Santa Barbara News, Views, & Hyperlocal Information
Today, the Santa Barbara City Council will receive a presentation from the Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau and Film Commission (CVB). Did you know, the City’s annual contract with CVB to promote tourism is $1,349,535?
According to the agenda, the contract with CVB helps support the expenses of administration, advertising, consumer and trade information services, public relations, sales, and the Film Commission… and all those glossy magazines.
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{ I wonder now if those other vagrants who I see giving "money" to their fellow vagrants, are not in fact doing a fast pass drug... } – Jun 19, 10:17 PM { As a business owner with a downtown shop I'd definitely put up a sign. I know a lot of shop owners on the first floor... } – Jun 19, 4:44 PM { Coffee...talk about a straw man. } – Jun 19, 1:12 PM { If some stranger asks me to buy them a cup of coffee, I will tell them NO. Why enable bad behavior? } – Jun 19, 1:00 PM { Don't distort the argument Walt. This is about conduct; not people. We have a right to expect certain conduct and prohibit certain conduct. That is... } – Jun 19, 12:59 PM
{ Giving meters may not convince people to give, unless the ADDED benefit is convincing. Would the donation just be substituted for taxes? Why not enable... } – Jun 19, 12:47 PM
{ I intentionally did not write about the homeless, but rather panhandlers, who may indeed be homeless, or just passing through. Homelessness has a myriad of... } – Jun 19, 12:34 PM
{ How dare the homeless be homeless in Santa Barbara. Don't they know we are entitled to not have to look at them on State Street,... } – Jun 19, 11:47 AM
{ Why are we asking the government to solve these problems? If it concerned so many people, why cant citizens ban together in numbers and take... } – Jun 19, 11:14 AM { Emergency call kiosks need to be installed on every block of downtown Santa Barbara. See something; say something. UCSB and SBCC use them and we... } – Jun 19, 10:59 AM
{ I just want to be able to go downtown with my family and not have to be hit on by multi.panhandlers....To say nothing of the... } – Jun 19, 10:52 AM { Put the emphasis on what is unacceptable conduct on our streets; not unacceptable people. } – Jun 19, 10:34 AM { Wife and I just got a Sonos and its really the coolest thing. Found out they are here in SB too. Get a bridge and... } – Jun 19, 2:09 PM { Detox? Poison? Cocaine? The junk science is ovewhelming. Just eat well and enjoy life and you'll be a lot happier than folks like this. } – Jun 19, 1:19 PM { Seriously. "Molecular structure akin to cocaine" shows a complete misunderstanding of science. While the two substances have almost no chemical similarities at all, the way... } – Jun 19, 1:18 PM
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