Jobe said:

"Two weeks ago when I was in Santa Barbara, I visited an old friend there. He said that Monticeto was destroyed by the current land owner, and he had made it more difficult to get to by fencing it up, and more no tresspassing signs. So, I avoided that place. As, he is a constant hot springer. And I avoid such signs."

As I mentioned before, Montecito Hot Springs was not destroyed by the current landowner -it burned down during the 1964 Coyote Fire.

There is still a very small pool near the bamboo and banana trees, and there is some piping that sends water down the hill to a small reservoir for resident's fire protection purposes.

Hiking to what's left of the springs is still allowed, however, about a month ago, some drug-crazed loony-toon (I happen to know who he is) hiked up to the springs with a machete to try to clear away some of the vegetation around the small pool. He tampered with the pipes and broke a valve. Lots of water began leaking out. He ducked out of any responsibility and didn't report it, however, a witness did report him and the leak to the Montecito Water District, and the big leak was fixed after a few days of excessive water loss.