Housing and Development Newsletter
Patino also said she fears that code enforcement responsibilities will fall on the cities instead of the county, adding that the Public Health Department has not responded to complaints in Santa Maria “numerous times.”
Xenia Bradford, Solvang’s city manager, shared Patino’s concern, saying that “enforcement would be almost impossible and regulation is unnecessary.” Solvang City Councilman Mark Infanti said the operations will cost the city money, but the city will get no revenue in return.
“Everything involved with this micro-enterprise home kitchen operation is going to cost my city money in order to support it, and we are going to get no reimbursement for it at all,” Infanti said.