Santa Barbara County’s discretionary revenues are expected to be stable, gradually increasing over the next five years, but anticipated increases in costs will contrive to keep service levels unchanged and prevent departments from expanding, according to a report to the Board of Supervisors.
The appeal of a nearly 12-acre cannabis cultivation project east of Santa Ynez was withdrawn before it came to a hearing before the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, which led to a discussion of the process one commissioner said limits public participation.
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