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December 23, 2019

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Newsletter: December 23

December 23, 2019|by Erik Torkells

WALK WITH ME
When you slow down for a stroll, you see so much more. In this installment of “Walk With Me”: Montecito’s prestigious Picacho Lane.

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THE FOOD SCENE
••• Lighthouse Coffee is taking over the Breakfast Culture Club space.
••• The Enterprise Fish Co. building is for sale.
••• Delicious gift ideas from Sama Sama Kitchen, Merci Montecito, and Bree’osh.
••• Permanent taco truck parked at State and Haley.
••• Brasil Arts Café got a reprieve.
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PRICE CUTS
The week’s top price reductions: This glamorous 1934 Montecito estate is now $1.5 million cheaper; funky oceanfront compound in the Mesa; 1904 house steps from Miramar Beach; Don Nulty Mediterranean mansion; fourth chop for 2.3-acre Ennisbrook property.

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NEWS DIGEST
••• Downtown Santa Barbara is getting a bike-share program.
••• County to finally start process for cannabis retail.
••• Lotusland CEO steps down.
••• City council pushes back on the state’s new laissez-faire ADU laws.
••• W. Montecito Street hotel approved.
••• MarBorg gets more time for its new building.
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