I think we have lived through the Camelot era of Santa Barbara. I envision a sad future where all the aging, charming bungalows are razed for cookie cutter apartments. A future where we will have to use public transpiration to get into downtown and all the parking lots will also be apartments. Breaks my heart because the charm is disappearing quickly...
As usual, Bonnie shines a light on the questions that most residents of Santa Barbara want to know. The lack of common sense, planning and consideration of the quality of life that makes Santa Barbara such a desirable place to live is all but non-existent by those who ‘rule’ us. Every Council member, every City Planner should be given a vote of ‘No Confidence’ and removed from their tax payer funded positions. The will of the community is being hijacked by the ‘Build Back Better’ motives of the DCC and our town is being destroyed before our eyes. They are ‘breaking’ our town so that it can be rebuilt in their twisted vision. Wake up Santa Barbara before we reach a point of no return.
The quality in project is literally in my backyard. When asked how old is Will affect the property value in the neighborhood the answer was, it will increase the value. Really?????
They all rent so they don’t care about your investment. If they owned your house and that project was being proposed next door, they’d be singing a different tune.
Miss your column,, in the news press.Glad I found you here. I don't understand why most of our politicians are intent of destroying the beauty of Santa Barbara. I guess they're only concern is to get elected.
I think we have lived through the Camelot era Santa Barbara, and sadly it is disappearing before our eyes. I imagine the unique, quaint bungalows, east and west side, being destroyed for 4 to even 6 (I have heard talk of raising the limited height) (cookie cutter) story apartments. All the new, weird street-being-torn-up seems to indicate a future where no cars will be allowed in the downtown area, forcing us to use public transportation. That way, all those giant parking lot areas will become housing!
Thank you for a great article. You hit every unreal issue SB is facing. We as a community have chosen to just stay in our own bubble and have become lazy. Well, look at where that got us. They are trying to push us out of our own community. Either by making it so expensive to live here (through utilities & homeowner's insurance) or driving us crazy over all their terrible policies that make zero sense for SB. I sure hope this community (especially those that consider themselves locals) will really consider voting for a different kind of candidate in November. We need public servants, not compromised politicians who just want to climb the corrupt ladder!
Bonnie, again you have a finger on the pulses of the deliberate destroyers of the beauty and harmony that was Santa Barbara.
Your example of local Hispanic citizens turning out in force to stop another unwelcome city council action, proves one again, the obvious.
That, unless conservatives and CAGOP leadership and staffers focus on and recruit from all age groups among Hispanic citizenry, the new energetic voters to gain parity in registered voters with the Democrats, our priorities for the future of California will remain laying in the weeds.
Today, people of Hispanic origin make up the largest ethnic group in California. On average across most of California, public school students are now around 60% of the student body. That is the future. That is our future.
" Russians have been pouring into real estate for decades. From Sunny Isles, Florida, to Cleveland and high rises in Manhattan, post-Soviet oligarchs’ money has poured into big cities and the heartland in recent decades with little recourse."
Welcome folks to your hard working So-Called-Leaders at work or more likely totally asleep.
I think we have lived through the Camelot era of Santa Barbara. I envision a sad future where all the aging, charming bungalows are razed for cookie cutter apartments. A future where we will have to use public transpiration to get into downtown and all the parking lots will also be apartments. Breaks my heart because the charm is disappearing quickly...
As usual, Bonnie shines a light on the questions that most residents of Santa Barbara want to know. The lack of common sense, planning and consideration of the quality of life that makes Santa Barbara such a desirable place to live is all but non-existent by those who ‘rule’ us. Every Council member, every City Planner should be given a vote of ‘No Confidence’ and removed from their tax payer funded positions. The will of the community is being hijacked by the ‘Build Back Better’ motives of the DCC and our town is being destroyed before our eyes. They are ‘breaking’ our town so that it can be rebuilt in their twisted vision. Wake up Santa Barbara before we reach a point of no return.
The quality in project is literally in my backyard. When asked how old is Will affect the property value in the neighborhood the answer was, it will increase the value. Really?????
They all rent so they don’t care about your investment. If they owned your house and that project was being proposed next door, they’d be singing a different tune.
Miss your column,, in the news press.Glad I found you here. I don't understand why most of our politicians are intent of destroying the beauty of Santa Barbara. I guess they're only concern is to get elected.
I think we have lived through the Camelot era Santa Barbara, and sadly it is disappearing before our eyes. I imagine the unique, quaint bungalows, east and west side, being destroyed for 4 to even 6 (I have heard talk of raising the limited height) (cookie cutter) story apartments. All the new, weird street-being-torn-up seems to indicate a future where no cars will be allowed in the downtown area, forcing us to use public transportation. That way, all those giant parking lot areas will become housing!
Thank you for a great article. You hit every unreal issue SB is facing. We as a community have chosen to just stay in our own bubble and have become lazy. Well, look at where that got us. They are trying to push us out of our own community. Either by making it so expensive to live here (through utilities & homeowner's insurance) or driving us crazy over all their terrible policies that make zero sense for SB. I sure hope this community (especially those that consider themselves locals) will really consider voting for a different kind of candidate in November. We need public servants, not compromised politicians who just want to climb the corrupt ladder!
Bonnie, again you have a finger on the pulses of the deliberate destroyers of the beauty and harmony that was Santa Barbara.
Your example of local Hispanic citizens turning out in force to stop another unwelcome city council action, proves one again, the obvious.
That, unless conservatives and CAGOP leadership and staffers focus on and recruit from all age groups among Hispanic citizenry, the new energetic voters to gain parity in registered voters with the Democrats, our priorities for the future of California will remain laying in the weeds.
Today, people of Hispanic origin make up the largest ethnic group in California. On average across most of California, public school students are now around 60% of the student body. That is the future. That is our future.
We cannot ignore it!
I just read this posting by Bonnie "More Property Sucked Up"
I will add to the Santa Barbara County woes with a new Heading
"$200 Million Property Sucked Up By Russian's Via Money Laundering"
I for one would like to know where oh where is the SBPD and Sheriffs
Department who failed to stop the Russian's buying up over $200 Million
of single family houses up and down the coast of CA including Santa Barbara.
Read here from this weblink how the Russian infiltrated into our Communities
all the while the Good Ole Boys and Good Ole Gals are not just asleep but
Covered It All Up>>> https://cina.gmu.edu/russian-money-flows-through-u-s-real-estate/
" Russians have been pouring into real estate for decades. From Sunny Isles, Florida, to Cleveland and high rises in Manhattan, post-Soviet oligarchs’ money has poured into big cities and the heartland in recent decades with little recourse."
Welcome folks to your hard working So-Called-Leaders at work or more likely totally asleep.
Howard Walther member of a military family