March 7, 2026
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Our view: Rent control will cripple South Coast housing

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The city of Santa Barbara is determined to enact a rent control ordinance, although it doesn’t have the guts to tell it like it is. Which is why we’re writing in support of the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association in its legal action against the city’s effort to destroy the free market for housing  in…

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