Santa Barbara Conservancy

12/18/2020

Thanks for everyone that supported the adoption of the proposed amendments to the Historic Resource Ordinance! Yesterday the City of Santa Barbara Planning Commision voted unanimously to recommend approval of the proposed amendments to City Council.

This going to get done!

11/06/2019

And then, in spite of all the housing we are being forced to build in California, there is this:

California may be the Golden State, but it seems to be losing some of its shine for some people who are opting to pack up and move to other states. For the seventh straight year, more people left California than moved in, according to new census data. More than 86,000 people left California for Texa...

11/04/2019

Congratulations to new Santa Barbara Conservancy Board President Steve Hausz and thank you to outgoing president Donald G. Sharpe for your years of thoughtful guidance!

07/02/2019

William Mahan (left) relating an entertaining story about William LaVoie (right), recipient of the 2019 John Pittman Award at Arnoldi's Cafe, Santa Barbara on May 6, 2019.

07/02/2019

https://sbthp.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/santa-barbara-yesterday-today-tomorrow-symposium-is-a-great-success/

by Kevin McGarry and Anne Petersen The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation (SBTHP) was pleased to co-host a timely symposium, Santa Barbara: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, with partners Harr…

12/13/2017

'Coloring Santa Barbara' : Combining a salute to Santa Barbara's past,

11/30/2017

A little known non-profit group on the South Coast dedicated to preserving often overlooked parts of the region’s history has come up with an unusual way

02/08/2017

The Santa Barbara Conservancy has received this year’s George and Vivian Obern Preservation Stewardship Award for its book Santa Barbara ~ A Guide to El Pueblo Viejo.

https://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_barbara_conservancy_honored_for_architectural_history_book

11/16/2016

Santa Barbara – A Guide to El Pueblo Viejo
Though celebrated as “The American Riviera” by dint of its unique charm and unsurpassed beauty, Santa Barbara would not be the coastal urban gem it is today were it not for the catastrophic earthquake of 1925 and the determined efforts of a few visionary civic leaders in the years immediately thereafter. Such is the broad thrust of Santa Barbara – A Guide to El Pueblo Viejo, a new book published by the Santa Barbara Conservancy that explores the city’s extraordinary modern history by way of surveying its alluring Spanish-inspired architecture. Filled with maps, color photographs, and a wealth of historical detail and insights, the 294 page publication retails for $19.95 and is now available in local stores and online. http://www.santabarbaraconservancy.com/shop/