The city’s natural charm was intentional and back in 1925, city planners enacted development controls to prevent demotion of Spanish Colonial architecture. The region was the first in the nation to proactively think about the importance of historic structures. Controls came in to…

Nearly 100 years ago, famous architect George Washington Smith, inspired the California movement known as the Spanish Colonial revival. Smith was a man who dropped out of Harvard to eventually work as a bond trader. Once Smith became a successful businessman, he moved…

Kenny Slaught, a long-time backer of community initiatives, Santa Barbara-based real estate investor, and leading force in the property sector, has fully embraced Hospice of Santa Barbara’s numerous ways to help people experiencing hardship in life experience joy and meaningfulness through empathy and…

An active real estate investor, Kenny Slaught has been a continued supporter of Hospice of Santa Barbara and its I Have a Friend Mentor Program. To increase public awareness, Slaught has recently promoted the program thru his blog at KennySlaught.com. Read more: http://markets.financialcontent.com/streetinsider/news/read/33506685