Santa Barbara Independent Real Estate 4/27/23

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6790 RINCON RD, CARPINTERIA 1BD/1BA; ±7.17 acres • $6,500,000 Cole Robbins / Laura Drammer, 805.403.7735 LIC# 01910827 / 01209580

3570 WOODSTOCK RD, SANTA YNEZ 6BD/5½BA; ±20.13 acres • $6,150,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

2631 FREESIA DR, SUMMERLAND 3BD/2½BA • $3,350,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

2685 MEMORY LN, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/3BA • $3,275,000 Kevin Schmidtchen, 805.689.6877 LIC# 01316975

2510 SANTA BARBARA AVE, LOS OLIVOS 3BD/2½BA + office; ±2.49 acres • $2,300,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

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645+675 OLIVE RD, MONTECITO 6BD/8BA • $14,990,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

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TEAM SCARBOROUGH

on the successful representation of

on the successful representation of

the Seller at 2692 Sycamore Canyon

the Seller at 695 Via Herba,

Rd.,

Listed for $12,000,000.

Listed for $15,500,000.

NANCY KOGEVINAS 805.450.6233 Nancy@Kogevinas.com www.MontecitoProperties.com LIC 01209514

CRISTAL CLARKE

TEAM SCARBOROUGH 805.331.1465 Team@TeamScarborough.com www.TeamScarborough.com LIC 01182792

MITCH STARK

on the successful representation of

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the Buyer at 1385 Oak Creek

the Buyer at 115 S. La Cumbre Ln.,

Canyon,

Listed for $4,435,000.

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Listed for $4,500,000.

CRISTAL CLARKE 805.886.9378 Cristal@Montecito-Estate.com www.Montecito-Estate.com LIC 00968247

CAROLE COLONE on the successful representation of

the Buyer at 115 S. La Cumbre Ln.,

the Seller at 5176 Baseline Ave.,

Listed for $4,435,000.

Listed for $4,280,000.

HRISTO HRISTOV 805.284.8471 HristoHristov.bhhscal.com www.HSHristov.com LIC 01978598

CAROLE COLONE 805.708.2580 CaroleColone@bhhscal.com LIC 01223216

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MITCH STARK 805.689.2429 MStark@bhhscal.com www.SantaBarbaraHomesForSale.com LIC 01196532

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NANCY KOGEVINAS

THE BARTRON GROUP

DIANNA FERNANDEZ

on the successful representation of

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the Buyer at 5906 Via Lemora,

the Seller at 5906 Via Lemora,

Listed for $2,375,000.

Listed for $2,375,000.

THE BARTRON GROUP 805.563.4054 Team@BartronGroup.com www.SantaBarbaraHomes.com LIC 01005021

DIANNA FERNANDEZ 805.689.5813 DiannaFernandez4@gmail.com LIC 02019880

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999 ROMERO CANYON RD, MONTECITO 5BD/6½BA • $19,000,000 Cristal Clarke, 805.886.9378 LIC# 00968247

368 LAMBERT RD, CARPINTERIA 6BD/5½BA + 3BD/2BA • $15,000,000 Daniel Encell, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141

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166 BUTTERFLY LN, MONTECITO 4BD/3½BA • $5,995,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

21 VIA ALICIA, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/3½BA • $5,400,000 Andrea Cambern, 805.722.2352 LIC# 02158714

645 OLIVE RD, MONTECITO 4BD/7BA • $9,995,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

2222 E VALLEY RD, MONTECITO 5BD/6BA • $8,895,000 Nancy Kogevinas, 805.450.6233 LIC# 01209514

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968 VIA LOS PADRES, SANTA BARBARA 5BD/6BA; ±.8 acre • $5,200,000 Randy Glick, 805.689.7167 LIC# 00950129

1968 INVERNESS LN, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/2½BA • $4,995,000 Team Scarborough, 805.331.1465 LIC# 01182792

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7320 SANTOS RD, LOMPOC 3BD/5BA; ±30 acres • $4,250,000 Ramos / Warm / Mormann, 707.380.3188 LIC# 02040488 / 02192518 / 00598625

3290 WILD OAK RD, LOMPOC 4BD/3BA; ±21 acres • $2,195,000 The Easter Team, 805.453.7071 LIC# 00917775

43 SEAVIEW DR, MONTECITO 3BD/2BA • $2,995,000 Kit Peterson & Sue Irwin, 805.689.5535 LIC# 02008932 / 01413354

5629 W CAMINO CIELO, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/2½BA • $1,970,000 Bryan R Uhrig, 805.331.3191 LIC# 01467861

832 CHELTENHAM RD, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/3BA • $2,790,000 Thomas Schultheis, 805.729.2802 LIC# 01847740

1006 FAIRWAY RD, MONTECITO 2BD/3BA • $2,750,000 Ken Switzer, 805.680.4622 LIC# 01245644

8 CEDAR LN, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/2BA • $2,600,000 Anderson / Hurst / Ashley, 805.618.8747 LIC# 01903215 / 00826530 / 01027187

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1420 LAS POSITAS PL, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/2BA • $1,950,000 Mitch Stark, 805.689.2429 LIC# 01196532

1128 CALLE LAGUNITAS, CARPINTERIA 4BD/3½BA • $1,750,000 Yolanda Van Wingerden, 805.570.4965 LIC# 01308141

4537 CARRIAGE HILL DR, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/3BA • $1,695,000 John Gough / Andi Ruhge, 805.455.1420 LIC# 01047947 / 01965484

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320 DOGWOOD DR, BUELLTON 4BD/3BA + GH; ±.23 acre • $1,485,000 Laura Drammer, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580

802 KENTIA AVE, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/1BA • $1,399,000 Bill Urbany & Alisa Pepper, 805.331.0248 LIC# 00717028 / 01347807

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1426 LAGUNA ST #B, SANTA BARBARA 1BD/1½BA • $1,195,000 Bartron Real Estate Group, 805.563.4054 LIC# 01005021

1480 MISSION CANYON RD, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/3BA; ±6.5 acres • $4,425,000 Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group, 805.565.4014 LIC# 01426886

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585 OAK RIDGE RD, SOLVANG 3BD/3BA • $1,495,000 Bob Jennings, 805.570.0792 LIC# 01387186

1138 HILL RD, SANTA BARBARA 4BD/4BA • $8,500,000 Daniel Encell / Bll Gough, 805.565.4896 LIC# 00976141 / 01047947

1674 LAUREL AVE #1, SOLVANG 2BD/2½BA • $1,185,000 L. Drammer / C. Robbins, 805.448.7500 LIC# 01209580 / 01910827

3639 SAN REMO DR #12, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/2BA • $849,000 Bill Urbany & Alisa Pepper, 805.331.0248 LIC# 00717028 / 01347807

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7098 N SUNLAND AVE, VENTURA 4BD/3BA • $1,398,000 Felipe Castañeda, 805.636.4410 LIC# 02103365

1252 CRAVENS LN #3, CARPINTERIA 3BD/2½BA • $1,249,000 Ann Zafiratos, 805.448.4317 LIC# 01355461

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4025 STATE ST #74, SANTA BARBARA 3BD/1BA • $459,000 Annette Vait, 805.886.1926 LIC# 02044281

4025 STATE ST #51, SANTA BARBARA 2BD/2BA; ±.06 acre • $399,000 Sara Guthrie, 805.570.1211 LIC# 01294545

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P

erhaps you’ve recently moved into a new home and have set up the furniture, yet it still doesn’t feel “done.”

Or, as I hear from many of my clients, you’ve been living in your home for, say, five years or more — and it still doesn’t feel finished.

Most likely, it is because your home isn’t accessorized. In the design world, accessories generally refer to everything that’s not furniture and can include plants, throw pillows, artwork, photos, and vases. I think of accessories as the icing on the cake. You’ve already created the layers of the cake: the sofa, dining table, chairs, bed, and rugs. Now it’s time to complete the cake by adding the frosting. For variety, you’ll find that this analogy also works well with nachos, tacos, or seven-layer dip!

Accessorizing, or styling, is often overlooked, but it’s a powerful way to complete a space. Accessories help add texture, dimension, color, and interest to a room while also allowing you to add your personality or family story to your home. Here are my top five tips to “frost” to your space.

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Add accent furniture. If your main living space includes a sofa, coffee table, rug, and

perhaps some accent chairs, that’s a great start. To help complete the room, try adding some smaller pieces of furniture, such as an ottoman or pouf to a sitting area. If your sofa isn’t pushed against a wall, try adding a tall, narrow sofa table behind it with matching table lamps. Or consider adding a bar cart or sideboard in the dining room for a polished look. If you’re tight on storage space, think about adding items that will increase your storage options, such as an ottoman with storage inside or a bar cart with cabinet doors.

Bring in plants. Adding indoor plants to a room not only brings the outside in but

adds texture and color as well. Your furniture is likely fabric, wood, or leather, so adding plants brings another element to a space. Adding a large floor plant to a room can help it feel larger as the plant draws your eyes up. Or group your plants — one large plant and one medium plant — in a corner for extra layering. Not into watering plants? Neither am I. There are numerous types of artificial plants available at a variety of price points.

Some look more real than others, so be sure to read reviews if you’re purchasing online.

Add texture and textiles. Texture helps create layers and can be found in textiles used to make throw pillows, throw blankets, window treatments, rugs, or artwork. Adding throw pillows made of varying fabrics — velvet, mudcloth, linen, cotton, etc. — and in different patterns adds a layered look. These are also the items that are easiest to change out when you’re ready to refresh a space but don’t want to commit to new furniture.

Don’t forget the walls. I often work with clients who haven’t hung much on their walls because they get stuck. Maybe the room is odd-shaped, or perhaps the cost of framing large art is prohibitive. Using wall art that is round or asymmetrical helps balance an odd-shaped room or one that has angled ceilings. If cost is an issue, try adding oversized, decorative flat baskets or other woven items, which can be relatively inexpensive.

Always add a tray. The quickest way to get a finished look for any tabletop surface is by adding a tray. Use items you already have on the surface like books, a vase, framed photos, coasters, etc. Group them together with a tray and you’ll instantly create a polished look. Maybe your coffee table is a collecting ground for magazines, the remote control, coasters, and other odds and ends. Add a tray and keep all these items inside the tray, and I promise it will feel complete. Top it off with a decorative bowl filled with a strand of large wood beads for a designer look!

I’d love to see photos of your accessorized home. Tag me on social media @ vacayrentaldesign.

Christine S. Cowles is owner of Styled & Staged Santa Barbara, an interior design company specializing in short-term rental properties. She is a certified Short-Term Rental Stylist™, member of Santa Barbara Association of Realtors and Real Estate Staging Association, and a proud WEV graduate. She can be reached at info@styledandstagedsb.com.

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1530 MIRAMAR LANE, SANTA BARBARA CA 93108 4 BEDS | 4 BATHS | OFFERED AT $4,295,000 First time ever on market! Miramar Lane is a sweet private street in the coveted Hedgerow neighborhood. This home is a magical Spanish style, single story 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom with a detached workshop and 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom arranged thoughtfully into a functional floorplan. French doors, skylights and picture windows let in breezes and sunshine. Dine under a majestic oak tree in the charming stone private front patio or sip a glass of wine out back near the citrus trees, garden, and lawn. The indoor, outdoor space is perfect for entertaining.

Enjoy the charming original details + opportunity awaits to modernize this classic estate built in 1938 and lovingly owned by one family since 1957. This prime location offers amazing proximity to unparalleled amenities including Montecito Union School District, shopping, dining, beaches & the heart of Montecito.

ELISE KAHN

RUTH ANN BOWE

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314 W. ALAMAR AVENUE

770 CAMINO CASCADA

1150 N. FAIRVIEW AVENUE

315 STANLEY DRIVE

5245 CALLE LUARDA

1259 DOVER LANE

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OFFERED AT $679,000

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1250 BEL AIR DRIVE

20 CAMINO VERDE

4630 VIA HUERTO

506-508 BRINKERHOFF AVENUE

5525 CAPELLINA WAY

OFFERED AT $1,895,000 OFFERED AT $1,395,000

OFFERED AT $8,875,000

OFFERED AT $12,750,000

OFFERED AT $1,385,000

373 NORTHGATE DRIVE #A OFFERED AT $995,000

368 MORETON BAY LANE #2 OFFERED AT $655,000

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2101 Mountain Ave | Santa Barbara | 6BD/6BA DRE 00978392 | Offered at $5,300,000 Sener Jones Associates 805.969.8900

1410 School House Rd | Montecito | 3BD/2BA DRE 01005773 | Offered at $4,995,000 Gregg Leach 805.886.9000

438 El Cielito Rd | Santa Barbara | 4BD/6BA DRE 01236143 | Offered at $4,495,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

1010 Portesuello Ave | Santa Barbara | 3BD/3BA DRE 01351981 | Offered at $3,495,000 Darin Guglielmo 805.969.8900

269 Oak Rd | Montecito | 4BD/3BA DRE 01813897 | Offered at $3,395,000 David M Kim 805.296.0662

6572 Stagecoach Rd | Santa Barbara | 5BD/3BA DRE 01440068 | Offered at $2,700,000 Crawford Speier Group 805.683.7335

911 Via Campobello | Santa Barbara | 5BD/3BA DRE 00849100 | Offered at $2,475,000 Vicky Garske 805.705.3585

3375 Foothill Rd 134 | Santa Barbara | 3BD/2BA DRE 01775462/02105209 | Offered at $1,895,000 Jordano/Eurich 805.680.9060

449 Cannon Green Dr | Goleta | 3BD/3BA DRE 00938841 | Offered at $970,000 Bob Curtis 805.895.1951

3562 Pine St | Santa Ynez | 3BD/2BA DRE 02125478 | Offered at $949,000 Casey Turpin 805.232.5766

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280 Moreton Bay Ln 4 | Goleta | 1BD/1BA DRE 02049218 | Offered at $615,000 Curtis Swan 805.607.9709

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390 Woodley Rd | Montecito | 5BD/4BA DRE 01236143 | Offered at $5,850,000 Grubb Campbell Group 805.895.6226

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2170 Ortega Ranch Ln | Montecito | 4BD/6BA DRE 01447045 | Offered at $16,250,000 Riskin Partners Estate Group 805.565.8600

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303 Meadowbrook Dr | Montecito | 5BD/7BA DRE 01402612 | Offered at $13,000,000 Marcy Bazzani 805.717.0450

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OCEAN, ISLAND AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS ON TWINRIDGE ROAD 4 BEDS | 4 BATHS | OFFERED AT $2,695,000 Dramatic ocean, island and mountain view Contemporary home in a desirable location in the Santa Barbara foothills. This elegant home boasts approximately 3,900 sq ft including 4 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms, with a flexible layout to accommodate a variety of lifestyles. Step inside the main level and discover an oversized great room with lofty ceilings, massive white travertine fireplace, and French doors leading to a fabulous entertaining patio. Tucked off the eastern-most corner, there is a downstairs bedroom and full bath, which makes for an excellent office, exercise room or guest suite, and opens to a private patio with ocean/island views. Continue on through the main level to find the kitchen with extra large walk-in pantry, top quality appliances, breakfast bar and formal dining area, all with the backdrop of spectacular southwest-oriented views from the many windows. Down the hall, there is a flexible room set up with dual-living potential that offers a flexible bedroom, large office/sitting area, full bath and private covered lanai.

Upstairs, you will enjoy a lovely den that would make an optimal location for a grand piano for those who enjoy the arts or entertaining. Three bedrooms and two full baths are in the upstairs wing, including the spacious primary suite with a private view deck, bath with separate tub and shower, and large walk-in closet.

Set upon a lush ~1-acre parcel with various entertaining areas, this stunning property is complete with a 3-car garage. This is a special opportunity for a move-in ready home with spectacular views from nearly every room to enjoy the best of Santa Barbara living!

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n April 15, Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People (PHP) hosted a delightful Vino de Sueños event, this year at Brander Vineyard, to raise funds for the assistance it provides to farmworkers and hospitality workers. The annual event this year featured 12 wineries pouring their wines alongside a few chefs serving their creations. Artists were on hand with their artwork, while Bobby Montanes and Steve Puailoa provided live music. The 150 guests seemed to really savor the experience — enjoying exceptional wine, food, art, and music in an idyllic setting on a sunny afternoon. The best part was that event proceeds support the invaluable assistance that People Helping People provides to farmworkers and hospitality workers in the Santa Ynez Valley and surrounding areas.

Guests sauntered around Brander’s patio and garden, visiting with friends while sampling wine and food and perusing artwork offered through silent auction. All wine, food, and art was donated, reflecting both the generosity of community members and the high regard the community has for People Helping People.

Many guests also opted for a guided tour of the Brander Museum of Folk Art, currently showing Oaxacan indigenous art.

During the short program, Executive Director Valerie Kissell remarked how there is so much abundance in the Santa Ynez Valley, but also very great need. In an interview, she expanded, noting that the extended lockdown that came with the pandemic hit farmworkers and hospitality workers especially hard and now these workers are grappling with the high cost of living. Supporting those who work in our fields and serve us food, according to Kissell, is really important during these difficult times.

She explained how PHP’s assistance is tailored to each client’s needs, with intensive case management seeking to meet immediate needs and provide tools to enable clients to become self-sufficient in the long term. She stressed the uniqueness of each client’s needs and, accordingly, the uniqueness of PHP’s assistance.

For example, when clients have needed a vehicle, PHP finds community members to donate one. When a client

needed a prosthetic leg, PHP negotiated with healthcare providers and made it happen.

With farmworkers and hospitality workers, the main areas PHP helps with are food, housing, and healthcare.

Kissell noted the irony of farmworkers needing food, but that is the reality given the level of their wages and the cost of food staples. PHP receives food from the Foodbank of S.B. County and from Veggie Rescue.

Housing assistance is in the form of cash assistance for rent and help with locating affordable rentals. With COVID, a lot of ranches sold to people from out of the area, and some of the new owners terminated onsite housing for farmworkers. As with Santa Barbara, there is a dearth of affordable housing in the valley.

Many clients are uninsured or underinsured, making healthcare costs beyond their means. PHP staff negotiates lower fees with providers, which it pays in whole or in part. PHP associates and interns provide mental health counseling, and there has been a big increase in demand for services.

PHP operates Thriftology, a thrift store in Buellton open to the public, where clients can shop for merchandise with vouchers. It currently operates with a $2.1 million budget and provides a wide range of assistance to those in need. Its next big event is the annual Santa Ynez Valley Polo Classic at Piocho Ranch on June 10.

Wineries pouring at the event were Brander Vineyard, Foxen Vineyard and Winery, Stolpman Vineyards, Buttonwood Winery, Riverbench Winery, Gainey Vineyard, Barieau, Colluvial, Camins 2 Dreams, Esfuerzo Wines, Dascomb Cellars, and Clendenen Family Vineyard Wines.

Food purveyors included Valley Piggery, which since the start of COVID has very generously prepared 60 meals each week for low-income clients of PHP, assuming all of the costs for this weekly commitment.

Co-owner Amy Francis shared that they want to do whatever they can for PHP because the nonprofit is so integral to the community. Also serving at the event were the Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Café and the Corner House Café. Beautiful artwork from 16 artists was on display and part of the silent auction.

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are addressed in this new and Benefit Sharing Committee will advise on how to equitably agreement. While the text allocate these funds for technolstill needs to be formally ogy sharing, training, and conadopted, the delegates (i.e., the countries) agreed not to servation projects as well as for reopen negotiations on it. supporting local and indigenous After adoption, a minimum communities holding traditional of 60 states must ratify it to knowledge. Even landlocked make it a reality, a process that nations will start benefiting from could take months or years. the bounty of the seas.

The treaty’s geographic The treaty establishes a framescope is the high seas — those work for creating and maintainby Dennis Allen areas beyond the 200-mile liting Marine Protected Areas toral zones under control of nations — here- (MPAs), sets standards for conducting envitofore only partially regulated by a ronmental impact assessments, and creates patchwork of international agreements and a mechanism for dispute resolution. Highorganizations. Marine scientists claim that seas MPAs can henceforth be created by the high seas have the “largest reserve of majority vote, a win for biodiversity because undiscovered biodiversity left on Earth.” the other possibility, consensus, could allow The need for regulation is obvious when one country to block action. This MPA considering that the high seas cover almost component alone gives hope to the goal of half the planet, provide primary protein for protecting 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. three billion people, and contribute to the The oceans’ ecosystems, a vital part of livelihood of more than 600 million people. what makes our earth livable, are under Moreover, the distinction between the 200- ever-increasing stress from climate change. mile coastal zones and the open seas is irrel- This treaty aims to provide much-needed governance and a forum for trying to arrest evant to marine creatures.

Article 5 of the treaty establishes the right climate damage. of all nations to benefit equitably from the high seas under the principle of the “common heritage of humankind.” This concept Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned breaks new ground and is a huge win for company committed to building and operating sustainably. He Global South nations. The treaty outlines a also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School fund to which states will make annual pay- of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a ments on a sliding scale. The new Access boardmember of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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To improve sustainability practices, window screens were installed throughout the SBAOR building and all lights were changed to LED, which has reduced electricity costs and maintenance requirements. The front landscape was changed from grass to native plantings to reduce water usage, and downspouts were reconfigured to direct water flow to retention basins, improving ground water retention and reducing storm water runoff. SBAOR also invested in a Solar Photovoltaic system for the building, which was installed concurrently with a new roof as a cost savings measure, and has saved a substantial amount of energy-costs.

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Attached 2-car garage interior access. most You can hear the waves crashing and feel the cool ocean breeze.....

OFFERED AT $998,500 center of this property is a charming a vacant piece of ocean front property property boasts ~5,100+ sq. ft. of living t circa 1912. Today, it desirable neighborhoods. Build your California coastline. Enjoy unparalleled 2,300+ sq. ft. Craftsman style home located in one of Santa Barbara’s most space resting on over 1/2 acre of prime OFFERED ern amenities, and still dream home to the exact specifications ocean views from every cornerATof$998,500 this originally built circa 1912. Today, it desirable neighborhoods. Build your California coastline. Enjoy unparalleled charm. features Located modern in MUS. amenities,contemporary that you dream desire.home Panoramic ocean views! home. person! and still to the exact specifications ocean Must views see frominevery corner of this

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