The Santa Barbara County Legislative Program Committee has drafted a 2026 platform of prioritized legislative principles, specific issues, projects and programs that warrant targeted advocacy, funding requests, and/or legislation by the county.
Public review and comments on the 2026 Draft Legislative Platform are welcome prior to Oct. 24. The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors is scheduled to review and approve the 2026 Legislative Platform at its Dec. 16 meeting.
Established in 1991, the Legislative Program Committee is an advisory body to the Board of Supervisors. A program of county-sponsored legislative actions is developed and tracked by the committee with assistance from county departments and legislative advocates in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.
The committee meets almost monthly and public comment is welcome. Each year, the committee drafts a proposed Legislative Platform that is recommended to the Board of Supervisors for subsequent review and approval.
Once the board adopts the Legislative Platform, a variety of advocacy strategies are used to advance the identified principles and Legislative Platform planks.
Pending legislation of interest to Santa Barbara County is tracked and updates of the status are provided continuously by state and federal legislative advocates to the Legislative Program committee and the Board of Supervisors.
The draft platform is available on the County Executive Office website.
To weigh in on the legislative platform, contact and send your comments to Brittany Odermann, bodermann@countyofsb.org by Friday, Oct. 24.