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Stabbing on State Street. The victim is in front of Starbucks at De La Guerra. The suspect fled on a bicycle and is described as an Asian male.
Stabbing on State Street
Roger
December 17, 2019, 12:31 pm
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12:54 – who was the victim? Are they OK?
Couldn’t be one of those gangsters. There are so many other people running around stabbing and shooting each other, it’s hard to tell.
the edhat keyboard warrior detectives are on the case.
LCP – why do you consistently assume that everyone who shoots or stabs someone else is a “gangster?” Have you never heard of a non-gang related shooting or stabbing? That would be really bizarre if you honestly hadn’t. Or, is it just because the perp in this situation was reported as “Hispanic?” Do you just equate all crime in Santa Maria/Lompoc and all crime here in SB done by “Hispanics” as gang-related? It sure as snot sounds like you do. Pretty sad.
“possibly a Transient” or maybe possibly a Minister, Priest, Rabbi, etc.??? Best to be positive before branding.
We’re trying hard to find permanent shelter for persons experiencing homelessness that spend time on State Street. See what we’re doing at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1944316229006142
Because 95% of the time it is. Why do you ignore the gang problems we have in this area? It is happening in our streets every single day. I, for one, don’t want to get in the cross fire.
LCP– “95%” of all stabbings and shootings in the Central Coast are gang related? Got a cite for that figure? I’m not ignoring anything, just not jumping the gun and making racist presumptions every single time someone gets shot, stabbed or in a fight around here.
I report what I hear I heard Transient and reported it It’s raw scanner feed don’t like it don’t read it.
Lately there have been a lot of homeless in that area. Not to sound like snob but its hard to park when they are laying on the curb. I would think the city would want to clean this up since they moved the Christmas shop right across the street on DLG in the tents like things.
Also there seems to be more people on the streets with mental issues. Tis the season
75% of statistics are made up
Is this increased violent behavior downtown why the “Amazon” project in the old Saks building appears to have come to a screeching halt? Time for a new police chief that means business.
Actually, it’s a GOOD thing they leave stuff behind after committing a crime !!!!! easier to catch them
Where is my eyeroll emoji? MUST you politicize EVERYTHING?
We can thank Ronald Reagan for taking the mentally ill and putting them out on the street.
Ah….. good ol’ State Street! Was the victim a non-homeless? If so, we might get some action toward cleaning up that cesspool. If not, well then…. carry on, business as usual.
What I heard an eyewitness say was that It was apparently unprovoked and that the perp was Hispanic, left up State St on a bike, leaving his jacket behind
Ironic isn’t? “It’s only the other side” needs to stop, but only people on the left are snowflakes. The fact is that everything I’ve said about the other side has been borne out by their behavior.
Good riddance if Amazon left. I know several of their employees and they treat them all like disposable robots. They probably wanted millions in tax breaks And kickbacks just to grace us with their presence.
Thanks Facto, I was wondering when I would see the 1st criticism of the police chief. People used to criticize Cam constantly, but so far have not said anything about the new one.
Reagan only signed the law. It wasn’t a unilateral action from a dictator. The ACLU pushed for it and the legislature passed the law and sent it to the governor.
No one should be institutionalized against their own free will…But Ronnie got the ball rolling in the 1960’s when he was Calif. Gov. and he did it again as President
8:32 – OK, then by that logic, you can’t get throw a fit about any of the laws signed by Obama. Right? Right.
Closer to home in time and reality, thank SB County for taking the money for pay raises and pensions rather than use as earmarked to build licensed long term mental health skilled Nursing and assisted residential care facilities. Blame the citizens of Santa Barbara for not holding government officials accountable.
Oh please, get your facts straight! It was the ACLU that is responsible for this. They ensured that no one could be institutionalized against their will.
Time for citizens to demand City Council Reps VOTE to rescind it’s “stand down orders” to allow chief and officers to do their job. Council is under influence/ control of Independently elected DA Dudley who does not prosecute police citations. Hence, Council chose not to push back on DA taking easy route: ‘we told police to simply not enforce.’
When will those voting in Santa Barbara elect Reps who will demand laws and ordinances be enforced? Having a 7-0 like-minded Dem Council eliminates discussion of enforcement. Council is no longer non-partisan. Locals like life how it is in SB or they’d vote in some moderates for law and order, and some Reps who will honor their oaths to uphold the US and CA Constitutions.
Ronald Regan’s last year as governor was 1974. How in the world can you blame him?
The citizens of Santa Barbara do hold government officials accountable, which is why we don’t elect corrupt Republicans.
Yeah, Joyce Dudley runs the city council. Ok. LOL.
State Street is so safe and inviting to tourists.
The Drunk Zone has been a problem for a couple of decades. It was created when the city sold out to the businesses by creating “urban renewal” and “redevelopment” and drove out ordinary businesses. The owners of the property with subsidy then created bars for the drinking crowd because it was so profitable. They even established a bus to bring in Isla Vista students. The result was a nighttime environment of partying and a day time desert. Regular people just avoided State Street. It is time to stop subsidizing these businesses and giving them advantages. Let the free market decide what the value of a piece of State Street property is. A decent start is the Planning Commission throwing a brick into the Paseo Nuevo deal.
RHS: what you say makes such total sense that I wish you’d run for mayor. You’ve obviously got a clue.
The choice to live, buy or rent in Santa Barbara is totally your own. You know up front what it will cost and what your own resources are and how you choose to allocate them. Your call, and your call alone if this is 25% -50% or 100% of your resources devoted to housing. There are places where you can spend 10% or less on housing. Again, your call.
Chase “walkway” was installed originally as a bike way. So many pedestrians abused this that they finally gave up and made it available for both uses. But technically it was created for bikes. Use to have funny signs on the sidewalk trying to keep pedestrians off who were clearly a hazard to bikes. Esp. the large groups who would block the entire bike path to take photos.
Thanks for your kind thoughts. But years ago I abandoned my political aspirations when I saw what sort of compromise it required. All we can do is speak truth to power as we see the truth and let the community decide what they want to come. You do it well.
Outrageous rents are putting people in tge streets.
Market rates are not outrageous. Trim to drop that constant attack. Greedy tenants demanding a sweetheart deal are equally “outrageous”.
Not sure I agree the Drunk Zone ruined the state street corridor on the 4 to 500 block. Before there were bars and live music, the early 80’s were not very pretty in that area. You had Joe’s, The Ofice and Bodelairs. I was a hang out for street people and definitely not very safe. In the early 90’s more owners of nightclubs and restaurants began cleaning up the area. John Reese bought Calypso (now Sandbar) about 1994 and opened for lunch, dinner and late night dancing. He had $20 days being open from 11am to 1am. He put Vaseline on all the restroom surfaces to discourage drug use, hired good security and after a time it became a viable business.
I’m not sure what the 4 to 600 block became everyone’s perfect solution but it created jobs, lured tourism and gave young people a place to gather and enjoy music. It is certainly better now than 1980 to 1996.
Gee, I can’t tell if you’re a renter or a landlord. Definitely greedy to expect to spend less than 50% of your income on rent.
I walk my dog most days along East Beach. The Beachway should be the bikeway but not only has people but, of course, bikes; the sidewalk along Cabrillo also has bikes, including those tourist surreys who seem to think it is a bikeway, not a walk way. The central grass or sections of it have hammocks or homeless groups. I haven’t had problems except from the bikers and surreys. (The Bike Coalition and COAST have really fallen down in not educating their supporters, but instead, blaming others.) Still, Chase Palm Park is a beautiful place and we return, determined not to be driven out of what is a public space.
RHS – “They” didn’t establish a bus. A private company owned by a guy named Bill started Bills Bus. It was a brilliant idea. It kept people from drinking and driving and it was a hell of a lot of fun. I do agree the demise began with destroying Piccadilly Square for Paseo Nuevo and restaurant/bar scene had too much turnover to be cool.
2:56. I am pretty comfortable in asserting collusion/support between the bars and the bus operator but however this happened it did not bode well for the next years of State Street as vibrant community and general tourist destination.
this is why everyone wanted bars to re-open. we were missing out on stabbings