••• This is why it’s good to have your state senator be president pro tempore: “The city of Carpinteria will receive $4.4 million in one-time state funds for the city’s pool and library. […] $3.3 million will be used for repairs to the city’s Community Pool, which is four decades old.” —Noozhawk
••• Jim Knell of SIMA, “by far the biggest commercial landlord in town,” has has hired signature gatherers to collect the signatures of 5,400 registered city voters in an effort to put overturning the State Street Master Plan—and reintroducing cars to the street—on the ballot. —Independent
••• “The Santa Barbara City Council’s four-vote majority came together to pass the long-awaited and much-debated citywide rent stabilization ordinance.” —Independent
••• The city council chose Limuw Street—”the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island and translates to ‘in the sea'”—as the new name for Calle Cesar Chavez. I’m with mayor Randy Rowse, who was in favor of reverting to Salsipuedes Street. —Noozhawk
••• “A look into where city council and mayoral candidates campaign money is coming from.” —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• “The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara is resurrecting its Día de los Muertos downtown procession after cancelling it last year due to fears of federal immigration enforcement activity. […] It is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 25, from 3:30 to 8 p.m.” —Noozhawk
••• “Wear & Roam, a travel apparel and lifestyle brand, has been announced as the newest retail tenant at 337 State Street” in the Hotel Santa Barbara. The brand’s first shop is in Scottsdale. —Edhat
••• “Deal would shift State Water rights from Montecito to proposed Solomon Hills development in Santa Barbara’s North County [….] The $40 million sale would put 4,000 homes and related commercial development proposed between Orcutt and Los Alamos a key step closer to possible approval.” —Santa Barbara News-Press
••• The tree of the month is the crape myrtle: “The flower petals resemble crinkled crepe paper– the basis of this tree’s common names of crape myrtle and crepe flower. Individual flowers are only about one inch across, but the great masses of them that appear on all the boughs provide a dramatic show.” —Edhat (photo by David Gress, courtesy Santa Barbara Beautiful)
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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 is the answer but clearly the State Street Master Plan is nothing more than a plan to waste more taxpayer funds. How many times have we seen State Street change in over 6 years and it’s still a mess. The current cooks clearly can’t cook.