Amidst complaints from new condo owners that residents from the apartment building across Modoc Road are parking on their streets, the Santa Barbara City Council passed a 12-month program to limit access to the public streets that run throughout the condo complex to residents only. Given the silence of apartment-complex residents-largely poorer, Spanish-speaking people-most councilmembers were reluctant to approve any permanent residential permit solution. Meanwhile, the city’s Transportation and Circulation Committee will explore other options.
