GET OUT OF TOWN
Notes from a road trip north, including the Hotel Cheval in Paso Robles, the marvelous Pinnacles National Park, and the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco.
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HOT PROPERTY
Last week’s sales: Hope Ranch hot potato for the fourth time in five years; Spanish style on Hidden Valley Lane; the least fancy house on Channel Drive; Cottages at Summerland for $600,000 over ask; 1904 Upper East roomfest; and more. See what sold—and for how much.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Sansum Clinic has begun its merger with Sutter Health.
••• Plans for a bike lane and transit service on the State Street Promenade.
••• The Katy Perry/Orlando Bloom real estate trial is underway.
••• Modoc Road bike path progress.
••• Santa Barbara Unified School District to build employee housing.
••• Planning Commission chairperson rips the city council over the housing crisis.
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Recent Comments
The old Victor the Florist shop at corner of Santa Barbara & Anapamu streets? — Peter
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