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Santa Barbara County Ventures Towards Oil Tax

Paul Wellman/Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara Independent | May 20, 2008

Looking to inject Santa Barbara's cash-strapped coffers with millions in oil-derived dollars, the county's supervisors voted unanimously this week to explore the possibility of a per-barrel tax on oil harvested from beneath county land.

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Tags: oil, Taxes, Santa Barbara, public policy issues

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