Murillo Raises Most Cash So Far
Santa Barbara City Council candidate Cathy Murillo leads the pack of 14 possible candidates in campaign fundraising, having collected $24,500 by the first financial disclosure deadline.
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Recent Stories
Viva El Perro
Why Jack Rickard is the most effective mayor you never heard of and why the new airport terminal should be named after him.
Charrette Syndrome
Architects present City Hall with affordable housing plans.
And They’re Off
Iya Falcone and Deborah Schwartz hold campaign events.
Capps Calls Environmental Bill ‘Extreme’
Congressmember Lois Capps branded as “extreme” the proposed Interior-Environment Appropriations bill, which some environmental organizations have termed the worst single environmental legislation ever.
Allied Waste Gives Money for Graffiti Tracking
Allied Waste may have shut down operations in the City of Santa Barbara, but not before donating $4,400 to the Police Department to pay for a graffiti tracking system.
On Patrol Saved by the Bell
Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong this week was half a step away from pulling the plug on On Patrol, the reality-based TV show based on the Santa Barbara Police Department.
Capps Rebuffed on Diablo Canyon Ploy
Tried to slow down relicensing of nuclear power plant
Mayors Tee-Off on Redevelopment Cuts
Support League of California Cities lawsuit against state.
S.B. Tourism in Upswing
Santa Barbara’s tourist economy shows definite signs of improvement as the amount City Hall collected in hotel bed taxes increased by 11.5 percent—$1.2 million—over last June, and just edged collections for June 2008, the year the recession really hit.
