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Joan Hartmann: Los Olivos Can Still Choose Its Own Future with Wastewater Vote (opens the original)
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[Noozhawk’s note: Third in a series of commentaries on Los Olivos’ wastewater challenges. Click here for the first article, and click here for the second.] If the Los Olivos Community Services District builds and owns a sewer system, it has tools to protect the community that no other entity has. First, the district is conducting a parcel-by-parcel analysis — covering fewer than 400 properties in the service area — to determine the maximum wastewater generation permitted under current zoning for
Joan Hartmann: After 50 Years, the Clock Has Run Out on Los Olivos’ Wastewater Predicament (opens the original)
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[Noozhawk’s note: First in a series of three commentaries on Los Olivos’ wastewater challenges.] Los Olivos is one of the most cherished communities in Santa Barbara County — known for its Victorian buildings, small-town charm, great wine and authentic rural character. But beneath that picture-perfect surface lies a problem that has been festering for more than half a century. In 1974, the County of Santa Barbara formally designated much of Los Olivos as a “Special Problems Area.” Failing septic
Joan Hartmann: Stopping Wildfires Takes More Than Keeping the Lights On (opens the original)
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Noozhawk publisher Bill Macfadyen is right to be frustrated, as was clear in his July 31 column, “California’s Wildfire Strategy? Cross Your Fingers and Kill the Electricity.” Public safety power shutoffs are a blunt instrument, and for decades the investor-owned utilities have underinvested in grid hardening, leaving our region more exposed than it should be. But framing wildfire policy as a choice between “harden the grid” and “kill the electricity” misses most of what keeps Santa Barbara Coun
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