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Owners Say Lease Terms Are Now Unsustainable
The Harbor Restaurant has anchored Stearns Wharf for nearly a century.
It survived a fire that closed the wharf for eight years, multiple ownership changes, and a pandemic.
But now the owners say the city of Santa Barbara is charging so much rent that staying open has become nearly impossible. They just filed a 131-page lawsuit to prove it…