Sustainability & Resilience News

Join the City's Clean Community Division and Santa Barbara Channelkeeper for a neighborhood cleanup! Come by to pick up a cleanup kit or graffiti removal supplies and help transform the neighborhood. 🌎Date: Saturday,…

The community is invited to join the City of Santa Barbara Creek Restoration and Water Quality Division in celebrating Creek Week, from Saturday, September 21 through Saturday, September 28. Creek Week is an annual opportunity for…

Santa Barbara Clean Energy (SBCE) expanded its Residential Electric Vehicle (EV) Program on Thursday, September 5. The program will continue to offer rebates for residential SBCE customers (which includes most City of Santa Barbara…

Protecting Our CommunityThe City of Santa Barbara is committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all its residents, including those who are unsheltered. As part of our ongoing efforts to manage encampments…

Due to the Labor Day holiday, there will be a one-day delay in residential trash, recycling, and yard waste pickup. If your regular service day is Monday, it will be moved to Tuesday, and so forth, extending through Saturday. Regularly…

Street sweeping (and parking enforcement in sweeping zones) will be canceled on Monday, September 2, 2024, due to the Labor Day holiday. The regular sweeping schedule and enforcement will resume on…

The City of Santa Barbara's Creeks Division is excited to announce the start of the Mission Creek Restoration Project at Oak Park. The project covers a 1,

The use of confetti at Santa Barbara parades and festivals is increasing, both in the number of events and the volume of confetti. Traditionally, confetti eggs, or cascarones, have been a part of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days. However,…

Join the Clean Community Division for this month's Neighborhood Clean-up Event! Come by and grab a Clean Up Kit and/or graffiti removal supplies and help transform your neighborhood. ⁠Saturday, July 20, 2024 9:00am - Noon⁠Meet at the…