In a 4-3 vote, the city council passed a temporary pause on rent increases while the city works to draft a permanent ...

After weeks of heated debates, a temporary rent freeze for Santa Barbara is set to go into effect in 30 days, after the City ...

The Santa Barbara City Council narrowly approved housing and rent stabilization measures in a 4-3 vote on7, 2026.

Tenants could be getting more rent protections in Santa Barbara soon. A temporary rent freeze could be in place in a month on ...

The current push for a rent freeze did not emerge from a comprehensive housing study, a years-long planning process, or broad community collaboration. It began with a two-person memo filed in October ...

Renters in Santa Barbara could see temporary relief after the city council voted to approve a moratorium on rent increases across much of the city. The council approved the measure in a 4–3 vote. The ...

Sausalito banned both short-term rentals and their advertisements in October.

Storm flooding hinders drivers in Old Town Goleta on Saturday at Fairview and Hollister avenues. Many local roads were flooded during heavy rains, and some highways and mountain roads were closed for ...

Mark and Marla Palumbo were concerned when their friend and business partner Dr. Henry Han failed to show up for a meeting on March 23, 2016. They would learn the horrific reason why the following day ...

Greetings, Santa Barbara Black Culture House supporters! It’s Darrell and Sally back for another Black History Month season of programming. It’s been a while since we last made contact. […] ...