••• The county’s “Board of Supervisors directed staff to look into developing the Probation Department site at 123 E. Carrillo Street [see below] in Santa Barbara into housing for county employees. […] The county broke ground on a new Probation Department building at 1019 Garden Street in September 2024. The new site, proposed to open in 2026, would replace the current building.” (The Probation Department is actually at 117 E. Carrillo, at left in the photo above; 123 E. Carrillo is at right, and its owner says there has been no outreach by the county.) —Noozhawk
••• From a city press release on Edhat: “The City of Santa Barbara is researching the history of the San Roque neighborhood and will conduct a survey of local buildings to identify those with historic significance. The goal of the project is to recognize and promote the preservation of important cultural and historic resources in the area.”
••• “In the past three years, the nonprofit DignityMoves has built and opened three villages of transitional housing—using modular housing—throughout the county for people who are homeless. This Tuesday, the county supervisors unanimously approved a fourth—this one exclusively for families—to be located on county-owned property near the Calle Real Campus. This one will be built on about an acre of land next to the Children and Family Services building and include 32 housing units, the largest being 700-square-foot two-bedroom units built in a duplex style.” —Independent
••• “Patco Jewelry Closes After 52 Years […] Closure of Haley Street Shop Follows Death of Owner Patrick Clemens in February.” —Independent
••• Developer Ed St. George “sold his half of the 82-unit apartment project at 711 N. Milpas Street,” calling the redevelopment into question. And he says he’s “selling his development projects and ‘abandoning’ projects on the Westside and Eastside. […] He said activist City Council members are ‘turning Santa Barbara into San Francisco.'” —Noozhawk
••• “Trump Administration Orders More Logging in Los Padres, Other National Forests.” —Independent
••• “The Buellton Planning Commission on Thursday conducted a conceptual review of the proposed Cottage Health medical office building on […] the former Park Plaza Theatre at 515 McMurray Road after a proposed In-N-Out Burger encountered a road block amid concerns about traffic.” —Noozhawk
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I actually own 123 and 125 E Carrillo Street, there has been no talks with the city to buy our building
Hey, Ed, Don’t let the door hit ya…….. Maybe now you can devote your time to cleaning up the mess at what used to be Anderson’s in Buellton.
Are we suppose to feel bad for St. George? I cannot imagine anyone is upset about him finally moving on my SB, but I sure feel sorry for the valley. He is really all about himself and is already causing issues up there. Adios to him!
One less developer. I truly hope they cancel the entire project at Capitol hardware. Milpas Street is already such an unbearable cluster daily, with 18 wheelers parked in the middle of the street, and now delivery drivers are just blocking the right hand lane and dropping the gate. They don’t care, the cops don’t care. The problem is right behind him there are numerous developers at the city will roll out the red carpet for. Let’s not forget the 90 units going behind the new Starbucks with the demolition of eight little houses, and the monster going up at tri County produce.