Santa Barbara County - West Ventura County
Inter-Regional Partnership Overview

In cooperation with local government agencies and a wide range of community organizations, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) formed an IRP encompassing Santa Barbara County and west Ventura County, to address issues relating to jobs/housing balance and housing affordability.

This IRP created the Jobs/Housing Project, which was managed by John Jostes, Interactive Planning and Management, in collaboaration with Terrain Consulting, Inc. Diversity Consulting Group, Navigator Services, Solimar Research Group, and Thomas Frutchey. The goals were to develop and implement effective tools for sustainable growth and vitality. Components of the effort included:

Existing Conditions: Jobs/Housing Balance Problem
Growth management, jobs/housing balance, economic development, and housing affordability are perhaps the most hotly debated issues in communities all along the Central Coast of California. These issues know no particular border, as evidenced by the increasing commuter traffic along Highway 101 from San Luis County to the Conejo Grade in Ventura County. Local government agencies and a wide range of community organizations have initiated discussions to address one or more of these issues. Ventura County and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District have each hosted recent one-day conferences on the impacts of these issues on the quality of life in the region. More information about the existing jobs/housing imbalance in the Santa Barbara County-West Ventura County region, can be found in the Taking Action Regionally report (1.5MB PDF).

Solutions/Strategies
The Santa Barbara-West Ventura County IRP developed a broad set of policy tools and/or strategies that could be used to address jobs/housing imbalances. For a complete list of those tools, click here (133K PDF).

Final Reports
Taking Action Regionally (1.5MB PDF)

IRP Website
For additional information about this IRP, including all reports, meeting information and members, please visit the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments website.

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