![]() From a county press release on Edhat: “The County of Santa Barbara broke ground on the Regional Fire Communications Center which includes an expansion of the Emergency Operations Center.A total of 26 cameras will be installed across the county.” - Montecito Journal These cameras are not being installed to catch speeders, but rather to help sheriffs get valuable leads for major crime investigations. “Montecito will host four new Flock Automated License Plate Readers.“The Solvang City Council narrowly voted to allow Pride Month banners on street lights for two weeks in June. However, later Monday night and after threats of pro-Second Amendment and Right to Life banners, the council voted to prohibit all non-city banners in the future after already-approved requests by Pride and Solvang Theaterfest are fulfilled this year.” - Noozhawk.Statewide, county officials said, the number of active cannabis cultivation licenses has fallen by 20 percent since early 2022, as a host of provisional licenses expired and were not renewed.” - Newsmakers The state is believed to be producing three times as much pot as residents can consume-much of it grown in Santa Barbara County-effectively fueling the black market where, by most estimates, two-thirds of the sales are taking place. Amid a glut on cannabis in California, the prices for wholesale cannabis flower have plunged by half from their peak of $1,400 in 2020 to about $660 per pound now. “Four growers who had obtained zoning permit approvals to plant 163 acres of outdoor cannabis in North County withdrew their applications for business licenses this month, effectively abandoning their operations, county officials said.But a search of vacation rentals listed as available on Airbnb yielded more than 1,000 active listings in Santa Barbara.” - Independent The Santa Barbara city council “unanimously voted Tuesday to put $1.175 million toward a Short-Term Rental Enforcement Pilot Program in an earnest attempt to tackle the growing problem Currently, the city permitted 16 short-term rentals in the inland areas: the downtown central business areas, Coast Village Road, Milpas, State Street, San Roque, and Cliff Drive three are permitted in the coastal zone and 112 vacation rentals in the coastal area that pay transient occupancy tax but are not technically permitted for that use.Santa Barbara May Finally Enforce Short-Term Rental Laws
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