Katy Perry’s Proposed Youth Summer Camp Sparks Wildfire Concern From Santa Barbara Residents

Katy Perry’s Firework Foundation has proposed a youth summer camp just outside of her hometown of Santa Barbara, CA, but nearly 400 residents are opposing the plan, citing a laundry list of concerns from wildfire risk to traffic and noise.According to the project’s website, Gratitude Canyon “would provide a permanent home for Camp Firework” at a Goleta property that formerly operated as the headquarters of Bragg Live Food Products—the company that popularized apple cider vinegar.Gratitude Canyon explains that the pop star and her sister, Angela Lerche—the foundation’s president—spent “significant time” at the proposed site of the camp growing up, noting a “close friendship” with Patricia Bragg, the company’s former CEO who died in 2023 at the age of 94.The foundation estimates that “approximately 97% of the roughly 110-acre property would remain open space, agriculture or landscaping,” and that the camp’s activity would be “concentrated on about 16 acres,” leaving “much” of the existing apple orchard to remain.The County of Santa Barbara's Major Condition Use Permit Application Project Description supports those claims.Loading...Katy Perry's Firework Foundation has proposed a youth...