Too Many Appeals: City to Rethink Process for Single Family Design Board
The Santa Barbara Ordinance Committee considers a change that would send appeals to the Planning Commission Instead.
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HOPE Housing Fund Misses Mark, Sent Back to Drawing Board Again
Housing advocates urge the city to use the funds to tackle the severe crisis among low-income residents first.
Santa Barbara Council Votes to Allow 19-Unit Housing Project with No Parking Spaces
Bambi Meets Godzilla: Developer Ed St. George’s land-use consultant outfoxed überlawyer Barry Cappello.
New Lawyers, New Disruption, Renovictions Continue in Isla Vista
Santa Barbara County supervisors, tenant unions, and landlord argue the eviction law for CBC & The Sweeps.
Santa Barbara Vows to Take On Illegal Vacation Rentals
City Council approves program to tackle the estimated 1,500 illegal short-term rentals currently operating in the city.
Legal Aid Foundation: The Most Important Resource You Hope You’ll Never Need
A conversation with Executive Director Jennifer Smith on the state of evictions in light of new laws.
Core Spaces Opens Up About CBC & The Sweeps
Chief Operating Officer Chris Richards discusses past, present, and future for the Isla Vista apartments.
Two New Members Appointed to Santa Barbara Single Family Design Board
Licensed architects Jennifer Lewis and Dawn Sherry were chosen from six applicants for the two open spots on the board.
‘We Hate the Poor, We’re Rotten to the Core!’
Isla Vista tenants form an association to tackle their mass-evicting landlord Core Spaces.
Lompoc’s Request to Build on Prime Ag Land Along Bailey Avenue Denied
Santa Barbara County’s Local Agency Formation Commission agrees to look into the city’s suggestion to form a new committee reexamining its policy on converting farmland to homes.