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October 2, 2020

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Newsletter: October 2

October 2, 2020|by Erik Torkells

JUST LISTED
This week’s notable new listings include a California ranch house done right; terrific old houses in the Upper East and on Equestrian Avenue, a miniature compound (above), a sweet farmhouse, a Mesa Cape Cod with a funky roofline, and more.

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NEWS ROUNDUP 9/29
••• Santa Barbara County has entered the next reopening tier, allowing restaurants, gyms, and more to operate indoors at limited capacity.
••• A small plane crashed into the ocean off Isla Vista.
••• New efforts to get college students to behave appropriately during the pandemic.
••• Update on Highway 101 wildlife crossing.
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ODDS & ENDS
••• Forest closure extended yet again.
••• New York City home store opening in Montecito.
••• Governor Newsom signed the bill banning many rat poisons.
••• 30 new electric-vehicle charging stations at a downtown garage.
••• Grants for small businesses coping with Covid-19.
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PRICE CUTS
With just one notable upward price adjustment, and the rest down, the real estate market appears to one settling back into a sort of normality.

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NEWS ROUNDUP 10/1
••• Indio Muerto Street is finally being renamed.
••• Santa Barbara will replace parking kiosk workers with technology.
••• The Apple store has reopened.
••• Complaints about the redistricting commission.
••• Cannabis grower agrees to work with community group.
••• Cannabis storefront applications.
••• Actor Ron Ely filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.
••• Courthouse arch restoration.
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Just Listed

  • 1930 Toro Canyon Villa by the Architect of the Hoover Dam
  • Snazzy Spec Reno in Park Highlands
  • Mission-Inspired Home on Mount Calvary Road
  • The Debut of the Housing Development Near the Polo Club
  • Edgy Midcentury in the Santa Ynez Valley

Recent Comments

That offramp closure is absolutely nuts. It's for 8 months ??? — MB

Has Sandpiper made any progress in getting approvals and support needed for the renovation? I saw an ad in the Independent that days “coming soon”,… — Pete

I am not Mexican nor a farm worker and I’m still insured by that comment. Wow… just wow. Roy — Roy

Yes, it closes June 29, as mentioned here: https://www.sitelinesb.com/county-to-consider-building-more-workforce-housing/ — Erik Torkells

The Rite aid on Fairview is also apparently closing, according to signs posted around the shopping center — Ryan

The court house has a ton of those kind of paintings. Just guessing now… — Zeljko

I love the third window avocado jalapeño smashburger and it’s a fun scene to bring kids and/or grandkids. — AFC

The site is owned and run by someone who leans liberal (as I do) and I’m not sure what the exclamation point person gets out… — AFC

Up your butt with a rubber duck as my Uncle sam would say! : - ) — Christine!

The Sando Truck will be in the parking lot. — Erik Torkells

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