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Santa Barbara’s Cost-Recovery Double Standard Comes to a Vote Tonight

By Bonnie Donovan

Jan 13, 2026
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As Santa Barbara City Council prepares to vote tonight on a rent freeze, rent stabilization, and a mandatory rent registry, the public discussion has focused almost entirely on rents. What has received far less attention is the City’s own long-standing policy on cost recovery — and how sharply it conflicts with the framework now being proposed for housi…

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