County of Santa Barbara Long Range Planning Division

Isla Vista

Isla Vista photoIn 1990, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors adopted the Isla Vista Redevelopment Plan, establishing the Isla Vista Project Area.  The primary goals for the Isla Vista Project Area are to encourage affordable housing development, improve infrastructure problems, preserve open space, and remove blight.  On August 21, 2007 the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors adopted the Isla Vista Master Plan, which encourages mixed use development in the downtown and multi-family residential development in the central and northern areas, establishes incentive programs to encourage community revitalization and infill, and implements a form-based code to provide urban design standards supporting the efficient use of land. 

For more information please visit the County of Santa Barbara
Redevelopment Agency Website: www.countyofsb.org/rda/