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WAY BACK WHEN IN SB – Surfing By Car?
The photo is certainly not the Santa Barbara harbor. Where was the photo taken?
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
Thank God there are a few voices of reason like yourself. The rest seem to enjoy wallowing in the excrement of their ultra leftist ideas even when they see the harm. Hopefully this is short term and sanity will be restored. .
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
Perfect example. Instead of addressing the State of the street, the causes of the empty shops, and the fact there is druggies bothering people, YOU do spelling bees and other non sensical stuff. No comment on the non police pressense. Did I say anything about the new police chief living in SB? Why did you add that in your comment. How about just sticking to the concerns of reviving your slowly dying street? Sometimes I think the locals there do not care what happens to their own main thorofare. Maybe State Street is a mirror of its citizens. What a shame. The Street prior to covid was beautiful. Your councilman are not doing anything to reverse the decline and you are NOT helping!
Santa Barbara City Council Pushes Back on Downtown Parking Meters and Fee Increases
That sounds like a good idea, actually; I've never heard of it. They're already using the license plate cameras so it seems like an easy modification. Locals get the free 75 min, because it's more likely they know where they want to go and spend their money. Visitors who accidentally pull into the wrong lot get a free 15 min to correct themselves, but otherwise are there to hang out and shop, window shop, eat, etc. One other thing about the plate cams, though. SBPD had requested open, warrant-free access to plate cam data, available to any officer at any time. The current process requires paperwork before they can access that data, and I think it should stay that way. I don't want a cop accessing plate cam records except for official business.
San Marcos High School Entrepreneurship Academy Dominates Competition
Congrats San Marcos! Go Royals!
Santa Barbara City Council Pushes Back on Downtown Parking Meters and Fee Increases
Congratulations to the city council for "getting this." Boos to the city manager for allowing this to go to the council at all. These parking lots were built to support State Street businesses. The idea was that malls were taking customers away with free parking. Businesses should have paid for this when it was created as they were the beneficiaries. When State Street businesses were interesting/attractive to people not drinking or eating this idea sort of worked but with the decline of customers people have little need to use the paid parking lots. The idea that we should drive them into the lots or assess them for not using the lots is absurd. If the lots are not covering their cost consider repurposing them to something like low income or worker housing.
Is there an Increase in Landscaping Theft?
For what its worth, planting trees in the parkway is not allowed except with city OK. Planting in the parkway is restricted to a low height and people should be able to use the parkway to exit vehicles and such. Not sure what the city would do if called upon to enforce these rules. On the other hand, I have taken clippers with me to cut branches that people failed to control when these intruded across the sidewalk from hedges and trees impeding foot traffic. People are often unaware or insensitive to the things they do not see from the other person's perspective. (As noted, the tree thing is not a theft as no one can grow it again.)
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
LOLZ, cult boy. Trump said Go in peace after his henchmen spent two years preparing and disseminating "Stop the Steal", the claim that the election would be stolen before it had even taken place. Then he got the mob whipped up. Got them to come to Washington. Told them to "fight like hell" and only when your mob of traitorous fucks attacked our institutional buildings did he puss out like he always does. You fucking people.
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
We need to attract businesses people will actually visit in 2024. First the location needs to be desirable for business owners - not closed to cars. An Amazon hub like the one in IV, and next to a parking garage, wouldn't go out of business.
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
Rather than discrediting the author, argue against his claims.
Santa Barbara City Council Pushes Back on Downtown Parking Meters and Fee Increases
It’s the Staff, not the hourly attendants who are responsive to the public, that are costly, Public Works/ Parking Department, not the minimum wage folks. It’s they who devised these tone-deaf plans! It was interesting to see that the new parking manager who worked so hard for weeks, it was said, is a fierce bicycle proponent who founded Bici Centro! Maybe a hostility to cars coupled with a favoritism for downtown employees was at play here?
Children’s Creative Project Returns to Mission Santa Barbara with the 38th Annual I Madonnari Street Painting Festival
I'll go if that local architect with the crazy hair is drawing pics of his kids again. What his name ? Meaney? Tom Meaney? yeah that dude...
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
Hilarious response. What part of this is inaccurate Einstein?
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
Excellent summary.
May Tree of the Month: Brazilian Cedarwood
Thank you. I love these articles about the Tree of the Month! I especially appreciate the detailed photos of the various aspects of the tree. (Don’t recall if that’s always the case, but this month especially so. Thank you!)
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Trump said “go in peace”
Former Insurance Agent who Scammed Elderly Faces 24 Years in Prison
Or who tries to hawk bibles.
California Republicans want to Take Financial Aid from Protesters if they were Violent
Heh heh. Good projection there. The orange moron is already beginning to try to squirm out of the debates, and can't even construct a coherent sentence. What will he tell you sycophants to say next?
The state of State: What Would it Take to Rescue Santa Barbara’s State Street?
And that's different in its effects than a tax writeoff how?
Why are Local Doctors Charging Monthly Fees?
Obviously, it costs nothing for you to comment, in terms of thought. add random word at end