Any recommendations appreciated in town for two days for a work trip I heard Santa Maria is famous for their tri-tip and it looks like there’s a lot of go to taco spots. Let me know. Thanks.
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families. A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
Does Republican cruelty have no bounds?
Shy'tyra Burton is 22 years old. She lives in Philadelphia with her dad, a city sanitation worker. Her IQ tests below seventy. After years of medical evaluations and a hearing in front of a federal judge, she qualifies for SSI — $994/month. Now Trump's people are writing a rule that would take up to $330 of that every single month, by assessing the dollar value of her bedroom and deducting it from her benefit.
This is the second attempt. The first one was killed when ProPublica exposed it. Same people — Russell Vought at OMB and Frank Bisignano at SSA — are back with a new version, buried deeper in the regulatory process. Up to 400,000 disabled Americans could lose benefits.
Forty Down syndrome organizations have already sent a letter opposing it. The National Association of Evangelicals — not a liberal group — has come out against it. When you've lost the evangelicals on a disability cut, you've lost the room.
The man writing this rule had to Google what the Social Security Commissioner does when Trump offered him the job. A Republican congressman called his testimony "embarrassing for my side." Now he's deciding whether Shy'tyra keeps her check.
The rule is in OMB review. A public comment window is coming. That's how it was stopped last time.
I was just driving, parked at a red light and I saw a guy running on the sidewalk, no shirt with a layer of sweat clearly just trying to get a workout in. He ran by a guy who was clearly homeless, no shirt, ripped pants that didn’t fit, trash bag over his shoulder, and very clearly either tripping/hallucinating or has mental health issues. The runner went out of his way off the curb very clearly trying to avoid the homeless man altogether, and the homeless man started going crazy, picked a lemon off a nearby tree and launched it at the runner. This was in an area of state where it is very busy, and almost hit several cars including mine. I don’t even have to tell you how much of a hazard that is during rush hour.
It got me thinking, is there a plan in place to combat this issue? Someway to get these people off the streets and get them the help they need, or hold them accountable when they do something dangerous like that? Not sure if it falls on the police, the city, or maybe both?
The Santa Maria Planning Commission is having their hearing today on the Amazon fulfillment center to be built off Stowell.
You can send a public comment via email until 2:00PM today to deady@cityofsantamaria.org if you wish to let them know you oppose!
Anybody have any stories of Michael Jackson when he lived at Neverland Ranch/visited Santa Maria?? Any encounters??
Hi! Who is attending the SLO Brew event on 5/33/26? Who has been there before, and what was your experience?
Does anyone have any news about the admin for this page? He suddenly passed away and can't find anything about it. 😞
I'll be living in Orcutt and I work from home as a web developer. I'm wondering how the WiFi companies compare. I currently have Cox in Santa Barbara. But, looking at Frontier or Xfinity in Orcutt.
Any feedback or suggestions?
He's not around. This is not how I want my tax dollars spent.
I've only ever met about three other burners out of ~140,000 people in this valley, but every couple of years I like to check to see if any others have popped up.
I'm one of those people who's gone enough times that preparation is fairly routine; I just go down my 600-item packing list, spend 20-40 hours tearing down and rebuilding the art car and fixing up other projects and equipment that broke last time, and I'm ready to go. This year will be more involved because I'm fixing up a new-to-me trailer.
I've also got plenty of shop space to spare, and maybe even extra room to transport stuff between the flatbed truck and the new toy hauler, so if you've got some art project in mind you've been wanting to build but didn't have a place to do it, didn't have the right tools, or didn't have a way to get it there, hit me up. The ticket scarcity days are over, the Instagram influencers seem to be thinning out, and it's time to make it about weird art and dangerous things to climb on again.
Who has the best micheladas in Santa Maria?
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Hi! We’re considering Miller Elementary and would love to hear from parents with firsthand experience.
How have your kids liked the school overall? More importantly, did you feel like they were well prepared academically and socially when they transitioned to middle school?
Any insight on teachers, support, or things you wish you knew beforehand would be really appreciated. Thank you!
I've heard from someone that there's a donut shop in town that sells powdered chocolate-filled donuts, but they couldnt remember the shop. I've been to a couple already and they don't have them, namely Michelle's and SM Donuts. Does anybody know where to get them 🥺🙏