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To the editor : The aerial view of the Santa Barbara Old Mission accompanying the article on the eight-story housing project proposed at 505 East Los Olivos St. is the perfect illustration of why this project is a terrible idea ( “State lawmakers targeted a Santa Barbara development. Then came the fallout,” Dec. 2).

During the Jesusita fire of 2009, the entire mountainous landscape behind the mission was in flames. Eighty homes and numerous outbuildings were destroyed . People from as far away as Montecito were forced to evacuate via Foothill Road and Mission Canyon Road, which begins at East Los Olivos Street, essentially where the project is proposed. People were also str

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