Carpinteria Valley Association

The Carpinteria Valley Association (CVA) was founded in 1964, and continues its mission to preserve and enhance the rural beauty of the Carpinteria Valley, especially its open field agriculture, and to maintain the charm of Carpinteria and Summerland as small beach towns.

CVA strives to accomplish these goals by providing education and advocacy on issues related to land use, planning, and community development with an emphasis on the natural resources and environment of the Carpinteria Valley, Summerland, and the surrounding region.

  Contact us:

Carpinteria Valley Association
P.O. Box 27
Carpinteria, CA 93014

Email us at: cva@silcom.com

Download our semi-annual newsletter
CVAction
 (PDF format)

Spring 2008 (Current Issue!)

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Web-only Content:

Lessons from Lavender Court: Learning from Our Mistakes

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Current Hot Issues...

Venoco's Paredon Oil Development Proposal

Venoco is proposing to build a 175-foot tall oil drilling tower in Carpinteria to slant-drill up to 35 wells under the ocean. This is a huge project that CVA is very concerned about! We encourage everyone to learn more about the proposal, and to provide input as the year-long process of analyzing the proposal moves forward. Here is information to help you get started…

Paredon Project Description	For more information on Venoco’s Paredon Project and what you can do about it, attend a CVA-sponsored workshop: Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00 pm Carpinteria Women’s Club (1059 Vallecito Road, Carpinteria.)
EIR Process Overview
EIR Process Overview
Project Info on Carpinteriabluffs.org
Paredon EIR Schedule (on City of Carpinteria website)
Additional Paredon Info (on City of Carpinteria website)

Lagunitas

CVA succeeded in its efforts to reduce the traffic and air quality impacts of the Lagunitas project!

After the City of Carpinteria approved an excessively large project with huge traffic and air quality impacts, CVA began the process of a referendum. This process brought the developer to the negotiating table, and resulted in a smaller project that has far fewer impacts and is much better for the community overall.

Read our statement in the Nov 30, 2006 edition of the Coastal View News.

Past Events...

View pictures from our June 11, 2005

Agricultural Tour of
the Carpinteria Valley