Proportion of comments/themes in Santa Barbara County regarding offshore oil lease sales
(lines of text from documents and transcripts)

 
Env
AQ
WOL
L/P
NEN
Inf
EcB
Lease Sale 68 and Lease Sale 53 draft EISs
60%
[13110]
5%
[1157]
9%
[1997]
0%
[0]
0%
[31]
9%
[1874]
17%
[3614]
Lease Sale 68 hearing in Santa Barbara County
55%
[2576]
3%
[120]
4%
[205]
11%
[494]
16%
[766]
3%
[135]
8%
[381]
Santa Barbara County commentors (letters)
45%
[1580]
2%
[88]
5%
[195]
16%
[562]
21%
[764]
4%
[151]
7%
[270]
Santa Barbara News-Press
31%
[122]
0%
[1]
7%
[28]
50%
[197]
9%
[2]
1%
[4]
8%
[33]
Santa Maria Times
38%
[26]
3%
[2]
7%
[5]
6%
[4]
22%
[15]
0%
[0]
25%
[17]

Thematic codes:
Env = environment; AQ = air quality; WOL = way of life; L/P = legitimacy/procedure;
NEN = national energy needs; Inf = infrastructure; EcB = economic base.

Source: Harvey Molotch and William Freudenburg, Santa Barbara County: Two Paths
(U.S. Minerals Management Service, 1996), 131.