Can Santa Barbara Control Crazy Rents?
Councilmember Kristen Sneddon leads the charge to find out the answer.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Some Good and Some Bad for Santa Barbara Homeless Issues
Remembering Father Hedges, turning hope into housing, and facing the hiccups.
Beanie Babies Billionaire Girds for Battle over Biltmore Property Taxes
Meanwhile, Ty Warner has settled a legal showdown over pickleball noise at his Montecito Club.
California to Require Diversion of 75 Percent of Organic Material by 2025
Food scraps, green waste, dirty diapers, and dead rats will no longer be buried.
Black Healers of Santa Barbara Honored
Supervisors praised 19 “health-care heroes.”
Inmates Not Competent to Stand Trial Stuck in Santa Barbara Jail
Mental-health advocates demand the county find more secure beds.
Saying Goodbye to the Great Gary K. Hart
A politician who pushed educational, environmental, and legislative innovation.
Santa Barbara Hotel Workers Sue Ty Warner for $6 Million
The class-action suit charges staff were terminated through no fault of their own.
Singing the Bicycle Electric
Here’s how powered pedaling brought fun back to his saddle.
Poodle: COVID Cruise Ships Coming to Santa Barbara?
A really bad idea whose time has not come.
