Everywhere Santa Barbara residents turn, the message is the same: pay more.
At the grocery store, it’s bag fees and bottle deposits. At home, it’s water, sewer, trash, parking, and permit fees. Each increase is described as “modest.” “Necessary.” “Unavoidable.”
But taken together, they form something else entirely — a parallel tax system built on fees ins…
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