Showing posts with label Goleta City Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goleta City Council. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Goleta council demands affluent communities help housing crisis | Santa Barbara County

The Goleta City Council has voted unanimously to send a letter to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors demanding more affluent areas like Montecito and Hope Ranch step up to help solve the housing crisis. 

The letter criticizes the county for proposing to rezone land only where property owners agreed to build housing, which councilman James Kyriaco called an exclusionary housing policy that benefits wealthier areas. 

The council argues that the county should instead consider larger-lot or underutilized sites in affluent areas to expand housing equity opportunities and protect disadvantaged communities in Old Town. 

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