January 23, 2025

		

Editorial Board


| Friday, February 18th, 2022

Our View: Don’t let NIMBYs limit California’s best universities

Editorials, Higher Education, Latest news, Opinion

NIMBYism should not be used to destroy the public institutions that are the lifeblood of the California economy. Unfortunately, that is what’s happening in Berkeley, where a court order freezing enrollment at the University of California’s flagship campus may force massive cuts in incoming student admissions and trigger more than $50 million in lost tuition. Read More →

| Friday, February 11th, 2022

Our View: Remembering a giant of the region’s business community

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion

Patrick James McCarthy, known simply as Pat, did not invent the idea of a tri-county economy. But thanks to a creative mind and a strong work ethic, he built a powerhouse construction firm that specialized in commercial-scale residential projects on a regionwide basis. Irreverent at times, always unflappable and with a keen sense of opportunity, Read More →

| Friday, February 4th, 2022

Our View: Santa Barbara City Council misses the point on rents, housing

Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

When it comes to wasteful government spending, it’s hard to find a worse case in recent memory than the $200,000 the Santa Barbara City Council is spending to study a 2% cap on residential rents. Such a cap would be one of the most onerous in the nation. It is astonishing to think that after Read More →

| Friday, January 28th, 2022

Our View: Rooftop solar a big part of state’s energy future

Editorials, Energy, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, January 21st, 2022

Our View: Redistricting shakes up Central Coast politics

Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content

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| Friday, January 14th, 2022

Our View: It’s time to take retail crime seriously

Editorials, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion

The tri-county region counts on low crime rates as a foundation for the claim that it is a terrific, if expensive, place to work and live. That’s why Staff Writer Brooke Holland’s front-page story on retail crime in the current edition of Pacific Coast Business Times is worth a close look — and worth action Read More →

| Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Our View: Air travel among the region’s bright spots in 2021

Editorials, Latest news, Opinion, South Coast, Subscriber content, Tourism, Tri-County Economy

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