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Council designates Casa De Cuatro Vistas a historic landmark By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
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Rep. Salud Carbajal was joined by a group of Goleta city officials and Goleta Valley Community Center representatives on a tour of the Goleta Community Center. The tour was conducted to highlight planned building improvements involving seismic safety and ADA compliance.
Carbajal tours Goleta Community Center
The Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to designate Casa De Cuatro Vistas as a historic landmark. The house, at 1201 Las Alturas Road, was designed by one of Santa Barbara’s most influential architects. “Staff did a very nice job presenting it from a historical perspective,” Mayor Randy Rowse said. “The owners of the property were there and were very excited about the presentation.” The resolution adopted by the council does not restrict any changes on properties around the historic house. It just prevents any changes to the house itself. The Historic Landmarks Commission has the power and duty to recommend to the City Council that certain structures, natural features, sites or areas in Santa Barbara having historical, architectural, archaeological, cultural, or aesthetic significance be designated as a landmark. And that’s what the council did Tuesday. Historic landmark status is considered the highest distinction given to a historic resource in the City of Santa Barbara and demolition is prohibited. “Designation as a landmark confers honor and recognition on structures contributing to
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Congressman Salud Carbajal toured the Goleta Community Center (GCC) on Monday to see first-hand plans to utilize $3 million dollars in federal community project funding he delivered to improve and help reopen the antiquated facility. Goleta’s General Services Director Matt Fore led the tour, which included Mayor Paula Perotte, Councilmember James Kyriaco and staff from the city and Goleta Valley Community Center. The city-owned building has been partially closed since January 2021 due the need for seismic improvements. A video clip of the tour can be viewed at https://youtu. be/rb8Ym3SuLZw. The funding delivered by Rep. Carbajal will be used for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and other building improvements that, together with the seismic upgrades, will allow the building to safely reopen. “The Goleta Valley Community Center plays a pivotal role in the community, serving all facets and Please see CARBAJAL on A4
Rep. Salud Carbajal, left, gets a tour of the Goleta Community Center from Goleta General Services Director Matt Fore.
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Joker 2, an unnamed Netflix movie among 18 films receiving latest California film credit
Congressman inspects plans for $3M in funding he secured for building improvements By KATHERINE ZEHNDER
the city’s unique historical and architectural traditions,” staff said. Architect Carleton Monroe Winslow designed Casa De Cuatro Vistas in 1919 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which became an important part of Santa Barbara’s heritage in the 1920s when the city deliberately transformed its architecture and look into a romantic Spanish Colonial Revival/Mediterranean style city. “Not only is the main house architecturally significant, but the site has significant landscape elements and a small mid-century modern studio that contribute to the significance,” staff said. “Winslow purposefully placed the main house among large oak tree groves and on the hill of the Riviera to take advantage of the four views (Cuatro Vistas) that include the ocean and the mountains.” The property had four owners that made significant contributions to Santa Barbara: Henry L. Hitchcock, Ina Campbell, MacKinley and Frances Hammond Helm and John E. Gillespie. As such, staff said Casa De Cuatro Vistas was worthy of joining the elite list of city landmarks, “which are considered the most important resources contributing to the city’s unique historical and architectural repertoire.”
(The Center Square) – The California Film Commission announced 18 films are receiving a portion of $93.7 million in Film and Television Tax Credits in the latest allocation, including a handful of big-budget films. The sequel to the billion-dollar blockbuster hit “The Joker” titled “Joker: Folie à Deux,” is among the four big-budget films receiving tax credits to film in California. The project is expected to receive $12.6 million in tax credits, according to the California Film Commission. The first installment of the Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular DC Comics character became the first Rated-R movie in history to bring in more than $1 billion at the box office. Three other big-budget films – Rebel Moon Part 2, The Thomas Crown Affair, and an untitled film by Netflix – also receive between $16 million and $20 million each in tax credits. The four big-budget films are expected to “generate $377 million in qualified spending and $748 million in overall spending in California,” the film
commission wrote in a news release. Fourteen other independent films will also receive millions in tax credits from the state, including an untitled film by director Sofia Coppola. “We are thrilled to continue welcoming the kind of big budget films that used to be so susceptible to runaway production,” California Film Commission Executive Director Colleen Bell said. “In addition to our incentive, we have the best talent, crews, infrastructure, locations, weather and so much more. California is ready to help filmmakers make the most of all we have to offer.” In total, the California Film Commission estimates that all of the films set to receive tax credits will employ over 2,500 crew members, 596 cast members and over 28,700 background actors. The movies are expected to generate $915 million in production spending in California. In recent years, California has offered $330 million in tax credits per year to keep the film business in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced support for a bill that would expand the tax credit through 2030.
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