Re Traffic Collisions: It’s a bit odd how much the police have halved enforcing traffic since the pandemic.
2019 June-August:
Parking Citations: 5000-6000/mo
Traffic Cites: 200-350/mo
2023 June-August:
Parking Citations: 2000-2500/mo
Traffic Cites: 100-150/mo
(from https://santabarbaraca.gov/CommunityCrimeMap)
The food is amazing incredible, the quality, the service, the toilets, spotless. Come on down and enjoy a great meal and dessert! Thank you.
Hi Erik. My husband high tailed it over to Tina's when I sent him your post about the sandwiches. A man well versed in heros, subs and anything on Rye, he declared the Chicken Parm delicious with high praise for the bread. Thanks for this tip and the many other culinary spots you have brought to your readers' attention.
To Randy, you are my dream food vendor for the Funk Zone, or anywhere along the Waterfront. Musubi is my all time favorite guilty pleasure food on-the-go. Please, set up shop, or card table with an umbrella and bring your gorgeous looking Musubi to my work/home area. Thanks & arigato.
I love the concept. It's great for tourists that don't have the equipment to bring to the beach. Well done Riviera Beach Club!
Erik, thank you for sharing Vision4SantaBarbara.
I’m so grateful to see that someone is organizing a group to contest the continued degradation of our sweet community. State Street has gone to hell and I agree that if this monstrosity is built behind the Mission, there will be no turning back. The City Council seems to be steering us towards ruination. Santa Barbarans need to stand up now or not complain later when it’s too late.
I'm loving your aesthetic and I am so looking forward to using your services! It's SO nice to have options for gatherings at the beach. It's amazing that people would complain about something so positive... I guess there will always be those few that find a way to complain about ANYTHING! Good luck in your new venture!
Consider enjoying the beach a few extra yards away from them?
Maybe I experienced the parting of the Red Sea twice but have had decent luck contacting City elected officials.
It is hard to get a consensus, the lack of obtaining approval of a housing element plan in time was a terrible mistake. Costly.
As for plastic turf on exterior walls...
plastic can burn, they will have to periodically hire a turf cleaning vendor.
Hopefully level minds will prevail.
Obnoxious gratuitous attack on someone not even involved in efgort
Andy C. would like us to follow him. Who is Andy C. of vision4santabarbara?
Hopefully not a radical left wing Andy , that would be way worse.
😂 Thanks Erik, I needed that this morning...
And five from friends:
LAMEPLT
ELCARO (He works for ORACLE)
WTHDTM (What the heck does this mean)
OKURMAD
FLTRISK (Flight risk, on a motorcycle)
ChatGPT nailed it.
Does anyone know why they didn't buy three ADA compliant vehicles? Seems like a no brainer. And better serving an occasional group shouldn't override better [i.e. more frequent] service to the majority of users who are not part of a large group.
John please refrain from writing such a long comment. Just so you know I only read the first 2 sentences and got bored and stopped. Next time think of others before you write such a long comment.
I was born and raised in Santa Barbara. My family has been in here for about 125 years. How about you how long have you lived in Santa Barbara and how long have you been afraid of progress ??
R.
The state and local lawmakers responsible for this will face ZERO consequences because all of you ranting about this here will continue to vote for the same type of ineffective community organizers with zero real world experience, who only tout the regulations they pass rather than the results they provide.
Spearmint Rhino
OH yes BTW...this project was submitted during the time the City of SB had lost its permitting authority. This means the decision to approve this project or deny it is gone from the playbooks. No appeal, no other authority. It is basically a free project approved once the application is accepted. Right now the City keeps refusing the application over frivolous things. Like someone would say..no application shall be submitted in blue ink...etc The City o f SB only had 3 applications come in during that period. The County of SB had 18 come in. With the way the Housing laws are written, there is no way to prevent this project. You can slow it down and cause financial increases with CEQA, but aside from getting the owners to want to sell the property and having the money its locked in. Just how the law is written.
https://www.hcd.ca.gov/planning-and-community-development/accountability-and-enforcement
Sorry but you are wrong. State Lawmakers are not going to be able to help. If they had any power to intervene ( which they don't) then they would be obligated to step in on other Cities (which they wont) Its an idealistic viewpoint. We strongly suggest before you hype the community up you learn about the various Housing laws. Start with the 1969 HA, the RHNA. SB330 and the enforcement division of HCD codes and Enforcement. Once you have caught up, then you will see how limited it all is. Ignoring all that prevents focus on the only avenue afforded to the community. CEQA review. Holland and Night produce s list of Housing laws every year and what they do. We suggest starting with 2019 and read every year till 2025. After that you will understand what options are available and what options are just a waste of time. Best of luck.
Out of the 5, buying the property is the only choice, thats if they are willing to sell.
What happens now...the developer appeals to Court and will win because it is extremely clear the City has been stalling by requiring frivolous things. It will be an eye opener when the court comes down on them. All anyone needs do is look at the outcome from court case in Goleta, Shelby ranch. It was a builders remedy project and the City got slapped over its frivolous reasons.
Bottom line everyone needs to support the public process of ceqa review.
https://opr.ca.gov/ceqa/getting-started/?embedded_webview=true
There was no Chumash settlement on that side of the Mission. It was on the other side of the Mission. The nearest village on that side was up rocky nook park closer to foothill rd.
It is possible that random resources might be found on this property, temporary settlement around building walls during the 1700s is not uncommon. We are watching this project closely.
Hmmm lots of chatter on this site. Unfortunately not one will work.
Everyone must remember that this crazy housing project ar 505 E. LOS Olivos is not like any other before.
You cannot fight it, you are not supposed to. The City cannot stop it and are not supposed to. If the developer takes the City to court, they will loose hands down. The Housing Act trumps all local claims. If you read the reason the ‘application ‘ is being denied you will see its for frivolous reasons. Recent Housing Court cases, judges have pointed this out. Every local government is to do what it can to make the process go as smooth as possible. So far the City of SB has been abusing its process. This is the only time the City can have any say during the application period. Once accepted the clock starts ticking and reviews begin, architecture, planning, Ceqa, city council, all to be done in 180days. Basically each will only get 1 meeting before its final.
If a development project meets development standards then the City and City council cannot do anything to stop it. So anyone who is trying to apply public pressure is wasting time and effort, that includes state officials. Dont waste valuable time. The biggest contribution the public can do is take part of the CEQA review process. Make viable arguments not just say No, it looks dumb. Take the time needed to learn CEQA
https://opr.ca.gov/ceqa/getting-started/?embedded_webview=true
Be useful and not useless.
A good CEQA Comment can force more studies to be done, this creates a financial impact, best thing we all can do it make them pay for it good.
