Our achievements:
We successfully opposed the Isla Vista Seawall.
We successfully opposed the development of a 269 foot long rock revetment at Campus point (although the pump house expansion was approved).
We successfully appealed the Goleta beach rock revetment emergency placement in 1999 and it was ordered removed. However, two years later the County again claimed an emergency and re-installed the rocks, which are currently permitted under an emergency permit. This permit is pending the Goleta Beach Park Master Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report. Santa Barbara Surfrider continues to oppose using hard sructures to protect the park in favor of Managed Retreat. Managed Retreat is a more natural approach which will save the park AND protect the beach.
We successfully opposed the construction of a Golf course at the former ARCO site on the Gaviota coast and we are in negotiations with the current owners, the Makar development corporation to preserve the site in perpetuity.
We have been members of the Naples Coalition for the past 4 years. In this capacity we are working to reduce, restrict or eliminate the massive development of mega-mansions planned at the Santa Barbara and Dos Pueblos ranches on the Gaviota coast. (for more information on this issue, please visit www.savenaples.org).
We were the first group to perform storm drain stenciling in Santa Barbara. This involves stenciling storm drains with something that says "Don't Dump, Drains to Ocean". Eventually, the City and County of Santa Barbara shouldered the responsibility for this task.
We donated $1000 to the Carpinteria bluffs, $1000 dollars to the Arroyo Hondo preservation effort, and $1000 to the "Save Ellwood" campaign. We also helped raise community awareness about those projects.
We have submitted written and verbal testimony or letters of support concerning virtually every ocean water quality, coastal development, or access issue that has come before local and state agencies.
-Examples; We supported HTO's Rincon Sewer project with letters to The Carpinteria Sanitary District, we sent a letter of support to County Supervisor Brooks Firestone regarding the Arroyo Hondo Steelhead Recovery Program, we sent a letter of support for increased funding for the County's Storm Water Management Program, and our members regularly give verbal testimony at Santa Barbara County and California Coastal Commission hearings, including those hearings pertaining to the Naples property, Isla Vista Parking, and the Goleta Beach seawall.
Music
Jack Johnson, Brett Dennen, The Itals, Tom Curren. We love rockin' out, and regularly feature great bands at our events.
Movies
Chasing Dora, PEEL: The Peru Project, Absolute Mexico, Change the Subject, The September Sessions, Singlefin Yellow.
Television
Not too much into tv, but here are our current issues: LAND USE ISSUES-- THE MAKAR:
After defeating the construction of a golf course on the former ARCO property during a 10-year battle, the Chapter has retained a consultant and a law firm and are in delicate negotiations with a major land conservation agency to convince the owner of that property to sell it for permanent protection. NAPLES: The chapter is working in a coalition with 5 other environmental groups to move all development at the adjacent property, Naples, to an inland portion out of the viewshed. MORE
COASTAL ACCESS--"Surfrider promotes the right of low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beaches for all people. Surfrider acts to preserve this right of access." The chapter has been diligent in promoting this mission at Naples and Driftwoods on the Gaviota Coast as well as Jalama. UCSB ELLWOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: UCSB unveiled it revised Long-Range Development Plan Amendment which includes construction of 217 faculty housing units and 151 student housing units on lands bordering ecologically sensitive creeks and wetlands and near the Devereux Slough in Goleta. BEACH ISSUES-- NO BUTTS LEFT BEHIND CAMPAIGN: The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department project addresses the problem of cigarette butt litter in our county. In California, an estimated 4,125 tons of cigarettes are discarded annually. Cigarette butts are the most common item collected during beach clean-ups. Call 681-5407 or e-mail jessica.henn@sbcphd.org for more information GOLETA BEACH SEAWALL: The placement of a rock seawall to stop erosion at Goleta Beach County Park adjacent to UCSB has been a controversial issue. Local groups are currently seeking alternatives to coastal armoring which has been proven to have devastating effects over the long term to the sandy beach. WATER QUALITY MONITORING: The Santa Barbara Chapter was instumental in encouraging Santa Barbara City and County to implement a formal ocean and creek water quality monitoring program in mid 1980's. Today both these agencies conduct weekly sampling. County Ocean Water Quality Monitoring Program, and City of Santa Barbara Creek Water Quality Improvement Program. ISLA VISTA PARKING: The parking problem in East Isla Vista (caused by the high cost of parking at UCSB) has prompted the County plan to require residential parking permits on all I.V. residential streets. This plan when implemented would severely restrict public beach access to popular surf breaks.
Books
"Surfer's Code: Twelve Simple Lessons for Riding Through Life," by Shaun Tomson, "Let My People Go Surfing," by Yvon Chouinard, "Song for the Blue Ocean," by Dr. Carl Safina, "In a Perfect Ocean," by Daniel Pauly, "Blue Frontier," by David Helvarg, "Heartbeats in the Muck," by John Waldman...
Heroes
Glen Hening, Shaun Tomson, Tom Curren, all of the Santa Barbara lokes who help us make a difference and protect the oceans and beaches we love so much.
Santa Barbara Surfrider's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Hometown:
Santa Barbara, CA
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Occupation:
Environmental Activist
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About me: Surfrider Foundation was founded in 1984 by Glen Hening, Lance Carson and Tom Pratte, and the Santa Barbara Chapter of Surfrider Foundation was created in 1992 by a dedicated group of surfers and beach enthusiasts who wanted to make sure that the beaches they enjoyed so much would be preserved for future generations.
Who I'd like to meet: Ocean Enthusiasts who want to get involved and make a difference. This can be done by volunteering to help out at events, writing letters to the County Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and California Coastal Commission, or by donating money to our cause.
aloha...happy new year!!! hello there...I will come to Los Angeles..pacific Palisades for 3 weeks.....and i would like to ask if i can do inthis time also something to protect the beaches....maybe i can visit you in Santa barbara....or is there also a project in Los Angeles?Love and Aloha from Amsterdam Barbara
To my friends at Santa Barbara surfrider foundation, You are wonderful!
Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions you inspire me. I’m looking forward to sharing more ideas with you. I would also like to get more involved in 2008 with the surfrider foundation. Do you have more info for my area you would like to share?
Thanks for your friend request! I was wondering if you or the fans could help me come up with an award winning idea. I’m looking for environmental Science Fair Project Idea. I'm sending you this in hopes you may have an idea. Please let me know your ideas.
hello greetings from Barbara...its so cold in Amsterdam..i wish i would be in Santa Barbara now....I actually look for a stable relation...do you have any idea of some serious datingsides from Santa Barbara?here in Amsterdam is no sun no ocean and the men are all boring and not into surfing but smoking!!can you imagine?hihi...greetings from Barbara
