Help Protect the Carpinteria Bluffs

A Housing Development with 191 luxury homes has been proposed on the 27.5-acre Bluffs 1 parcel where Tee Time driving range and an organic farm operate today.

Private Housing Development Project Details

• 97 Standalone Homes – 5 bedroom, 3,500 square feet
• 94 Townhomes as triplexes – 3-4 bedroom, 1,800 square fee
• Plus 2-car garages for every unit
• 500,000 square feet of new buildings (about 9 football fields)

Note: plans, images, and renderings of the bluffs housing project are not fully available to public. We wonder why.

Annual Bluffs Sunrise Ceremony:  Sunday, March 22, 2026

Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs is holding its twenty-eighth annual Sunrise Ceremony on Sunday, March 23, 2026 at 7 AM at the Mishopshno Meadow of the Carpinteria Bluffs.  The Citizens group suggests that early risers wishing to attend the dawn event should plan to arrive at the meadow by 6:45 AM.

Rincon Gateway Bluffs

On February 14, 2025, Meredith Hendricks, the Executive Director of the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County, announced an exciting Valentine’s Day gift to our community: the Land  Trust had just acquired the 2.48 acre Rincon Gateway Bluffs, formerly known as the King Property, through the most generous support of a local private foundation, the La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation. Nestled next to the Carpinteria Bluffs and Rincon Bluffs Preserve, this ecologically significant land—once considered for development, including a proposed “glamping” site—will now remain undeveloped and preserved for the benefit of the public and future generations.

“Our community is realizing its dream of conserving more Carpinteria Bluffs coastal open space,” said Patrick Crooks, President of Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs. “Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs is proud to be part of this latest acquisition achievement led by the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County, largely made possible by the big-hearted support of a local foundation and the willingness of the former landowner to sell.”

This is a major win for conservation and for all who cherish our coastline. Rincon Gateway will protect vital open space while serving as a reminder of what can be accomplished when the community, local partners, and dedicated organizations work together. Looking ahead, we hope to expand the Rincon Bluffs Preserve even further through this kind of continued collaboration.