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County Deceptively Mandates What They Can't Sell

by Andy Caldwell

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Santa Barbara Current
Sep 22, 2024
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County Can’t Sell What the Public Isn’t Buying

County supervisors are “encouraging” new construction (and major renovations) to go all-electric. In fact, they used the word “encouraging” five times in describing a new plan to save the planet now that a federal court has ruled that municipalities like the County of Santa Barbara can’t forbid new construct…

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