http://transitioncalifornia.ning.com/ will take you to a website where you can join yourself up to be connected with others all around California who are working to implement the Transition protocol outlined in permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins' exciting new book "The Transition Handbook" (available from www.hopedance.org or elsewhere).
 
HopeDance also has a list serv: Central Coast Transition Town.  And Transition Town Santa Barbara has a list serv at google groups called "transition-sb" -- you can sign yourself up for this one if you like (if you have any problem with that, e-mail Larry Saltzman at lbsaltzman@aol.com).
 
The goal of the Transition Initiatives movement is to help individual local communities transition from oil dependence to local resiliency and sustainability.
 
Linda