If I Wanted to Destroy Affordable Housing in Santa Barbara

by Don Katich

If I Wanted to Destroy Affordable Housing in Santa Barbara:

I wouldn’t swing a wrecking ball. No, I’d smile politely and pass laws. I’d say I was protecting people, preserving neighborhoods, saving the environment, looking after the renters from evil landlords. And then — brick by brick, regulation by regulation — I’d make it impossible to build or maint…