Ugh. I hate the idea of removal of trees of this scale.
It's always the poor neighborhoods where trees are taken down first.
They need to rethink.
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing with the Milpas trees. Planners start with the easy thing which is to do away with all shade and greenery. They just have to be encouraged to think more creatively, to think of shade as one of the assets in the mix. Planting new trees is part of it, but it will be decades before new trees provide meaningful shade and the beauty of mature greenery. Affluent neighborhoods get to keep their trees when improvements are made. Less affluent neighborhoods have to speak up to get that same consideration.
There certainly may be trees that have to go. But we are paying a lot of tax money for this design so it’s right that the community should push the city and developers to optimize all aspects. It’s just lazy design to wipe out all the shade because it’s more convenient.
We should not let ourselves get lured into an all or nothing framework on the trees. That just serves the developers’ interest. We can push them to better serve our interest. That’s what the Modoc neighbors were able to do, and a better solution came out of that.
We should speak up for an optimal design starting Tuesday Oct. 18th from 5:30-7p at the Franklin Neighborhood Center.
Personally in favor of tree removal on Milpas. They're stellar trees - don't get me wrong. But the street needs to modernize. They compromise the sidewalk. They compromise multi-story development. Milpas should be a High Street for the neighborhood with shops and business bordering the street and a wide sidewalk. Tree removal should help facilitate that.
Karen, unfortunately this is something AI would not be very good at. Crowdsourcing the data is by far the most effective and accurate way to gather this information.
The disparity between your 1,864 figure and Ms. DeBusk's comes from whether or not the project takes advantage of the AUD program. I'm not sure why the total wasn't included in her presentation, though.
So many people have moved to Santa Barbara because of its relatively small size, uniqueness and laidback life style only to slowly turn it into what they hoped to escape. I guess it is progress.
Any mandatory charges will have to be included in the posted menu price instead. So $10 burger becomes a $11.50 burger if there's a mandatory 15% "employee services" charge.
What is that fee that comes on your final bill ?? I don’t recall what you call it but it’s definitely there. I’ve eaten at both the chase and via maestra and both places have that addition service charge that goes towards paying higher of wages.
You saying They are not including this charge doesn’t make it true.
FYI the owner of Via Maestra commented on a different post that the restaurant does not impose such a charge.
What are the owners of the chase and via maestra going to do now that they will need to disclose that additional service charge or they will need to not charge it any longer.
I came across this posting and I happy to say that it contains false information. Via maestra DOES NOT have a 4% fee for employee insurance. This is completely false.
We have a large and loyal costumers base that would attest to this.
I know you have commenters interested in this but SB 478 banning “junk fees” was just signed j to law. As of July 1 2024, no more mandatory “service charges”, “employee wellness charges”, “resort fees” on top of advertised prices - the advertised price is the price you’ll pay (sales tax excluded).
We stopped by Hermosillo yesterday and learned from the agent that the owner had done a lot of upgrades. Nice house with lots of interesting quirks. A little noisy -- it's right on Hot Springs -- but the bubbling fountain in the back helps dampen the sound of traffic.
I know this isn’t exactly a voting forum, but if it was, I’d vote that Tamar should open in the TigerTyger space!
The Karpeles Manuscript Library was pretty interesting when I visited a few years ago.
At the time they were displaying a collection of old Major League Baseball documents such as player contracts. They also have a variety of other things including religions texts as well.
I’m not sure if it was just the exhibition I went to, but some of the documents (likely the more important ones) were not the originals but high quality copies of the originals. They were still interesting to look at but didn’t quite hold the same weight as the real versions would have).
The Masonic Temple Building at 16. E. Carrillo Street.
They're shooting for early December. You can sign up to receive updates and presale info at https://specials.drybarshops.com/dbn/montecito.
Does anyone know when the DryBar will be opening?
Is it just me or is there a lot of land/property/Apt. Complex for sale that has not been on the market for 60+ years... What's up? Kinda weird anyone know?
Thanks!
-Mac
This exactly. I grew up working in the industry and I'm all for hospitality staff getting adequate pay. Unfortunately, I've read and heard stories where those extra fees are not being fully distributed down to the staff but rather added to the business margins. SAMA SAMA I'm looking at you.
Also was not aware the Cruisery had these extra fees as they do not present you with a check but rather present you with their mobile payment device to insert your credit card. Definitely will ask about it next time and if it's true that they charge those fees, I'll be avoiding that place moving forward.
Ah, yes. Let's go to Santa Barbara without actually having to deal with the "unwashed masses" - the Miramar bubble.
Because they aren't being enforced due to the Economic Recovery Extension and Transition Ordinance which expires at the end of this year.
Let me know when you see state, county, or city regulations being enforced. Because I'm only seeing chaos.
OOOH! Is there an AI app for that? That would be an excellent use for it!
