanent multi-unit housing program by eliminating the Program’s expiration date (Ordinance 6129). The…
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Introducing Sustainably SBPL Programming Series
Santa Barbara Public Library is one of fifteen California local library systems selected to receive first-ever funding from the State Library to support projects focused on sustainability, climate resilience, and community engagement for…
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