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The Carpinteria Immigrant Rights Coalition, or “CIRC,” a non-profit bilingual organization founded in the spring of 2025, today published results of a survey of local business, offices, and agricultural workplaces in the Carpineria Valley, located in Santa Barbara County CA, and sent copies of its report to the CIty of Carpinteria. The City was the principal funder of the business survey. The Fund for Santa Barbara (visit fundforsantabarbara.org) provided additional funding support.
The survey was designed to assess the impact of ICE activity on the economy of the Carpinteria Valley, which is highly dependent on tourist dollars, agriculture, and immigrant labor.