Watch: Big Win for Luxury Resort, Big Loss for Sable Oil; Homeless Center Seeks New Contractor
Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host to break down, analyze and opine upon the most consequential local stories of the week in Santa Barbara.
Whispered speculation swirled on the fourth floor of SB’s county building this week, centered on fears the Trump regime may intercede on behalf of oil interests in the turbulent conflict over Sable Offshore’s disputed pipeline.
On this week’s edition of Newsmakers TV, Nick Welsh returns to break down all the latest in the tangled Sable affair: at a time when a judge just ordered the fourth floor-residing Board of Supervisors to take a new vote on whether the Texas oil company even has the financial and legal standing to operate the pipeline. It disastrously ruptured in 2014 and triggered the Refugio oil spill, but Trump could be Sable’s ace in the hole to turn around its recent run of legal and political misfortune.
In this Three Amigos edition, Josh Molina joins Nick and the genial host, breaking down the complicated back story of the push to expand the iconic Hilton Beachfront Resort, approved by SB City Council this week on an unusual unanimous vote.
The gang also tackles the city’s decision to seek bids for a new operator to manage its pivotal FARO homeless navigation center, which became the object of neighborhood complaints after it opened last year.
Plus: the first, unadulterated political gossip from the City Council campaign trail, as the fellas confabulate about potential wannabes to replace termed-out Kristen Sneddon in the city’s District 4.
All this and more, right here right now on Newsmakers TV.
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Image: Hooligans cavort on giant beach chair at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort (Newsmakers photo).