news-Press to move offices to Goleta

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS

The Santa Barbara News-Press building, which faces De la Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara, was built in 1922 and designed by architect George Washington Smith. Starting next week, departments at the newspaper will move to the publication’s Goleta offices.

The Santa Barbara News-Press — the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California — is starting the next chapter of its proud history at a new home.

The News-Press is moving all of its administrative operations — including its newsroom and advertising and circulation services — to 725 S. Kellogg Ave, Goleta. That’s the address for deliveries and overnight mail such as Federal Express.

The Goleta site has long been the News-Press printing plant, and moving our operations there will allow for greater efficiency in serving our readers. The advertising department and receptionist will move from our current historic building, 715 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, to the Goleta site, on Monday, April 24. The pre-press department will move to Goleta on Tuesday, April 25, followed by the newsroom on May 1. Our phone numbers will remain the same, and you can find them in each edition of the News-Press on Page A2.

We look forward to continuing to serve Santa Barbara County from our new headquarters.

By ANNIKA BAHNSEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

The third and final day of the Santa Barbara County budget workshops took place Friday with the board of supervisors.

One of the first items on the agenda was the Cannabis Review Update. After reviewing the cannabis tax revenue from the 2022-2023 year and comparing it to the current costs to uphold the cannabis programing, Paul Clementi, the Santa Barbara budget director, shared some of the budget switches in other departments to fund the rest of the costs. This includes switching minor library fundings and long-term planners.

A portion of the meeting discussed the Flood Control Assessment for Montecito. The area was hit hard this past rainy season, causing flooding on the streets and streams throughout the neighborhoods.

This assessment, titled the “The Montecito Flood Mitigation” plan, shared that there would be two phases that would be conducted in response to the flooding. The first phase would consist of determining the existing conditions from the impacts of the flood, and the second phase would be “the master plan,” which would focus on the improvements and mitigate flood impacts.

Various tax measures were also a main portion of the agenda. Much of this was discussion based on the different departments’ recent propositions and entailed the Cannabis Review Update and tax efforts.

To evaluate tax revenues about the Cannabis Review, other county’s cannabis reviews were used. Additionally, there were proposed area taxes for the cannabis production given. Overall, various presentations shared an increase in taxes. email: abahnsen@newspress.com

This meeting finished with a conclusion given by Mona Miyasato, the county executive officer. Ms. Miyasato explained what happens now that this workshop is over: Ms. Miyasato and the auditor-controller will review the budget and revise if necessary. Then Ms. Miyasato will finalize the expenditure recommendations.

Then finally, both Ms. Miyasato and the Auditor-Controller’s office will finalize the budget in May.

The final hearings are scheduled for late June.

The News-Press facilities in Goleta will serve as the new home for the newspaper’s news, advertising, accounting and pre-press departments.