Carl's Jr. Coupon

Go HERE to print your $1.00 off the purchase of a Parmesan Chicken Sandwich at Carl's Jr.

Event TODAY at El Musico

[Today], Maria, the owner of El Musico, is hosting an event to have
Dale Francisco come speak to the Eastside. Maria was at the Marijuana
Mile march a week ago, and heard Dale speak on this issue, and liked his
stance. She said the Eastside is getting bombarded with ads and signs,
but candidates haven't been doing much to woo the neighborhood. Now that
it is being overrun with dispensaries, it's time for a change.

Dale has been taking a strong stance on medical marijuana during the
ordinance committee meetings, stating that dispensaries are in conflict
with state law, and either need to be true collectives, or banned.

The Eastside is often neglected by candidates due to low voter turnout
statistics. Yet this neighborhood has strong concerns from both
residents and businesses. Since a candidate for mayor is willing to come
talk to us about what he would do for us if elected, I think we should
put him to the test by coming to the event and asking questions. Maria
is encouraging everyone to attend.

Please send this on to as many Eastside folks as you like, and encourage
them to come. Ricardo, this would be a good opportunity for outreach
from the Franklin Center Advisory Committee, and a chance to represent
yourselves to a sitting council member. By making our names, faces, and
concerns known to a current councilman and candidate for mayor, we are
only helping our neighborhood.

Event details:
Dale Francisco talks with the Eastside
Wednesday October 21, 2009
4:00 PM
El Musico
514 Milpas St

Thanks,
Sharon Byrne

Star Photo

Star Photo is offering 15% off for the families who participated in the Eastside Free Family Photo Event in June!

Star Photo
11 S Milpas StSanta Barbara, CA 93103-3305
(805) 965-1064

Located next to Carl's Jr. in the Trader Joe's shopping complex.

Thanks, Micheal!!

Long time no blog!

Just a quick note to let you know that I haven't abandoned my little Eastside blog. I've been out of town with my family for over a month and just returned last week. It's been a long while and we're VERY glad to be home. I'm sitting at our kitchen table with all the doors open admiring the beautiful Riviera views (as in, the homes on the Riviera), enjoying the cool night breeze and listening to neighborhood kids playing in the pool across the street ("MARCO!" "POLO!").

Yeah. It's good to be home.

Our summer travels continue thru August and part of September but I have some hard-hitting topics in mind for the upcoming months including:

* Eastside gang activity

* The homeless situation

* The RV parking problems

* Community building activities

I'd love to have the perspective of others on this blog. If anyone is interested in Guest Posting, please contact me at Eastsidesb@gmail.com.

Many blessings and Viva la Fiesta!

Eastside Restaurant Review: Saigon In and Out

I'm so excited to introduce a new feature to Santa Barbara's Eastside Blog! I'll be asking residents and neighbors to write reviews of their favorite Eastside restaurants. This post comes from Cara -- who happens to be my darling baby sister and neighbor.

One of the best little spots for lunch or dinner in town!

Their menu is full of flavorful vietnamese dishes. You have to try the fresh coconut juice! Amazing!

Wonderful curry chicken. Fresh ingredients. And if you are in the mood for food with a kick, they have some amazing spicy dishes. It's perfect for a low key, quick, affordable dinner. They have such a friendly wait staff (Hi Patricia :). And with their new location on State, its difficult to keep my Saigon obsession in check. Stop in next time your in the neighborhood. You won't be disappointed.

Saigon In and Out
318 N. Milpas St.
Phone: (805) 966-0916
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-9pm & Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
www.saigoninandout.com

Free Family Photo Event

Working together with Specialty Color Services, the Franklin Neighborhood Center Advisory Committee and the Santa Barbara Art Alliance Project we are pleased to announce the first ever Free Family Photo Event!!

This is a 100% FREE event to honor the families of Santa Barbara's Eastside.

Local photographers will be donating their time and talents to provide families with these high-quality precious keepsakes. Specialty Photo Printing, located at 230 E. Cota Street, has generously offered to provide a free portrait to each family which will be available for pick up after the event.

Saturday, June 13th
11AM - 5PM

FRANKLIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
1136 E Montecito Street

Questions in Spanish: call Ricado at 805.963.7605
Questions in English: contact Chrystal at 805.252.5084 or eastsidesb@gmail.com

Clean-Up Stats!

I received this email from Lorraine with Looking Good Santa Barbara today. Thank YOU, Lorraine, for coordinating such a great event!!

Good Afternoon!

I want to thank you all for the incredible Eastside Community Clean-Up event last Saturday. We had a great turnout and have the following statistics to be proud of.

450 - # Volunteers {YAHOO!!!!}
56 - # City Blocks cleaned-up
5.26 Tons collected at courtesy dumpsters to discourage illegal dumping
2.63 Tons of Green Waste Collected
7.87 Tons of Trash collected
10.5 Tons of TOTAL WASTE COLLECTED that would have otherwise been on City streets
88 People removing hundreds of small graffiti tags throughout the neighborhood
1000 Door Hangers (with information on parkway maintenance, illegal dumping, abandoned shopping carts and graffiti) distributed

1 - Creek Restoration at Punta Gorda & Liberty
1 - Park Maintenance Project at Sunflower Park {LOOKS GREAT!!}
51 - Trees Planted (Note: Randy Fritz, Tree Inspector said, "with the quality of volunteer tree planters that showed up we could have planted another 20 trees.")

1 - Private Property at 301 N. Soledad Street cleaned-up, including window replacement, hauling away old, piled up items and, weed abatement and laying wood chips

1 - Large bee hive removed from private property courtesy of JP's Bees {YIKES}
1500Lbs. of Electronic Waste Collected
4 - Areas where weeds were abated
2 - Bridges repainted

All done in 3 hours! {SO GREAT!}

Of course all of this could not be done without the help of many including:

All of the Church Groups (list below) with Calvary Chapel and New Life Church taking lead to proviide top notch volunteers, planning assistance, lunch and donations for supplies for the event.

JP's Bees for removing a very large beehive from a private property residence in preparation of clean-up.

MarBorg Industries for their generosity in providing portable bathroom units, refreshments, courtesy dumpsters, rolling trash carts and manpower for the event.

Franklin Advisory Committee for their support and large attendance at the event.

Larry Cassidy & ABS Glass for providing a window replacement at 301 N. Soledad Street.

Kristina Brumbaugh & Los Prietos Boys Academy for weed abatement work and providing much needed equipment.

Tri-County Produce for providing healthy snacks.

Kathi King with Choose to Reuse for providing free canvas shopping bags to all who made a pledge to make the switch from paper and plastic bags. {Read a little bit about Kathi's campaign here on page3. I'm super excited about her program and hope to devote a post to her soon!! Thanks for the Chico Bag, Kathi!}

Don's Net Café for providing students to help with event logistics.

City staff including the Streets Division for all their work preparing for and help running the event, Ricardo Venegas/Community Services for their help in coordinating the private property projects and translation assitance, Parks for running the Sunflower Park and tree planting projects, Creeks for organizing the creek restoration (and George Thomson for his follow up volunteer work on Monday), Environmental Services for running the E-Waste Collection and assisting with event preparation and the Police Department for making staff available to ensure a safe event.

Churches Involved:

1. Bethany Church
2. Calvary Chapel
   
3. Community Covenant Church
4. Free Methodist Church – Pura Vida Church
5. Hope Community Church
6. Montecito Covenant
7. New Life Church
8. New Life Church - Español
9. Santa Barbara Coast Community Church of the Nazarene
10. Santa Barbara Community Church
11. Santa Barbara Mission

I will send a link to photos in a separate e-mail. MANY THANKS AGAIN! Looking Good Santa Barbara!