Playful or arrogant? Clark's is great, but this architecture is a sad, disneyland addition to Montecito. An dumbing down of a vernacular. Delusional of mbar to approve and pretend like this is a positive addition to the community. Unfortunately an all too familiar story....
Any word on the buyer of 2300 Garden? I tried the County Assessor website which told me there were no results from this week. Typical government website. Looks like it closed for 16.7. I know it was mentioned on the blog a few days ago, but wondering if anything new has come to light.
I totally agree. I really miss when it was Les Marchands. It was fantastic. Amazing wine and such good food. The Royale was delicious.
Agree with James 100%. Lots of goings-on seem to be very opaque with planning department, city council et al.
Ooofff that menu looks like it only needs a fryer, a fridge and a blender to prep. They have a full kitchen at their disposal....riiiiight?
Pearl Social has so much potential but they blow it every time. I'm starting to think Paluska is the problem. That new menu is awful, not that any of his other menus are remarkable.
I agree with the part about parents needing to be both responsible and accountable for their children’s behavior. I’m sure that won’t prevent every single kid from behaving poorly, kids will be kids after all. I’m equally certain that it would noticeably and significantly improve safety for everyone.
While under no circumstances do I want anyone to be hurt or killed, it certainly does seem to have an impact on the behavior of most observers and survivors.
Agree with SBSL. While everyone should observe the rules of the road at all times, given the power imbalance between cars and bikes should an accident occur, whenever I'm driving a car, I adopt a much more defensive posture around bicyclists - the same as I would when driving past schools or playgrounds in case a child ran out into the street. And FWIW, the same logic applies on bike paths with bike/pedestrian interactions (e.g. there's no place for wheelies or other out-of-control riding on the State St. promenade)
It all starts at home. Simply just another example of poor parenting. I say let them keep doing it. More spaces at the mall to park at. On the road recklessness does not entitle one to have impunity over the law. Everywhere these days it takes a fatality to push lawmakers to do something.
I respectfully disagree that this is a ridiculous argument. I am simply suggesting that we focus on the people operating dangerous machinery as part of the solution. Everything mentioned that these “kids” are doing has always been the case. So what’s the solution, banning or further regulating bicycles? What is the expectation, a cop on every corner to chase down children (and others) who don’t follow the rules?
A entire lane of backed up Chiken fans offer up a “cluck you and your Tesla”
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Those dilapidated old buildings are far from architecturally worthwhile. At least to most people. Not to mention they're falling down. Have you seen the new design? It is very fluid. It looks like a the whale house mated with the Disney concert hall.
I do wish they'd hurry up and start the remodel of the course. Especially before Glen Annie becomes high density condos and apartments. Once that happens, Santa Barbara is going to be severely lacking golf options for its millions of yearly visitors and locals.
Harry’s, Joe’s, the Tee-off? Not delis but classic with booths. What we need is some great Chinese!
This is a ridiculous argument. Every person you ask in Santa Barbara will be able to give you eye-witness accounts of these children on bikes (electric or otherwise) doing things that are a hair away from tragedy, prevented only by attentive, defensive driving techniques. You're right, distracted driving is a problem, but that's not what's going to kill these children.
Wow what a fabulous line up of new fun things (chick fila notwithstanding…)! Thanks for doing this round up for us. Excited to see how many different concepts and cuisines are coming to SB.
And kudos on Secondo— I second that! ????
I miss the old days when it was the spandex riders hogging the traffic lanes. But those days have been gone for five or six years, now replaced by yahoos on ebikes riding with no regard for their own safety and others. (And again this morning I saw a girl riding fast on lower State street with her helmet unfastened.) PS, Your posts here are full of assumptions and your opinion, I posted exactly what I saw in the space of just a few hours on Monday.
A reasonable concern to be sure, and one that I suspect we all agree with. Where opinions may differ is where the responsibility lies. The conversation here seems
limited to controlling and regulating the bikes. Anecdotally, my observation is that most injuries and deaths related to motor vehicles are actually the fault of the vehicle driver, not the pedestrian (or cyclist). So in my opinion it may be more effective to shift the conversation to the cars from the bikes. To be clear, I do not own a e-bike, I’m not a frequent cyclist, and I love driving pretty much everywhere. I do take it as my responsibility to operate my vehicle safely and I expect other drivers to do the same. Unfortunately, I frequently observe drivers who are either distracted, inattentive, or perhaps incompetent. It’s my opinion that these individuals present a much greater danger to everyone.
The issue here is that I don't want to kill someone's child, which seems pretty urgent to me.
It sounds an awful lot like a bunch of grumpy people yelling “get off my lawn!” in here.
Perhaps there are more impactful or pressing issues we can focus on?
Appreciate your POV Paul. Notwithstanding the specifics re San Ysidro, I often hear of business and residential owners (with very reputable architects) saying the review process is too slow and often depends on 'whom' you get at the city whether you are moved through quickly or not. The 'chatter' isn't great when it comes to the city planning department and, with what we pay in property taxes, we deserve better.....
First rule of SB Hives is don’t talk about SB Hives. Come on people.
Typically it's due to the competence or lack thereof of the land use consultant/engineer/draftsperson submitting the application and plans. If you submit bad plans, you don't get your permits, and that's apparently what has happened here.
I assume you are talking about the property at 516 San Ysidro Rd. That's permit number 23BDP-01486. Plug the address or that number into here: https://aca-prod.accela.com/SBCO/Default.aspx , and you can see all of the actions taken by the Planning & Development thus far. The application was submitted to the Dept. on 12/5/2023, and it was marked as pending application fee payment same day. The fees weren't paid until 1/8/2024, which is a one month delay in any progress caused by the applicant themselves. It got moved to plan check review on 1/24/2024, and on 2/12/2024 they finished their review, determined that the plans didn't meet California Building Code, and needed corrections from the applicant. The applicant submitted new plans on 6/7/2024, and, again, on 7/8/2024, the plans got rejected as being out of compliance with California Building Code.
If the person drafting the plans had done it right the first time, they would have been done on 2/12/2024. There would have been some additional paperwork from other agencies and some other fees to pay, and after that was taken care of the building permit would have probably been issued early to mid March. Get rid of that delay in paying the fees, and it would have potentially been issued in early to mid February. A two month turn-around time for a building permit doesn't sound lengthy at all.
Tyde's in '25? Not a chance
It’s a shame that the Sandpiper clubhouse will be torn down. Those buildings are architectural modernist gems.
I agree these bikes are a real safety problem and it's not only kids, I know adults who regularly drive them at unsafe speeds.
