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SB County’s Multi-Million Dollar Illegal Billing Practices

by Andy Caldwell

Mar 23, 2025
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the fees the County of Santa Barbara charges for services. These fees can be charged for hundreds of different things, anywhere from a marriage license and birth and death certificates to restaurant and gas station inspections, along with other such things, including development permits. The county charges tens of mi…

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