Santa Barbara Current

Santa Barbara Current

As I Was Saying...

Fiscal Disaster Looms For Santa Barbara and Its Schools

By Denice Spangler Adams

Oct 18, 2025
∙ Paid

Both Santa Barbara County and City are fiscally doomed unless we each choose to get involved to have impact. Unincorporated Santa Barbara — Montecito, Hope Ranch, Mission Canyon, Noleta — tend to ignore local governance. In the City of Santa Barbara there are three upcoming open seats in Districts 4,5, and 6, from termed-out representatives: D4 Kristen …

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Santa Barbara Current to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2026 Santa Barbara Current · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture