The City of Santa Barbara is considering a crackdown on confetti and prohibiting the sale of small plastic water bottles.
An Ordinance Committee on December 2, 2025, voted unanimously to review and recommend the proposed ordinance regarding single-use plastics to the city council.
The proposal seeks to update the City’s single-use materials regulations to reduce the volume of single-use waste in landfills, reduce litter in streets and waterways, and incentivize the use of reusables…