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Check the links below for local articles about the Gaviota Coast:

08/20/08 Santa Barbara Ranch Plans Building Toward a Legacy Project
08/19/08 Board says explore costs of updating Coastal Plan
07/08/08 Flesh Trade Magnate Randy Welty’s Mansion of Ill Repute
06/26/08 Developer, Activists Strategize for Future of Gaviota Coast
04/11/08 Oil firm, foes strike major deal
03/20/08 CONSERVATION GROUP SUES GOLETA WATER DISTRICT
02/28/08 Supervisors Clash Over Cash for the Coast
01/21/08 Naples on the Gaviota Coast
12/11/07 New homes project considered
11/29/07 Naples Revised Draft EIR Released; Hearings Ahead
11/01/07 Transfer of Development Rights Is the Key to Naples Preservation
10/04/07 Transfer of Development Rights at Gaviota Gateway Debated Again
08/23/07 Out of Sight
06/20/07 Supervisors Clash Over Large Home On Gaviota Coast
05/13/07 The Last Perfect Place
01/10/07 Point Conception Paradise Sold
08/03/06 Public Addresses Proposed Naples Development
07/27/06 Debating Gaviota
07/20/06 Pole Position - A Closer Look at Naples Development
07/20/06 Naples Development Project Hits the Field - Game On
04/20/06 Naples - Nevermore or Never Better
04/09/06 Developing dialogue on solution for Naples
04/02/06 Crossing That Bridge
03/30/06 S.B. dives into Gaviota coast battle
03/15/06 Deadline looms as board OKs bridge
02/19/06 County advised to sell Gaviota coast site
02/13/06 Bridge plan heads for more debate
01/31/06 State warns county on Gaviota review
01/01/06 New bridge will ease steelhead passage
11/23/05 South Coast panel loses Gaviota
11/19/05 Design panel opposes Gaviota coast project
10/09/05 Oil & Water - VENOCO WANTS TO DRILL IN STATE SANCTUARY
10/01/05 Environmentalists oppose Gaviota bridge
10/01/05 DEVELOPMENT BATTLES COULD ALTER COASTLINE
09/28/05 South Coast loses Gaviota under design plan
09/12/05 S.M.-Simi Valley coast hub for native species
09/08/05 Walk on Bacara beach leads to tiff, reveals Goleta rift
08/31/05 Group seeks voters' help to preserve land
07/14/05 New county design panel may oversee Gaviota area
07/02/05 Proposal trades golf course for homes
06/17/05 Homeowners oppose plan for luxury enclave
06/11/05 Plans for large home under county review
05/26/05 'Monster' home plans approved on Gaviota coast
05/01/05 Exercise holistic approach for Gaviota coastal plan
04/22/05 Santa Ynez land use compels all sides to debate amicably
04/10/05 Bacara project worries Goleta
04/05/05 Plans target Gaviota coast for up to 20 new homes
03/23/05 Lunsford speaks at Solvang Public Library
01/19/05 Ranchers seek new EIR process
01/13/05 Ellwood Mesa subdivision wins approval
01/09/05 Gaviota coast's developers offer preserves for more homes
01/04/05 Ellwood Mesa drive reaches $20 million goal
12/26/04 Naples plan faces hurdles
12/15/04 Ellwood preserve target in sight
11/07/04 Bacara sues builders, engineers, insurers
10/20/04 County close to joining land deal
08/21/04 Resort to expand
07/21/04 Goleta OKs Ellwood housing project
06/20/04 Wildfire: Recycler of forest Out of terrifying flames, animal, plant life reborn
06/17/04 A ripe target for sprawl
06/10/04 Residents readied for possible evacuation
06/09/04 Haskell's Beach access dispute escalates
04/09/04 Where is local plan to protect coast
04/02/04 In honor of two trailblazers
04/01/04 County satisfied with housing's effects
03/29/04 Roughing it -- in luxury
03/24/04 ELLWOOD PLAN RISKS VIEWS, 200 TREES
03/23/04 $3 million Ellwood proposal preserves open space on coast
03/18/04 Abandoning seashore plan disheartening
03/13/04 Gaviota backers regroup
03/10/04 Status as National Seashore Rejected for Gaviota Coast
03/10/04 No federal funding in effort to preserve area
03/01/04 Conservationists fighting coastal estate approval
02/20/04 $4 million more for Ellwood Mesa
02/17/04 The Butterfly Effect
03/05/04 Los Padres makes list of threatened spaces
02/04/04 Coast conservation from view of farm family
02/04/04 Group wants plover off list
01/02/04 Water board orders further testing at Tajiguas Landfill
12/09/03 Ranch owners offer plan for Gaviota coast
11/17/03 Special Survey on Californians and the Environment
11/06/03 More than 260 acres would be preserved
11/04/03 Gaviota property may become park
08/19/03 Hikers aim to blaze new trail along state coast
07/15/03 Family drops lawsuit over right to develop Naples
06/16/03 Farmland viewed as housing solution
06/09/03 Voice From Santa Barbara; Michelle Jesperson
05/14/03 Park service officials listen to residents' concerns on Gaviota
05/04/03 Land trust wins $98,000 for Arroyo Hondo plan
05/02/03 The Future of the Eastern Gaviota Coast
04/21/03 Mesa protection seeks $6 million by June 30
04/15/03 Voice From Santa Barbara; Mike Lunsford
04/15/03 Voice From Santa Barbara; Mike McGinnis
04/10/03 Landowners' victory disappoints many
04/09/03 County eyes Williamson Act expansion
04/09/03 Federal protection for Gaviota rejected
03/25/03 Officials OK landfill expansion
03/19/03 GAVIOTA: Coast at a crossroads
03/18/03 Gaviota coast at crossroads: Part Three
03/17/03 Felled tree symbol of rancor between developer, residents
03/17/03 Visits to three national parks show possibilities for area's future
03/16/03 Marin has found success fighting off urban sprawl
03/06/03 Gaviota golf course rejected
03/03/03 Golf course developers to offer scaled-back plan
02/26/03 Gaviota on endangered landscapes list
01/30/03 Fund-raising effort under way for Ellwood property
01/22/03 Naples developer offers compromise
12/04/02 County supervisors dole out funds for coastal projects
12/12/02 Coastal panel rejects Gaviota golf course
12/11/02 Golf course plans go back to Coastal Commission
12/04/02 Review of Naples plan postponed
12/02/02 County should become active player in preserving Gaviota Coast
12/02/02 New tactics may be needed to preserve land
10/29/02 Photo Project Aims for Entire Coast
10/23/02 Goleta gives green light to land swap
10/09/02 El Capitan Ranch now part of state parks
09/23/02 A Seashore for the Rich Few
03/14/02 Gaviota public comment extended
01/16/02 Park service outlines four options for Gaviota coast
12/27/01 Courts: Judge throws out request from landowners
08/22/01 Ellwood, UCSB plan wins first nod
08/10/01 Protecting the Elwood Bluffs
06/21/01 Groups to test for pollution by landfill
05/18/01 Land trust buys Gaviota property
05/02/01 Editorial by Ada J. Otter, Shoring up local unity on goals for Gaviota
02/25/01 Editorial by Mike Lunsford, Zones of Contention
01/17/01 County will keep Ellwood site natural
01/03/01 Coast landowners draw a line in sand
12/22/00 Coastal projects get $1.3 million
10/20/00  Piece of Gaviota coast up for preservation
10/20/00 Editorial by Nathan Post Working to create a National Seashore
10/17/00 Couple donates $100,000 to Land Trust
Sept/Oct 2000 Coastal Conservation, Audubon Magazine
9/24/00 Editorial by Philip J. McKenna The Gaviota coast place unlike any other place
9/24/00 Editorial by Charles Kimbell The Gaviota coast: Seashore option not the answer
7/6/00 Conservation group presses Congress for Gaviota protection
6/21/00 Group seeks to curb urban sprawl
6/6/00 Panelists question dumping of landfill
5/27/00 Fenced paths planned to protect birds
5/26/00 UCSB awarded $4.2 million for coastal study
5/26/00 Stay out, Ellwood developers tell county
5/26/00 Local beaches get failing grades
5/26/00 Resort analyzes Venoco gas plant
5/25/00 Butterfly safety focus of community panel
5/23/00 Venoco may cut Ellwood operation
4/28/00 Nature Trust pulls out of proposed Naples deal
3/24/00 Future of Gaviota Coast debated
3/8/00 Coastline is county champ for grants
3/8/00 Gaviota Coast undergoing new scrutiny
2/23/00 County rejects Naples land deal
2/16/00 Potential buyer for Gaviota acres found
2/8/00 New site proposed for Naples project
2/2/00 What's Now for Naples, the Town That Never Was? County Agrees to Look at Options
1/25/00 County OKs Naples Deal
1/11/00 To Preserve and Protect?
12/14/99 Activists say no to Naples
11/28/99 ON THE BRINK is the South Coast becoming L.A.?
11/24/99 Naples settlement deal advances to supervisors
11/19/99 House OKs funds for Gaviota study
11/12/99 Gaviota coast is focus of new plan
11/11/99 Save the Gaviota Coast
10/18/99 Coastal ranch may be preserved
9/23/99 Gaviota ranch protected from development
7/18/99 Refugio ranch to stay undeveloped 
6/30/99 Gaviota among recipients of funds
6/18/99 From Capitol to local shores
4/7/99 Capps wants to preserve Gaviota Coast 
1/28/99 Gaviota Coastal Conservancy given $25,000

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