Dubroff: Deckers chair wants to put Santa Barbara on sounder footing
Deckers Brands Chairman Angel Martinez is running for mayor of Santa Barbara on a platform you might call radical centrism. He wants to tackle the city’s homeless problems head on, bring more disciplined management to the struggling State Street retail corridor and yet retain the distinctive culture and architectural synergy that make Santa Barbara unique. Read More →
Industrial space scarce, retail slows, office mixed
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Winery approved but owner worried about precedents
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Dubroff: Leadership needed to solve downtown Santa Barbara’s woes
You might call this Santa Barbara’s summer of discontent. From a casual chat with friends in Ventura, to a breakfast talk at East Beach Grill, to dinner on the patio at Brent’s Deli in Westlake, to more formal conversations with retail and banking experts, the same issue keeps popping up. What’s going on with downtown Read More →
San Luis Obispo shopping center sold for $43.5 million
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Court allows vacation rental ban suit against Santa Barbara to continue
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Dubroff: Tri-Counties exploring solutions to housing unaffordability
If you decided to hold your breath until California’s coastal counties found real solutions to the housing crisis, your odds of survival would be very long. But just when you think there’s no hope for an end to the state’s housing nightmare, there are some early signs of a new consensus to address the problem. Read More →
