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Santa Barbara's Measure A gets an "A" from voters

Voters in the City of Santa Barbara approved an amendment to the city’s charter which has to do with bids for city construction contracts.
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Voters in the City of Santa Barbara approved an amendment to the city’s charter which has to do with bids for city construction contracts.

Change would modify City Charter to allow more latitude in construction contracts.

Voters in the City of Santa Barbara approved an amendment to the city’s charter which has to do with bids for city construction contracts.

The way things now stand, the city is required to always accept the lowest bid. But, the lowest bid isn’t always necessarily the best, and city officials have pushed to change that requirement.

Santa Barbara voters apparently agreed, approving Measure A, the amendment change, by a 73% to 27% margin.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.