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Housing and Development Newsletter The original impetus for the plan appears to have been Assembly Bill 691 in 2013, that mandated that “addressing the impacts of sea level rise for all of its legislatively granted public trust lands shall be among the management priorities of a local trustee.” Santa Barbara is the local trustee of state tidelands, that is, our beaches. The California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission also piled on to help specify exactly what “addressing the impacts” should look like. You can read ESA’s 36-page executive summary of the report at the city’s Sea-Level Rise Adaptation website. ....
As last holdout in Santa Barbara County, city will start holding even-year municipal elections in 2024 Santa Barbara City Council members elected in 2019, seen here, and 2021 will serve longer, five-year terms to bridge the gap to even-year elections in 2024 and 2026. From left, Meagan Harmon, Oscar Gutierrez, Mike Jordan and Alejandra Gutierrez take the oath of office on Jan. 7, 2020. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk file photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli December 27, 2020 | 6:00 p.m. [Noozhawk’s note: Part of a series about Santa Barbara’s switch to district-based City Council elections.] District elections for seats on the Santa Barbara City Council have not significantly increased voter turnout, a Noozhawk review of election data has found, but it is expected that the switch to even-year elections in 2024 will have a bigger impact. ....