ON THE HORIZON
Beyond the large developments you may already know about, there are 20 smaller residential projects—with a total of 940 units—working their way through the red tape.
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JUST LISTED
Noteworthy new listings: A humdinger in Birnam Wood; off-the-charts historical charm in Hope Ranch; $14 million Tuscan with a boar out front; a hot potato in Montecito’s Lower Village; one of the 1920s Little Granada houses; and more.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Santa Ynez General has more than doubled in size.
••• The Olive Mill roundabout is a big improvement.
••• Pilates & Or is moving.
••• How the red shoe along Highway 101 came to be.
••• Peter Frampton in concert.
••• Free Friday night movies outside the county courthouse.
••• Update on the Santa Barbara Polo Villas development.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
••• County approves 90-unit homeless project with little notice.
••• What DignityMoves has achieved downtown.
••• Santa Barbara’s economic development director is leaving.
••• County OKs cannabis permit with farm that it’s suing.
••• Jail capacity to be reduced.
••• New design for the Rincon Multi-Use Trail (rendering above).
••• The state of Highway 1 repairs.
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WHERE IN SANTA BARBARA…?
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