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Paso Robles urged to reduce housing permitting barriers

By   /  Friday, April 24th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Paso Robles urged to reduce housing permitting barriers

The Building, Design and Construction Cluster of the Economic Vitality Corp., a group of building industry professionals in San Luis Obispo County, wants Paso Robles to consider updating its permitting fees to reduce barriers to developing affordable housing. The group, part of the SLO Economic Strategy Project, recently submitted a letter to the city with Read More →

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A powerful tool for pricing water is not being given a fair chance

By   /  Friday, April 24th, 2015  /  Columns  /  Comments Off on A powerful tool for pricing water is not being given a fair chance

A California appellate court ruling that has stalled tiered pricing for water as a way of navigating through the drought is a stunning reminder of how diminished a role markets play in managing this precious commodity. But that was a point hammered home by David Sunding, a UC Berkeley professor of agricultural economics, during a Read More →

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Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Top Stories, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Vintners measure ‘soul’ of their wine with phenolics testing

They are analyzing phenolic levels in robust red wines like cabernet sauvignon and syrah to help them make more reliable decisions on when to separate the juice from skins and stems, and how to blend to achieve consistent structure in successive vintages.

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Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Rick Caruso gets his moment and Miramar gets the green light

It’s worth noting that Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Business Times, written slightly more than 15 years ago, featured a story about the first plans for reconstructing the Miramar.

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Housing conference spotlights worsening market for buyers

By   /  Friday, April 17th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Housing conference spotlights worsening market for buyers

There are plenty of reasons why the South Coast housing market continues to have such high barriers to entry, and probably always will.

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Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix

By   /  Friday, April 10th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Opinion, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: With water districts in a cost squeeze, mergers may be the best fix

Brown’s bold move to cut water use by 25 percent in cities and suburbs is really a shot across the bow of special districts to get their fiscal affairs in order or find merger partners.

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REI building on lower State changes hands for $22M

By   /  Friday, April 10th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on REI building on lower State changes hands for $22M

The center, located on lower State Street along Highway 101, represents the largest sale of retail property in downtown Santa Barbara in 13 years.