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By Tom Schultz
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Saturday, April 28 2007 |
The Goleta City Council on Monday will consider a proposal to add 12 buildings to a business park that sits on 92 acres once owned by Delco. Sares Regis Group hopes to greatly expand its Cabrillo Business Park at 6767 Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Road. At 956,000 total square feet, it would be the largest such park in Santa Barbara County.
Years in the making, the project if approved would bring new jobs and millions of dollars in new tax revenue along with wetlands, roadway improvements along Los Carneros and public access to onsite recreation areas. It would also eat up existing open space — in particular, an area used to test the Lunar Rover during the Apollo space race. |
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By Melissa Evans
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Friday, April 27 2007 |
For the first time in years, Santa Barbara leaders are expected to pass a balanced budget in 2008-09.
The city released a draft of a two-year financial plan this week, and will be holding a series of meetings to gather public input. The plan contains mostly good news, leaders say, after years of absorbing the financial effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
For the first time since 2001, leaders say they will balance public revenues with spending on operational costs such as salaries and supplies, which make up the bulk of the city's $102.8 million general fund budget for 2008-09.
The following year looks equally good. |
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By Melinda Burns
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Friday, April 27 2007 |
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Jeremy Scahill, the author of “Blackwater,” a bestselling expose on the mercenary army working for the U.S. occupation in Iraq, came to Isla Vista on Thursday night with the message that “we need to bring an end to the war." |
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By Melissa Evans
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Wednesday, April 25 2007 |
Residents who live in recreational vehicles will have more spaces to park in city lots as part of a court settlement between Santa Barbara and a group that challenged a city ban on the practice.
On Tuesday, the City Council opened up nine spaces in three parking lots, bringing the total parking spaces for RVs in the region to about 55. The new spaces will open in the Carrillo commuter lot on Castillo Street, the Cota Street commuter lot and the visitor center at Garden Street and Cabrillo Boulevard. |
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By Barney McManigal
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Wednesday, April 25 2007 |
The hole in the county’s retirement fund has widened to $257 million, but an analyst told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday he expects the number to fall after officials finish paying off stock market losses from several years ago. While the county has amassed $1.86 billion in its fund to pay retirees, actuaries reported that the overall deficit climbed more than $10 million over the previous year. Still, the forecast remains solid, retirement administrator Oscar Peters said. |
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