Ian J. Baucke
Candidate for City Council Member, Santa Barbara, District 5 · Senate District Representative
Ian Baucke is a Santa Barbara native, born at Cottage Hospital and educated in the city's public schools. He works as a district representative for state Senator Monique Limón, helping constituents navigate state government, and previously worked on delivering federal economic-recovery funding to local governments. He chairs the city's Transportation and Circulation Committee. His father, John Baucke, has long served on the city's Planning Commission.
Positions in brief
He supports an "all-of-the-above" housing approach, Vision Zero and expanded transit/bike infrastructure, and wildfire resilience and climate action investments.
His campaign site lists dedicated affordable-housing funding, workforce housing on underused city properties, missing-middle housing, and streamlined permitting; implementing Vision Zero and expanding transit and bike infrastructure with Safe Routes to School funding; and wildfire resilience, Climate Action Plan implementation, urban forest protection, sea-level rise adaptation, and clean energy and water conservation investments.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Supports an "all-of-the-above" approach: dedicated affordable-unit funding, workforce housing on underused city land, missing-middle housing, and streamlined permitting.
“all-of-the-above approach”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Supports implementing Vision Zero, expanding transit and bike infrastructure, and securing Safe Routes to School funding.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Commits to wildfire resilience investment, implementing the city's Climate Action Plan, urban forest protection, sea-level rise adaptation, and clean energy investment.
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