UPDATED! added: 9/16 - Housing Element
Bishop Ranch | G.P.A | Housing | Transportation | UCSB - LRDP | Venoco | Water
Since 2007, Margaret Connell has been researching and writing on issues of concern to Goleta. Here are links to a few of her Santa Barbara Independent articles. All date from 2008 unless otherwise noted. Please click on the dates to connect to the full article.
Bishop Ranch
May 1: Describes the proposal for 1,200 new residences and 90,000 square feet of commercial development on the property
May 5: Bishop Ranch proposal would create traffic and water problems for Goleta
July 11: Planners recommend against Bishop Ranch proposal. It was subsequently
withdrawn by the developer.
Goleta's General Plan amendment process
January
19: “Shalls” and “shoulds”, big-boxes and access
to Haskell’s Beach
February 7: Council votes on General Plan amendments
Housing
January
29: Yes, they do build houses in Goleta
April 7: What kind of affordable housing do we want in Goleta? What will the state accept?
September
14, 2009: Goleta Finally Adopts
a Housing Element
Industrial Sites to Be Rezoned for 20-Units-to-Acre Residences
Transportation
June 2: Getting to work in Goleta – commuting and other alternatives
UCSB Long Range Development Plan
February 28: The Giant among us: UCSB's long range development plan to drive area development
May
17: UCSB expansion and the availability of water
Venoco slant drilling
July 22: Venoco proposal for slant drilling in new fields off Platform Holly
Sept
27, 2007: Oil Troubles on the water - Barging of oil
and other matters
Water Worries Return
May 19: The history of Goleta is written in water
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