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2221 JONATA ST, LOS OLIVOS

4BD/3BA + 2BD/1BA GH • $3,550,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

3BD/2½BA;±0.46 acres • $2,285,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

1867 RINGSTED DR, SOLVANG

2400 CHAPALA ST, SANTA BARBARA

4BD/3BA; ±1.14 acres • $1,785,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

3BD/1BA • $1,725,000 Kathy Hughes, 805.448.4881 LIC# 00521702

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3956 FOOTHILL RD, SANTA BARBARA

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7219 FORDHAM PL, GOLETA

5796 ENCINA RD #2, GOLETA

4BD/2BA • $1,449,000 Thomas Schultheis, 805.729.2802 LIC# 01847740

2BD/1½BA • $699,000 Kalia Rork, 805.689.0614 LIC# 01313668

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES CALIFORNIA PROPERTIES is pleased to congratulate JO ANN MERMIS

on the successful representation of

the buyer of 550 Freehaven Drive,

the buyer at 1274 Eleven Oaks Lane,

Sold for $20,350,000.

Sold for $6,500,000.

CRISTAL CLARKE 805.886.9378 Cristal@Montecito-Estate.com www.Montecito-Estate.com LIC# 00968247

JO ANN MERMIS 805.895.5650 JoAnnMermis@bhhscal.com www.RealEstateByJoAnn.com LIC# 00891742

KERRY MORMANN

ANDREA CAMBERN

on the successful representation of

the seller at 1141 Glenview Road,

the seller of land on Jalama Road,

Sold for $6,300,000.

Sold for $5,000,000.

ANDREA CAMBERN 805.722.2352 AndreaCambern@bhhscal.com LIC# 02158714

KERRY MORMANN 805.682.3242 KerryM@CoastalRanch.com CoastalRanch.com LIC# 00598625

JEFF OIEN & GARRETT MCCAW

on the successful representation of

on the successful

the buyer of land on Jalama Road,

representation of

Sold for $5,000,000.

the seller of

JOE RAMOS 805.680.6849 JoeRamos@bhhscal.com LIC# 02040488

LAURA DRAMMER

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411 Las Palmas, Sold for $4,960,000. JEFF OIEN 805.895.2944 sbjeffo@gmail.com LIC# 01317331

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JOE RAMOS

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PARSONS & YOUNG

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the seller of 1261 Ladan Drive,

the buyer & seller of 1127 Camino

Sold for $3,807,230.

Manadero, Sold for $3,400,000.

LAURA DRAMMER 805.448.7500 Laura@LauraDrammer.com www.LauraDrammer.com LIC# 01209580

PARSONS & YOUNG 805.895.4866 / 805.453.8528 SBRealEstateGuide@gmail.com www.SBRealEstateGuide.com LIC# 00629053 / 01712844

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3519 PADARO LN, CARPINTERIA 4BD/4BA • $14,750,000 Kathleen Winter, 805.451.4663 LIC# 01022891

306 MEADOWBROOK DR, SB 5BD/4½BA • $8,500,000 N Kogevinas / J Caminite, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514 / 01273668

741 SADDLE LN, OJAI 5BD/6BA • $7,950,000 Rachael Douglas, 805.318.0900 LIC# 02024147

4312 VIA GLORIETA, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/5BA • $6,995,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792

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1180 HIGH RD, MONTECITO 5BD/5½BA • $6,495,000 Josiah Hamilton, 805.284.8835 LIC# 01415235

189 HERMOSILLO RD, MONTECITO 4BD/4½BA • $3,950,000 J Hamilton / B Arntz, 805.284.8835 LIC# 01415235 / 02055307

161 LOUREYRO RD, MONTECITO 5BD/3BA • $3,495,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

807 E ALAMAR AVE, SANTA BARBARA 7BD/5BA • $3,400,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

962 ISLETA AVE, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/3½BA • $3,100,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

512 PLAZA RUBIO, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2½BA • $2,750,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

2135 SYCAMORE CANYON RD, MONTECITO • 4BD/2½BA • $2,495,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

904 CROWN AVE, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/3BA • $2,495,000 MS Parsons & S Young, 805.895.4866 LIC# 00629053 / 01712844

956 CALLE CORTITA, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2½BA • $2,450,000 Kristin Arntz, 805.636.6867 LIC# 01817970

5417 SAN PATRICIO DR, SB 5BD/3BA • $2,200,000 The Easter Team, 805.570.0403 LIC# 00917775

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783 FREDENSBORG CNYN RD, SOLVANG 3BD/3BA;+office • $1,750,000 L Drammer / C Pinoli, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580 / 01317331

3208 LAUREL CANYON RD, SB 2BD/2BA • $1,749,000 Beth Goodman, 805.455.1909 LIC# 00966870

798 LA RODA AVE, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2BA • $1,450,000 Jessie Sessions, 805.709.0904 LIC# 01937789

3375 FOOTHILL RD #931, CARPINTERIA 3BD/2BA • $2,150,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

319 W ARRELLAGA ST, SB 5BD/2½BA • $1,895,000 Yann Beise, 949.296.5222 LIC# 02201281

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2732 MIRADERO DR, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/2BA • $1,185,000 Anderson Hurst Assoc., 805.618.8747 LIC# 01903215 / 00826530

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963 LOMA VISTA PL, SANTA PAULA 3BD/2BA • $910,000 Phil Ranger, 805.797.6308 LIC# 01005144

225 SILVER OAK DR, PASO ROBLES 4BD/3BA • $865,000 Joel Butera, 805.448.4831 LIC# 01229404

702 HILLSIDE DR, SOLVANG 3BD/3BA • $725,000 Karin Aitken, 805.252.1205 LIC# 00882496

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3435 RICHLAND DR #1, SB $1BD/1BA • $569,000 Anderson Hurst Assoc., 805.618.8747 LIC# 01903215 / 00826530

4025 STATE ST #46, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2BA • $599,000 Sara Guthrie, 805.570.1211 LIC# 01294545

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165 S 4TH ST, SHANDON 3BD/2BA • $507,000 Joe Lopez, 805.354.4642 LIC# 02088810

330 W HIGHWAY 246 SPC 60, BUELLTON • 3BD/2BA • $495,000 Kristen Maggitti, 805.895.8387 LIC# 02195648

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SAGUNTO ST, SANTA YNEZ ±0.23 acres • $495,000 R Freed & K Clenet, 805.895.1799 LIC# 00624274 / 01434616

330 W HIGHWAY 246 #199, BUELLTON 2BD/2BA • $295,000 Brenda Cloud, 805.901.1156 LIC# 01772551

1781 GLEN OAKS DR, MONTECITO 6BD/5BA • $16,000,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

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Quality, privacy, views, and convenience await you at this beautiful, country Solvang retreat. The recently paved drive takes you up to the Spanish courtyard entry. Enter through the gates, where you will find stone patios, lush lawn, and a rose garden. The custom wood front door leads you into the showstopping part of the home featuring vaulted ceilings, with T&G and gorgeous wood beams and picture view windows. The open kitchen offers functionality and plenty of storage between the cabinets and pantry. The window over the kitchen sink overlooks the rose garden and the sound of fountain from the stone patio below calms you. At the north end of the home, you will find the two well-appointed guest bedrooms with bay windows and bench seats, a full bathroom, laundry, and the door to access the oversized 3-car garage with high ceilings, workbench, built-in shelves/racks, cabinets and bonus storage areas. Tucked away at the south end of the home is another full bathroom, and wood floors are featured in the office where you can step out to the beautiful lawn. The primary bedroom fireplace is the focal point of this space, but the views off the deck steal the show. Enjoy the starlite skies in the jacuzzi off the deck, or a warm bath in the deep soaking tub adjacent to the glass enclosed shower. The spacious walk-in closet offers lots of storage for all your needs. Out back you will find the newly landscaped space featuring native plants that fill the flower garden full of hummingbirds, butterflies, and red-tailed hawks overhead. Owned solar makes this home even more desirable. This location is private and peaceful, yet so close to downtown Solvang and a quick drive to New Frontiers. Don’t miss this opportunity to live the best of both worlds here in the Santa Ynez Valley!

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LU X U R I O U S P O LO F I E L D C O N D O W I T H S T U N N I N G V I E WS 3375 FOOTHILL ROAD #931, CARPINTERIA CA | 3 BEDS | 2 BATHS | TOP FLOOR UNIT | OFFERED AT $2,150,000 Beautiful and modern condo nestled in the Polo Fields offers one of the most breathtaking vistas of the sprawling green polo grounds, the shimmering expanse of the ocean, enchanting Santa Barbara Channel Islands and majestic mountains. Situated on the top floor, this corner unit is in a prime location, and seamlessly combines convenience, privacy, and sophistication.

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“Cristal Clarke is #1 in her field - and you don't become #1 by luck. Cristal works harder, and longer, and with more charm and patience than any real estate agent I have ever worked with in the past; her calendar has no weekend, her days have no clocks, her only concern is selling your property as soon as possible and for the best price on the market. Am I a fan? You bet!” - PB

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As the top individual Santa Barbara real estate agent, and currently #1 among the more than 60,000 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agents in the prestigious firm’s 1,500 offices worldwide, I provide buyers and sellers a singular level of experience, expertise, personalized service, and the utmost discretion. It remains an honor to be your trusted real estate advisor and serve the community I live in. I am most grateful for the trust placed in me which enables me to continue to do what I love and give back to my community. Since 2021, I have donated over $150,000 to local charities to help support local organizations that promote health, education, community, and the environment. I look forward to my continued support of the community through my exclusive real estate sponsorship of the Santa Barbara Half Marathon.

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It’s Never Too Late to Be on Time SIMPLY 805

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nyone who knows me knows that I run on the theory that if I’m not five minutes early, I’m late! I totally get that this is not in fact how everyone operates, and I suppose it’s no surprise, given my role as an efficiency coach, that I hold a high value on punctuality and all the delicious ripple effects that come from every person in my life being on time, every time! If only! I don’t need to tell you that punctuality in the professional world is important. There are all sorts of statistics and research on the huge amounts of money businesses lose due to lateness. Think of the store opening late and customers going elsewhere, or the tardy bank deposit resulting in lost interest and/or late fees, or missed deadlines due to not being on time for meetings and missing key pieces of information. Lateness rarely remains isolated. The domino effect of hitting the snooze button one last time plays itself out all over the working world every single day. Sure, sometimes lateness can’t be helped. How were you to know there was going to be a fender-bender on the 101? I’m not talking about that. I’m saying if you are the person who is known for always holding up the

show, you may want to look at how that behavior is affecting your professional and personal lives. The very influential Gretchen Rubin, best known for her bestseller The Happiness Project, offers some simple tips for overcoming lateness. I’ve embellished a bit and offer you some life hacks for being on time. •

Sleep more. Are you the type who smashes the snooze button more than once every single morning? Here’s my diagnosis: You are not getting enough sleep. The prescription is to get to bed earlier. Most of us need more sleep anyway, so even if you aren’t chronically late, get to bed earlier. A good time to start is November 5, when the time changes. Instead of thinking you have an extra hour to bingewatch Netflix or be out with friends, use the extra hour to get some more sleep! The good news is that it is fall! A Michigan study found a 24 percent increase in heart attacks on the Monday after the spring switch, compared with a 21 percent reduction in heart attacks on the Tuesday after the fall time change.

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“This’ll take just a sec.” No, taking out the recycling usually takes minutes, not seconds. As do other chores like throwing in a load of laundry or writing out a bill (and finding out you’re out of stamps). If you want to get one more thing accomplished, how about arriving early and doing the task then? Write the bill in the office parking lot, for example.

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Calculate your commute. Oftentimes, we calculate commute time as the time spent on the freeway without traffic. Time how long it takes to go from your front door to your desk. Add two or three minutes to it and that’s your commute time. Allow yourself enough time to get to work.

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“Where are my [insert item here]?” Keys, sunglasses, phone, commuter mug … These everyday essentials need a home, a place where they can be ready for action the next day. Give your essentials a home.

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“My family drives me crazy.” Okay, maybe you aren’t the reason for your

chronic tardiness. But you can teach loved ones the same systems you use to get yourself out the door on time. Having clothes laid out the night before, backpack ready by the door, an easy breakfast plan, and other good organizational habits. Share your know-how. •

“No one complains about my lateness.” Well, maybe they don’t complain to you, or maybe they do and you don’t hear them. If you’re saying no one complains about your lateness, you are admitting you have a lateness problem — that is a good thing. How about giving some thought to how your tardiness affects others? What you discover may be reason enough to propel you to be on time.

With the time change ahead of us on November 5, I encourage you to take a minute and do a time-management audit. Clean up any area that is no longer serving you or the people in your life. There’s no better time to be on time.

Sara Caputo transforms how individuals, teams, and small businesses navigate workflow and increase productivity. Her work has been featured in Working Women, Success, and Forbes, as well as other national and regional publications. She can be reached at sara@saracaputoconsulting.com.

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718 Calabria Dr | Santa Barbara | 3BD/3BA DRE 01440591 | Offered at $2,250,000 Elizabeth Wagner 805.895.1467

89 Hollister Ranch Rd | Santa Barbara | 5BD/6BA DRE 01397913 | Offered at $33,000,000 Emily Kellenberger 805.252.2773

4038 Foothill Rd | Carpinteria | 4BD/4BA DRE 02125478 | Offered at $9,995,000 Casey Turpin 805.232.5766

929 Canon Rd | Santa Barbara | 3BD/4BA DRE 01806890 | Offered at $7,185,000 Doré & O'Neill Real Estate Team 805.947.0608

390 Woodley Rd | Montecito | 5BD/4BA DRE 01236143 | Offered at $5,500,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

8107 Buena Fortuna St | Carpinteria | 4BD/3BA DRE 01397913 | Offered at $4,750,000 Emily Kellenberger 805.252.2773

1215 Miracanon Ln | Santa Barbara | 3BD/4BA DRE 01236143 | Offered at $4,275,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

2101 Mountain Ave | Santa Barbara | 6BD/6BA DRE 00978392 | Offered at $3,895,000 Sener Jones Associates 805.969.8900

1825 Stanwood Dr | Santa Barbara | 3BD/4BA DRE 01766267 | Offered at $2,895,000 Cara Gamberdella 805.680.3826

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OFFERED AT $2,100,000 Two detached units on a flat 1/4 acre zoned R-2! The property is now vacant and ready for an investor or owner-user to take it to the next level. Maximize the rental income by remodeling the existing homes and adding an ADU on the back of the lot. The front house is a charming 3bed/1bath 1,285 sq. ft. 1920 bungalow. The back unit is a 3bed/2bath 1,097 sq. ft. with mountain views and ocean peeks built circa 1985 over the existing garage. The garage is over 1,000 sq. ft. and ideal for tenant parking, leased storage space, or a personal car collection. There is a spacious concrete driveway that leads to a flat/usable open area on the back of the lot, an attractive building site! Buyer to verify all development potential.

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R A R E & E X C L U S I V E T W O PA R C E L O F F E R I N G 1492 & 1496 EAST MOUNTAIN DRIVE, MONTECITO, CA 93108

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Nestled in one of Santa Barbara’s most coveted neighborhoods, this stunning twostory Craftsman residence offers the perfect blend of timeless charm and modern updates. Situated between the historic Bungalow District and the prestigious Upper East and surrounded by trees, this 4+ bed home enjoys a prime location that combines all the conveniences of being close to town, with the wooded ambiance of a country lane. From the first glance the charming setting captivates as the stately structure draws you to the front porch. Inside, the character & elegance that defines this home takes your eye from one lovely detail to the next. Wood ﬂoors, soaring high ceilings, wainscoting, crown molding, a beautifully tiled fireplace surround, an abundance of windows create a lovely ambiance. Generously proportioned spaces in this approximately 2,500 sq ft home, make the living easy. It is the perfect host for everyday living, a gathering spot for entertaining, as well as the potential for dual living.

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Text and photos by Gail Arnold

A&L Miller McCune Executive Director Celesta M. Billeci with A&L Partners John Mike and Marcia Cohen

Arts & Lectures Hosts Dinner with Martha Graham Artistic Director

n October 4, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) hosted an intriguing and enjoyable Producers Circle Dinner at Villa & Vine to celebrate the opening night of its 2022-23 Dance Series. Preceding a performance by the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Granada, the dinner featured a talk by the company’s artistic director, Janet Eilber, about Graham’s formative teenage years in Santa Barbara and other interesting topics. The high-level A&L donors enjoyed a reception, followed by dinner, in the space formerly occupied by Petros. A&L Miller McCune Executive Director Celesta Billeci welcomed the 77 guests, introduced Eilber, and led a Q&A afterward. Eilber explained how she was lucky to have danced with Graham in the 1970s. She shared her excitement for the launch week of a threeyear celebration of the company’s 100th anniversary. Three years, she explained, was needed for this world tour that seeks to represent all of Graham’s creative work, her collaborators’ work, her political activism, and her modernism. Eilber related how Graham’s teenage years in Santa Barbara helped inform her entire creative life. Born in Pittsburg in 1894, then the coal capital of the country, Graham had to wear a veil year-round to keep coal dust off of her clothes. When she moved to Santa Barbara as a young teenager, Graham found the space and light so intoxicating that she would just run and spin around. The “dichotomy between these two landscapes have informed her entire creative life — the difference between light and dark and the energy she discovered here.” Her time in Santa Barbara also informed

Graham’s belief in dance as a necessity. All of this and more she discovered, according to Eilber, while being the captain of the S.B. High School basketball team (at a modest 5'2" tall) and editor of the yearbook. In response to a UCSB dance student seeking advice, Eilber said that when she holds an audition, she is looking for someone who shares themselves, really allowing their personality to inform their dancing. Further advice was to work hard, look to people you admire, and become an incredible athlete. While in Santa Barbara, dancers from the company generously did three masterclasses with UCSB students and workshops at both S.B. High School and San Marcos High School. Eilber also did a presentation about the Granada performance for a group of UCSB student attendees. All of this is in line with A&L’s commitment to education and outreach. More than half of visiting artists and lecturers who are coming this season will engage in some form of outreach or educational activity. After the incredible performance at the Granada, UCSB faculty member Ninotchka Bennahum did a Q&A session with Eilber and company members Lloyd Knight and Anne Souder. Benefits of Producers Circle membership extend beyond these dinners. Members also enjoy receptions, A&L’s Season Announcement Party, a ticketing concierge service, priority seating, and admission to the Intermission Lounge at the Granada. Arts & Lectures relies heavily on community support to sustain its lectures, performances, and community outreach and education.

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Martha Graham Dance Company Artistic Director Janet Eilber

A&L Leadership Circle members Dick and Marilyn Mazess

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Guidelines for New Housing Downtown

anta Barbara, like many towns and cities in California, needs more housing, certainly more workforce and affordable housing. Since Santa Barbara is a built-out community, most new housing will have to be infill projects, mixed-use developments, and modification of existing buildings into living units. The greater density that will accompany the thousands of new housing units required by the state can fit and enrich the charm of Santa Barbara, but only if

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attractive, varied building styles offer a wide mix of living options. To avoid increasing traffic congestion, this densification will have to de-incentivize cars and parking while making walking, biking, and public transportation more convenient, clean, aesthetic, and efficient. One way to help this shift is to decouple parking from living units. Such a decoupling will help those who are carless pay less in rent or a smaller purchase price for a unit.

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The reenvisioning process for the downtown corridor along with the projected significant amount of new housing provides an unprecedented opportunity to create principles and goals to ensure the well-being of both people and the environment. This is of particular importance in the face of the emerging climate crisis with its everincreasing challenges and unknowns. One forward-looking measure to help this process is to create a set of green building specifications for all new and remodel projects to help guide architects, designers, developers, property owners, and the permitting process. Some of the items that need to be a part of these specifications are: •

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Adaptive reuse and retention of as many components of existing buildings as possible to conserve planetary resources. Create tight, super-energy-efficient buildings and install rooftop or building-facade solar photovoltaic panels tied into battery storage or microgrid systems. Use nontoxic and carbon-negative materials. Incorporate such passive cooling strategies as good cross-ventilation through every habitable room, building interior vertical wells topped by

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chimneys to exhaust hot air, locating decks to shade windows below, adding motorized window-shading devices, setting windows back into exterior walls, and installing Casablanca ceiling fans. Other cooling measures could be rooftop gardens or vegetated facades. Make buildings all-electric by using heat pumps for climatization, heat pumps for water heating, and magnetic induction appliances for cooking. Take steps to minimize daily indoor temperature swings. Conserve water and find two or more uses for the same quantity of water.

How would the city get developers and property owners to adopt such specifications? One big incentive is to offer more units or greater building heights in exchange for compliance. This incentive is likely to be so attractive to developers that it might also entice them to create more workforce or affordable units, or even to create some community amenities such as daycare centers, pocket parks, or public art. Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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2 BED | 2 BATH OFFERED AT $1,395,000 Rarely available single level in coveted Diamond Crest gated community. This home is in excellent condition and features high ceilings, abundant light, updated kitchen and baths, attached 2 car garage, laundry room, private patio, community pool and tennis court. Located just steps away from More Mesa’s abundant walking trails and beach access.

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The property features a total of 3 guest units: 1 bed/1 bath guest house, 2 bed/1 bath guest apartment, and 2 bed 1/bath loft apartment. Additionally, there is a custom-designed 5-stall barn with a half bath.

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This 20-acre hilltop equestrian estate is a Santa Ynez gem, where sophistication, comfort, & natural beauty harmoniously blend, creating a dreamy, resort-like vibe within the prestigious Rancho Ynecita community.

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Message From the President

BY TODD SHEA - 2023 PRESIDENT - SANTA BARBARA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

BREAKING DOWN THE CHANGES: CALIFORNIA'S LATEST INSURANCE UPDATES

ith the ever-changing landscape of Insurance in California, I wanted to bring to you all the latest! I had the pleasure of sitting down with Kelly Weiser and her team at The Weiser Agency. I hope this information below gives you some insight into Insurance changes and what is coming for Santa Barbara Insurance. Thank you to Kelly and the team for this great info!

Insurance is definitely much more of a conversation now than ever before, and not necessarily for the best reasons. While we and others are still able to find solutions for home or general property insurance in Santa Barbara, we've adapted to become very creative in doing so since traditional insurance companies are rarely available. Thankfully, we haven't had any significant events locally in over five years, and that does help. In that same time period, though, we’ve had many large fires in California, and the cost of materials has risen significantly. This has made many insurance companies hesitant to do business in our state, and we've been impacted locally.

What is the California FAIR Plan? If traditional insurance companies decline to insure a property, then homeowners can turn to FAIR Plan. While most people think of the FAIR Plan as providing coverage only in high-fire-risk areas and it definitely does do that, others turn to FAIR plan if they are not eligible for traditional markets due to prior claims. The state of California established FAIR Plan in the 60s to provide all property owners access to basic fire coverage. Coverage through FAIR Plan is limited to $3M for all line items, though so it may not be ideal for all properties in our market. However, it definitely can provide a solution when others decline to offer insurance.

Recently the CA Department of Insurance (DOI) reached an agreement with many of the traditional insurance companies in California whereby the insurance companies agreed to consider offering to insure homes in foothills and other areas that have been considered high fire. In return, the DOI would allow companies to request a higher rate increase than in previous years. (It’s historically been capped at 6.9%.). Carriers have about 12-14 months before they need to comply with this agreement.

So if these new carriers can cover you, at what costs they deem appropriate, then you cannot access the FAIR Plan? Explain? Correct. If a traditional, admitted insurance carrier offers to insure a property, then FAIR Plan is not an option. The FAIR Plan was designed to be a 'last resort' for insurance. While time will tell, this may result in situations where a client's annual insurance costs may be higher through a traditional carrier vs FAIR Plan since these carriers may be able to request higher rate increases than before.

What are Firewise communities? And do we have any in Santa Barbara? Firewise is a national program that neighborhoods can voluntarily agree to participate in. Neighbors start by surveying fire risks on their street and looking for how many homes have things like tree branches close to roof lines or flammable bark mulch. Then the community works with the local fire department to develop and implement wildfire mitigation plans. We have about 10 Firewise communities in our area, including Mission Canyon, Painted Cave, San Antonio Creek,

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What is the quick rundown of insurance in Santa Barbara?

What legislation and agreements have been made recently in regard to insurance in California?

Todd Shea and others. The Insurance Commissioner has asked insurance companies to strongly consider offering coverage to communities that have this certification so it could be a way to help increase insurance options in the future.

When should buyers, sellers, and their agents contact you in regards to a new property? As early as possible. And as frequently as they can. Even if a client is just considering making an offer on a property or an agent is competing for a listing appointment, starting on insurance early is always great. Until about two months ago, we've often been able to turn around an insurance quote in about 24-48 hours. In today's market, some carriers are taking 14-25 days before providing a formal quote to us, which can really slow things down. For an industry that hasn't historically been known as fast-paced, the insurance options are changing almost weekly so it's always good to check and double-check.

How many carriers do you have access to? bout 60 and we're constantly looking to add more. We just got access to a new company last week that's already produced some strong options for clients so we're always on the lookout.

Ok, bring out that crystal ball you have been hiding. Where do you see insurance coverage going? Insurance will be a challenge for the next 1-2 years, and creativity will be key. It's definitely cyclical, though. We are in a market that's very desirable for insurance, so I do expect that the traditional carriers will return here sooner than other parts of the state. I'm also optimistic that public and political pressure will continue to force the insurance companies and the state to create more options for clients over the next few years.

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