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Evacuation orders lifted after suspicious package investigation in downtown Santa Barbara

Suspicious package prompts evacuations in downtown Santa Barbara

'Suspicious Package' Leads to Evacuation of De la Guerra Plaza in Downtown Santa Barbara | Local News

California Appeals Court Rules Santa Barbara Can't Enforce Vacation Rental Ban – Courthouse News Service

(Image by Egor Shitikov from Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) California’s novel coastal protection law the California Coastal Act protects public access along the state’s entire 840-mile coast and ensures affordable accommodations are available to visitors. Even though the 1976 law was enacted decades before popular home sharing apps like AirBnB and Vrbo turned the vacation lodging industry on its head, a state appellate court Tuesday found it effectively protects the rights of private property owners to rent their coastal residences to vacationers. In an 11-page order, Second Appellate District Judge Steven Perren was joined by Judges Kenneth Yegan and Martin Tangeman in upholding a trial court’s decision that enjoined Santa Barbara’s 2015 law regulating short-term vacation rentals as “hotels” under its municipal code an effective ban on the income properties in the coastal zone.

City Pursuing Criminal, Civil Cases Against Santa Barbara Homeowner for Illegally Removing Trees

Three trees were cut down in the parkway in front of the house, on city property A homeowner on Santa Barbara’s Riviera hired a crew to cut down four trees without a city permit on Saturday, sparking a backlash in the neighborhood and furor among city officials.  (Contributed photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina December 23, 2020 | 12:58 p.m. In a swift and bold response, the Santa Barbara City Attorney s Office said Wednesday that it would be pursuing criminal and civil cases against a Riviera neighborhood homeowner who chopped down four trees without a permit. As first reported in Noozhawk on Monday, James Carr hired a Los Angeles company to cut down three Eugenia trees on city property in the parkway in front of his house. He also cut a fourth tree on his property, within the front yard setback.