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Community Members Speak Up to Save Murals at Santa Barbara’s Ortega Park
After hearing from artists, activists and others, the city s Historic Landmarks Commission votes to indefinitely continue the proposal
A mural titled “Campesinos” is one of several murals at Ortega Park in Santa Barbara that are at the center of a debate over how and whether to preserve them during a planned renovation of the park. (Courtesy photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina
February 3, 2021
| 10:13 p.m.
The city s Parks & Recreation Department has resisted requests to preserve the murals. Instead, it commissioned a report that suggested that seven of the murals could be re-created at the park.