Santa Barbara Currrent

The cultural, economic, and political currents that impact our lives on Santa Barbara's central coast. Follow us and we'll follow you.

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

California’s ballot props are pure head fakes: AG Bonta’s slick 30-word summaries hide multi-billion blank checks, permanent taxes, and citizen-free loans while he and his wife run for re-election. Follow the hips, not the lips—vote the fine print.

https://t.co/2sqX0fOks6

#Midterms #Propositions #CAPolitics #HeadFake #BallotBox

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

They sold sunshine and “equity.”
You got the rabbit hole. Time to go down it.

https://t.co/7XdTYDl8gK

#GoldenState #DoubleStandards #CAPolitics #SariDomingues

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Where Does the Democrat Party End and Democratic Socialism Begin?
They swear they’re just Democrats.
The agenda looks a lot like democratic socialism.
The line vanished. They won’t draw it.
Time to stop pretending there’s a difference.

https://t.co/faX2sJxiJn

#CAPolitics #Democrats #DemocraticSocialism #Socialism

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Herb Morgan, GOP candidate for California Controller, opens with a punchline: he’s the “first officially LGBTQ” candidate in the state party—Locate Government Budget Theft Quickly. He contrasts real-time pizza tracking with Sacramento’s inability to follow a billion in homelessness funds, arguing transparency is a system, not a slogan, and that the tools already exist if anyone has the will to use them.

https://t.co/wCAKNdqODt

#CAController #LocateGovernmentBudgetTheftQuickly #RadicalTransparency #FollowTheMoney #FiscalAccountability

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Who really made the motion and who gets the credit? Bonnie Donovan examines Santa Barbara City Council records to separate political claims from the facts.

https://t.co/5eqjtXmh0u

#SantaBarbaraPolitics #Accountability #PublicRecords #SBCurrent

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

California Democrats passed a law ABX2-1 (Hart/Limon/Newsom) that lets the state punish oil refineries for maintenance shutdowns. Refineries are now closing or leaving. Each lost refinery job costs 45 more jobs. Tens of thousands of high-paying jobs are already gone.

https://t.co/VGKXgz7asl

#CaliforniaJobs #RefineryClosures #ABX21 #GreggHart #MoniqueLimon
#GavinNewsom

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

They preach “no one is above the law.”
Then they rewrite it from the bench.
Time to judge the judges.

https://t.co/fxPdZD3cFM

#JudgeTheJudges #JudicialOverreach #Accountability #RuleOfLaw #ActivistJudges

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

They script the talking points.
You write the receipts.
Time to read Santa Barbara unfiltered.

https://t.co/d8m7VczXah

#SBCurrent #LettersToTheEditor #LocalVoices #California #Unfiltered

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

@trumphater998 @MattMsully23m @americangirly42 You go by the handle trumpeter998? What 666 wasn’t available?

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

The Carnegie's built libraries, which became woke indoctrination camps. Vanderbilt, Stanford, and Rockefeller built out our elite universities, which also suffered the same fate.....Now, @elonmusk turns the tables. He doesn't create self indulgent institutions that will eventually be corrupted. He gives Americans a slice of America. Bravo to our favorite African American!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Gabe Escobedo: Financial Records and Unanswered Questions
Talks transparency. Hides the books.
Gabe Escobedo’s financial records leave more questions than answers. Time to follow the money.

https://t.co/H3O9Pm1XBy

#GabeEscobedo #FollowTheMoney #Accountability #Transparency #SBCurrent

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Oh, California, Where Art Thou?
They sold paradise.
You got the bill, the tents, and the lectures.
Golden State? Prove it.

https://t.co/pXyIVzvRw6

#California #GoldenState #CaliforniaDream #SBCurrent

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

California’s “civil war” isn’t about guns, it’s about gas, groceries, and who pays. A new refinery inventory mandate (ABX2-1) is framed as the “shot heard around the state,” forcing refiners to keep pumping during shutdowns they say is physically impossible. The result? Higher prices, refinery closures, and an affordability fight the author says only voters can end.

https://t.co/43HH6ADWFl

#CaliforniaCivilWar #GasPrices #AffordabilityCrisis #CaliforniaEnergy #CostOfLiving

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

@LarryBoorstein @Mollyploofkins Hey Larry, your burka is slipping.

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

@RajeevSings @EricLDaugh sounds like sour apples

[Kellie-Jay Keen @ThePosieParker]

Britains's had enough. HD

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[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

City Hall talks at you. These letters talk back.
Time to read what Santa Barbara actually said.

https://t.co/7P1zt0o7fq

#SantaBarbara #LocalVoices #Unfiltered #CommunityMatters

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

A paid ad for Gabe Escobedo’s Santa Barbara City Council campaign tells voters to “Vote on or before June 2!” for a November 3 election. One wrong date raises a bigger question: if the details slip on the campaign, what happens with city budgets, reserves, and contracts once the votes are cast?

https://t.co/PqWz0AFCZE

#Elections #PoliticalAds #Transparency #LocalPolitics #Voting #DetailsMatter

[Santa Barbara Currrent @RealSBCurrent]

Election Deniers: Corruption Starts at School
They scream “election denier” at anyone demanding clean counts. Then look the other way while schools hide curricula, fail kids, and cook the books.
Same crowd. Same double standard. Time to see where the real corruption starts.

https://t.co/9sM80bQYJA

#ElectionDeniers #SchoolCorruption #ParentsRights #EducationCrisis #California #SBCurrent #Integrity