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Gregg Hart Will Run for City Council

Gregg Hart, a spokesperson for the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, has confirmed he will run for Santa Barbara City Council in this November’s election, making him the fourth candidate who’d been barred from seeking re-election by the city’s term limits ordinance.

City Parking Lots Saved from State Seizure

The State Department of Finance has dropped its opposition to efforts by the City of Santa Barbara to retain control and ownership of all downtown public parking lots and garages built with Redevelopment Agency dollars.

Pini Plans Clear ABR

Landlord Dario Pini’s plans to build a two-story addition to a single-family home on the 1900 block of Chino Street on the city’s Westside squeaked through the Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review (ABR) by a vote of 4-3. Several neighbors objected that the new structure was out of character with the smaller single-family homes surrounding it and that it would intrude into the backyards of the five adjoining properties.

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