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Solvang
A city in Santa Barbara County, California — population 5,556 as of 2020.
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News in Solvang
Santa Maria Sun
October 1Unfinished business: Stalled hotel construction in Solvang remains inactive amid yearlong litigation
More than a year after Solvang red-tagged his unfinished hotel, Ed St. George said he has no intention of raising a white flag over the dormant development. “We’re already 90 percent done. If we were 40 percent done, I would be willing to tear it down. But we are literally 90…
Real Estate & Development
Santa Maria Sun
October 1Solvang Teamsters strike moves into third week
Two weeks into the first city employee strike in Solvang’s history, labor negotiators met in closed session with the City Council on Sept. 28. The following morning, Solvang’s unionized members of Teamsters Local 986 made good on their word to remain on strike until the city…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
October 1Economic reality
Solvang’s still down 30 city staffers after more than two weeks of a strike over the City Council’s “last, best, and final” salary offer: 4 percent raises in each of the next three consecutive years. What do employees want? For two of those years to have 6 percent raises,…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
September 24No deal: Solvang staffers strike after rejecting City Council’s ‘last, best, and final’ pay raise offer
Not long after showing up to his cubicle for an 8 a.m. shift on Sept. 15, engineering technician Cole Phillips hit the pavement with around 30 other unionized Solvang employees to participate in the first labor strike of its kind in city history. Before heading out that morning…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
September 24Meet the Solvang seamstress who makes dresses for Danish Days maids year after year
Witnesses to Roberta Skidmore’s creativity have learned to trust her process. Even the dressmaker’s husband, Kevin. “You see this pile of material, and you go, ‘How are they going to do anything with this?’” Kevin told the Sun. “And then she finishes it, and you go, ‘Oh my God!’”…
Creatives & ArtsIn and around Solvang
See & do
- "The Little Mermaid" Fountain
- Academia Sports Performance Lab
- Alisal Golf Course
- Alisal Oaks
- California Nature Art Museum
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Solvang by the numbers
- Area
- 2.43 sq mi (6.28 km²), 0 sq mi water
- Median age
- 54.2
- Households
- 2,726
- Persons per household
- 2.2
- Median household income
- $109,091
- Median house value
- $949,600
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 1644 OAK ST, SOLVANG, CA 93463