In January, 2019 the City of Santa Barbara hired economic development and real estate advisory firm Kosmot Companies to provide recommendations on how to improve economic vitality downtown. Here are their recommendations from the $84,000 revitalization plan: Regulatory Tools and Policies – Fundamentally review/revamp zoning and permitting process to be more flexible to accommodate market
Rent control has been a hot political topic this year. This past May 31st, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-12-19 which extends the California “state of emergency” – originally declared in December 2017 in response to the Thomas Fire. By signing this Executive Order, Governor Newsom also extended the cap on rental increases that automatically
