We hope you will join us for the Goleta City Council meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, December 2nd at 5:30 p.m. We encourage you to come in-person to Council Chambers, watch live, or participate via Zoom. Directions for how to do so can be found below.
Items on the agenda include:
- The City Council will hold a public hearing on adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code. Read the staff report here: https://tinyurl.com/m5azj3vf.
- The Council will hold a public hearing on the re-adoption of the City's Electric Vehicle (EV) Reach Code. View the staff report at https://tinyurl.com/3phbzhnc.
- The City Council will hold a public hearing to consider initiation of a General Plan Amendment at 33 South La Patera Lane. The staff report can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3npk93n5.
For the complete December, 2025, City Council agenda, go to: https://tinyurl.com/nnj72f52.
How to Participate
- Attend In-Person: City Council meetings take place in Council Chambers at Goleta City Hall located at 130 Cremona Drive. In-person simultaneous Spanish interpretation is now conducted at all City Council meetings. Agendas are also translated into Spanish and can be found on the City’s website in advance of the meeting at www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas.
- Written Participation: If you would like your comment to be distributed to City Council, please submit via email by 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the City Council meeting. Please submit your comment to the City Clerk at: cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.
- Just Watch: You can watch City Council meetings live on our website in high definition at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas or live on Goleta TV Channel 19. If you miss the meeting, it is rebroadcast on Channel 19 Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and is available to watch at any time on the City website. New, meetings are also available live and recorded on the City’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/cityofgoleta1) where you can add auto-generated closed captions or Spanish-language captions in video playback.
Sign up to receive an agenda sent to you via email or text here: https://tinyurl.com/y36ervg4.

Goleta City Council in Chambers
Pictured left-to-right: Mayor Pro Tempore Stuart Kasdin (District 4), Councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín (District 1)Mayor Paula Perotte, Councilmember Jennifer Smith (District 3), and Councilmember James Kyriaco (District 2)