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By Staff Report / Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Brown signs bill to establish Isla Vista community services district
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Oct. 7 that seeks to establish a local government for the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County known as Isla Vista. The bill would establish a community services district. AB 3 requires the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to submit an application to the Local Agency Formation Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, September 11th, 2015 / Columns, Law / Comments Off on Bill would require equal pay for ‘substantially similar’ work
What was once a taboo question in the workplace may become a more explicit employee’s right. “How much does my co-worker make?” Even though workers are allowed to ask such a question under the protection of the National Labor Relations Act enacted in 1935, employees were often told — either overtly or implicitly — to Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, August 14th, 2015 / Energy, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on 3 months after oil spill, Santa Barbara region recovering
Even though Plains All American Pipeline underestimated the extent of the Refugio oil spill, Santa Barbara businesses and residents are feeling less of a sting than expected since the rupture fouled the Gaviota coastline and its wildlife about three months ago. Plains, the Houston-based oil company responsible for the spill, said in a quarterly Read More →
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