i see that big red stiletto literally every saturday going and coming from moore park CA visiting my father who is at a rehabilitation center for those who have suffered a stroke , my boyfriend and grandpa thought i was crazy when i first mentioned it to them until i pointed it out and they seen themselves, i always wonder why and how random of a spot and how id love to have that as a chair!! i really hope it is found and returned!!!
All I'm suggesting is that the sign say "no outlet for cars" or something like that.
Important to leave "no outlet" sign! That dead-end road leads to Butterfly Walkway where motorized ebikers and speeding racing bikes already threaten walkers, joggers and families strolling with children.
11 W Ortega St
Leave the sign "no outlet" as it is. Bikers and walkers will certainly figure it out . No need to promote more traffic in this area.
Nope, but thanks for guessing!
The revamped concert shell - corner Castillo/Cabrillo
I read that the developers are putting an apartment building right behind Tri-County Produce. How cool would it be to have a grocery store in your front yard? Never go hungry again!
The encircling “estate” wrought iron fence matches the current backyard fence that was there when I purchased property?
Please tell me Peter, where is the ugly part? As I’ve only had compliments on the new fence/gates/lights.
I previewed the home before it went on the market, and I actually loved the fence. I don’t know what was there before, but I thought the fence elevated the property and made it estate-like. I particularly liked the charm of the home and the Master bedroom views are sensational.
Actually a lot of the homes on the Mesa that are selling for insane prices are being bought up by mega millionaires from out of town, who only use them for a few weeks a year. Most of the time they sit empty…not rented out. They have turned the Mesa and the hedgerow into ghost towns…1/3 empty….other cities are charging extra taxes to non residents…the money goes to support affordable housing. Santa Barbara needs to get onboard !
Unfortunately the Cookie Plug is an example of what most every business and property owners in Santa Barbara must endure. The bureaucracy is impossibly expensive and fickle in who it impacts….for example, if you are in their little club, you’ll be bestowed with untold benefits and advantages to allow your business to succeed. Keep your eye on those who are being allowed to build or open things that would normally be impossible. In addition, most aren’t aware that the City (your tax dollars) fund 13 in house attorneys, so when you go to battle with the City, you’d better be able to afford to be seriously lawyered up because your tax dollars are being used to fund their legal onslaught on you.
The Cajun Kitchen in Goleta is the one next to Target. There is another one in Goleta on Calle Real and Fairview. Hopefully, that one is open.
It’s only going to get worse until people vote differently and face the fact that voting in California is likely heavily “modified”. Control your government or it will control you. Glad we got out of SB a few years ago.
Re:124 La Marina. The sole reason this house (and others between Cliff and the ocean) go for these astronomical prices is they ALL become vacation rentals. There is no limit in this part of Santa Barbara and despite the fact that the Mayor and a city council member both live in the area, nothing is being done. What used to be neighborhoods with neighbors is now Airbnb-land. Compare the prices above and below Cliff and you will see the difference. Shame on the city.
The struggle to satiate the Markel Winfrey crowd is real.
Yes!! Let's tear down as much as we can and build affordable housing because commuting from Goleta is a nightmare. Everyone deserves to live in SB, hell, everyone deserves to live in Montecito am I right? Keep letting this small minority of DEI screamers decide how to rearrange the city and see how that ends up for you. Spoiler alert: It ends badly.
The desperation by some in SB to provide affordable housing continues. Build enough of them and you'll get your ultimate wish of affordable homes as you destroy the very thing that creates all the demand to be here. And to the majority that live here and stay silent about it, you are complicit in this and as they destroy things slice by slice, you'll wake up one day with pie in your face.
They picked the ugliest fence possible for 935 Arcady
OH goodness! The reasons for parking increases are insane. If someone wants to watch the clock and move the car it's on them. Why on earth are local residents paying more than commuters for parking permits? Shortening the amount of time for free parking will limit the amount of time window shop and spend money. A night out on the town is expensive when you pay $9 for parking on top of dinner and entertainment. Downtown Team Manager Sarah Clark is pushing people away not drawing them in to visit downtown. I read or saw her talking about this. The logic is head scratching. Besides how can parking lots cost the city $13 million a year?
It’s an absolutely terribly run city. Go literally anywhere else and walk the downtown, the parks, open spaces, see the more obvious police presence, and you will agree with me. Talk to any elected city official about the most obviously broken thing that would have been fixed by now in much poorer cities and hear their complacency.
Please join me in voting them all out as soon as possible. Can someone please run who is competent? We don’t need friendly or funny. We need good decisions and action.
This is a problematic situation regarding congestion and parking. Most of these new units will likely have at least one car per household, with many having two or three. These vehicles will need to park throughout Gutierrez and Alisos streets, near the misguided "bike-friendly" street modifications that have merely redirected traffic to other parts of the neighborhood.
Milpas Street has become congested during morning and afternoon hours. With delivery trucks blocking the right lane (often being too large to navigate around) and obstacles in the center divider, congestion has reached extreme levels. The situation will likely worsen with the planned 90-unit development at "Milpas Gardens" - a sick pretentious name for the project.
While the Capitol Hardware project may not proceed since the developer withdrew, construction could still move forward. Imagine the chaos of construction happening simultaneously with two schools dismissing students, vehicles parked illegally in red zones, creating dangerous conditions for schoolchildren - two of whom have tragically lost their lives in intersection accidents.
I recently witnessed three kids speeding down the sidewalk on e-bikes, nearly hitting a woman exiting AutoZone with her infant. This type of dangerous behavior continues with minimal enforcement or consequences, ultimately endangering community members.
Additionally, the new Reyes Market lacks adequate delivery infrastructure, resulting in delivery vehicles parking in red zones adjacent to crosswalks for extended periods, blocking their own business entrance and exit, further compounding these issues.
100% spot on. The city is so complacent doing nothing to protect citizens allowing lawlessness everywhere that endanger its citizens, public safety hazards everywhere. 2
Teenagers already dead from getting hit by cars around Milpas and the street is more congested, more dangerous, delivery trucks blocking every intersection and the middle of the road cars cannot get by students everywhere on E bikes it’s just a bad scenario, one of 20.
But my favorite is the green city, the tree city, Santa Barbara, having an annual festival that explodes millions of pieces of confetti trash all along the beach. This is the mindset in a nutshell.
It’s amazing that these people either have no work ethic and integrity, or they do and they’re just not allowed to do anything. What a broken system.
Great reporting always! Medcenter is the worst service on the planet, some of the rudest and most complacent people work there. They need to close. We called for some bloodwork results and the girl just went off on us. It was crazy. It’s frightening when absolute horrible people are running the front desks and medical offices.
Santa Barbara has lost its mind. Gifting some random private businesses public funds and resources is beyond acceptable. The entire city government needs to be reworked and rethought. The City is over $1billion in the hole, has more than employees than any comparable municipality while its tax rolls and income are decreasing and its expenditures and liabilities increasing. This is the recipe for bankruptcy and ultimately, austerity. Who is going to pay for all these social programs, public housing and business giveaways let alone fund the pensions and health care already committed while sales taxes decreased and costs skyrocket?
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The City keeps putting more and more low income people downtown, removing more and more parcels from tax rolls all while revenue is stagnant and prices are increasing for everything, for everyone. So who is going to pay for all of this? Broke college kids? Immigrants working min wage? Tourists from the Inland Empire spending $400 a night for a Motel 6? A 15% sales tax? Who? How?
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It's beyond fixing at this point. The most likely scenario is a major earthquake, then bankruptcy, austerity and billions in federal and state dollars over decades to help the city rebuild. We're literally being led by morons, grifters and coddled whiners. Crazy times.
