Guide to the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara records SBHC Mss 2

Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2019 February 25


Title: League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara records
Identifier/Call Number: SBHC Mss 2
Language of Material: English.
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description: 21 Linear Feet (8 cartons, 11 flat boxes)
Creator: League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara
Date (inclusive): 1948-2015
Abstract: Records documenting the activities of the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara, California, from the 1940s to 2015, including administrative files, issue files, newsletters, and clippings and scrapbooks.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara records, SBHC Mss 2. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Historical Note

The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920 by suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, as a nonpartisan, grassroots political advocacy group. Since then, the League of Women Voters has opened state chapters and local Leagues in many congessional districts. Important issues addressed by the League of Women Voters over the years at the national level have included equal access to education and employment, foreign relations, including normalization of relations with China, tax reform, voting rights and voter registration, campaign finance reform, and health care. The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara (including the communities of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta, California) has focused on housing and homelessness, oil and gas drilling, land use, equal rights, and immigration, among other important issues.

Scope and Content

Records of the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara, California. Dating from the 1940s to 2015, materials document League activities and include both administrative and issue files, as well as copies of the Bulletin and Channel Voter, League newsletters, ranging in date from 1948-2015.
Administrative files include bylaws, correspondence, as well as documents related to League events, fundraising, and finances. Issue files cover state, county, and municipal matters, including oil and gas drilling, energy, the Santa Barbara downtown/waterfront, Santa Barbara County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), Goleta Valley annexation proposals, equal rights, development, education, elections, immigration, water, state and county bond measures, redistricting, and housing.
These records contain extensive documentation on the City of Santa Barbara charter, including proposed amendments, and extensive documentation relating to the City of Santa Barbara Goleta Valley annexation proposals.

Arrangement

These materials fall into two series, Accession 1 and Accession 2. Series have been subdivided, where applicable, into the following subseries: Administrative files, Issue files, Newsletters, and Clippings and scrapbooks.

Separated Material

A number of environmental impact reports and other printed government documents have been removed and cataloged separately.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Women -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Societies and clubs
Women -- Political activity -- California -- Santa Barbara
Political participation -- California -- Santa Barbara
Administrative records
Bylaws (administrative records)
Correspondence
Newsletters
League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara -- Archives

 

Accession 1

 

Issue files 1970s-2000s

box 7, folder 1

Air Pollution Control District Board, Santa Barbara Hearing 1997 June 19

box 7, folder 2

Annexation Information, Goleta Valley 1974-1975

box 7, folder 3

Bollens, John C. A Review of the Public Service and Revenue Needs of an Incorporated City of Isla Vista, Including the University of California, Santa Barbara 1973 January 4

box 7, folder 4

California Ocean Resources Management Plan, summary and meeting notes 1995 August 29

box 7, folder 5

California energy 1992-2004

box 7, folder 6

Carpinteria, oil 2000-2001

box 7, folder 7-8

Chevron Oil, clippings 1989-1995

box 7, folder 9

City of Santa Barbara Height Limits Initiative 2008-2009

box 7, folder 10

Clearview Project 1992-1995

box 7, folder 11

Coastal Commission of California 1973-2004

box 7, folder 12

Coastal planning 1987-1999

box 7, folder 13

Elections, Proposition A, clippings, handouts 1977-1985

box 7, folder 14-15

Goals Committee, Citizens General Plan, agenda, minutes, notes 1973

box 7, folder 16

Goals Committee, Citizens General Plan, reports, working papers 1973

box 7, folder 17

Goleta General Plan 2007-2009

box 7, folder 18

Goleta 1990s

box 7, folder 19

HAS release [Hydrogen Sulfide] Chevron Gaviota facility 1997-1999

box 7, folder 20

Local Agency Formation Commission [LAFCO] staff report, incorporation of Goleta Valley, Isla Vista, Hope Ranch 1973 December 20

box 7, folder 21

League of Women Voters, booklets and brochures 1978-1984

box 7, folder 22

League of Women Voters, Ruth Saadi, Hercules Project 1988

box 7, folder 23

Minerals Management Service, oil 1990s-2000s

box 7, folder 24

Molino oil scoping 1995

box 7, folder 25

North County oil, sitting study 2000

box 7, folder 26

Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance 2005-2009

box 7, folder 27

Ocean burning reports, destroying toxic waste at sea 1984-1985

box 7, folder 28

Oil drilling in Santa Barbara Channel, clippings and brochures 2009-2010

box 7, folder 29

Oil drilling in Santa Barbara Channel, clippings and notes 2000s

box 7, folder 30

Proposal to LAFCO for the Annexation of the Entire Goleta Valley to Santa Barbara under a Two Tier Form of Government submitted by Goleta Valley Governmental Group 1974 January

box 7, folder 31

Rigs to Reefs, Action Plan Inter Agency Decommissioning Working Group, clippings 1989-2001

box 7, folder 32

Report, Airport Zoning 1972-1995

box 7, folder 33

Report, transportion of LPG and NGLs [liquefied petroleum gases and natural gas liquids] 1985-1993

box 7, folder 34

Report, transportation, crosstown freeway 1971-1975

box 7, folder 35

Statement to Santa Barbara City Council on PlanSB General Plan 2010

box 8, folder 1

Safety thresholds, County of Santa Barbara, oil and gas production facilities 1996-1997

box 8, folder 2

Sanctuaries and marine parks 1990-2002

box 8, folder 3

Sanger reports to Local Agency Formation Commission [LAFCO] on Goleta Valley Annexation to City of Santa Barbara 1974

box 8, folder 4

Santa Barbara Planning Commission, General Plan policy 2008

box 8, folder 5

Santa Barbara Planning Commission and Santa Barbara City Council 2008 September 25

box 8, folder 6

Santa Barbara Planning Commission, statement to Santa Barbara City Council on Work Program activities 2009

box 8, folder 7

Shell mound, 4H platform removal 1997-2004

box 8, folder 8

San Luis Obispo, height codes, clippings

box 8, folder 9

Staff reports on various issues 2008-2010

box 8, folder 10

Torch Operating Company, oil spill 1997

box 8, folder 11

University of California College of Agriculture report 1997 July 2

box 8, folder 12

Upper State Street study 2005-2007

box 8, folder 13

Venoco Oil 2007 May

box 8, folder 14

Waterfront Project 1993-1997

flat-box 9

Charter Study Committee Report to the Mayor and City Council of Santa Barbara, and History of City Government (1900-1958) 1958

flat-box 9

Charter of the City of Santa Barbara (November 16, 1926) 1962 reprint, and copy of 1958 City Charter Study, including "An Outline of the Development of the Form of Government in Santa Barbara From 1900-1958 (Roberts Report) 1958, 1962

box 8, folder 15

City of Santa Barbara Charter 1976 November 16

box 8, folder 16

City of Santa Barbara Charter, proposed city charter by Freeholders, city booklets 1926-1978

box 8, folder 17

City of Santa Barbara Charter, Board of Freeholders League of Women Voters action, defeat (1966), adoption (1967) 1958-1980

box 8, folder 18

City of Santa Barbara Charter, elections 1958-1980

box 8, folder 19

Goleta Roundtable, General Plan 1998

box 8, folder 20

Goleta, Carbrillo Business Park 2008

box 8, folder 21

Santa Barbara Planning Commission, Coast Land Use Plan 2009

box 8, folder 22

Sanger, Two Tier Plan, charter amendment 1973

 

Accession 2

 

Administrative files 1950s-2000s

box 1, folder 1

Bylaws, local/cumulative undated

box 1, folder 2

Bylaws, current undated

box 1, folder 3

Bylaws, revisions 1997

box 1, folder 4

Bylaws to 2003

box 1, folder 5

Bylaws, report undated

box 1, folder 6

Celebrate! 75th Anniversary undated

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence undated

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence, received and sent/cumulative 1983-1984

box 1, folder 9

Developments (includes planning and event reports) 2003-2004

box 1, folder 10

Education Fund Appeal 1992

box 1, folder 11

Endowment fundraisers 1999-2000

box 1, folder 12

Finance 1973-1984

box 1, folder 13

Finance undated

box 1, folder 14

Finance report undated

box 1, folder 15

Finance, annual fund drive report undated

box 1, folder 16

Financial development auction 1979

box 1, folder 17

Financial contribution letter for 1991-1992

box 1, folder 18

Fund drive events 1991-1992

box 1, folder 19

Garden party, cumulative file 1988-1999

box 1, folder 20

Garden party 1991

box 1, folder 21

Garden party 1992

box 1, folder 22

Garden party 1993

box 1, folder 23

Garden party 1993

box 1, folder 24

Garden party 1995

box 1, folder 25

Garden party 1996

box 1, folder 26

Garden party 1998

box 1, folder 27

Garden party 2000

box 1, folder 28

Garden party 2001

box 1, folder 29

Garden party 2002

box 1, folder 30

Garden party 2002-2003

box 1, folder 31

Garden party 2003

box 1, folder 32

Garden party 2004

box 1, folder 33

Garden party 2004

box 1, folder 34

Garden party 2005

box 1, folder 35

Garden party 2005

box 1, folder 36

Garden party 2005

box 1, folder 37

Garden party 2006

box 1, folder 38

Garden party 2006

box 1, folder 39

Garden party 2007

box 1, folder 40

Garden party 2007

box 1, folder 41

Garden party, invitation

box 1, folder 42

Garden party, programs and invitations 1990

box 1, folder 43

Garden party, returns undated

box 1, folder 44

Ideas undated

box 1, folder 45

"Know Your Country" undated

box 1, folder 46

Legislative interviews undated

box 1, folder 47

LWVSB brochures undated

box 1, folder 48

LWVSB brochures undated

box 1, folder 49

Sander, Vancouver luncheon 1992 September 9

box 1, folder 50

Site signs, Garden party undated

box 1, folder 51

Soviet Women's lunch/ garden party 1991-1992

box 1, folder 52

Tour, League Day 1990

 

Issue files 1970s-2000s

box 2, folder 1

Action statements/correspondence, national (Freedom of Information Act, McCain-Feingold, missile defense, CEDAW, UNICEF, Gun Control) 1990s-2000

box 2, folder 2

Action statements/correspondence, state (Affordable housing, California Health Insurance Reliability Act, CalWORKS, Welfare Reform, Adult System of Care, Voting Rights, Chevron 4H, Gun Control, AB 525) 1990s-2000s

box 2, folder 3

Administration of justice study (state), consensus report 1970

box 2, folder 4

Advisory Board Commissions (County of Santa Barbara, racial/ethnic balance policy for committees and commissions) undated

box 2, folder 5

Affirmative action (County of Santa Barbara, Citizen Participation Project) 1970s-1980s

box 2, folder 6

Air quality attainment, County of Santa Barbara 1980s-1990s

box 2, folder 7

Annexation record, Goleta Valley (includes a Channel Voter sub-file, clippings, proposals, literature) 1974-1975

box 2, folder 8

Annexation record, Goleta Valley, Channel Voter positions, clippings, hotline, advertising 1974-1975

box 2, folder 9

Annexation proposal, Goleta Valley, facts sheets, background studies, work outlines 1975

box 2, folder 10

Bank and corporate tax reform [ACA 13] 1974

box 2, folder 11

Boards and commissions study undated

box 2, folder 12

Brown Act 1979

box 2, folder 13

Brown Act 1981 April

box 2, folder 14

California Guidelines for Campaign Committees 1973-1976

box 2, folder 15

Campaign disclosure statements 1970s

box 2, folder 16

Campaign finance reform 1980s-1990s

box 2, folder 17

CETA 1980s-1990s

box 2, folder 18

Child care study 1987-1989

box 2, folder 19

Childrens issues, Children at risk, Child care 1980s-1990s

box 2, folder 20

City and county government books 1980s

box 2, folder 21

City Council goals and surveys 1982

box 2, folder 22

City of Santa Barbara Charter (proposed by the Santa Barbara City Council, amendments) 1960s-1970s

box 2, folder 23

City of Santa Barbara Charter, proposed amendments, and SB 62 1970s-1980s

box 2, folder 24

City of Santa Barbara Charter, historical documents 1950s-1960s

box 2, folder 25

City of Santa Barbara Charter, LWVSB study 1964-1965

box 2, folder 26

City of Santa Barbara Charter, proposed amendments LWVSB statements 1960s-1970s

box 2, folder 27

City and county finances study 1961

box 2, folder 28

Coastal Commission, office closure 1990s

box 2, folder 29

Coalition Against Gun Violence 2006

box 2, folder 30

Compensation of local elected officials study 1982 October

box 2, folder 31

Concept of sustainable communities 1988

box 2, folder 32

Consensus report, property tax and Proposition 13 state study 1977

box 2, folder 33

Consensus report, changing state/local government relationships, state study 1979-1981

box 2, folder 34

Consensus and position, state finance study:1969, Update: 1981

box 2, folder 35

Correspondence regarding school finance, state 1970s

box 2, folder 36

Council compensation, other cities 1980s

box 2, folder 37

County (Santa Barbara) Government Book 1978

box 2, folder 38

County issues, land use/planning 1980s-1990s

box 2, folder 39

County split, local study 1978

box 2, folder 40

Diversity Task Force 2000

box 2, folder 41

Diversity Tool Kit 1998 June

box 3, folder 1

Education, school finance legislation and reform 1974

box 3, folder 2

Education, League opposition to Proposition 174, school vouchers 1993

box 3, folder 3

Education, Santa Barbara district, school finance tax measures "C" and "D" 1975

box 3, folder 4

Educational vouchers, League of Women Voters United States Committee Guide 1970

box 3, folder 5

Election at large, Charter revisions 1970s

box 3, folder 6

Electoral College study, League of Women Voters United States 1970

box 3, folder 7

Employment, City of Santa Barbara non-discrimination resolution 1977

box 3, folder 8

Entrada project, League statements 2001

box 3, folder 9

Equal opportunity, sexual orientation, Santa Barbara High School district 1979

box 3, folder 10

Equal rights statements 1977-1980

box 3, folder 11

ERA kit, Equal Rights amendment facts 1977

box 3, folder 12

Executive branch (United States, rise) 1974

box 3, folder 13

Executive branch (United States) Committee papers 1975

box 3, folder 14

Executive branch consensus questions 1975

box 3, folder 15

Executive branch consensus questions 1975

box 3, folder 16

Exxon referendum 1975

box 3, folder 17

Federal Election Campaign act 1980

box 3, folder 18

Finance local, use of Measure W funds 1989

box 3, folder 19

Government, glossary of terms

box 3, folder 20

Government, local annexation 1974-1980

box 3, folder 21

Hazardous materials, Goleta Monitoring District 1989

box 3, folder 22

Health care cutbacks 1990

box 3, folder 23

Health care service study 1981-1982

box 3, folder 24

Homeless study, social policy 1992

box 3, folder 25

Homemaker services 1976

box 3, folder 26

Housing, Santa Barbara County Housing Element 1980s-1990s

box 3, folder 27

Housing study and documents 1979-1981

box 3, folder 28

Human Resources, legal services survey 1976

box 3, folder 29

Human Resources, Rape (California AB 194, McAlister) 1975

box 3, folder 30

Human Resources social policy correspondence, Equal Rights 1980

box 3, folder 31

Human Resources social policy correspondence, mental health 1981

box 3, folder 32

Human Services, general relief cuts County Department of Social Services, Santa Barbara 1992

box 3, folder 33

Immigration study 2007

box 3, folder 34

Initiative and Referendum, AB 1331 1988

box 3, folder 35

International relations, "Campaign for a Safer World" 1987

box 3, folder 36

Juvenile Justice study 1997

box 3, folder 37

Juvenile Justice report 1997 January 10

box 3, folder 38

LAFCO [Local Agency Formation Commission] Santa Barbara, staff reports, proposal of annexation to the City of Santa Barbara, John M. Sanger 1974 September-October

box 3, folder 39

League of Women Voters Health Care Service Study, original report 1981-1982

box 3, folder 40

Letters Re Santa Barbara News Press denial of Forum Page space, and other media conflicts 1991

box 3, folder 41

Letters of recommendation for boards and local commissions 1970s

box 3, folder 42

Letters to Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors and Santa Barbara City Council 1992-1993

box 3, folder 43

Library (Measure "L," Goleta Public Library) 1990

box 3, folder 44

Local action statements, Waste Water and other water issues 1971-1973

box 3, folder 45

Local housing study undated

box 3, folder 46

Local statements, Healthcare, Growth 2004-2010

box 3, folder 47

Local statements, Venoco, Development 2007

box 3, folder 48

Local statements, Energy Conservation, Development 2007-2008

box 3, folder 49

Local water study 1991

box 3, folder 50

LWV "Scenario for the Great California School Finance Melodrama" 1975

box 3, folder 51

LWVSB local advocacy statements, Entrada, Waterfront, Housing 2001-2003

box 3, folder 52

LWVSB local advocacy statements Agriculture, Air Pollution, Ellwood Shores, Economic Development, Santa Barbara Shores, Ellwood Beach, Cachuma contract, Water 1993-1995

box 3, folder 53

LWVSB local advocacy statements, Exxon, Measure "A," Coronado Site, Santa Ynez River, Seismic Safety, Carpinteria Bluffs, CREF, Proposition 227, Gaviota Coast 1995-1999

box 3, folder 54

LWVSB local advocacy statements, Entrada, SB 241, Villa Caridad, Point Arguello R-1, Bridle Ridge, El Encanto project, Housing Element 1999-2001

box 3, folder 55

Mental health 1993

box 3, folder 56

Minority study 1991

box 3, folder 57

Miscellaneous housing, health, and education, Goleta Community Plan updates 1970s-1990s

box 3, folder 58

National Equal Rights [Equal Rights amendment] 1979

box 3, folder 59

National Legislative Interviews, Robert Lagomarsino , 19th District 1975

box 3, folder 60

National reapportionment study 1965

box 3, folder 61

National security consensus 1985

box 3, folder 62

National privatization study 2011-2012

box 3, folder 63

Oil and coastal development, statements 1980s-1990s

box 3, folder 64

Oil and coastal development, statements 1980s

box 3, folder 65

Oil and LWVSB, clippings 1980s-1990s

box 4, folder 1

Political accountability ratings 1977-1978

box 4, folder 2

Proposition 208, campaign finance reform 1996

box 4, folder 3

Proposition A 1977 March

box 4, folder 4

Property tax assessment practices 1977

box 4, folder 5

Publications and reports on state (California) constitutional revision 1950s

box 4, folder 6

Public policy on reproductive choices national concurrence item 1982-1983

box 4, folder 7

"Reapportionment, Some Pieces in the Puzzle" 1982

box 4, folder 8

Reapportionment and redistricting 1987-1990

box 4, folder 9

Redistricting, California position 1990 April 16

box 4, folder 10

Redistricting, state reapportionment study 1990-1991

box 4, folder 11

Regional Growth Impacts Study, South Coast of Santa Barbara County 1980 July

box 4, folder 12

"Report to Mayor and City Council by Santa Barbara Citizens' Goals Committee on the Impact of Santa Barbara of Alternate Forms of Government in South Coast Areas" 1974 March 1

box 4, folder 13

"Report of the Citizens' General Plan Goals Committee City of Santa Barbara" 1971 April

box 4, folder 14

Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court decision on the Pennsylvania abortion law 1992

box 4, folder 15

RISE legislation SB 1737 (Dunlap) 1976

box 4, folder 16

Rodda Act, Sunshine provisions 1976

box 4, folder 17

Santa Barbara School Districts Governing Board study 1978

box 4, folder 18

Santa Barbara School Districts Measure H (parcel tax) 2010

box 4, folder 19

Santa Barbara City Election, Measure B, Endorsement of Candidates 2009

box 4, folder 20

Santa Barbara Community Relations Commission, report 1971

box 4, folder 21

Serrano decision 1977

box 4, folder 22

State Bond study, resource material 1975-1977

box 4, folder 23

State consensus update, housing 1973

box 4, folder 24

Social policy statements 1989-1991

box 4, folder 25

State consensus, initiative and referendum California 1985

box 4, folder 26

State education study consensus report 1971-1972

box 4, folder 27

State education study updated consensus 1983-1985

box 4, folder 28

Statements, Goleta to office, Housing, Development, Coastal Land Use plan 2007-2009

box 4, folder 29

State legislation, legislative interviews 1970s

box 4, folder 30

State legislation, legislative interviews 1970s

box 4, folder 31

State/local government relationships and revenues, state study 1977-1981

box 4, folder 32

Statements, master copies 1985

box 4, folder 33

Statements, master copies 1985

box 4, folder 34

State policies, finance 1983-1982

box 4, folder 35

Status of Women Commission, County of Santa Barbara 1974-1976

box 4, folder 36

Support positions, local, historical 1950s-1970s

box 4, folder 37

Tax reform, ACA 13 1973-1977

box 4, folder 38

Testimony LWVSB, Government Council on Intergovernment Relations 1973

box 4, folder 39

Transportation study and consensus report, local transportation ballot measures 1980s-1990s

box 4, folder 40

Update consensus, constitutional revision study 1965-1967

box 4, folder 41

Urban crisis studies 1978-1979

box 4, folder 42

Voting rights, state act, consensus report, and review 1986

box 4, folder 43

Water [hearings, Central Coast Water Authority, Groundwater Resource Section, Conservation Element, Goleta Sanitary District] 1980s-1990s

box 4, folder 44

Women [Commission on the Status of Women] 1975

box 4, folder 45

Year end reports 2005-2006

 

Newsletters 1948-2015

box 5

Channel Voter 1966-2015

box 6

Bulletin 1948-1980

 

Clippings and scrapbooks

flat-box 9

Santa Barbara News-Press "Oil Disaster of 1969" special edition 1969 March 7

flat-box 10, flat-box 11, flat-box 12, flat-box 13, flat-box 14, flat-box 15, flat-box 16, flat-box 17, flat-box 18, flat-box 19

Scrapbooks circa 1950s-1970s

Scope and Content

Ten large scrapooks containing mostly newspaper clippings, but also documents.