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Santa Maria boosts security deposit assistance for renters

Moving is stressful. It takes time, effort, and money. ā€œImagine finding a place and needing that $3,000 deposit, and you know that you can do the month-to-month, but you don’t have that initial $3,000 because you’re living paycheck to paycheck,ā€ Santa Maria’s community programs manager, Rosie Rojo, told the Sun. ā€œBy the time you’re able […]

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Empty seat: Board of Supervisors’ 5th District candidates race toward June’s primary election

With 2026 marking Santa Barbara County Supervisor Steve Lavagnino’s last year in the role, his chief of staff, Cory Bantilan, threw his hat into the ring to take the soon-to-be vacant 5th District seat, along with two others: Santa Maria City Councilmember Maribel Aguilera and Santa Maria-Bonita School District board member Ricardo Valencia. All three […]

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