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Our View: A wave of common sense washes over California politics

By   /  Tuesday, March 1st, 2022  /  Editorials, Latest news, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Our View: A wave of common sense washes over California politics

The political aftershocks from the recall of three left-leaning San Francisco school board members continue to spread to Sacramento and beyond. One of them is a rising chorus of outrage over an Alameda County Superior Court decision to allow a cap on enrollment at the University of California’s flagship campus in Berkeley. In the San Read More →

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

By   /  Friday, February 18th, 2022  /  Editorials, Higher Education, Latest news, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Our View: Don’t let NIMBYs limit California’s best universities

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 →

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

By   /  Friday, February 11th, 2022  /  Editorials, Latest news, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Our View: Remembering a giant of the region’s business community

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 →

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

By   /  Friday, February 4th, 2022  /  Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Real Estate, South Coast, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Our View: Santa Barbara City Council misses the point on rents, housing

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 →

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

By   /  Friday, January 28th, 2022  /  Editorials, Energy, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content  /  Comments Off on Our View: Rooftop solar a big part of state’s energy future

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Our View: Redistricting shakes up Central Coast politics

By   /  Friday, January 21st, 2022  /  Editorials, Government, Latest news, Opinion, Subscriber content  /  Comments Off on Our View: Redistricting shakes up Central Coast politics

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

By   /  Friday, January 14th, 2022  /  Editorials, Latest news, Law & Goverment, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Our View: It’s time to take retail crime seriously

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 →