Santa Barbara County’s Proposed Bed-Tax Increase Moves Closer to November Ballot
The tax measure would generate nearly $3 million annually from tourists lodging in unincorporated areas of the county.
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Endorsements for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election
Here are the ‘Santa Barbara Independent’s picks for U.S. president and 24th Congressional
District, State Assembly and Senate, and Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.
The New California Laws You Need to Know
Several significant laws took effect January 1 that will affect schools, workplaces, and pocketbooks.
Mission: Implausible? Eight-Story Housing Project Proposed Behind Santa Barbara Mission
Mission: Implausible?Eight-Story Housing Project Proposed Behind Santa Barbara Mission Developers Look to Build Giant Residential Building Under California’s ‘Builder’s Remedy’ Law
Challenger Roy Lee Poised for Upset Victory over Incumbent Das Williams
Roy Lee — a moderate pro-business candidate and a registered Democrat — played David to Das Williams’s Goliath, knocking the entrenched incumbent, a 20-year fixture of Santa Barbara politics, off his perch with a pebble instead of a stone.
A Snapshot of People Experiencing Homelessness in Santa Barbara
‘Independent’ reporters Nick Welsh and Callie Fausey were among the hundreds of volunteers for the county’s Point-in-Time Count, an annual census of people experiencing homelessness.
UC Students Push for a Place to Get — and Stay — Sober on Every Campus
The University of California’s student government wants every campus to have a collegiate recovery program, which offers support groups and other tools to help students battle addiction. Right now, half of the campuses have them.
Nearly 5,000 Units of Housing on the Fast Track in Santa Barbara
How an obscure housing law broke the door wide open for developers looking to build bigger, denser, and quicker than ever.