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Santa Barbara city leaders are moving forward with a proposal to revive a vacant shopping center in its downtown core. The plan would re-develop the Macy’s building into a local software company’s headquarters and the old Nordstrom space into housing.
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A proposed music and cannabis festival in Guadalupe is no longer moving forward after a debate at this week’s city council meeting.
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The shiny silver Airstream trailer that houses the eatery Sunsets at Pismo will soon disappear from the Pismo Beach Pier. On Tuesday, the Pismo Beach City Council voted to phase out commercial food operations on the pier, citing zoning regulations.
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The Museum’s operating budget is being slashed by about $110,000 dollars, according to museum staff. Researchers may lose unique opportunities to conduct local genealogical research and look up property histories due to limited access to the museum's archives.
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The board is working to fill the county’s forecasted $35.8 million budget gap for the next fiscal year, according to county documents.
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New federal task force to probe homelessness spending in California, including SLO and Santa BarbaraA new federal task force will look into how homelessness funds have been spent across seven counties in California.
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Santa Barbara County projects an $11.9 million budget surplus by the end of the fiscal year.
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It could get harder to find a favorite taco or grilled cheese truck in Santa Barbara. The City is considering new rules that could limit when and where food trucks operate.
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The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors will allow ranchers and farmers to grow new revenue streams. The Board has passed what it calls an “Agricultural Enterprise Ordinance,” which means that people who own agricultural property can put their land to use in new ways.
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A Southern California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would void a coastal commission decision limiting how many rocket launches by Elon Musk’s SpaceX are permitted at Vandenberg Space Force Base per year. That number is currently limited to 36. In October, the California Coastal Commission rejected a bid to increase the number to 50 launches.
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A divided San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a plan that would bring marijuana shops to unincorporated areas of the county.
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Two commercial fishing groups based in San Luis Obispo County are trying again to block an offshore wind development company from surveying the coastal waters of Morro Bay.