KEYT Feature: Supporters Rally Towards More Mesa Preservation Efforts
More Mesa Preservation Coalition was recently featured for the Doublewide Kings Concert at the Lobero Theatre. Read more here:
More Mesa Preservation Coalition was recently featured for the Doublewide Kings Concert at the Lobero Theatre. Read more here:
EARTH DAY In spite of threatening weather and competing events in downtown Santa Barbara, more than 400 people visited the More Mesa Preservation Coalition booth on Earth Day. A large fraction of these folks sought us out … to offer congratulations on the recent Coastal Commission decision (for a full hearing on the Hacienda Vieja…
Once again it has been a very busy year for the More Mesa Preservation Coalition In March we published a Newsletter describing our activities in the past three years, and current threats to More Mesa . primarily from development around its edges. More than 1,000 Newsletters have been distributed to members of the community. The…
Face It, It’s Been Bleak! You may have noticed that we have not been very prolific in the “Update” department. And although the word “bleak” still comes to mind all too often, I think there are definite glimmers of hope. Among all the big problems is the one facing California and many parts of the…
More Mesa Preservation Coalition Celebrates 10th Anniversary This month the More Mesa Preservation Coalition celebrates its 10th anniversary! In this very eventful decade, we have grown from a tiny cadre of less than 10 concerned neighbors in the More Mesa area, to a supporter base of 1000 community members from all over Santa Barbara county,…
California is in a state of “Extreme Drought”, with 2014 being the driest year since 1895, 119 years ago! But, in spite of this disastrous condition, one can still observe some native wildflowers in bloom on More Mesa. For example, Deerweed, which normally blooms from March to October, has been in flower constantly for more than a year. Heavily…
2015 … The Year in Review The day we knew was coming, but wouldn’t welcome, arrived. In late July a group with the same members who circulated development plans for More Mesa three years ago, announced that they represented the Kalid Saud Al Shebaily Group (KSSG), owners of More Mesa. The new group’s opening salvo came…