I won’t repeat the litany of horrors attached to this new prison for students, except to remind the reader that 94 percent of the 4,500 planned occupants will have no window, no natural light, no visual connection to their environment.
You can modify height and density requirements to fit in more housing, and you can wish away the inherent parking and traffic problems, but you cannot tell renters they can’t use water.
San Jose has become the first city in the nation to require gun owners to carry liability insurance.
As a public health nurse, a survivor of mental illness, and an alumni of the University of California, Santa Barbara, I am stunned to hear that Chancellor Yang and the Regents of the University of California are considering the seriously flawed dormitory design of amateur architect Charlie Munger.
“…new buildings with high rents squeeze out the marginal activities, the small-business man just getting a start, the colorful shop with strange and exotic wares, the little restaurants and bars, almost everything deviant, bohemian, intellectual or bizarre…”
Each voter would select two or three candidates and list them as first, second, or third choice.
I have photographed and interviewed incarcerated kids all over the country for the last 15 years.
Ranked choice voting simply offers the voter the choice of listing candidates in order of her or his choice. The voter can also just vote for his or her favorite.
As mayor, Cathy Murillo has led Santa Barbara through historic challenges and delivered results.
The Santa Barbara High and Bishop Diego girls’ volleyball teams will host championship matches next week.
