FINALLY! HOUSING FOR THE UNIONS! NEXT: FREE CHOFUERS FOR ADMIN!

Well, bless their hearts, the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the Housing Authority are at it again, proving that no socialist boondoggle is too grand when it’s funded by… well, you. Our pals at the Santa Barbara Independent breathlessly reported on the groundbreaking for 'San Simeon Oaks Village,' a luxury tax-payer funded compound where 97 out of 106 units are earmarked for non-management district staff. Because apparently, after years of telling everyone how unaffordable Santa Barbara is, the solution isn't to stop the runaway spending that makes it unaffordable, but to build special, subsidized housing for favored government employees.

One has to wonder if 'non-management' is a euphemism for 'union-dues-paying' staff, ensuring maximum political benefit from this latest venture. It's truly a marvel how our local bureaucrats consistently manage to create a problem with one hand (skyrocketing housing costs via over-regulation) and then swoop in with the other to 'solve' it with taxpayer money, thus cementing their own necessity. What's next? Will the Housing Authority start building private golf courses for city council members who complain about traffic on their way to the public ones?

Meanwhile, mere mortals who actually educate their children in these schools or, heaven forbid, *pay taxes* to support them, are still scrambling for a broom closet to rent. The unspoken truth, as usual, is that this isn't about solving a housing crisis for regular folks; it's about solidifying the power and perks of the public employee class, all while patting themselves on the back for their 'compassion.' It's a closed loop, folks, and you're not in it.