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Whether the developers of a proposed housing project behind Santa Barbara’s Mission qualify for a property tax exemption remains undecided by Santa Barbara’s Superior Court. Judge Thomas Anderle ruled that Santa Barbara County’s motion for judgement on the case’s pleadings was procedurally defective and deficient on Wednesday, but left the door open for the county to file again.
On June 4, 2025, the Mission LLC, alongside a religious organization called the Unitarian Universalist Mission, filed a lawsuit against Santa Barbara County alleging that the Mission LLC did not have to pay its property taxes on the site because it rents to a religious institution…