The Goleta City Council approved funding on Tuesday for a fourth motor deputy and a second parking enforcement officer as part of the city’s two-year budget.
Residents have been asking for more traffic and parking enforcement for a long time, especially after the city lowered speed limits and the California daylighting bill, AB 413, went into effect in January.
The daylighting bill prohibits parking within 20 feet of an approaching crosswalk. The goal of the bill was to improve pedestrian safety by making crosswalks more visible to oncoming traffic…