JD stuffed Tim into the catbox last night- friends of school shooters unite!
Cut a glorious tree and put in a vine. I am furious about tree butchers ruining our county! Trees are more important and should be the priority! Just like the 6 lane 101 Freeway, trees. butchered. Three lanes were just fine. Who designed that monstrosity? Destroying the beauty of our coastline. The last years of my life in chaos. If these are elected officials, I want to know. Whoever has made these decisions clearly have zero common sense. Damn morons!
Out of all the neighborhoods you’ve visited, what neighborhood would you live in if you left Montecito? My Montecito friend said they’d move to the Mesa. I moved to the Mesa to avoid fire, floods, and mudslides. But I love how I can walk to downtown or walk to the ocean.
Likely the City is just updating their sign ordinances in response to court rulings in order to keep the sign ordinance constitutional and enforceable, just as the County is doing right now.
Roan bread drew the short straw at the farmer’s market, I hope they are moved to a better location. They are the last stall down State Street and hardly anyone was walking that far.
Harris Walz cat signs are abundant online.
I always enjoy your refreshing satirical humor regarding Santa Barbara and the “treasures” you find.. and I especially love when the locals comment and dig in so deep when it hurts 🥴😅
LOL! The dems are leaning into that one. I just drove past a Harris Walz sign with a large gray tabby in the middle. I wonder if the campaign makes these or if it was doctored.
She is an incredibly successful real estate professional and I doubt you get 4 a week. I actually enjoy them.
Open house signs… yeahhh… finally the city focuses on the important stuff in our community… i was worried for a second…
Sam, just chuck the mailings in the recycling bin…
Great news
Are you confused on what Solvang is? It is a wonderful place to stop for a coffee & a sweet, stay longer if you choose. It’s grown into a lovely place to spend a few days exploring the SYV and beyond.
I have no idea who Cristal is, but I too hate the endless real estate, living will, tree care mailbox stuffs. Enough!
Ban real estate mailings! Cristal Clarke mails us one of her self promotional mailings at least 4 times a week. Probably 200 mailings a year. They go right into the trash and assure that we will NEVER use or recommend her services for anything to anyone. She is an enourmous litterbug. Maybe the biggest in town. What a tremendous waste of resources and energy.
Hope you're reading this Cristal. It's time for you to retire this practice and maybe think about retiring yourself as well. What a stain you've left on the community in pursuit of your own self interests. Millions of these trashy mailings litter the landfill because of you. Do better.
Or, crazy idea here, we just enforce our existing laws on parking in the red, jaywalking, and offsite signage rather than create even more laws banning a perfectly legal activity occurring on private property to try and prevent activities that are already illegal.
Sant Barbara should ban “Open House” signs. Realtors park in the red and aimlessly cross the street to put their signs. Plus houses are no longer open. You’ve to sign a contract with the realtor just to view the house.
loved alma fonda fina, especially their ceviche! the fresh fish perfectly marinating in the delicious pool of coconut passion fruit infusion transported us on a mini sensory vacation to a tropical island and the chips they serve with the ceviche is da bomb! the tuna tostada, omg,..
we love this latest culinary project by chef ramone & chef alan & as with all of his other restaurants, this one is distinctly delightfully different! friendly service & staff (we love brandon) this was a wonderful treat! gracias!
Since the bill passed the Assembly 71-0 and the Senate 36-0, they can just override the veto. Problem solved.
I hear what you are saying, but just head south to Ventura and you'll see what a town looks like when the ABR lets ANYTHING go through. Touring towns in Spain and Italy you find more harmonious construction. I think that is what they are trying to achieve here. After all, we are considered part of the California Riviera!
+1 to this!! We discovered Masala Spice after my wife started working in Goleta, and it's our go-to Indian restaurant now. Glad to see them expanding, and it'll be nice to have a location in SB proper.
If you follow this logic far enough, you end up with downtown Solvang - a theme park for tourists. Apologies if I think that's not what I want from the city I live in. I took some of my visiting family to Solvang once, my cousin looked around, paused for a moment and said "wow, I guess this is what you get when you build a downtown strictly for tourism." My point that I made before and I'll make again - I am all for the preservation of historic structures. There's a difference between historic preservation and the creation of theme park for the sake of tourism.
I am a developer, owner and operator of numerous multifamily properties some of which are in downtown Santa Barbara. The cost alone to build these properties will not be recouped in my lifetime. The insurance cost are out of control with increases from 30% - over 100% (I have one property were the insurance has increased over 200%) This is for standard building insurance and does not include Earthquake which is added on top. The maintenance cost have increased, property, taxes, etc. Rent control will bring an end to development in SB which the city needs to stay alive. All of the Empty commercial space downtown and businesses closing should be an indicator that more money (and people) are needed to keep this great city alive.
Re Spanish architecture, this is what Pearl Chase envisioned. Its ubiquity is what gives a cohesive appearance to SB. This is the look of SB and is why tourists want to come here. Visit the downtown areas of other communities and contemplate why their aesthetic is unappealing.
Do readers believe that this housing will be occupied in large part by existing SB residents in need of housing? My opinion is that high income SB residents already have housing. These types of developments will attract high income residents from outside the area putting further demand on SB housing stock.
