Like Santa Monica or Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara enjoys a warm, sunny climate and a progressive-minded body politic. Which as a matter of course, attracts a substantial population of homeless people. As long as you're gonna not have a home, why not not have it in an upscale community?



This couple is dining alfresco. A breakfast picnic. Nothing like a cup of coffee under the morning sky. Or a cup of whatever it was they found in those trash cans. Life is good.