The City of Goleta is hosting a fourth Planning Commission workshop on the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) Project on Monday, February 9th at 6:00 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers (130 Cremona Drive). The public can also attend virtually via Zoom. Information for how to attend virtually will be posted on the agenda, which will be available at least 72 hours before the workshop at: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

Workshop #4 will address Coastal Commission staff-proposed revisions to the following four policy topics: Public Facilities, Water Conservation, Transportation, and Water Quality. These topic areas will be the focus of discussion and feedback from the Planning Commission and the public.

Three previous workshops have been held:

• Workshop #1 on December 8, 2025
• Workshop #2 on January 12, 2026
• Workshop #3 on January 26, 2026

The California Coastal Act requires that local governments prepare LCPs, which are land use planning documents that lay out a framework for development and coastal resource protection within a city or county’s Coastal Zone. Once an LCP is adopted by the local jurisdiction, it is submitted to the California Coastal Commission for certification. Upon certification of an LCP, the California Coastal Commission delegates Coastal Act permit authority over development within the local jurisdiction’s Coastal Zone to the local government.

After the draft LCP policies are considered, a subsequent public hearing draft LCP with policies and associated zoning amendments will be presented to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation to City Council. City Council will be asked to adopt the hearing draft LCP prior to submittal to the Coastal Commission for certification.

For more information go to www.cityofgoleta.org/LCP or contact the City’s LCP Project Team at LCP@cityofgoleta.gov.