A Push to Overturn the State Street Master Plan
Other recent news: Santa Barbara passes rent stabilization; the new name for Calle Cesar Chavez; who has donated to local candidates; Día de los Muertos procession to return; new State Street apparel store; Montecito may sell its state water rights for $40 million; funding secured for the Carpinteria Community Pool; the tree of the month. 5
A Peek at the Biltmore’s Poolside Palapas
Plus: Contenders for the renaming of Calle Cesar Chavez; East Valley Road garage under new ownership; meeting about the proposed Padaro Lane railroad expansion; StretchLab Montecito has closed; new leather goods shop in El Paseo; vandalism of tree plaques; Ageless Fitness has moved; up next at Seimandi & Leprieur gallery. 17
Opening in Carpinteria: Rincon General Bodega and Wine Bar
More food news: St. Bibiana is expanding; The Ellwood rethought its model; Alma Fonda Fina name change; open house and cookout at the White Buffalo Land Trust; opening date for the Restaurant at Edna; profiles of Vic's Wine Bar and Ojai Mountain Farm; Jeannine's is annexing Tap Thai's space in Goleta; Mini Kabob returns to Na Na Thai. 21
Recent Comments
"Let’s also remember that the majority of the cost for the State Street Master Plan is utility upgrades needed to support additional housing downtown." That… — Jefferson A.
If you really believe 80% of residents support this than it should win at the ballot box no problem. I think you're number is way… — Jefferson A.
100%! And for all the feigned concern over lack of action and cost, this is a tactic to override a decisive 6-1 vote that represents… — Sean
I'm so sick of rich old men like Knell refusing to accept that they aren't going to get their way for once in their miserable… — Liz
My family lived in that Bel Air Knolls Colonial in the 90's. We were told that the original builders used the exact blueprints from a… — Roxanne
Good job the Jim Knell of SIMA for trying to overturn the State Street Master Plan. I don't know if reintroducing cars again or not… — Cee Oh
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