Santa Barbara View takes a look back at the stories that made news in Santa Barbara, California this year. Here are ten stories from October, 2012:
- Santa Barbara got a new weekly paper, the Santa Barbara Sentinel.
- No RV Parking signs, pictured below, went up along Cabrillo Blvd.
- Landmark status for Santa Barbara’s main Library and Faulkner Gallery.
- Kevin Costner suffered a legal setback in his dispute over hedges.
- Is investigative reporting coming to Santa Barbara?
- An unfunny thing happened at the Santa Barbara School Board forum.
- The Westar mixed-use village received initial approval from the Goleta City Council.
- The KMart parking lot in Goleta became the new RV hangout.
- Another fatal shark attack happened off a beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
- Twenty photos from the Lookout Fire in Santa Barbara.
#2: The ban on RV parking along Cabrillo Blvd was long over due and very welcomed. It is sense of relief when we locals can finally take back our own town from the free-loaders who unfortunately were given a welcome mat by the prior progressive Blum led city council.
Thank you conservative city council members (Hotchkiss/Francisco/Rowse) who finally honor this is our town to be preserved first for those who live here and financially support it. We did not build this town and work so hard to preserve its quality of life so out of town free-loaders can abuse these efforts.
Setting strict limits on selfish behavior is good business for all concerned. And no, coming here and staying more than 48 hours does not constitute “living” here.