Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council:
I am 15-year resident of the Mesa. The horrific accident Tuesday night is impacting all of our community and Santa Barbara at large. There is only one potential upside of this awful tragedy, and that would be to continue to work of Thomas Ochsner and Mesa Architects and finally make Cliff Drive safe. Obviously with this accident and several recent others, the measures already taken to slow traffic, while helpful, are not nearly powerful enough.
I cannot think of more dangerous section of road in all of Santa Barbara than this stretch of Cliff between the Mesa Center and S.B. City College — it's a miracle that the accidents on this section of Cliff have not affected more than just the drivers up until now. The drivers need to be protected and we should not need to wait for a child to get killed by this death zone of speed through the heart of a residential neighborhood.