Santa Barbara County, California — 2026 Elections

CA Slates voter guide program for Santa Barbara County campaigns. Direct mailers, candidate landing pages, and SEO visibility included.

• Region: Central Coast
• Registered voters: 260,000+

Cities served

• Santa Barbara
• Santa Maria
• Lompoc
• Goleta
• Carpinteria
• Guadalupe
• Solvang
• Buellton

School districts

• Santa Barbara USD
• Santa Maria Joint Union HSD
• Lompoc USD
• Goleta Union SD

Local issues driving 2026 turnout

• UCSB and Isla Vista housing crisis
• Oil drilling and offshore platform decommissioning
• Wildfire risk in the Santa Ynez Mountains
• Agricultural labor and farmworker housing
• Vandenberg Space Force Base community impacts
• Thomas Fire and debris flow recovery and prevention

Pages in this section

• Santa Barbara
• Lompoc
• Santa Maria
• Buellton
• Carpinteria
• Goleta
• Guadalupe
• Solvang

Nearby pages

• Ventura
• San Diego
• Alameda
• Santa Clara
• San Mateo
• San Francisco
• Contra Costa
• Sacramento

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