Wayne Mellinger: Grand Jury Has Spoken on Housing Shame But Will We Listen?

Wayne Mellinger: Grand Jury Has Spoken on Housing Shame But Will We Listen?

Santa Barbara’s breathtaking coastline and mild climate have always come at a cost. But a new Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report makes one thing painfully clear: that cost is no longer measured in dollars alone. It is measured in lost community, in displaced families, in long hours of freeway commutes, and in the daily moral stain of a region that refuses to house its own workforce. The 2024-2025 Grand Jury has delivered a scathing but fair …