Get Involved!

There are several ways to help the Santa Ynez Valley Alliance protect our Valley. You can help by joining the Santa Ynez Valley Alliance , expressing your personal views to officials who were elected to represent you, and/or by writing letters to the editors of our local media.

E-mail, fax and mail letters to the contacts below. Please send a copy of your letter to the SYVA.

Elected Officials

County of Santa Barbara
Brooks Firestone, 3rd Dist. Supvr.
City of Buellton
City of Solvang
Pedro Nava, State Assembly
Tom McClintock, State Senate
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor
Elton Gallegly, US Representative
Barbara Boxer, US Senator
Dianne Feinstein, US Senator

State Links
Regional Links
County Links
City Links
Community Links

Media

Santa Ynez Valley News
Santa Barbara News-Press
Santa Maria Times
Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara County

Elected officials and other public servants within Santa Barbara County government frequently make decisions having immediate impact on life in the Santa Ynez Valley. Fortunately, many of them respond to public input. Your letters and emails matter!
To review emerging issues at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, click on the link below:

Board of Supervisors Agenda and Minutes

Televised Meetings

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, 3rd District
The Santa Ynez Valley is located within the 3rd District of Santa Barbara County; our current Supervisor is Brooks Firestone:

Brooks Firestone
105 E. Anapamu St., 4th Fl.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: 568-2192
Fax: 568-2883
Solvang: 686-5095
Fax: 686-8133
E-mail: bfirestone@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Website: http://www.countyofsb.org/brooks-firestone

Other Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors: 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Districts
Although Districts 1, 2, 4, and 5 encompass areas outside of the Santa Ynez Valley, supervisors regularly cast votes on ordinances affecting us. It is often helpful to forward a copy of your comments to them as well.

1st District: Salud Carbajal, Vice Chair
Phone: 568-2186
Fax: 568-2534
E-mail: SupervisorCarbajal@sbcbos1.org
Website: http://www.countyofsb.org/salud-carbajal

2nd District: Janet Wolf
Phone: 568-2191
Fax: 568-2283
E-mail: jwolf@sbcbos2.org
Website: http://www.countyofsb.org/Janet-Wolf

4th District: Joni Gray
Lompoc: 737-7700
Santa Maria: 346-8407
E-mail: jgray@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Website: http://www.countyofsb.org/Joni-Gray/

5th District: Joseph Centeno
Santa Maria: 346-8400
Fax: 346-8404
E-mail: jcenteno@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Website: http://www.countyofsb.org/Joseph-Centeno/

U.S. Senate

Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery St., #240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Website: http://boxer.senate.gov

Dianne Feinstein
One Post St., #2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Website: http://feinstein.senate.gov

U.S. Representative, 24th District

Rep. Elton Gallegly
2829 Townsgate Rd., Ste. 315
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361-3018
Website: http://www.house.gov/gallegly

State Senator, 19th District

Tom McClintock
223 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste. 326
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Website: http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/mcclintock/

State Assembly, 35rd District

Pedro Nava
101 W. Anapamu St., Ste. A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Website: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a35/

Office of the Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-445-4633
Website: http://gov.ca.gov/

Local Media

Santa Ynez Valley News
P.O. Box 647
Solvang, CA 93464
Fax: (805) 688-7685
E-mail: scone@pulitzer.net

Santa Barbara News-Press
P.O. Box 1359
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
Fax: (805) 966-6258
E-mail: voices@newspress.com

Santa Maria Times
P.O. Box 400
Santa Maria, CA 93456-00400
Fax: (805) 928-5657

Santa Barbara Independent
122 West Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara CA 93101
Fax: (805) 965-5518

STATE LINKS (California)

The Brown Act
http://caag.state.ca.us/publications/2003_Intro_BrownAct.pdf

California Coastal Commission
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/web

Governor’s Office
http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
http://www.opr.ca.gov

CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act)
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceqa/

Caltrans (Dept. of Transportation)
http://www.dot.ca.gov/

State of California Planning and Development Links
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/links.htm

CERES: The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
http://ceres.ca.gov/index.html

The California Coastal Act
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/coastact.pdf

California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov

REGIONAL LINKS

Central Coast Water Authority
http://www.ccwa.com/

The Community Indicators Project
http://www.ucsb-efp.com/indicators/index.htm

Indicators Project/UCSB - South Coast Sustainable Indicators
http://www.es.ucsb.edu/proj/135Bindicators/southcoast/economic/donations.html

Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
http://www.sblafco.org/

COUNTY LINKS (Santa Barbara County)

"How to get Involved in Planning" in Santa Barbara County
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/comp/participate.html

County of Santa Barbara
http://www.countyofsb.org/index.asp

Boards and Commissions
http://www.countyofsb.org/county-government.asp#commissions

Board of Supervisors
http://www.countyofsb.org/board/board.asp

Board of Architectural Review
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/bar/

Planning Commission Agenda and Staff Reports
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/pc/agenda.html

Planning and Development
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/default.htm

Planning and Development: Public Workshops and Hearings
http://www.countyofsb.org/plandev/comp/notice.html

Parks Commission
http://www.sbparks.com/docs/Commission.html

BEACON (Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment)
http://beacon.dst.ca.us/index.htm

County Departments
http://www.countyofsb.org/locations.asp

Community and Regional Planning Areas
http://countyofsb.org/plandev/comp/planareas/default.html

SBCAG (SB County Association of Governments)
http://www.sbcag.org/

Project Clean Water
http://co.santa-barbara.ca.us/project_cleanwater/default.html

Community Links
http://www.countyofsb.org/community-links.asp

CITY LINKS

City of Buellton

http://www.cityofsolvang.com/
http://www.cityofbuellton.com

City of Solvang

City of Solvang
http://www.cityofsolvang.com/

City Manager’s Welcome
http://www.cityofsolvang.com/cmanager.html

City Council Meetings and Minutes
http://www.cityofsolvang.com/ccmeetings.html

Departments
http://www.cityofsolvang.com/depts.html

City News
http://www.cityofsolvang.com/newsflash.html