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The Montecito Planning Commission’s special hearing on the Miramar expansion project ended abruptly today when Commissioner Sandy Stahl recused herself after the lunch recess.
The meeting had started with four commissioners present and one online, but Chair Marshall Miller soon recused himself due to a possible conflict of interest. After Stahl could no longer participate, the commissioners and the planning department said a quorum no longer existed — the remote commissioner could not make a quorum, county supervising planner Joseph Dargel later explained — and the meeting ended at that point.