Property owners and economists argue that rent control would hurt poor people because property owners would convert apartments into condominiums andstop making repairs to their properties. As the city began to reactivate the plant in the depths of the recent drought, it relied on a 1996 state Coastal Commission permit stating that the plant could be used to produce water for exchange with other water purveyors during non-drought periods, but that use of the desalination facility is expected to be infrequent.. Whoops! For years there have been discussions of a Restorative Homeless Court. The main issue about rent stabilization is to stop displacement, Rodriguez said. This was the culmination of a great deal of work by staff and discussion by the Council to design the best possible regulatory framework. 735 Anacapa Street 9am-2pm OFFICE TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19. I dont believe any of the investments were making here today are taking away any opportunities we may have in the future, Haggmark said. The City Council and some Boards & Commissions also offer live and on-demand meeting videos. Santa Barbara City Council, District 2: Mike Jordan. Staff have also secured a $1 million grant from the Department of Water Resources to be used for the pipeline. P.O. As we experienced in the debris flows, our island city can become quickly isolated from services and emergency response. Dignity Moves, a private nonprofit that believes "our streets cannot be the waiting room" to interim supportive housing, will be building a homeless village of up to 35 tiny, prefabricated housing units on government-owned property, which will be ready for use as early as this fall. The fire began at 7:20 p.m. Saturday when on-duty firefighters noticed the smell of smoke in the building and conducted a search to find the source of the smoke. Both parties have been negotiating an agreement in connection with the 2017 restart of the citys Charles E. Meyer desalination facility since plans to restart the facility began in 2015. Youre effectively making the decision to continue to operate your desal facility at full capacity indefinitely or worse, to expand its capacity to produce even more water regardless of whether this water is even needed or makes economic sense, Redmond said. NOTE: WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY NEW RESERVATIONS DUE TO COVID-19. The City of Santa Barbara has over 30 Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees to advise the City Council. The council, with Councilmember Meagan Harmon absent, hailed the agreement as the coming to fruition of a regional partnership that began to form and then dissolved in the early 1990s, when the city built and mothballed its first desalination plant in the wake of a six-year drought. You still can reach us by phone or email. This truly is exemplary of a mutually beneficial agreement, Mayor Pro Tempore Kristen Sneddon said on Tuesday. About Montecito Fire; 100 Years; District Maps KS: For the first time, in a meaningful way, we are moving people from encampments to bridge housing, and on to permanent supportive housing. The Highway 101 widening project is still motoring along, the Santa Barbara City Council was informed this Tuesday, with three of its four phasesfrom Mussel Shoals to Carpinterianow complete. The pact is in connection with the city's Charles E. Meyer desalination facility. Agendas, minutes, and supporting documents for the City Council and Boards & Commissions can be viewed online using the links below. Together, the City Council and the Mayor establish policy, approve programs, and oversee the financial affairs of the City to govern Santa Barbara. The second time, they were in a desperate situation, and no environmental group would have been willing to say we shouldnt be doing it.. The funds will be used to buy land in Montecitoto construct an $18 million project that will help control debris flows from San Ysidro Creek with a larger debris basin.[19]. There were 4,193 housing units at an average density of 449.6 per square mile (173.6/km2). Copyright 2023 Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. Reproduction of material from any Independent.com pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Use this page here to login for your Independent subscription. We have made an exciting, but temporary, start. HARMON: The pandemic has been a challenge for the council, as it has for all of Santa Barbara. Please reload the page and try again. In the next steps, I am proposing a pilot program in developing a resilience hub at a local school. Santa Barbara, CA 93108. The Santa Barbara City Council voted Tuesday to enter into a 50-year water supply agreement with the Montecito Water District. I have never shied away from having a conversation with anybody.. They worried that hiring a consultant would push them down the road of creating an ordinance, and that it might not be the right fit for Santa Barbara. Firefighters at the station called for a first-alarm structure fire response and . Montecito ( Spanish for "Little mountain") is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. For several years, I have advocated for the installation of a social worker at the downtown Public Library, and just this week this position was approved and ready to go. Tables and chairs are available. Room set-up is the responsibility of the user. You still can reach us by phone or email. Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990, Sign up for one or more newsletters on many city topics, The Santa Barbara Arts & Crafts Show takes place every Sunday year-round,, Free In-Person Storm Recovery Assistance Available at the Library, In-person assistance is available through the Santa Barbara Public LibrarysCommunity Connectionsprogram, which offers appointments for one-on-one assistance with navigating community resources and social services. Site by There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. He did note, however, that drivers really ought to slow down in construction zones. Males had a median income of $81,719 versus US$42,182 for females. At least, under the agreement, Santa Barbara will recoup some of the cost of construction, she said, but desalination is energy-intensive, harmful to the marine environment and a significant move in the wrong direction.. During the Thomas Fire, much of our district (including myself) had to evacuate several times and for many days. Subscribe to our free P.M. Report to receive the days headlines weekdays at 4:15 p.m. The Santa Barbara City Council received a report on youth violence Tuesday after two local shootings earlier this year that left behind several young victims. Noozhawk is a founding member of theLocal Independent Online News (LION) Publishers. If elected, how will you make yourself accessible to your constituents? For the latest news in Santa Barbara County delivered right to your inbox. Success! Now that more members of our community are vaccinated, I am resuming outdoor office hours and meeting with neighborhood groups. I dont think moving forward right now helps anybody, Rowse said. Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Whoops! Thats the equivalent to a rate revenue increase of about 7.5%, and it really takes a lot of pressure off of future rate increases as we continue to look to maintain the aging infrastructure that we have, said Mr. Haggmark. Housing and tenant activists contend that Latinos and working-class people have been systematically driven out by evictions and rent increases, and that the city must intervene to halt the exodus and make living in Santa Barbara more affordable. 6,081 people (67.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,952 people (21.8%) lived in rental housing units. Noozhawk: Many residents responding to a Noozhawk survey said current City Council members have not been visible during the COVID-19 pandemic and are not always responsive to citizen concerns. She also said shes been harassed verbally at her job and her home. No thanks. The majority of District 4 is in the High Fire or Extreme High Fire Hazard Zone. PIKE: The city council should push for a living wage policy in the city of Santa Barbara and at the very least for District 6. Over 80% of our unhoused population are locals who grew up here, or went to school here, or worked here. I attend public community events often, and I respond personally to emails and calls, the best I can. 1 funds earmarked for improved water reliability, including desalinated supplies. The census of 2000 counted 10,000 people, 3,686 households, and 2,454 families residing in the census-designated place (CDP). The CDP population age distribution was 18.4% under the age of 18, 13.5% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. One of the most consistent supporters of rent control during the past year was Harmon, who at the meeting promised the community that even though the city would form a committee to study the issue rather than hire a consultant, she would still fight hard for tenants and rent protections. Subscribe You can call into the Council Meeting via zoom, but if you can joining in person tends to be more . During his presentation to the council, traffic engineer Derrick Bailey noted the backups, which frequently block access to nearby businesses, trap MTD buses, and create general havoc along one of the city's main arterial routes, started occurring soon after Chick-fil-A opened in 2013. In addition, the U.S. 101 Freeway runs along the south end of town, connecting it with other cities in Santa Barbara County and the rest of Southern California. On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom who is scheduled to visit Montecito this Friday afternoon requested a "major disaster declaration" for the state, which could include disaster recovery assistance for residents and businesses, if it is granted by FEMA. At the height of the pandemic, cities were prohibited from relocating encampments. I am also very proud of the citys new Department of Sustainability & Resilience, with resources and staffing dedicated to meeting the ever-increasing challenges of climate change-related hazards. Noozhawk: What can Santa Barbara do, that its not already doing, to reduce climate-change-related hazards for its residents and move toward a more sustainable future in terms of energy and water resources? The Montecito Community Hall is available for use by local nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The Highway 101 widening project is still motoring along, the Santa Barbara City Council was informed this Tuesday, with three of its four phases from Mussel Shoals to Carpinteria now complete. The Montecito Association is committed to the preservation, protection, and enhancementof the semi-rural, residential character of Montecitoin the spirit of the Community Plan. The debate centers on whether the city should enforce rent control to cap the amount that property owners can increase rents every year. There are currently hundreds of vouchers in the hands of homeless residents, and a lack of willingness to accept the vouchers. Noozhawk staff writer Joshua Molina can be reached at jmolina@noozhawk.com. Jordan's public statement of support for Reed, who serves on the Planning Commission, is the first flare that signals what is The Census reported that 8,033 people (89.6% of the population) lived in households, 932 (10.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and none were institutionalized. Santa Barbara City Council, District 1: Alejandra Gutierrez. Neither could they recall a time when the council took similar action against a prior city attorney. Noozhawk is a founding member of theLocal Independent Online News (LION) Publishers. Construction on the last few miles of wideningthrough Montecito and Santa Barbarais tentatively scheduled to begin in summer 2023, once state funding is secured. Almost as soon as that restriction was lifted, Santa Barbara moved quickly to relocate camps in fire-prone areas (first) to temporary and on to permanent supportive housing. We are still in a pandemic and the businesses that have survived are slowly starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are going to be in drought cycles from here on out, Councilmember Eric Friedman said. If I thought for a moment that this kind of ordinance would help that situation I would be right in there, but I dont think it does. Will you hold in-person office hours? Around the end of the 19th century, wealthy tourists from the eastern and midwestern United States began to buy land in the area. Gutierrez had been singled out by activists because she represents the Eastside, where there are many renters. 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Site design and development byHop StudiosHop Studios, City leaders agree that it would be more valuable to get information from the people within the community than to pay $200,000 for a consultant, Photos of the Santa Barbara City Council adorn the wall leading to the council chambers, where Tuesdays five-hour meeting drew a packed house. Please reload the page and try again. Signing off on a historic deal with its wealthiest and thirstiest neighbor, the Santa Barbara City Council this week voted 6-0 to ship a supply of the city's drinking water to Montecito every year for the next 50 years, rain or shine. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males. Were not giving away something that we currently need or cant fill with additional expansion of the plant in the future, said Mr. Haggmark. Partners Will Share Cost of City's $72 Million Desal Plant. The city had considered a 2%, 3% or 4% annual cap on increases, plus the CPI. 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