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Each year, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents over 100 films, lectures, writers' readings and performances by musicians, dancers, and theater artists from around the world. Notable figures have included: Yo-Yo Ma, Laird Hamilton, Carla Morrison, Tig Notaro, Alison Russell, Billy Strings, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Linda Lindas, Lang Lang, The Banff Mountain Film Festival, and more! In addition to providing the UCSB student body unique cultural experiences, these events also support classroom learning with many UCSB students attending as part of their course requirements. A majority of the artists presented also engage in educational outreach opportunities for students across campus through workshops, master classes, meet-the-artists and demonstrations.

This fee allows A&L to preserve and enhance the services it offer to UCSB students so that we may continue to 1) offer significantly discounted UCSB student ticket prices (generally 80% less than event tickets sold to the general public); 2) offer a large selection of events at no additional cost to students; 3) provide student employment opportunities and internships for more than 80 UCSB students each year; 4) arrange intimate student-artist contacts through educational outreach across various UCSB departments and fields of study; 5) bring to students a diverse roster of some of the world's most influential thinkers, authors, performing artists and public figures as well as unique films.

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AS/KCSB-FM professional staff in broadcast media and journalism form an integral and
necessary part of the successful operation of UCSB’s campus radio station and the student
experience. Career staff are responsible not only for safeguarding station assets by ensuring
compliance with University, State, and Federal regulations, but they also provide valuable
mentoring, training, and skills-sharing in a multitude of areas, including broadcasting,
journalism, sportscasting, sound engineering, digital content production, event planning,
budgeting, public relations and marketing, and leadership development.

As a university licensee, KCSB’s mandate is educational, therefore career staff are teaching
students about community media in the public interest. This is achieved by providing free public
service announcements, news coverage for campus and local organizations, and emergency
communications for signal area communities and student populations. Staff are mentors,
providing a next-steps education for students as they prepare for careers beyond the university.
Skills acquired here touch industries ranging from entertainment to broadcasting, journalism,
and non-profit media management.

Career staff provide essential continuity of service at KCSB, a station widely recognized for its
communications services (KCSB News COVID-19 newsletter, “Best Radio Station 2020” in the
Santa Barbara Independent’s “Best Of Santa Barbara” readers’ poll); its partnerships with other
campus initiatives (UCSB Reads, MCC); and for its exceptional level of Gaucho alumni
engagement (many former KCSB DJs helped fill out the schedule during remote broadcasting).

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The Associated Students Bike Committee is responsible for funding the maintenance and improvements to campus bike infrastructure as well as educating students on best practices regarding bike safety through events such as bike fairs, workshops, and tabling. Last year we coordinated the improvement of the drainage system near the bus loop to reduce bike path flooding, and we were happy to see that those improvements were successful throughout the recent winter storms. We have also re-striped several intersections to reduce confusion.

We identify problem areas on campus by seeking student input and conducting regular campus ride-arounds, then allocating the necessary funds to make improvements or repairs. In 2023-2024, we hope to finalize an in-progress proposal and start construction on a wider bike path and improved bike lot near the bus loop and support the opening of the new AS Bike Shop. We also expect to continue to advocate for proper bike infrastructure at Munger Hall, including new and wider pathways to and from that area of campus.

Through careful planning and by working closely with administrators and students, the Bike Committee has helped make UCSB one of only a few Platinum ranked Bicycle-Friendly Universities in the nation. However, there is always room for improvement. Please vote yes to continue making biking better at UCSB!

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Since 1962, KCSB-FM has served the 805 community as an independent, educational radio
broadcaster offering students and community members hands-on experience in the production
of their own free-form radio shows. With a weekly cumulative audience of over 5,000 radio
listeners and hundreds of weekly streams, we are the only non-commercial, college and
community radio outlet in the Tri-Counties.

KCSB-FM employs 18 student staff leaders, all of whom gain valuable experience in broadcast
media, leadership, interpersonal work relations, event production and training of volunteers.

Our KJUC-AM station allows anyone to undergo a quarterly training program in which they learn
to produce and engineer their own show; we invite any music, cultural arts, or public affairs
program. About 20 students are trained each quarter in content development and radio
production. KCSB News has a regular roster of nearly 20 reporters, and provides a more
formalized news training with Sociology 91 during winter quarter.

KCSB-FM hosts approximately 4-5 free events per year, while recruiting and providing
opportunities for students and the 805 community to engage in radio's behind-the-scenes
activities, with orientations at the start of every quarter.

There is vast knowledge among our 100+ volunteers who have a rich history with activist media
and movements that are of educational value to UCSB students. Moreover, our range of music
programmers and our CD and vinyl collection curated by students over time provides a music
education that is unique and distinct from what is curated by the Music Department or found in
Special Collections.

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As the manager of many of campus's coastal-related natural resources and
public paths and interpretive signs, I would like to say that many of
these great features on campus would not exist without the support that
the Coastal Fund gives to students and to our group to mentor students
in this work. The Coastal Fund supports 1000s of students each year who
gain hands-on experience leading research projects, leading
environmental educational experiences for Pre-K to HS students, working
with the Cheadle Center team on ecological restoration, interpretive
signage and more. Coastal Fund really helps connect students to the
coast and helps students connect to the land and gain an empowering
experience in this world of environmental bad news.

The Coastal Fund Board members gain a very professional granting agency
board experience and conduct their work professionally. I am always
impressed with the process and decision making and communication from
the Coastal Fund student board members and staff mentor. We have, with
CF funding, provided paid internships and student worker positions to
students from all majors - including Env. Studies, geography, EEMB,
psychology, communications, film and media studies, global studies,
history, sociology and more. The testimonials from those students are
that the experience changed their lives and helped them refine their
goals for the future.

Sincerely,

Lisa Stratton

The Carsey-Wolf Center, which is UCSB’s center for media studies, strongly
encourages students to continue their support of the AS Coastal Fund. Our
Center hosts the Coastal Media Project, which is a nine-week intensive
summer environmental media production and documentary film studies
program. Working in teams, students from a wide variety of backgrounds
produce short documentary films that focus on our coastal environment. This
twelve-credit program is designed to expand the way vital stories are told. It
trains students to be thoughtful and informed environmental mediamakers
with knowledge of documentary modes and a toolbox of possibilities for
creative intervention, including hands-on training with state-of-the-art
equipment. The program features a multi-day intensive trip to the Channel
Islands, and culminates in an end of summer film premiere in UCSB’s
Pollock Theater.
The Coastal Fund has provided vital financial support to this program. They
funded elements of the program that otherwise would have been supported
through lab fees, like our orientation trip to the Santa Cruz Island reserve
station, or funded by individual film team fundraising, like production
expenses. They also directly supported undergraduate and graduate student
assistants for the program. We are incredibly grateful to the Coastal Fund for
providing our students with these career-shaping opportunities. We
particularly appreciate the way the Coastal Fund’s creative mission supports
projects across the humanities, arts, and sciences.

Since 1999, Coastal Fund has been a significant and critical funding source for UCSB projects that celebrate, explore, and protect our coastal environment. We help create both entry-level and advanced paid opportunities for students to gain career experience in a variety of fields and have a positive impact on our campus.

Coastal Fund has not sought a fee increase since 2006. Since that time, the California minimum wage has more than doubled and the amount requested of Coastal Fund now vastly exceeds our available budget (~$850,000 requested with only ~$400,000 in available funds). As a result, we are unable to fund many deserving applications. Increasing our lock-in fee will allow us to support more students with equitable wages. Any fee increase will help close the gap between what is requested and what we can fund, further benefiting the student body.

Coastal Fund pays for beach and Isla Vista street cleanups, environmental education training programs, restoration initiatives, environmental media programs, field and lab research, and monitoring and protection for our threatened snowy plover population. It also supported the original construction of the stairways which connect the IV bluffs to the beach. These projects are essential to UCSB’s amazing campus experience, and we hope they will continue into the future.

Please vote to increase Coastal Fund’s lock-in fee so that we can continue to support our students and our coastal community.

Anannya Deshmukh
Coastal Fund Chair

Coal Oil Point Reserve, part of the UC Natural Reserve System, strongly supports the lock-in fee
reaffirmation and fee increase for UCSB Coastal Fund. Coastal Fund provides an invaluable
service to UCSB students by funding paid internships and projects that protect and preserve the
local environments and biodiversity that make this campus so uniquely beautiful.
Thanks to Coastal Fund’s generous support, the reserve offers 60 internships each year to
students from a range of major disciplines including environmental studies, biology, chemistry,
writing, art, and history. These positions support the reserve with crucial conservation,
education, and environmental monitoring programs while providing students with opportunities
to acquire field and research experience to enhance their professional development. After
graduation, many of the past reserve interns have gone on to use their skills in graduate school or
careers with organizations such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service, San Diego Zoo Wildlife
Alliance, State Parks, and environmental consulting firms.

Coastal Fund grants also make it possible for Coal Oil Point Reserve to protect habitats for
research, education, and recreation. Coastal Fund plays a significant role in maintaining the
beach and public trails that are enjoyed by the UCSB community and conserving local sensitive
species.

The lock-in fee reaffirmation and fee increase will allow Coastal Fund grantees to continue to
support internships for students to gain hands on experience in their field and keep stipends
competitive with minimum wage. These measures will also help preserve our local coastline for
all to enjoy.

I wholeheartedly support the Coastal Fund’s reaffirmation and increase of their lock-in fee
because of the much-needed funding they have provided UCSB for over 20 years to preserve our
local coasts and to sponsor students’ academic and co-curricular interests, as well as
innumerable preservation projects.

For the last seven years, the Coastal Fund has supported the GIVE Benefit sale, which
mitigates the impacts on the university and Isla Vista community each June as thousands
of students move out. GIVE responds to the problems of overflowing dumpsters,
accumulated trash, arson, and discarded useful and recyclable goods by asking students to
donate their reusable goods. The donations are sold at a giant sale and 100% of the
proceeds are donated to Isla Vista non-profits. Every year, GIVE saves over 40 tons of
donated goods from the landfill, donates 1 ton of packaged food to the AS Food Bank, and
recycles hundreds of pounds of e-waste.

A crucial contribution from the Coastal Fund is the funding it provides for dozens of paid
internships in education, scientific research, legal advocacy, ecosystem restoration, and art. This
funding supports opportunities for low-income students who cannot afford un-paid internships
because they work 2 or 3 jobs. In addition, the Coastal Fund sponsors many campus programs
such as beach cleanups, the campus lagoon restoration, and a snowy plover protection program.

Vote yes on this fee and ensure that students can accept un-paid internships and develop skills
and knowledge that will highly benefit their future career.

Viviana Marsano, PhD., Director of Civic & Community Engagement

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As the sole independent, student-run paper on campus, The Daily Nexus has historically provided the UCSB, Isla Vista and broader Santa Barbara community with thoughtful, engaging coverage of all university and community-related events for over 100 years.
Recognized this year as the third best collegiate newspaper in California by the California College Media Association (CCMA), the Nexus is proud of its ability to consistently produce a wide variety of news, entertainment, opinions, editorials and even satire content. The weekly production of this content additionally provides our student staff with unique hands-on editorial experience and equips them with the necessary skills and standards for future work in the industry.
Affirming the Nexus lock-in fee allows this beacon of independent journalism to remain the only newspaper on campus with no administrative input, ensuring our community’s voice is central to our 100% student-run independent coverage.

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Vote to reaffirm The Environmental Affairs Board (EAB)! EAB is an incredible organization that works to make UCSB and Santa Barbara a better place for everyone! EAB has operated at UCSB for 30 years, and led the founding of many other student orgs including AS Recycling, Zero Waste Committee, Coastal Fund, and the Environmental Justice Alliance.

Some of EAB’s recent accomplishments and activities include:

EAB met with county officials to successfully prevent dirty and unsafe fossil fuel infrastructure projects in Santa Barbara County, including the restart of the corroded pipeline that was responsible for the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill. This pipeline would have locked Santa Barbara into fossil fuel infrastructure for decades, putting climate goals out of reach. Through this process EAB trained students in issue advocacy, message development and how to participate in public meetings.

EAB hosts several trash clean ups and restoration events per quarter that help to keep Isla Vista’s streets clean and restore important ecological areas like the North Campus Open Space while also providing volunteer hours to participating students. Most recently, EAB organized volunteers to pick up trash following Deltopia.

EAB was involved in crafting the original UC Sustainability policy, which now includes a carbon neutrality goal. Recently, EAB successfully advocated that this goal be strengthened so it does not rely on carbon offsets.

Every year, EAB holds the Isla Vista Earth Day Festival with live music, activities, and student org tabling.

Please vote to reaffirm EAB, your vote is so appreciated!

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One of the most benevolent and heartwarming realities of life as a Gaucho is the way in which we tirelessly support one another; individually and collectively. For over twenty-five years, the EOP Grant has helped UCSB students in dire need with funding to assist them overcome financial challenges, not unlike the challenges many of us encounter at some point in our lives. Undergraduate students who experience an emergency, may have unforeseen medical or dental expenses, be in need of optical support, face an unexpected eviction or even seek funding to apply to graduate school may be eligible to receive the grant. Your continued support of $1.25 per quarter (fall, winter, spring) and $0.83 for summer quarter can literally help positively impact the lives of your fellow Gauchos. Please vote YES on the EOP Grant Lock-In, and reaffirm your commitment to “I GAUCHO BACK!”

Aaron E. de Santiago-Jones
Director, Educational Opportunity Program

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The Intramural Sports program provides an important space for so many members of UCSB's
community. This Intramural Sports fee is critical to maintaining the diverse and affordable array
of recreation programming that Intramural Sports offers. Whether that is enriching recreation
programs, state of the art equipment, or student wages, Intramural Sports depends on fees like
this to sustain its high quality programming. With the passage of the Intramural Sports fee,
students are able to affordably engage in a wide spectrum of sports in various self-identifying
skill levels. Along with being immensely popular with student participants, the Intramural Sports
program employs more than 110 students in a variety of roles, from referees, Intramural
Assistants, Sport Supervisors, and Night Supervisors. The skills obtained by student employees
within the Intramural Sports program go on to shape their personal and professional lives in
countless ways. Through the power of a robust Recreation Department and a thriving Intramural
Sports program, students of all backgrounds can find their place here. This is only possible
because of the Intramural Sports fee.

Thank you,
James Nigel Goff, Intramural Student Manager
UCSB Class of 2023

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Reaffirming the MultiCultural Center extends our 35+ years of commitment to our communities.
It will allow the MCC to continue as a vanguard for equity, transformation, and advocacy that
centers interconnectedness, hope, and healing for all.

The MCC serves as a bridge for the entire campus community and actively engages with
intersectional social justice issues that deeply impact our communities and diverse identities
through educational programming and community-building events. As a student-centered
space, the MCC remains committed to fostering equitable learning and building connections
across campus.

The MCC was established by and for students in collaboration with the wider campus and
surrounding community to provide a welcoming, braver space to combat all forms of
discrimination. The MCC strives to ensure that students thrive despite challenging
circumstances by expanding services and providing resources to assist students in adapting to
and navigating the university experience.

Voting yes to reaffirm the MCC’s lock-in fees will continue supporting a wide range of events
and programming open to the general public. This includes, but is not limited to:
● Free event spaces (150-seat theater, lounge, meeting room, and kitchen) equipped with
tech support services for students
● Student employment and scholarships
● Free food/refreshments during study jams
● Additional programming collaborations

By reaffirming the MCC, the annual allocation of $4.17 per ASUCSB membership per quarter
and $3.92 for the summer quarter will allow the MCC to continue serving the campus
community.

Thank you for your support!

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The Recreational Sports Fee makes countless opportunities possible for thousands of students
every year. Through Adventure Programs, Sports Clubs, and other events students are able to
explore their interests, exercise, and make new friends. All of this is accomplished at an
affordable price because of the fee initiative. This fee also goes to support over 550 students
who are employed by these programs. Annual events such as the Turkey Trot, as well as
services like the Campus Point rental center are all funded primarily through this measure. I
strongly encourage you to vote yes on the Recreation Sports fee so these programs can
continue to improve the experiences of UCSB students just like it has for me.

Reed Ochalek
Student Manager - UCSB Adventure Programs
Environmental Studies Major
UCSB Class of 2025

The Rec Sports Fee will allow the continuation of students to stay active in the different
opportunities offered at UCSB. As a fourth year student, I have had the privilege of participating
in Intramurals and Sports Clubs. These programs have over 11,000 students that engage in
activities that benefit their wellbeing. It has enabled me to make lifelong connections and make
UCSB feel smaller with seeing so many familiar faces. I have found a sense of belonging within
the rec sports community and I want the opportunity for other students to find the same. The fee
will also arrange an affordable cost for students while providing job opportunities for student
development. I strongly recommend the approval of this fee so many students can have the
same outstanding experience I had within my college years.

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Carissa Almazan
UCSB Class of 2023

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Associated Students Recycling has been driving UCSB’s recycling and waste reduction efforts for 30 years. Today, our program helps the campus, student body, and environment in a variety of important ways:
1. We collect and hand sort recyclable and compostable materials from over 100 outdoor bins all over campus. We are the only department on campus that is able to service these locations.
2. We pick up electronic waste from over 50 locations on campus and ship it to processors located exclusively in the United States, NEVER overseas.
3. ASR provides event waste services for any on campus event, which includes compost, recycling, landfill, and water refill stations.
4. We help to manage the Apartment Compost Initiative which provides the option to compost for UCSB students in undergraduate and graduate apartment complexes. ACI provides Marborg compost dumpsters, information on what you can compost, and advice about how to do so.
5. We conduct educational workshops and act as an information resource on recycling and waste reduction for the campus and community.

The AS Recycling Lock-In Fee pays for student and professional staff salaries, supplies, and equipment. Without the support of the student body, our program could not exist. Please vote to continue funding the AS Recycling program so we can keep helping UCSB reduce its waste and hold our position as one of the best recyclers and composters in the UC system!

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Student Health is your primary health care facility on campus available to all UCSB students. We provide high quality medical and behavioral healthcare, reproductive health services, physical therapy services, radiology services, and a full pharmacy. Our Clinical Nurses, Alcohol & Drug Counselors, and Social Workers are provided at no cost with help from these reaffirmation funds that students provide.

We are fully certified by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Our technology is state-of-the-art and we offer immediate care with many services available online. All providers are licensed and/or certified in their respective fields. Continuous quality improvement and an accredited continuing education program are all part of the high standards maintained at your Student Health Services.

Please vote yes on reaffirmation so Student Health can continue to address the health needs of a diverse and active campus community.

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The Bottom Line (TBL) is a student-run, student-funded newspaper at UCSB. It started from its roots in 2006 following a series of tenant evictions in Isla Vista, as no other media outlet was covering the growing problem at the time, and has since then pledged to keep the same kind of ethical, independent journalism. Beyond News, TBL offers a variety of sections including Features, Arts & Entertainment, Science & Tech, Opinions, and even photography, art, and video, appearing through both physical periodic newspapers as well as a website. As a university without a dedicated journalism department, it is essential to have an outlet where students interested in journalism can delve into their interests, and further their professional goals. Uniquely, TBL opens its arms to students regardless of experience level, and the editors at the newspaper make sure that it is a safe place for aspiring writers, photographers, artists, etc., to learn and grow.

Affirming the TBL lock-in fee allows for the organization to continue its mission of ethical journalism, facilitated by a student body. It ensures the provision of journalistic opportunities to students of a wide range of interests and experiences, and aims to continue to foster the community it has created for more years to come.

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