Interesting. Where are those two things different?
Sounds to me like we have a problem with the voters. How do you solve that?
From what I understand, the largest voting group are people over 60. My observation also tells me that this is the group that is most easily manipulated via misinformation since they rely on norms to govern behavior (rather than actual rules, laws, and accountability). They also seem to lack the ability to detect misinformation and outright fakes and lies in today’s media. This seems like a problem that’s unsolvable until these groups actually “age out”.
This obviously doesn’t apply to everyone but it appears to apply to a large enough population to make a difference.
Good!
Chinese Lantern Tree is so invasive and messy, its a bad street tree. Certainly be a beautiful tree in the landscaping, but it has its place.
As far as canceling the play or parade, just despicable, virtual, signaling from the city. They just had Halloween month ago.
There's been no ice activity on the east side. And anyone with half a brain can figure out that ice would never try to get a bunch of people at a huge event. It would not work out well.
This just concretes the cities fear campaign, but their policy of releasing prisoners back into immigrant communities where we live, making our neighborhoods more dangerous is a daily threat to all immigrants, making life of all immigrants more dangerous.
So canceling a parade based on 0% chance of risk is so offensive, to act like they care, when their daily actions shows more than anything that they don't care.
Canceling parades and allocating, emergency money for immigrants does not help immigrants.
Enforcing basic laws, not releasing criminals right back onto the street, and forcing illegal vending, for Latino owned businesses and restaurants…. is what helps immigrants.
And all these high-rises at their building, guess who has no parking. The immigrants.
My parents cut down their Chinese Lantern tree over 30 years ago, and I still marvel at all the shoots the old root system still sends out to this day.
Well- why not give the Chumash the Channel and let them operate Sable? Bring out the money making machines! I’m positive they would find a eco way to get that product directly to their gas station #WINWIN
Right, I was excited about that.
The grocery store "compostable" bags are awful and take a very long time to actually degrade.
Suggestions:
1. Take your own bags to the Farmer's Market and to the grocery store
2. Ziploc bags: use, rinse out/dry, reuse, repeat until time to recycle at Planet Protectors behind Ablitts.
2. Alternatively, I've found that reusable mesh bags keep veggies, fruit, etc. fresher longer than plastic. I like Lotus brand bags that are BPA-free and machine washable.
No and no....
FOLLY is one of the most adorable shops in Santa Barbara and the owner Alyssa is darling! A fantastic place for gifts!
La Arcadia or the Parking Lot behind the parking lot
Folly is SO gorgeous! Alyssa is SUCH a good buyer and represents so many LOCAL artists as well as artists from Mexico, Italy, France, Peru, and India (as well as many other lovely countries around the world). She also carries vintage and antiques and has a SWEET children's section with such a charming and thoughtful book selection. Folly is my "go to" for gifts. It's such a magical shop! And always decorated so beautifully for the holidays. Team members Julie and Lynn are DELIGHTFUL! Beautiful photos, Erik! p.s. Alyssa's clothing selection is TIP TOP! She carries very unique brands like Auntie Oti, Injiri, And for good... , Sula and many others that I love. Oh, and the BEDDING!!! I could go on and on...how LUCKY we are to have such a LOVELY boutique in the neighborhood!
It's because people just look at whether there is a D or R next to the persons name rather than looking into their policies, voting records, and accomplishments in office. Our state legislatures approval rating is about 41%, yet their reelection rate is 94%. Worse on the federal level with a 15% approval rate and 95% reelection rate (source chatgpt). Crazy, and why I nearly always vote against the incumbent.
Is Noe cafe going to be a deli or just another diner?? No sandwich counter like they said before?
8oz water bottles? How many of those have you ever seen on the side of a road? I guess this is just to feel better about themselves passing a law that doesn’t do anything.
Every time something like this comes up I see a lot of the same complaints directed at elected officials at the local, state, and sometimes even federal level. I’ve noticed that a lot of people find it very easy to complain yet very difficult to act. Stop acting like you can’t do anything. If you don’t like your elected officials, change them. If you don’t like the laws, change them.
Love it, John, felicidades.
It's not the cemetery, the University Club, or Casa Blanca....
Unfortunately most of city council doesn't legislate what's best for Santa Barbara, they legislate what's best for their reelection prospects.
casa blanca
"Don't overthink" giving away public land? The "greater good" of subsidizing market rate housing and paying the property taxes for this developer? Say what?
Looks like the entrance to the cemetery
What a joke.
I'm so embarrassed for the city Council.
We're going to review all of this, yet continue to promote massive littering along the ocean with tens of thousands of micro confetti released for the fiestas, and on top of it not clean it up.
Zero consciousness, self reflection or integrity.
SB City would rather focus on things that don't matter while everything deteriorates around us. Let's not focus on any law-enforcement or basic common decency. lets talk plastic,
Dont overthink Paseo Nuevo being given away for housing. Residential development down there will make the biggest meaningful impact towards a State St turnaround. If AB walks, Paseo Nuevo will turn into yet another city run white elephant. The State St debaclle but on sterioids. More money spent on expensive out of area consultants and their reposrts that the city will not put into action. Asks made by the public and city council members that dont understand economics and development. A downward spiral blackhole. We can argue to open State St back up or not, but looking this gift horse in the mouth instead of looking at the greater good will be unrecoverable for at least a decade. There is no perfect, choose progress and keep moving forward one step at a time.
FFS!! Open State Street!
I compost all my green waste, so I appreciate the compostable green veggie bags,
I agree that plastic bags HELP KEEP VEGGIES FROM WILTING!
