Newsmakers’ all-star panel of top local journalists breaks down the tangled policy and political imbroglio arising from efforts to build new housing at La Cumbre Plaza

Newsmakers’ all-star panel of top local journalists breaks down the tangled policy and political imbroglio arising from efforts to build new housing at La Cumbre Plaza, in a wide-ranging conversation about one of the most consequential and intractable challenges facing the city, county and the state, as Ryan P. Cruz, Josh Molina and Nick Welsh join the genial host, who also has many questions about soaring rents in Santa Barbara, the vacant seat on the Unified School District board, the Toro Canyon oil spill, Our Man in Washington’s take on the ugly House Speakership fight, the controversial ambulance service contract – plus the pandemic.