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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 20th, 2015 / Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Entrepreneur loses out on Haggen store bid
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 20th, 2015 / Columns, Latest news, Real Estate / Comments Off on Santa Barbara faces enforcement nightmare over short-term rentals
The city of Santa Barbara had it good. It had been controversially collecting taxes on short-term rentals since 2008 even though most were illegally operating in certain residential zones. The city earned extra revenue and only had to crack down on a handful that neighbors deemed intolerable. But the inherent conflict caught up with policy Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 13th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, Top Stories / 1 Comment
Regulators have ordered Plains All American Pipeline to empty corrosive crude oil that’s been sitting in Line 903 since it was partially shut down in late May. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration issued on Nov. 13 an amendment to the original corrective action order requiring that Plains purges Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories / Comments Off on Update: Albertsons, Sprouts taking over Haggen stores in Tri-Counties
Roxy’s Market’s bid for 2010 Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara may not come to fruition. Co-owner Mike Lawler successfully bid $75,000 for the rights to the soon-to-be-vacant Haggen store on the Mesa, but the landlord told him on Nov. 17 that he is looking for a larger national chain. Roxy’s has two smaller stores in Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 13th, 2015 / Columns, Real Estate / Comments Off on Affordable housing projects move ahead in Santa Barbara
The region cannot build enough housing fast enough to keep up with increasing demand, economists have said at forecasts over the past two weeks. The Tri-Counties are so short on available units that it could rein in the economic expansion. But the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara is trying to make a Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, November 13th, 2015 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Bill would ban offshore oil drilling along West Coast
Lawmakers have launched another attempt to ban offshore oil drilling. While recent attempts to limit Big Oil’s reach have been concentrated to specific regions, this one is targeting the entire West Coast. But even bills with a more narrow scope do not often get passed. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, authored the West Coast Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Thursday, November 12th, 2015 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Reducing development costs, licensing and startup fees will create more jobs
Labor markets have been weak since the Great Recession. Job creation has been slow and labor force participation has been falling. While the Tri-Counties region has performed similarly to the nation on aggregate, its largest county, Ventura County, has underperformed the nation and its northern neighbors. The recession brought significant contractions in non-farm jobs for Read More →
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