This is a picture of what housing density looks like under the
GPU, or General Plan Update.
It is the construction project now shadowing the Santa Barbara Bowl box office.
That is what happens when the city rolls over and lets developers and large
scale architects take over.
I encourage you to take a walk up Lowena Drive, the entrance to
this development. It is a small, narrow funky street with an active creek
running under it. There are oaks and were deer until the project began. This
development project has close to 20 units and maybe one parking spot per unit.
Imagine what it’s going to look like with all the new residents living there.
It’s Santa Barbara, so there will probably be more than one resident per unit. Street
parking is limited. The thought that people won’t have cars is silly. Also,
there is no supermarket nearby to support all these new residents.
Wait, there’s more. I imagine the times when the new residents
are heading out and trying to turn left from Lowena onto Anapamu Street with
the high school and downtown commuter traffic.