Welcome to Santa Barbara, California: a captivating blend of colorful history, distinctive architecture, and legendary Southern California lifestyle. Basking in a lush, year-round Mediterranean climate with 25 miles of prime Pacific coastline, a thriving arts community, extraordinary shopping and dining, and scenic wine country, Santa Barbara instills all the components of a world-class destination. Known around the world as the American Riviera, Santa Barbara rests between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Just 92 miles north of Los Angeles and 332 miles south of San Francisco, Santa Barbara is easily accessible for visitors from around the world.

To learn more on Santa Barbara, we invite you to visit the web sites listed below.

City of Santa Barbara
www.santabarbaraca.gov

City of Santa Barbara Police Department
www.sbpd.com

City of Santa Barbara Redevelopment Agency
www.santabarbaraca.gov/Resident/Home/Redevelopment/

County of Santa Barbara 
www.co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Metropolitan Transit District (MTD)
www.sbmtd.gov

Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission
www.santabarbaraCA.com

Santa Barbara Region Chamber of Commerce
www.sbchamber.org

University of California Santa Barbara
www.ucsb.edu