ODDS & ENDS
••• Will Eucalyptus Hill Road and Alston Road get speed bumps?
••• Private e-foil lessons (above).
••• Big sale at Home Crush ahead of a concept change.
••• Three more Santa Barbara Bowl shows.
••• MarBorg is restarting textile recycling.
••• Highway 101 ramp openings and closings.
••• Big Bounce America is returning to Elings Park.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: 1951 farmhouse on Glendessary Lane; Upper Village spec reno; midcentury energy in Hope Ranch; 1930s bones on the Carpinteria side of Toro Canyon; Santa Fe style on San Antonio Creek Road; Eucalyptus Hill project; and more.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• Santa Barbara is trying for a creek buffer ordinance again.
••• The Wine Business Improvement District has been approved (above).
••• Tenant-vs.-landlord drama at 215 Bath Street.
••• The city’s Public Works director is leaving.
••• Craig Case’s trial for embezzlement.
••• Faitell Attractions is closing.
••• The fight over development on the Gaviota Coast.
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Recent Comments
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
Genuinely curious what outcome you'd prefer. The land is privately owned and zoned for development. If not this, then what? Leaving it vacant forever isn't… — EM
The big black pipe has never bothered me. Maybe because I've loved the SB harbor since the first time I saw it, that was the… — Dan O.
Fully agree! I thought the hotel/farm/housing concept was a much better fit for that land. But when people oppose everything, something eventually gets crammed through. — SkyG
Hotel concept was better than this — JB
Bit of trivia about Trinity Church (at State and Micheltorena): Richard Diebenkorn, the abstract expressionist painter, was married there, in 1943 I think. — patrick