File #: 26-00135    Version:
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/12/2026 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 3/3/2026 Final action: 2/24/2026
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the Sidewalk Vending Ordinance and Pilot Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending the Santa Barbara County Code to adopt regulations regarding sidewalk vending countywide; b) Direct the County Public Information Officer (PIO) to develop a public awareness campaign using earned media; c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010755 to establish appropriations of $42,022.10 in Fund 990 for staff to initiate a six-month Sidewalk Vending Pilot Program to enforce the Sidewalk Vending Ordinance for the period of April 3, 2026 through October 3, 2026; and d) Determine that the above actions are exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions consist of administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Sidewalk Vending Ord (strikethrough underline), 3. Attachment B - Budget Revision Request No. BJE - 0010755, 4. Attachment C - Board Letter dated March 4, 2025, 5. Attachment D - Letter to State Leg - 5.6.25, 6. Attachment E - Sidewalk Vending Ord - 2.10.26 (clean), 7. Public Comment - Group 1, 8. Presentation, 9. Sidewalk Vending Ordinance Modification 2-24-26, 10. Public Comment - Lopez
Related files: 26-00110

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Consider recommendations regarding the Sidewalk Vending Ordinance and Pilot Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)

 

a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending the Santa Barbara County Code to adopt regulations regarding sidewalk vending countywide;

 

b) Direct the County Public Information Officer (PIO) to develop a public awareness campaign using earned media;

 

c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010755 to establish appropriations of $42,022.10 in Fund 990 for staff to initiate a six-month Sidewalk Vending Pilot Program to enforce the Sidewalk Vending Ordinance for the period of April 3, 2026 through October 3, 2026; and

 

d) Determine that the above actions are exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), finding that the actions consist of administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.