Santa Barbara County Zoning Administrator Approves Naples Project Despite Flood of Opposition
Conservationists Plan to Appeal Project on Undeveloped Slice of Gaviota Coast
Environmental groups are concerned that the latest proposed estate would be the first domino to fall in the development of all 71 proposed homesites stuck in limbo at Naples. | Credit: Bill Dewey
Land development on the Gaviota Coast is a can of worms that has yet to be capped.
Santa Barbara County, land owners, and the region’s environmental groups have butted heads over the proposed development of Naples, one area of the coast just west of Goleta, for almost two decades.
Any proposed projects have been stalled as a result — most recently, a 6,500-square-foot estate that would include a barn, guest house, driveway, and septic tanks.
