Entries from May 2016 ↓

Bob Braitman, Former Executive Director of LAFCO,
Local Agency Formation Commission

Segment 1
Day 166 with mom’s new hip
Memorial Day: do people miss the point?
Year-to-date # of sales & median price compared to last year
What’s in escrow over a million dollars
When to say fewer or less

Segment 2
Bob Braitman, former Director of LAFCO
40 years experience with LAFCO
Cities versus Counties; who pays for what
The process to become a City in California
The City of Goleta has a unique arrangement with the County

Segment 3
Bob Braitman, former Director of LAFCO
The revenue neutrality agreement would not have recommended
Options for the City of Goleta

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update

Lisa Arroyo, SB City Waste Water System Manager

Segment 1
Day 152 with mom’s new hip
Year-to-date # of sales & median price compared to last year
Sales within a given high-end price range
Dedicated to the Memory of Richard Moore

Segment 2
Lisa Arroyo, SB City Waste Water System Manager
257 miles of City sewer main lines
A property owner’s sewer lateral obligations
What triggers a City requirement to inspect your sewer lateral?
Mandatory inspections for condos and commercial properties
Water treatment plant and ‘recycled’ water

Segment 3
Motoring with Mark, a 16 million dollar sale
A most unusual mass MLS email

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update

Michael Redmond, Dir. of Research Santa Barbara Historical Museum
136 East De la Guerra Street, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Segment 1
Day 145 with mom’s new hip
Year-to-date # of sales & median price compared to last year
What’s in escrow over a million dollars
Motoring with Mark
The host almost goes 75’ in the air
The last 2 remaining Trolley Cars

Segment 2
Michael Redmond, Historian
1875: 1st mass transit & luxury hotel: The Arlington
From Mule Cars to Electric Trolleys
1899: 1st automobile arrives
1904: Tragedy strikes a Trolley
1929: The last street car departs

Segment 3
Michael Redmond, Historian
Stagecoach: a 21-hour ride to San Luis Obispo
1887: The railroad arrives from the South
1901: The railroad continues to the North
Property Values Double
1903: The Potter Hotel
Morton Bay Fig Tree
The Arlington Saga

Segment 4
Weekly Multiple Listing Update