Santa Barbara’s State Street
Santa Barbara’s State Street Blues. It’s the first time in history a city has spent $150 million to ensure its “Main Street” is no longer a street.
If you’ve been following the “Create State” Committee’s latest greatest hits, you know the draft Master Plan has finally dropped. It’s a 300-page opus that cost us a million dollars in “consultant” fees—basically our very own Magical Mystery Tour through the pockets of Santa Barbara taxpayers.
But as I paged through the Title Graphic, it became clear that the city isn’t just asking us to imagine a new downtown. They’re asking us to Carry That Weight—specifically the $150 million price tag for a project that turns our historic “civic spine” into a one-mile-long bike path.
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