Anabella Lehne
Candidate for City Council Member, Santa Barbara, District 6 · Loan Signing Agent
Anabella Lehne is a notary public who previously worked as an escrow assistant for Fidelity National Title. She has written publicly that Santa Barbara needs less regulation and more housing construction to address its housing shortage.
Positions in brief
She has argued the city's housing shortage stems from too much regulation and needs a streamlined approach to building.
On the issues
- Housing & Homelessness
Doubts the proposed rent stabilization ordinance will solve tenants' problems, and argues the city should make it easier to build housing rather than add more regulation, so supply can meet demand.
“I really doubt and question whether this ordinance is actually going to solve the problems and issues that we have as tenants”
Source → - Economy & Jobs
Favors reopening a smaller section of State Street to vehicle traffic rather than keeping the whole pedestrian mall closed.
“I definitely miss it being open, so I agree with (mayoral candidate and council member Eric) Friedman, to have a smaller section be closed (to traffic).”
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Says the city has been overspending and drawing down its financial reserves, and wants to cut spending on outside consulting contracts.
“I feel that we have been overspending. Our reserves — we've been touching them when we shouldn't have been”
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