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Conchita
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La
Conchita wishes to thank the city and residents of Carpinteria,
Ventura, and Santa Barbara for their help and continued support.
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La
Conchita is a seaside community located half way between
Ventura and Santa Barbara on Highway 101.
In January of 2005 a mudslide
occurred killing 10 people, injuring many more and closing 101,
the main coastal corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles,
for 10 days. The residents have been overrun with grief, the sense
of loss and not knowing what the future will bring.
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Those who rely on the La
Conchita coastal corridor have experienced first hand that La
Conchita's problem not only affects the residents but the entire
area. We are situated at a transportation choke point that ties
Northern and Southern California together. People living in Camarillo,
Oxnard and Ventura couldn't get to or from work in Carpinteria,
Montecito or Santa Barbara and the businesses who rely on them
were either closed or working at a handicap. The railroad was
closed for a much longer period while tracks had to be repaired
and commerce was halted. The ports backed up and tens of millions
of dollars were lost.
In 1995 a
smaller mudslide occurred and if money was spent to correct the
problem then, ten people would be alive today and the county,
state and cities would not have had to suffer the loss. |
