In the latest installment of the political soap opera now engulfing South Coast Democrats, 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal put to rest months of intense speculation last week that he’d be running for the state’s 35th Assembly District against environmental activist Susan Jordan for the Democratic Party nomination.
Despite support from unlikely allies in Santa Barbara County and beyond, the historic proposal to allow new oil production in state waters near Vandenberg Air Force Base was decisively shot down last Thursday by the State Lands Commission after a grueling five-and-a-half-hour meeting at the Mar Monte hotel.
Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis blew into Santa Barbara, preaching the virtues of commuter rail.
A coalition of six chronically under-funded community groups that have been making it their business to deal with “hard core” gang members and at-risk youth announced they were forming a formal partnership to achieve a degree of financial stability that has so far eluded them.
The operative cliches at the financial powwow hosted by Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong last week were “The wolf is very much at the door” and “When it comes to possible cuts, everything is on the table.”
Despite a mudslide risk, five of the nine Tea Fire-destroyed homes have some hope.
A Santa Maria man blames police for injuries resulting from their forced entry.
They marched down State Street on Tuesday in opposition of the governor’s proposed reductions.
The would-be Veronica Meadows builder lost in court to two environmental groups in December.
Painful cuts are likely in 2009 for all departments – even public safety.
