City of Santa Barbara – California Globe

Gavin Newsom’s Crime Spree

August 12, 2025 3:00 amAugust 12, 2025 3:01 am

While Governor Gavin Newsom is closing one prison after another in California, criminal activity has not abated in our state for a myriad of reasons. In the City of Santa Barbara, at their recent annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta celebration,...

As Downtown Santa Barbara Degrades and Homeless Invade, Biz Owners Get No Help From Elected Officials

August 15, 2021 2:18 amAugust 16, 2021 11:37 am

Throughout Governor Gavin Newsom’s 19-month COVID lockdowns of “non-essential” businesses, a 40-year business owner in Santa Barbara has kept in touch with the California Globe. He has shared the untold hardships he and his employees suffered, as well as the...