Proposed 160-Unit Apartment Complex Receives Narrow Support of Santa Maria Council
City leaders deny an appeal filed by neighbors concerned about parking and other effects stemming from the Centennial Gardens development
Neighbors of an empty lot near West Battles Road and South Depot Street in Santa Maria oppose a planned 160-unit apartment complex. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
January 20, 2021
| 8:09 p.m.
An apartment complex with 160 units proposed for Santa Maria received narrow approval after neighbors appealed the project to the City Council amid concerns about inadequate parking spilling onto nearby streets.
After 90 minutes of discussion, council members voted 3-2 to deny an appeal from Pacific Crest Estates homeowners and approve the Centennial Gardens Apartments proposal.
Two women and a man from Santa Maria pleaded not guilty last week to fraud-related charges in which theyâre accused of using a California home to collect more than $390,000 in state medical benefits over more than a decade while living in Nevada.Â
Seferino Hernandez and Eden Bautista, both 59, and Thelma Pedroche, 62, appeared via Zoom before Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Kelly on Dec. 7 and entered their pleas to the charges, including presenting a false Medi-Cal claim and criminal conspiracy.
Additionally, Bautista and Pedroche each received an enhancement accusing them of stealing more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits.
Specifically, Hernandez, Bautista and Pedroche are accused of fraudulently collecting funds from January 2005 to December 2016 for the state s in-home support services program, which allows non-medical personal care for elderly and disabled individuals in their own homes, instead of long-term care facilities, according
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