Area officials and planners have done nothing to address these issues. We as a community are trying to come together to protect our right to a safe environment. Members of this community have worked hard to be able to raise their families in an area that is not surrounded by dense lower-income housing projects. That is every person's right, not just the right of Hope Ranch or Montecito residents. They, no we, get to decide how our neighborhood is shaped.
People leave urban centers for a safer place to raise their children.
They have generally worked hard to achieve that goal, and take pride in their environment. Now they are being chastised for it. All of these sound great on paper, but they do not work in the real world. There is already a Goleta Community Plan in place to guide the future development and growth of Goleta. The proposed project in my neighborhood requires zoning changes, Goleta Community Plan amendments, and so many other special considerations regarding fire safety, traffic issues, and so on, that it should not have even reached the Planning Commission.