In Santa Barbara where we’re supposed to be adding affordable housing one contactor has spent more than $50,000 in fees and more than two years of his life without an approved plan anywhere in sight on a vacant lot he purchased in Isla Vista.
The project has been hampered by a revolving door of county planners and a reversal of an Architectural Board of Review ruling suggesting further changes in the roofline of the structure.
The contractor who has built residential and commercial structures for close to 20 years said the Sueno Road project is especially personal because he ultimately he hopes to retire and live off the income generated by its tenants. Stay tuned for more….