Blame UCSB and SBCC for the limitless supply of students looking for housing and forcing out everyone else. Until that stops, things will never improve. Not saying shut down but just sensible limits. Start with closing the International Marketing and Visa departments.
Wasn’t little Alex’s feeding Montecito gringo’s also?
agreed
Kay: "The city really dropped the ball in their quest for more housing at any cost, by not requiring a % of each development to be low income housing or even affordable housing."
Agreed 100%.
Please stop commenting under various names; choose one and stick to it.
Janet: "the city must import low incomes from outside the area."
Would you clarify the "problems" you're referring to? I'm hoping you mean commuters? Because people making low incomes aren't problematic...
Janet, the Blue Zone was Climate Apocalypse propaganda. Developers wouldn't be investing tens to hundreds of millions of dollars into coastal real estate they thought might actually be under water in 20-80 years. Our elite "Climate Champions" wouldn't be buying ocean front mansions and continuing to fly their private jets if they thought this was a realistic outcome. It is possible both believe we need to minimize our impact on the planet and call B.S. to this type of climate alarmist propaganda based on models that claim they can accurately predict sea levels decades into the futre.
100% agree. More Raytheon, more think tanks less drunk tanks
More Kudos to Steve, your point needs amplification. When the moderates don’t income qualify the city must import low incomes from outside the area. This will create way more problems than anticipated.
The Blue Zone was taken away by collaborating realtors and property owners who’s livelihoods were at stake instead of protecting future projects and providing awareness
SOMOFunk is SO MO FUGLY! Go home LA!!! Looks like the worst parts of DTLA and does not belong here!
The corner of E. Gutierrez at State will be a food court.
Kudos for saying that, Steve.. You get it! but the term "workforce housing" is better, as it includes lower income renters as well. Some members of the essential workforce earn minimum wage.
Does anybody have news of the progress on E. Gutierrez at State (Casablanca) ?
Thanks!
I am thinking you might be correct!! I believe that parade was 1995.
Exciting to see the new renderings of the lofts at the mill. Appreciate that it's housing (vs. yet another hotel) and with the other projects in plan along Haley, should improve the walkability in the area and carve out a section of SB that's more oriented towards locals.
Answer of the day goes to JEFFERSON- reality is so rich! And so true! No one cares about climate bs!
Similarly true for County parking lots; the Santa Barbara St and Garden St lots open at 4:00pm.
Agree with Lisa. Thank you easy to read and to understand.
You mean Alma by Ramon
To better supply the rich Montecito gringos with “Mexican” food…
I think it's going to be closing regardless.
No, for the same reason our elite "climate champions" are buying expensive ocean front real estate.
I’d wager that over 90% of all the new AUD ( average unit density) apartments that have been built over the past 5-7 years are all renting at or above market value. The city really dropped the ball in their quest for more housing at any cost, by not requiring a % of each development to be low income housing or even affordable housing. Now we have several hundred new units on the rental market but we are talking 750 sq. ft. 2 bed/1 bath for over$3,500 a month.
Appreciate the update on the city projects.
As someone who struggles with finding affordable housing in Santa Barbara, all I scan say is if you don’t think there’s a housing crisis, come down to the Rescue Mission and ask the workers how many people they have to turn AWAY everyday because it’s full.
Housing costs for someone rebuilding their lives or a college student working 2 jobs is simply too high. No one can afford to live on their own. When places do come open, it’s impossible for 90% of people to even move into a place due to 1st, 2nd and deposit requirements.
The homeless who happen to have jobs can’t save up enough money to move into these places because “priority” is taken to those with greater looking rental history.
Until all new housing is addressed towards low-income housing, we shouldn’t be building anymore hotels or storefront plazas.
How about another 1 or 2 Rescue Mission type buildings so we can finally take care of ALL the homeless at the same time not just when they happen to revolve into a homeless shelter when there’s an opening.
I managed Michael’s Waterside (now home to Stella Mare’s) in the mid 90’s. The smell from the bird refuge was awful at times and it seemed someone always had the next new thing to fix it but 30 some years later and we are still dealing with it. But, there were things that were did inside the restaurant to help people forget the awful smell they had to deal with before coming in. I’ll agree an outdoor dining experience is never going to be available year to year in that location.
