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CALIFORNIA
California Film Commission
Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
7080 Hollywood Blvd. #900
Hollywood, CA 90028-6126
323-860-2960
Fax: 323-860-2972
filmca@film.ca.gov
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission
Contact: Geoff Alexander, 1601 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1909
800-676-1266
Alt: 805-966-9222
Fax: 805-966-1728
Permit Requirements
The County of Santa Barbara consists of several jurisdictions requiring permits. Permits are ALWAYS required.
SANTA MARIA VALLEY
www.SantaMaria.com
Population: 93,225
Located 70 miles north of
Santa Barbara
at the crossroads of Highway 1, 101, and 166.
Santa Maria
is in the
North
County
's largest city, and primary retail center. Vineyards, rolling hills, wineries, ranches and farms - with well-tended row crops of strawberries, lettuce, broccoli, and gladiolas - border the city on all sides. Only minutes from sand dunes, winding country roads, and the western towns of Guadalupe and Orcutt.
Santa Maria
Airport
offers daily
L.A.
commuter flights, and is frequently used in films and commercials.
PERMITS: City of Santa Maria
Contact: Mark Van De Kamp, 110 E. Cook St., Santa Maria, CA 93454
805-925-0951, ext. 372
Fax: 805-928-0535
SUPPORT SERVICES: Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau
Contact: Gina Keough, 614 S. Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454
800-331-3779, ext. 814
Fax: 805-928-7559
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Guadalupe
Population: 6,092
A small, agricultural town, with turn-of-the-century buildings that give Guadalupe a timeless appeal. The Guadalupe Dunes Preserve has a windswept, desert look. Credits: Odd Couple II, Rocky and
Bullwinkle
,
Hidalgo
, GE, The Ten Commandments, Ford 450.
PERMITS: City of Guadalupe
Contact: Juana Merino, 918 Obispo Street, Guadalupe, CA
805-343-1340 Ext.103
Fax: 805-343-5512
PERMITS: Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve and Park
Contact: Lyn Semenza, 610 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
805-568-2466
Fax: 805-568-2459
NO FILMING - during Snowy Plover nesting: March 1 through October 1.
Credits: Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End,
Hidalgo
, GE Wright Brothers commercial, The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille), Soldiers of God.
PERMITS: Oso Flaco Lake
Contact: Dena Bellman, 340 James Way, Suite 270, Pismo Beach, CA
805-773-7182
Fax: 805-773-7176
One of a dozen freshwater lakes in the dunes northwest of Guadalupe, Oso Flaco offers amazing diversity, including a marine beach, marshland, forest, grassland, chaparral and desert dunes. You will find a varied mix of wildlife including mammals, amphibians and reptiles. There are 200 species of birds living in or migrating through the area, many of which are endangered or federally protected.
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