State Street Master Plan | Newsmakers with JR

About this episode

The episode discusses the approval of the State Street Master Plan by the Santa Barbara City Council and various related political issues.

After six years and more than 60 public hearings, the Santa Barbara City Council this week finally approved a master plan for State Street – but many, expensive hurdles remain, as Josh Molina, Ryan Cruz and Nick Welsh discuss with the genial host on this week’s edition. Plus: some high-quality political gossip, the latest on the community standoff with ICE and a new twist in the saga of that blockbuster housing development at the Mission.

People in this episode

Host: JR

Guests: Josh Molina, Ryan Cruz, Nick Welsh

Topics covered

• State Street Master Plan
• Santa Barbara City Council
• public hearings
• political gossip
• community standoff with ICE
• housing development

Keywords

• State Street
• Santa Barbara
• City Council
• public hearings
• political gossip
• ICE
• housing development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Santa Barbara City Council, ICE

Places: State Street, Santa Barbara

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