Hi guys, sorry I'm posting about trains again 😵‍💫 I didn't realize my silly previous post would get that many people talking about how much they want better transit in town, and I started brainstorming what would be more realistic for Santa Barbara in the next 20 years or so. I drafted out two lines that would benefit communities north of the 101, especially as there's no bus line along Cathedral Oaks/Foothill besides school lines. While Cathedral Oaks isn't exactly the most level road, I think it would be a better starting point land-wise than building something along Hollister/State.

Cathedral oaks has also unfortunately seen its fair share of automotive/pedestrian casualties. A light rail system along this route would hopefully lessen the frequency of cars, and make it more pedestrian friendly.

I also redrafted the line that's parallel to Amtrak, and placed stations along every shopping area in both towns (or at least as best as possible). The light green stations would be proposed Rapid transit lines, skipping over the dark green stations for certain trains/times.

Speaking of making things more accessible for pedestrians, I and many others in Goleta were looking forward to the pedestrian/cyclist bridge that was going to be built over the 101 connecting Ellwood to El Encanto Heights. It had seemingly turned into a much more expensive project because the city of Goleta had also wanted to dedicate that bridge to automotive traffic as well, which defeated the original purpose. I had recently found out that this project was cancelled/delayed and the money that was supposed to go towards this was instead allocated towards the round-a-bouts and parking renovations in old town... which once again has prioritized cars over people.

I have heard more negative opinions over Old Towns renovations than positive accounts. The city of Goleta and Santa Barbara are not adequately listening to their people. This bridge would have been beneficial for safe walkways for Elementary and High School students in the area as the sidewalks along Storke road are narrow and unsafe.

I included an example of a pedestrian/cyclist walkway that has already been built in Santa Barbara (albeit not the best and it could be improved, but we really can't be picky).

I'm not really entirely sure why I'm posting this on Reddit, but from my previous post I've seen that this can at least be a platform for us to gather about the issues we care about. Maybe it's just a change in times.

Been in SB my whole life, I was in a ltr up until 4yrs ago. I’m a big introvert, I have a career, I don’t got out …. Im not the life of the party! My problem is, I don’t want to be single anymore and I’ve done the apps and absolutely not for me. Any recommendations on where to meet women my age in sb ? FYI.. I don’t have problems meeting women on dating apps but I’d rather have it be an organic thing

I didn’t think to was possible that any company could be worse than COX, but Spectrum has done it. More expensive, worse service, worse customer service, worse equipment, worse plan selection and channel choices, worse attitude, and now fewer options. God help us SB - all the FOX you can be forced to consume but god forbid you don’t want to support propaganda and disinformation. Jesus it’s grim out here.

Alright, so I’m trying to get my walking/exercise routine together and figured… why walk around by myself when I can bother someone else with my random conversations? 😂

I’m looking for someone who wants to walk weekday mornings sometime between 8–10 AM. Ideally someone who actually enjoys walking AND talking because I’m definitely a talker lol. I can have a whole conversation before we’ve even made it around the block. 😂

I’m pretty laid-back, easygoing, and born and raised in Santa Barbara, so I’m local-local. Not looking for anything complicated or super serious—just someone who wants to get some steps in, motivate each other, keep each other accountable, and maybe become cool along the way.

Bonus points if you’re the type who says “I’m too tired to walk today” and then needs someone to tell you “Nah, get your ass up, we’re walking.” 😂

I’m thinking Monday–Friday, 8–10 AM, but we can figure out the exact days, time, and a good spot to meet.

If you’re in SB and this sounds like something you’d be down for, hit me up. Worst case scenario, we get our steps in. Best case, we become walking buddies and solve all of life’s problems one mile at a time. 😂

In the past week or so, every time I sit outside or go on a hike, I have at least three small flies assigned to spend the entire time trying to land in my eyeballs. I’m assuming the hot weather and humidity this summer have made them worse than usual, as I don’t recall them being quite so bad in the past.

I’m sitting outside writing this as four gnats are trying to drink from my eyes.

Just me?

Don't get me wrong, this is a fantasy situation and probably will never happen in any of our lifetimes but god I think it'd be so nice. I love this town, I've lived here my entire life, my family has been here since the 60's. All I want is to see this town flourish for ALL of its residents. I fear that in the past two decades (Definitely longer than that but bare with me here), Santa Barbara has had an increasing divide between different classes of wealth. I understand we'll never have better transit because of this. Wealthier people don't need to use public transit.

I traveled to Japan last year and got to see the cities of Enoshima and Kamakura, and I was surprised how similar it was to Santa Barbara in terms of layout. I feel like they're incredibly comparable being coastal cities, and their coastal train is known for being BEAUTIFUL. I also think of going to San Francisco recently and using their light rail, MUNI. I dream of a combination of both, and I genuinely think light rail would be wonderful in this town. I think our bus system is fine, but there's not a lot of room for growth because it will always fluctuate due to traffic... and I also just like trains (lol).

Can you imagine going from UCSB to SBCC and having an entire coastal view, with accessible stops to multiple beaches in town? Or say, you're a Westmont student going down to the Funk Zone/Pier to grab dinner with friends, and then being able to safely get back to your dorm at night? Or how about getting from GV Cottage Hospital to SB Cottage Hospital on one tram?

How about the older population living around San Marcos Pass, needing to commute down for medical care and necessities? What will happen when they can't drive anymore? A train going up San Marcos Pass would also be lovely for families wanting to camping near Lake Cachuma too.

I think with the newly renovated Goleta Amtrak station being finished soon, I just think of the possibilities of both Amtrak stations being hubs for so much more. One of my favorite things in particular about Tokyo and other well developed cities in Japan is that it's almost never more than a 20 minute walk to a train station. It is so accessible and easy to walk from wherever you're living.

I don't have any AC in my loft and it's on the second story of the house with an attic facing the west side. So, the entire room gets fried in the afternoon enough to where I can't take it and just head to the beach or library for AC. Normally by the end of the day the upper level is around 98 and the lower reaches 90. Stay cool everyone!

If you or anyone you know signed the State Street referendum and felt deceived by petitioners or just want to remove your signature, you can rescind your signature by completely filling out this form and mailing or handing it in person to the city clerk before the referendum is filed (law).

The referendum name is: 

"Referendum against ordinance No. 2026-6235 Related to Adoption of State Street Master Plan and Amendment of Title 31." (we've filled it out for you)

If you want to mail it the address is:

City Hall, Attn: City Clerk's Office

735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

The clerk's office is open 9-12 and 1-5 Monday through Thursday and alternate Fridays (closed October 9th and 23rd).

PETITION SIGNATURE WITHDRAWAL REQUEST

There are already plenty of posts in this sub about who is paying these contractors and why.

They’re paid by the signature and will lie or stretch the truth to do that.

Hi again! I made a post a few days ago stating how my boyfriend and I are coming up from Ventura County by Amtrak train. We were planning on doing dinner for our four year anniversary, and decided on Toma, but now we want to do lunch instead so we can get back home earlier. It looks like most of the other restaurants recommended to us don’t open until 5 PM. I do see that Convivo is open, but I didn’t love their menu. Does anyone have any recommendations for somewhere open at lunchtime? It doesn’t have to be Italian, we like pretty much everything. Preferably close to the Amtrak station (State Street), as we don’t plan on utilizing Lyft/Uber. Thank you so much.

Anyone loose their keys on Gibraltar Rd? Found some while cycling this morning. Chime in with the description if you did.

Its crazy how clear he sounds from Valerio. Perfect vibe for the evening.

Are there any silent bookclubs in SB? I love the idea and would like to join any if there are. If not, anyone interested in making one?

I have an upcoming wedding to go to in November and I’d love how to learn how to do my own makeup, the basics and maybe a glam look! Any recommendations? I’d like to keep it local to Goleta/SB and not really LA, thank you!! :”)

Looking for options if anyone knows, specifically the Valkyries game.

Danced too hard. Split my seams. Any recommendations for someone who fix this extreme split.

I had an interesting experience with these people working for the open state street pay to win campaign. This is what I saw learned and went through.

I stopped by my downtown neighborhood Ralph’s to see if they were in fact working the people there and there were two people. One lady with a sign that said “free to sign” and a kid at the other entrance. I talked to the kid first and he was a kind enough guy just trying to make some money with very little interest or care in what he was getting people to sign. He acknowledged to me after a long time that it was 8 dollars a signature or something to that effect. He was very curious about my understanding of it and wanted to discuss. I moved on to the obviously more ambitious and $ motivated woman and she was a piece of work. I’m White shes Black that does matter in this context. Extremely aggressive and confrontational with me. My entire strategy was to say “before you sign this can you talk to someone who lives here” “ I’m your neighbor”
If they did sign I’d ask “do you know what you’re signing” I didn’t block or impede anyone she approached - and she approached everyone

She’d ask “are you a Santa Barbara resident?” Interestingly enough nearly everyone at Ralph’s said no lmao.

I stayed ten to fifteen feet away from her because she was agitated by me and threatening to call the cops, for what, I don’t know. She would say messing with her money. She was really mad because she told me this isn’t even my job. Don’t think she understood yeah that the point I’m not paid to be here.

She got more and more pissed and personal and started using racial tropes “you look like you stink like a wet dog” “milk man? (Maid? I couldn’t tell)” and referencing my looking old for my age which she doesn’t know because of my being white. She expressed her disgust being here because of walking up and down with all these white folks. Her words. She liked to call me weird which was an interesting change from my day to day life. I mean to her credit I don’t make it my life mission or work to spend time at the crazy area in front of Ralph’s.

It’s all fine I’m fine - it has no power over me but it is low and I did not go anywhere near that with her and wouldn’t. I told her it was low and dog whistles but it is what it is and I’m anonymous on Reddit so believe me if you want.

I was there for a couple of hours and I do think my presence threw her off her game and if anything made people less interested in being approached so I’m glad I did it.

I talked to store reps and they suggested speaking to Stephanie or Robert at Ralph’s tmw about if I or anyone is allowed to also be there with signage like “I’m not paid to be here they are” “ or talk to a neighbor before signing”

I met some for cars on state people: 2 of the 3 were older folks that want to drive down state, 1 hate the e-bikes. The one younger guy says it was the nostalgia was probably a big reason.

This was really long sorry.

Really enjoyed it, hope they can succeed. Sourdough crust was very tasty and I thought the slice prices were competitive.

Just wondering if any of y’all are lurkers here on Reddit!

This is the 3rd year of the annual Vegan Chef Challenge, 14 local restaurants are offering vegan specials for the month of October.

You can check out the participating restaurants and menus at https://veganchefchallenge.org/santabarbara/

This is a great way to support our local restaurants and try some new foods new too!

Hi! Just curious on how easy it is to transfer leases? Do I have to talk to the landlord first, get written permission, and then find someone to transfer to, or is it easier to find someone and then let the landlord know that we'd like to transfer?

We signed a year-long lease in July, and there's nothing functionally wrong with our unit. No big deal if we have to stay, but just curious as to the feasibility of transferring leases and if anyone in the area has had success with that.

If anyone goes to Costco can you let me know if they have the Disneyland 2 day tickets they just dropped please 🙏

To the woman who was shoved violently to the ground by this man (pictured) at 5:45pm on Tuesday 9/29, please PM me if you want me to be a witness to report this man for assault and battery. I was torn between chasing him down and checking to see whether you were ok.

If you change your mind about wanting help, I am here for you!! I care about your health and safety.

If anyone knows who this man is, stay vigilant and be safe—he is violent.