NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Montecito Water District approves big desalination deal.
••• Lucky’s steakhouse has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.
••• The Montecito Association burns down the welcome wagon.
••• Westside street closure.
••• Deadline extended for comments about Los Padres National Forest tree-cutting.
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HOT PROPERTY
Look no further for proof that the market is moving: six closings from the past few days, for houses that are turnkey and not, from Toro Canyon to Hope Ranch.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Nail salons are allowed to reopen.
••• The city’s parking lots and garages are charging again.
••• Funk Zone vacant lot changes hands.
••• Parts of Santa Cruz Island closed for restoration after fire.
••• How to create a clean-air room.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price changes: New age compound above Summerland is back for $1 million more; 11-acre teardown with ocean views; the worst of the 1980s on Sea Cliff; suburban exterior with stylish interior in Ennisbrook; cute old Spanish house downtown.
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Recent Comments
They can't even get the metro link linked! — Christine!A
Exactly this. I haven't heard any realistic alternatives yet. — BrR
The land is privately owned and zoned for development. What operates on it today exists at the discretion of the owners, and that can change… — BrR
Those tract homes are tacky and not good enough for precious Carpinteria. Carp deserves much better than those eye sores. — KK
It’s not vacant parcel: it’s a beautiful co-op organic farm, Farm Cart Organics, that feeds our community, and a farm school, Carpinteria Children’s Farm, and… — Sarah
Respectfully, there was never a version of development on this site that Carpinteria was going to welcome with open arms. That's the problem. Even if… — EM
My comment on your post here last June: https://www.sitelinesb.com/nearly-200-housing-units-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ “the developer is saying it’ll use the density bonus to accommodate the housing instead—and retain the… — SkyG
I’d definitely prefer a hotel with restaurant, farm, grounds, etc. than Orange County tract homes. — BW
For anyone curious, the "farm resort" initially proposed—and intensely resisted by Carpinteria residents—is described in this post: https://www.sitelinesb.com/99-room-farm-resort-proposed-for-the-carpinteria-bluffs/ — Erik Torkells
The state is going to force housing on communities that don't plan for it. Carpinteria can either shape what gets built here or wait for… — BrR