Santa Barbara County Government Agencies

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  • Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures Department

    24 forms 4 contacts

  • Auditor-Controller

    2 forms 2 contacts

    A well-run, financially sound County with an informed public that is served by knowledgeable and effective staff displaying honesty, integrity, independence and objectivity.

    Mission is to ensure the County's financial integrity and promote efficient, effective and accountable government.

  • Behavioral Wellness

    95 forms 1 contacts

    The mission of the Department of Behavioral Wellness is to promote the prevention of and recovery from addiction and mental illness among individuals, families and communities, by providing effective leadership and delivering state-of-the-art, culturally competent services.

  • Board of Supervisors

    5 forms 3 contacts

    Provide quality public services to the people of Santa Barbara County in response to their need for a healthy, safe, and prosperous environment; and to establish and maintain a workforce which reflects the diversity of the community.

  • Child Support Services

    23 forms 2 contacts

    The mission is to serve children and their families by establishing parentage and enforcing support orders in a fair and equitable manner.

  • Clerk/Recorder/Assessor

    45 forms 6 contacts

  • Community Services Department (CSD)

    13 forms 1 contacts

    They are committed to providing quality services and facilities that meet the needs of the community.

  • County Counsel

    6 forms 1 contacts

  • District Attorney

    28 forms 3 contacts

    Mission is to pursue truth and justice by employing the highest ethical standards in vigorously prosecuting the guilty, protecting the innocent, and preventing crime.

  • Environmental Health

    50 forms 1 contacts

    The mission is to improve the health of our communities by preventing disease, promoting wellness and health equity, while ensuring access to needed health care, and maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

  • Fire Department

    3 forms 1 contacts

    The Santa Barbara County Fire Department serves and safeguards the community from the impacts of fires, medical emergencies, environmental emergencies, and natural disasters through leadership, planning, education, prevention, code enforcement, and all-hazard emergency response.

  • First 5 - Children and Families Commission

    3 forms 2 contacts

    The First 5 Santa Barbara County Commission is the governing body overseeing the mission, strategies, and work of First 5. They are responsible for allocating Proposition 10 resources across Santa Barbara County.

    Since its founding in 1999, the Commission has distributed more than $60 million dollars to local programs that support the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of children prenatal through age five and their families.

    The Commission is made up of nine regular members and four alternates. By legislative mandate, a member from the County Board of Supervisors, the Director of the County’s Department of Social Services and the County Health Officer. All Commissioners are appointed by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

  • General Services Department

    8 forms 1 contacts

    Mission is to provide vital, sustainable, and innovative services to ensure that the County accomplishes its goals and objectives for the public good. They also provide: capital improvements, facility management, financial and procurement services, mail services, information and communication technology, real estate services, and vehicle operations.

  • Health

    68 forms 1 contacts

  • Housing and Community Development

    17 forms 1 contacts

    The Housing and Community Development division uses federal, state, and local funding to provide a variety of public service programs and public facility projects including Affordable Housing, Grants Administration, and Redevelopment Successor Agency Housing Fund activities.

  • Human Resources

    20 forms 1 contacts

    To promote a County culture where the employees can do their best work, so the community can live its best life.

  • Human Resources

    7 forms 1 contacts

    Mission is to promote a County culture where our employees can do their best work, so the community can live its best life.

  • Planning

    81 forms 2 contacts

    Planning and Development's mission is to plan for and promote reasonable, productive, safe, and sustainable use of land to foster economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality across the County by providing quality policy development, planning, permitting, and inspection services under the policy direction of the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commissions.

  • Planning and Development

    95 forms 2 contacts

    Planning and Development's mission is to plan for and promote reasonable, productive, safe, and sustainable use of land to foster economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality across the County by providing quality policy development, planning, permitting, and inspection services under the policy direction of the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commissions.

  • Probation Department

    84 forms 1 contacts

    The Santa Barbara County Probation Department's mission is to protect and serve the community by:

    -Providing information and recommendations to the Courts.

    -Providing safe, secure and effective juvenile detention and treatment programs.

    -Enforcing court orders and supervision and release conditions, requiring client responsibility/accountability, and supporting rehabilitation; and

    -Supporting victims of crimes by facilitating reparation and restitution collection.