Exactly. Everyone should be following the same rules. I remember the police stopping a group of very young children from selling eggs at fiesta. While allowing huge amounts of eggs to be sold through out the town by venders making tax free money while collecting all the free services they can. Free medical food kids lunches cheap rent. Yes I know this for a fact because I know some of the families that sell eggs clean homes and garden, all under the table and we allow them to continue by hiring them. We are a hard working family of immigrants also but we work legally so it’s hard to see those who abuse out system
You can long press on the image and save photo to your phone then open it full resolution if you want to zoom as well.
As an architect, I disagree. Santa Barbara Airport is unique and sports decorative details befitting the quirky, charming Spanish Colonial style it was designed to be. Two thumbs up for that.
You got it!
Drew Cuddy* of Satellite SB for Linden Hall
thanks for the update on the new construction project at the polo club. Seems to be just sitting for mos
looking forward to more updates
IF street vendors can’t be regulated, drop the regulations for established eateries. If the southern US border is open, drop the passport requirements at airports. If ADUs don’t require certain permits, drop the permit requirements for existing homeowners. Fairness is a regulator. Make it work.
This is GREAT news - - and i sure hope they bring JAZZ to Carp like they do at the San Andreas locale (but their pizza is killer!!)....any projected opening date Erik?
Yep. Most days. I saw a police car stop, they seemed ok with it and left.
Los tarascos bakery on Haley
For sure 'ol Randall played a part in the food truck situation as it currently exists. The craziest part about it to me is that in SB, it's illegal to operate a food truck ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. My mom lives in Marin, and every weekend at the Marin Country Mart there is a food truck gathering. It's all very high end stuff, no "roach coaches" etc. It brings a lot of people to that mall, and that spills over into the brick and mortar stores there. The idea that someone looking for a food truck experience is somehow a threat to sit down dining is crazy to me - these are totally different experiences in my book. So something similar could happen at the La Cumbre Mall, which frankly from the looks of things could use the extra foot traffic, except the city says "nope, can't do that here." Bonkers. Heck, the city could use one of the downtown city parking lots to do something similar, bring people into downtown. Street food can be amazing food, yes it should be regulated, but there should be legal ways of serving food in this type of setting in this town.
Oh wow I didn't realize that about the finishes on Tranquillo! That's a shame, there should be enough margin to do that stuff right on a flip like that. I hear you on all those points for Alamo, but it's just soooooo close to upper State, for me that's the real deal breaker. Not that I'm actually in the market, so take all that with a huge grain of salt!
I agree with you on food trucks! Ridiculous. I believe our current Mayor was in part responsible for that. ????
I'm pretty sure SB 946 made it next to impossible to shut down street vendors? I'm personally kind of in favor of allowing some amount of easy street vending, and cottage industry stuff, but it's got to be so damn demoralizing to try to run a brick and mortar in this town where it takes forever to get permits and licenses to do just about anything. The two extremes don't seem compatible as policy, or conducive to fostering an atmosphere that makes people want to open more traditional brick and mortar businesses.
To each her own. I'd personally rather pay more per SF for Alamo with wood casement windows, an historic Santa Barbara pedigree, calacatta violetta, a living room that looks decently-sized and is separate from my kitchen, etc. Tranquillo is a better location (on all points but walkability) but the finishes feel very flimsy in real life. Vinyl windows, closets that feel barely finished, low-cost-looking tile, etc. Haven't seen Alamo yet in real life and keen to see how it compares to photos. But I'll bet Alamo sells before Tranquillo. My favorite part of Tranqillo was the wooden deck. I loved that, but absolutely nothing on the inside felt built to last. I don't mean to disparage Tranquillo but when you price it like that you're sort of asking for it.
Street tacos are, in general, incredibly delicious and fill a different niche than the restaurant experience. If you're convinced that you'll die of food poisoning then I suggest that you simply don't eat street tacos. It's a shame that these can't get tied into the CA cottage industry law in terms of food, as they are essentially the same thing, but it's the street vending that gets in the way, among other things. I once got food poisoning so bad it put me in the hospital and cost me nearly $20k in medical bills, and I got that bug from.....In-N-Out Burger. All the oversight and inspections in the world and you can still get sick anywhere. Related - this town's approach to food trucks is so backwards it makes my head hurt. A lot of similar (legal and safe) vending could be done from trucks if this city wasn't so stuck in the past.
The Calle Alamo listing is a real head scratcher, especially with Paseo Tranquillo on the market for only ~$300k more and offering so much more value on absolutely every level. When the most expensive house in San Roque is offering better value on every single level, you've done something wrong with your pricing.
N.L., Do you not love what health requirements and property/sales taxes also buy? Ie. A certain level guarantee of safe-healthy food and with business property taxes, schools and libraries? Or do "westsiders love" only quick eats?
Thank you, Tammy. I really enjoyed that tour. What a gracious, warm, and talented woman. Lucky new homeowner!
Leave the unlicensed vendors alone or create an inexpensive, accessible, and streamlined process for granting permits. These vendors fill a needed niche and allow people to start up small businesses with limited capital. We should be supporting these small businesses and finding ways to make permitting easy instead of victimizing people who are trying to make a life for themselves. If you want to go after someone, go after the big property companies that are charging exorbitant rent. We westsiders love the vendors.
What’s taking AZUL so long?
I live on the westside. There’s another pop up tacos place on the weekends next to la cumbre Jr
Shut down these scofflaws. Fine the vendors, then the property owners and enforce the laws evenly. We cannot have a functioning society if we only enforce laws against certain people. Shut these food vendors down, take their stuff and arrest them if they continue to break the law. It's wholly unfair to allow certain people to cheat while forcing others to jump through and pay for every single requirement and process. Food safety and health codes are no joke. People will get sick, someone will die.
Being an undocumented person does not give you license to lie, cheat and steal from all the others who follow the law are active members of the community and who work to build a better city, properly and ethically. Cheating is wrong. Lying is wrong. Stealing is wrong.
"And there won’t be pizza."
Yay. Another Pizza place in Carpinteria...
