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John Margolies Roadside America photograph archiveCurrently, council members make $1,706.90 a month, and the proposal would increase salaries by 20%. -
Courtesy of: Templeton LibraryAt a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Supervisor John Peschong said the tax exchange would mean fewer resources for the county library system. -
WikiMedia CommonsAfter a month of public feedback, Santa Barbara city leaders are revising its proposed rent stabilization ordinance. -
Photo by Wikimedia user ECTran71.California housing officials warned the city of Grover Beach that a proposed ballot measure limiting building heights could conflict with state law. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX NewsOrganizer Susan Mackey said the signs were a way to represent each person without divulging their names or identities. -
Kendra Hanna/KCBX News“It was a serious violation of the city's ethics policies, but it was made as an occasional error in judgment,” said Personnel Board Chair Calvin Stevens. -
santabarbaraca.gov/The City of Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara’s rent stabilization draft ordinance is moving into its next phase after several months of debate. -
The process of planning and constructing a facility that transforms seawater into a usable supply is complicated and expensive.
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In order to respond to California’s housing crisis, policy makers have pushed to make ADUs, a type of in-fill housing, easier and easier to build. -
Healthcare advocates are calling for stronger state oversight over rising hospital costs in Santa Barbara County. -
An average gallon of regular gas reached $5.82 on Tuesday — a full 31 cents higher than the state average. -
San Luis Obispo County’s Homeless Services Division will present the final 2026 Point-in-Time Count results during Tuesday’s SLO City Council meeting. The count provides a one-night snapshot of how unhoused people experience homelessness across the county. -
The Department of Interior agreed to pay an energy company more than $111 million to abandon plans to build offshore wind near Morro Bay. -
After two men were shot and killed by ICE agents this month, advocates are renewing calls for independent investigations into shootings by federal immigration officers in California. -
Santa Barbara County Supervisors have approved the county’s annual homelessness update. -
“We're very confident that hot, humid conditions will grow more likely with climate change,” said Jane Baldwin, an assistant professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine. -
The Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles kicks off on Wednesday, when temperatures in the area could reach as high as 108 degrees. -
If the current rate continues through the end of this year, the county will outpace last year’s transfers by 19 people.
