First Piece of Santa Barbara’s More Mesa Permanently Preserved
We’re proud to share that the Santa Barbara Independent recently featured our work to permanently protect 36 acres of More Mesa — a historic milestone for conservation in our community.
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Second Update on Hacienda Vieja Project No changes were offered by the developer at the 25 August meeting of the Planning Commission. After another two hour session, the Commission reiterated the ideas expressed at the last meeting and gave additional, and even more specific, direction for changes they feel are necessary. These included redesigning at…
HACIENDA VIEJA PROJECT The appeal on the Hacienda Vieja Project was heard by the Board of Supervisors on 15 February. Unfortunately, we did not prevail. The final vote was 4-1 against the appeal, with Second District Supervisor Susan Rose presenting passionate arguments for this project being the place we “draw the line in the sand”…
Another Christmas Present? A long and event-filled Christmas day had one more surprise in store for Santa Barbara. About 9 PM, rain, and a very short “tornado-like” event whirled through a small section of Santa Barbara from Hollister Avenue to the coast. Its terrific and noisy wind caused flickering lights and, in less than a…
So many of our supporters have expressed a great desire to do something concrete to preserve More Mesa. Now there is a chance to do just that! We need a “big presence” at an upcoming County sponsored Workshop on the planned More Mesa Biological Resource Study. This study, recently discussed in the November 2007 News, has been requested…
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHICKS!! Update on White-tailed kites … In May we reported that the pair of white-tailed kites occupying the east nesting area on More Mesa had fledged three chicks. This eastern area on More Mesa, known as Oak Hollow, has consistently and persistently been occupied each year with breeding kites. It now appears they…
Independent gets it wrong, but MMPC gets it right! While the announcement of potential development was no surprise to any of us at the More Mesa Preservation Coalition, a recent article in the Independent (30 July 2015) , in response to a More Mesa Press release (here and here), got it wrong. We have been tracking the…