SLO County formulating plan to encourage affordable housing
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a plan that aims to facilitate more affordable housing development. Policy recommendations included streamlining the permitting process, expanding multifamily residential zoning, reducing fees for affordable housing developments and scaling them to unit sizes rather than number of units, allowing secondary dwelling units in Read More →
Direct Relief growing to meet the world’s needs
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California blocks workers’ path to small business ownership
The lack of serious attention to the dismal state of small business formation in California and across the nation has been one of the most disappointing aspects of the 2016 campaign. Small business gets a lot of lip service but scant real attention. Meanwhile, the number of small business failures continues to outpace new starts. Read More →
Kmart sued for violating UCSB patent on LED bulbs
A South Korean semiconductor company recently sued Kmart for allegedly violating a UC Santa Barbara professor’s patent on LED light bulbs. Seoul Semiconductor sued Kmart Corp. in federal court in Los Angeles Sept. 9 for allegedly violating several patents, including one owned by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura. The lawsuit accuses Kmart of making, using, importing Read More →
Miramar resort redevelopment expected to be finished in 2018
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Dubroff: CLU professor scales the summit of Central Coast economics
A rock climbing expert with an innate curiosity about markets, Matthew Fienup found his calling in his mid-30s when he won admission to a doctoral program at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Management. Now 41 and a professor in California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research & Forecasting, he’ll get a view from Read More →
Central Coast tourism-generated tax revenue up
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