Editing Goleta, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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 | government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council–Manager]]<ref name=general>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=City of Goleta|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716221453/http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_name              = Paula Perotte<ref>{{cite web|title=Paula Perotte|url=http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/paula-perotte|website=City of Goleta|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717105625/http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/paula-perotte|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | leader_title1            = Mayor [[pro tempore|Pro Tem]]
 | leader_name1             = James Kyriaco<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/james-kyriaco|title=James Kyriaco &#124; Goleta, CA|website=www.cityofgoleta.org|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126200237/https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/james-kyriaco|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 | leader_name2             = Roger S. Aceves<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger S. Aceves|url=http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/roger-s-aceves|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803024329/http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/roger-s-aceves|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2015|website=City of Goleta|access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref><br />Stuart Kasdin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/stuart-kasdin|title=Stuart Kasdin &#124; Goleta, CA|website=www.cityofgoleta.org|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114014641/https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/stuart-kasdin|url-status=live}}</ref><br />Kyle Richards<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/kyle-richards|title=Kyle Richards &#124; Goleta, CA|website=www.cityofgoleta.org|access-date=January 6, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114014632/https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council/kyle-richards|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''Goleta''' ({{IPAc-en|ɡ|ə|ˈ|l|iː|t|ə}} {{Respell|gə|LEE|tə}}; {{IPA|es|ɡoˈleta|lang}}; [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "[[schooner]]")<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=139 | access-date=October 15, 2016 | archive-date=March 18, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318224807/https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139 | url-status=live }}</ref> is a city in southern [[Santa Barbara County, California]], United States. It was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] populated area in the [[county (United States)|county]]. As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], the [[census-designated place]] (CDP) had a total population of 55,204. A significant portion of the [[Census-designated place|census territory]] of 2000 did not include the newer portions of the city. The population of Goleta was 32,690 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is known for being close to the campus of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] (UC Santa Barbara).

==History==
[[File:Barnsdall-Rio Grande gas station, Goleta.jpg|thumb|left|Historic [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] style Barnsdall-Rio Grande station outside the former [[Ellwood Oil Field]]]]

===Early history===
<!--Native history-->
The area of present-day Goleta was populated for thousands of years by the [[Chumash (tribe)|Chumash]] people. Locally, they became known, by the Spanish, as ''Canaliños'' as they lived along the coast, adjacent to the [[Channel Islands of California|Channel Islands]]. One of the largest villages, ''S'axpilil'', was north of the [[Goleta Slough]], not far from the present-day [[Santa Barbara Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/golval.htm|title=Chumash Placenames of the Goleta Valley|work=sbnature.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520171159/http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/golval.htm|archive-date=May 20, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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The first known European visitor to the Goleta area was the mariner [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]], who spent time around the Channel Islands in 1542, and died there the following year. During the 1980s, the discovery of a [[16th century|16th-century]] [[cannon]] on the beach led to the [[Fringe theories on the location of New Albion#Goleta.2C Santa Barbara County.2C California|advancement of a theory]] that [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]] sailed into the Goleta Slough in 1579. Goleta is one of many alternative locations (and the one farthest south) proposed for Drake's "[[New Albion]]", generally believed to be today's [[Drake's Bay]], north of [[San Francisco]].

In [[1602]], another sailing expedition, led by [[Sebastian Vizcaino]], visited the [[Coastal California|California Coast]]. Vizcaino named the channel 'Santa Barbara'. Spanish ships, associated with the [[Manila Galleon]] trade, probably stopped in the area, intermittently, over the following 167 years; no permanent settlements were established.

The first land [[Portola expedition|expedition]] to California, led by [[Gaspar de Portolà]], spent several days in the area in 1769, on its way to [[Monterey Bay]], and also spent the night of [[Timeline of the Portolà expedition|August 20]] near a creek (possibly [[San Pedro Creek]]) to the north of the Goleta [[estuary]]. At that time, the estuary was a very large, open-water lagoon that covered most of (what is now) the city of Goleta, stretching as far north as Lake Los Carneros (adjacent to [[Stow House]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hep.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/goslupanyarr1782.jpg|title=A 1782 Spanish map of the lagoon overlaid on a modern map|access-date=April 12, 2014|archive-date=June 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628094627/http://hep.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/goslupanyarr1782.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> There were at least five native towns in the area, the largest being on an island in the middle of the lagoon. For that reason, expedition engineer Miguel Costanso called the group of towns 'Pueblos de la Isla', or 'towns of the island'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pacificahistory.wikispaces.com/Portola+Expedition+August+20%2C+1769+Diaries|title=Portola Expedition August 20, 1769 Diaries|work=pacificahistory.wikispaces.com|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731023847/https://pacificahistory.wikispaces.com/Portola+Expedition+August+20%2C+1769+Diaries|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of the soldiers called the island town [[Mexcaltitán de Uribe|Mescaltitlan]], after a similarly insular [[Aztecs|Aztec]] settlement in [[Nayarit]], Mexico. Franciscan missionary [[Juan Crespi]], who accompanied the expedition, gave the towns the name 'Santa Margarita de Cortona'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Herbert E. |pages=166–169 |year=1927 |title=Fray Juan Crespi: Missionary Explorer on the Pacific Coast, 1769-1774 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b233487;view=1up;seq=9|publisher=HathiTrust Digital Library }}</ref>

The island retained the name [[Mescalitan Island]] (dropping the extra 'T' of the Aztec spelling), until it was bulldozed and flattened in [[1941]] to provide fill for the military airfield that is now Santa Barbara Airport (SBA). The Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Goleta Sanitary District is located on what used to be the island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goletasanitary.org/|title=Goleta Sanitary District - Home|website=goletasanitary.org|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107195134/https://goletasanitary.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Image:CabrilloBusinessPark-1.png|thumb|300px|right|Cabrillo Business Park in Goleta]]

Portola returned to San Diego via the same route in January [[1770]], where he mounted a second expedition to Monterey that year. A second Spanish expedition came to the Santa Barbara area of [[Alta California]] in [[1774]], led by [[Juan Bautista de Anza]]. De Anza returned the following year, and the road along the coast of Santa Barbara County (today's [[California State Route 1|Highway 1]]) soon became the [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]], connecting the string of Spanish missions.

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An expedition in 1782, led by military governor [[Felipe de Neve]], founded the [[Presidio of Santa Barbara]] and, soon thereafter, the [[Santa Barbara Mission]]. The Goleta area, along with most of the coastal areas of today's Santa Barbara County, was placed in the jurisdiction of the presidio and mission.

Sometime after the De Anza expeditions, a sailing ship ("goleta") was wrecked at the mouth of the lagoon, and remained visible for many years, giving the area its current name. After Mexico became independent of Spain in 1821, most of the former mission ranch lands were divided up into large grants. The Goleta area became part of two adjacent ranchos. To the east of today's Fairview Avenue was [[Rancho La Goleta]], named for the shipwreck and granted to [[Daniel A. Hill]], the first American resident of Santa Barbara. An 1840s diseño (claim map) of the rancho shows the wrecked ship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hep.ucsb.edu/people/hnn/lagoleta.gif|title=Rancho La Goleta diseño}}</ref>

The parts of Goleta to the west of Fairview Avenue were in [[Rancho Dos Pueblos]], granted in 1842 to Irish immigrant Nicholas Den, son-in-law of Daniel Hill. Rancho Dos Pueblos included the lagoon, airport, UCSB and [[Isla Vista, California|Isla Vista]], extending to the west as far as the eastern boundary of today's [[El Capitan State Beach]].

===19th and 20th centuries===
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The Goleta Valley was a prominent lemon-growing region during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was largely agricultural. Several areas, especially the Ellwood Mesa, were developed for [[oil extraction|oil]] and [[natural gas extraction]]. In the 1920s, aviation pioneers started using portions of the [[Goleta Slough]] that had silted-in due to agriculture to land and takeoff. As former [[tidelands]], the title to these lands was unclear. Starting in 1940, boosters from the city of Santa Barbara lobbied and obtained federal funding and passed a bond measure to formally develop an airport on the Goleta Slough. The necessity for an airport – or at least a military airfield – became more apparent after a Japanese submarine shelled the [[Ellwood Oil Field]] in 1942. This was one of the few direct-fire [[Attacks on North America during World War II|attacks on the U.S. continent during WWII]]. The Marine Corps undertook completion of the airport and established [[Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara]] on the site of the current airport and [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], campus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://goletahistory.com|title=Goleta History|work=goletahistory.com|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621200901/http://goletahistory.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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After the war, Goleta Valley residents supported the construction of [[Lake Cachuma]], which provided water, enabling a housing boom and the establishment of research and aerospace firms in the area. In 1954, the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], moved to part of the former Marine base. Along with the boom in aerospace, the character changed from rural-agricultural to high tech. Goleta remains a center for high-tech firms, and a [[bedroom community]] for neighboring Santa Barbara.

===Incorporation===
Goleta was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city in 2002 after several unsuccessful attempts. A significant urbanized area remains [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated]] between the cities of Goleta and [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], largely consisting of the area which polled against incorporation prior to the 2002 election (this area was excluded from the city boundaries to facilitate approval of incorporation). There has been some discussion of annexation of this area (sometimes dubbed "[[Noleta]]") by the city of Santa Barbara.

In addition, the student community of [[Isla Vista]] directly to the south was excluded from the new city of Goleta. Whether or not to include Isla Vista was a subject of debate during incorporation planning, including Goleta residents concerned about impacts on tax revenue and the voting patterns of students.<ref>{{cite news |last= Dougherty |first= Alison |date= December 7, 2000 |title= Meeting To Review Possible City Boundaries for Goleta |url= http://dailynexus.com/2000-12-07/meeting-to-review-possible-city-boundaries-for-goleta/ |newspaper= The Daily Nexus |location= Santa Barbara County, California |access-date= October 7, 2014 |archive-date= October 11, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011123754/http://dailynexus.com/2000-12-07/meeting-to-review-possible-city-boundaries-for-goleta/ |url-status= live }}</ref> A [[Local Agency Formation Commission]] report supported excluding Isla Vista because of differences in "community identity", but considered both including and excluding Isla Vista to be viable choices.<ref>{{cite news |last= Dougherty |first= Alison |date= May 2, 2001 |title= LAFCO To Vote on Proposed I.V. Inclusion in Goleta Plan |url= http://dailynexus.com/2001-05-02/lafco-to-vote-on-proposed-iv-inclusion-in-goleta-plan/ |newspaper= The Daily Nexus |location= Santa Barbara County, California |access-date= October 7, 2014 |archive-date= October 11, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141011123500/http://dailynexus.com/2001-05-02/lafco-to-vote-on-proposed-iv-inclusion-in-goleta-plan/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Goleta Activists Kick Off New Petition Drive For City of Goleta without I.V. |pages=3 |newspaper=Isla Vista and Western Goleta Free Press |url=https://www.library.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/special-collections/research/ivweb/ivFP/FreePress_4_27_88.pdf |date=May 3, 1988}}</ref>

===Postal shooting===
On January 30, 2006, [[Jennifer San Marco]] [[going postal|shot and killed]] seven people, including six postal workers, [[murder-suicide|before]] committing [[suicide]] at the postal processing facility where she had been previously employed. The dead included Charlotte Colton, 44, Beverly Graham, 54, Ze Fairchild, 37, Maleka Higgins, 28, Nicola Grant, 42, Guadalupe Swartz, 52, and Dexter Shannon, 57. This incident is believed to be the deadliest workplace shooting ever carried out in the United States by a woman.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/postal.shooting| title = Seven dead in California postal shooting| publisher = CNN| date = January 31, 2006| access-date = February 4, 2006| archive-date = February 3, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060203024519/http://www2.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/postal.shooting/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4665790.stm| title = US ex-postal employee kills six| publisher = BBC| date = January 31, 2006| access-date = February 4, 2006| archive-date = February 3, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060203052511/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4665790.stm| url-status = live}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Gloomy Easter (4491297233).jpg|thumb|UCSB Lagoon]]
[[File:Goleta Beach (5972898584).jpg|thumb|Goleta Beach]]
[[File:Goleta shoreline.jpg|thumb|A shoreline near Goleta]]

Goleta is about {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of the city of [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], along the coast (the coast runs east to west in this portion of southern California). Nearby is the [[University of California, Santa Barbara|Santa Barbara campus]] of the [[University of California]] and the student community of [[Isla Vista, California|Isla Vista]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|26.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|26.3|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.38%) is water.

===Geology===

The Goleta Valley is a [[coastal plain]], approximately {{convert|3|miles|spell=in}} across, between the [[Santa Ynez Mountains]], the principal mountain range of southern Santa Barbara County, and the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="Norris">{{cite book |title=The geology and landscape of Santa Barbara County, California|last= Norris|first= Robert M.|year= 2003|publisher= Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History|location= Santa Barbara, California|isbn= 978-0-936494-35-7|page= 33}}</ref> It consists of Holocene and Pleistocene [[alluvium]], [[colluvium]], [[estuarine]] deposits, as well as [[marine terrace]]s created during interglacial high sea level episodes. The area has been subject to rapid geologic uplift, as evidenced by its coastal bluffs and narrow beaches.<ref name="Norris"/>  Between the flattest part of the Goleta Valley and the ocean is an area of uplift paralleling the shore which includes, from west to east, Isla Vista, Mescalitan Island, More Mesa, and the Hope Ranch Hills. The elevation of this block of land relative to Goleta Valley increases from 40 to 300 feet along this length.<ref>Norris, p. 101</ref><ref name="ngmdb.usgs.gov">{{cite news|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1403/|title=Geologic Map of the Goleta Quadrangle, Santa Barbara County, California|work=[[United States Geological Survey]]|last1=Minor|first=Scott A.|last2=Kellogg|first2=Karl S.|last3=Stanley|first3=Richard G.|last4=Brandt|first4=Theodore R.|date=2007|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813225554/https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1403/|url-status=live}}</ref> The uplift was caused by motion along the More Ranch Fault, one of the most geologically [[active fault]]s in the area. The More Ranch Fault roughly follows a line along El Colegio Road, through the southern part of the airport, along Atascadero Creek, and then continues east into Santa Barbara as the Mission Ridge Fault Zone.<ref name="Minor">{{cite web|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3001/downloads/pdf/SIM3001map.pdf|title=Geologic Map of the Santa Barbara Coastal Plain Area, Santa Barbara County, California|author=Minor, S.A.|date=2009|publisher=USGS|access-date=December 20, 2015|display-authors=etal|archive-date=January 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116103534/http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3001/downloads/pdf/SIM3001map.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Soils in Goleta are mostly well drained brown fine sandy loam of the Milpitas series.<ref name="casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu">{{Cite web | url=http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/ | title=SoilWeb: An Online Soil Survey Browser &#124; California Soil Resource Lab | access-date=December 19, 2015 | archive-date=May 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514215427/http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Underneath the alluvial units of the coastal plain are three prominent bedrock units: the [[Monterey Formation]], the [[Sisquoc Formation]], and the [[Santa Barbara Formation]]. This latter unit is the principal groundwater aquifer for the region, and its freshwater wells are protected from seawater intrusion by the uplift along the More Ranch Fault, which has placed relatively impermeable rock units between it and the ocean.<ref>Norris, p. 95, 101</ref>

Some of the underlying sedimentary units contain economically recoverable quantities of oil and gas. The Ellwood Oil Field was worked beginning in the 1920s, with its onshore portions only being dismantled in the 1970s. The [[La Goleta Gas Field]] was formerly productive on the bluffs west of More Mesa, and is now used for gas storage by the Southern California Gas Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/energy/projects/SoCalGasStorage.asp|title=Southern California Gas Storage Enhancement Project|publisher=Santa Barbara County|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806010618/http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/energy/projects/SoCalGasStorage.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Santa Ynez Mountains form a scenic backdrop to Goleta. They consist of multiple layers of sandstone and [[conglomerate (geology)|conglomerate]] units dating from the [[Jurassic]] Age to the present, uplifted rapidly since the [[Pliocene]]. Rapid uplift has given them their craggy, scenic character, and numerous landslides and debris flows, which form some of the urban and suburban lowland area, are testament to their geologically active nature.<ref name="ngmdb.usgs.gov"/><ref name="Minor"/> Covered by [[chaparral]], the range exceeds {{convert|4,000| feet}} in height to the northwest of Goleta, at Broadcast and Santa Ynez Peaks. [[Sundowner (wind)|Sundowner winds]] occur in both Goleta and Santa Barbara.

===Wildlife===

[[Image:GoletaMonarchCluster.jpg|thumb|right|[[Monarch (butterfly)|Monarch butterflies]] on the Ellwood Mesa]]

[[Bobcat]]s can also be seen in the area.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 1, 2014|title=Bobcat Sighting|url=http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=135162|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608075419/http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=135162|archive-date=June 8, 2014|access-date=December 3, 2020|website=Edhat}}</ref> [[Coyote]]s sometimes prey on small domestic pets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coyotes|url=http://www.sbwcn.org/coyotes.html|website=Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052414/http://www.sbwcn.org/coyotes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Skunk]]s sometimes spray, and often fall prey to cars, owls, dogs, and coyotes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skunks|url=http://www.sbwcn.org/skunks.html|website=Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052454/http://www.sbwcn.org/skunks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Raccoon]]s can become neighborhood pests.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raccoons|url=http://www.sbwcn.org/raccoons.html|website=Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052417/http://www.sbwcn.org/raccoons.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Opossum]]s commonly inhabit neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web|title=Opossums|url=http://www.sbwcn.org/opossums.html|website=Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052416/http://www.sbwcn.org/opossums.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dogs and cats sometimes kill small animals. [[Monarch (butterfly)|Monarch butterflies]] spend the winter in several eucalyptus groves on the Ellwood Mesa.<ref>[http://www.goletabutterflygrove.com "Goleta Butterfly Grove"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910143128/http://www.goletabutterflygrove.com/ |date=September 10, 2019 }} ''City of Goleta'' Accessed February 7, 2015</ref> [[Bear]]s and [[mountain lion]]s live in the foothills and mountains around the town, but are rarely seen by residents.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yamamura|first=Jean|date=May 11, 2016|title=Living With Wildlife|url=https://www.independent.com/2016/05/11/bear-casually-roams-west-goleta|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=SB Independent}}</ref>

===Climate===
Goleta has a [[mediterranean climate]] influenced by maritime winds from the [[Pacific Ocean]] with moderate average temperatures. Due to brief spells of winds from the interior, the warmest temperature on record is {{convert|109|F|C}} and the coldest is {{convert|20|F|C}}.<ref name=GoletaNOAA/> That is a relatively large thermal span for a shoreline town.

Chilly days and warm nights are rare. The coldest maximum temperature on record is {{convert|45|F|C}} in 1949 with the annual average between 1991 and 2020 being {{convert|54|F|C}}.<ref name=GoletaNOAA/> The warmest night measured is a freak event of {{convert|81|F|C}} during a heat snap in 1979, a full {{convert|10|F-change}} warmer than the second warmest night on record.<ref name=GoletaNOAA/> During a regular year, the warmest night is at a mild {{convert|65|F|C}}.<ref name=GoletaNOAA/>
 
{{Weather box
| location    = [[Santa Barbara Municipal Airport]] (1991–2020 normals, extremes since 1941)
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 87
| Feb record high F = 87
| Mar record high F = 94
| Apr record high F = 96
| May record high F = 101
| Jun record high F = 109
| Jul record high F = 109
| Aug record high F = 105
| Sep record high F = 104
| Oct record high F = 103
| Nov record high F = 97
| Dec record high F = 89
| year record high F = 109
| Jan avg record high F = 78
| Feb avg record high F = 77
| Mar avg record high F = 80
| Apr avg record high F = 83
| May avg record high F = 83
| Jun avg record high F = 83
| Jul avg record high F = 86
| Aug avg record high F = 83
| Sep avg record high F = 90
| Oct avg record high F = 89
| Nov avg record high F = 84
| Dec avg record high F = 76
| year avg record high F = 95
| Jan high F = 64.2
| Feb high F = 63.8
| Mar high F = 65.9
| Apr high F = 67.8
| May high F = 69.2
| Jun high F = 70.3
| Jul high F = 73.3
| Aug high F = 74.5
| Sep high F = 74.3
| Oct high F = 73.4
| Nov high F = 69.2
| Dec high F = 64.3
| year high F = 69.2
| Jan mean F = 52.8
| Feb mean F = 53.7
| Mar mean F = 56.1
| Apr mean F = 58.0
| May mean F = 60.3
| Jun mean F = 62.4
| Jul mean F = 65.7
| Aug mean F = 66.2
| Sep mean F = 65.0
| Oct mean F = 62.1
| Nov mean F = 56.7
| Dec mean F = 52.3
| year mean F = 59.3
| Jan low F = 41.3
| Feb low F = 43.6
| Mar low F = 46.2
| Apr low F = 48.1
| May low F = 51.3
| Jun low F = 54.5
| Jul low F = 58.1
| Aug low F = 58.0
| Sep low F = 55.7
| Oct low F = 50.9
| Nov low F = 44.3
| Dec low F = 40.4
| year low F = 49.4
| Jan avg record low F = 32
| Feb avg record low F = 35
| Mar avg record low F = 38
| Apr avg record low F = 41
| May avg record low F = 45
| Jun avg record low F = 49
| Jul avg record low F = 52
| Aug avg record low F = 52
| Sep avg record low F = 48
| Oct avg record low F = 43
| Nov avg record low F = 35
| Dec avg record low F = 31
| year avg record low F = 30
| Jan record low F = 24
| Feb record low F = 25
| Mar record low F = 30
| Apr record low F = 33
| May record low F = 38
| Jun record low F = 41
| Jul record low F = 45
| Aug record low F = 43
| Sep record low F = 42
| Oct record low F = 31
| Nov record low F = 30
| Dec record low F = 20
| year record low F = 20
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 3.84
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.86
| Mar precipitation inch = 3.10
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.91
| May precipitation inch = 0.42
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.11
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.02
| Aug precipitation inch = 0.01
| Sep precipitation inch = 0.07
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.73
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.27
| Dec precipitation inch = 2.91
| year precipitation inch = 17.25
| source 1 = NOAA<ref name=GoletaNOAA>{{cite web|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=lox|title = NOW Data forecast office Los Angeles, CA|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|accessdate = August 3, 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 55204
|2010= 29888
|2020= 32690
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Goleta had a population of 29,888. The population density was {{convert|3,747.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Goleta was 20,833 (69.7%) White, 469 (1.6%) African American, 283 (0.9%) Native American, 2,728 (9.1%) Asian, 26 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 4,182 (14.0%) from other races, and 1,367 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 9,824 persons (32.9%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0630378|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715025155/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0630378|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Goleta city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 29,687 people (99.3% of the population) lived in households, 23 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 178 (0.6%) were institutionalized.

There were 10,903 households, 3,416 (31.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,265 (48.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,069 (9.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 472 (4.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 659 (6.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 88 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 2,732 households (25.1%) were one person and 1,090 (10.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72. There were 6,806 families (62.4% of households); the average family size was 3.23.

The age distribution was 6,335 people (21.2%) under the age of 18, 3,790 people (12.7%) aged 18 to 24, 7,966 people (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 7,749 people (25.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,048 people (13.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 36.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.

There were 11,473 housing units at an average density of 1,438.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 5,844 (53.6%) were owner-occupied and 5,059 (46.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.5%. 16,222 people (54.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 13,465 people (45.1%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===

Demographic data for 2000 is for the Goleta CDP, the Goleta Valley area, which is approximately twice the size of the City of Goleta.

At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 55,204 people, 19,954 households, and 13,468 families in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2,102.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 20,442 housing units at an average density of {{convert|778.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 78.61% White, 1.27% African American, 0.82% Native American, 6.43% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 9.23% from other races, and 3.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 22.33%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the 19,954 households 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 22.5% of households were one person and 8.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.18.

The age distribution was 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.

The median household income was $60,314 and the median family income was $67,956 (these figures had risen to $69,242 and $81,862 respectively as of a 2007 estimate).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/goletacitycalifornia,fairoakscdpcalifornia,montereyparkcitycalifornia,northtustincdpcalifornia/SEX255216|title=Goleta city, California|work=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Males had a median income of $44,770 versus $32,127 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $28,890. About 2.9% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[File:Santa Barbara Bacara Resort Sunrise.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Bacara Resort|Ritz-Carlton Bacara Resort]]]]

The [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], is the major center of economic activity in the area, both directly and through the numerous associated [[service industry]] activities which exist for the staff and students.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}} Hispanic Business had its corporate headquarters in Goleta.<ref>[http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/ "Hispanic Business"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102054805/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/|date=November 2, 2014 }}</ref>

[[Deckers Outdoor Corporation]] is based in Goleta. It is the parent company for [[UGG Australia]], [[Deckers Outdoor Corporation#Teva|Teva]], [[Sanuk (brand)|Sanuk]], [[Ahnu]] and [[Hoka One One]]. Several [[High tech|technology sector]] businesses operate in the area due to the proximity to the university, including [[Raytheon]], [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Northrop Grumman]], [[AppFolio]], [[FLIR Systems|FLIR]] and [[InTouch]].

The [[Bacara Resort]], located at the western edge of the city, also employs many residents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Bacara-Resort-and-Spa-EI_IE239730.11,32.htm|title=Glassdoor review of employment|website=Glassdoor|language=en-US|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

===Cannabis===
{{further|Cannabis in California}}

Following the statewide passage of Proposition 64 in 2016, the city began accepting retail applications on a first-come, first-served basis in August 2018. The City limits the number of recreational retail cannabis businesses to six. In November 2018, the voters of Goleta passed Measure Z-2018, establishing a tax on cannabis business operations within the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cannabis Tax {{!}} Goleta, CA|url=https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/finance/cannabis-tax|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=www.cityofgoleta.org|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928160745/https://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/finance/cannabis-tax|url-status=live}}</ref>  A [[medical marijuana]] dispensary was issued the first license for sales of recreational cannabis and began selling in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2020/02/04/goleta-opens-first-recreational-cannabis-store/|title=Goleta Opens First Recreational Cannabis Store|last=Yamamura|first=Jean|date=February 4, 2020|website=The Santa Barbara Independent|language=en-US|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205062935/https://www.independent.com/2020/02/04/goleta-opens-first-recreational-cannabis-store/|url-status=live}}</ref> Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities. Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use.

=== Energy ===
In 2017 the city established an ambitious goal of supplying 100% of the city's municipal facilities and community-wide electricity supply with renewable power by 2030. The city also resolved to have at least 50% of electricity use by municipal facilities come from renewable sources by 2025. In 2019 the City adopted a Strategic Energy Plan as a roadmap on how to accomplish this, which includes switching to [https://3cenergy.org Central Coast Community Energy] as the default energy provider for its residences and businesses beginning in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MBCP BOARDS VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO EXPAND SERVICE AREA, MAKING MBCP THE LARGEST CCE IN CALIFORNIA|url=https://3cenergy.org/press_release/mbcp-boards-vote-unanimously-to-expand-service-area-making-mbcp-the-largest-cce-in-california/|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=3CE|language=en-US|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125012413/https://3cenergy.org/press_release/mbcp-boards-vote-unanimously-to-expand-service-area-making-mbcp-the-largest-cce-in-california/|url-status=live}}</ref> The city is currently moving forward with a contract to install solar panels in the parking lot of City Hall in 2021 and exploring future opportunities for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and a microgrid, which will provide increased resiliency in case of a power disruption.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strategic Energy Plan {{!}} Goleta, CA|url=https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/sustainability-climate-adaptation/strategic-energy-plan|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=www.cityofgoleta.org|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229065706/https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/sustainability-climate-adaptation/strategic-energy-plan|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Fishing hangout on Goleta Pier (5979502151).jpg|thumb|Fishing at Goleta Pier]]

Goleta has several parks, including Stow Park, Girsh Park, Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, Lake Los Carneros and Coronado Butterfly preserve, the largest<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sblandtrust.org/coronado-butterfly-preserve-2/|title=The Coronado Butterfly Preserve|work=sblandtrust.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707235933/http://www.sblandtrust.org/coronado-butterfly-preserve-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> overwintering grove of the [[Monarch butterfly]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feraday |first=Caroline |date=December 7, 2023 |title=They're back! Thousands of Monarch Butterflies have been counted on the Central and South Coasts |url=https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2023-12-06/theyre-back-thousands-of-monarch-butterflies-have-been-counted-on-the-central-and-south-coasts |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=KCLU |language=en}}</ref> providing street access to the Ellwood Mesa Open Space<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/planning-and-environmental-review/advance-planning-division/environmental-programs/ellwood-mesa-open-space|title=Ellwood Mesa Open Space|work=cityofgoleta.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710012435/http://cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/planning-and-environmental-review/advance-planning-division/environmental-programs/ellwood-mesa-open-space|url-status=live}}</ref> on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean with beach access from UCSB.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/ellwood-mesa-a-story-of-preservation/|title=Ellwood Mesa: A Story of Preservation|work=environmentaldefensecenter.org|access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Goleta Beach|Goleta Beach County Park]] is just outside of the city limits.<ref name="multiple2">{{cite news|url=http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/goleta-beach.sbc|title=Goleta Beach Park|work=[[County of Santa Barbara]]|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709230612/http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/goleta-beach.sbc|url-status=live}}</ref> Historic sites include the [[Stow House]] and the [[South Coast Railroad Museum]].

==Government==
Until 2018, the five city council members took turns as mayor. In November 2018, Paula Perotte was elected to a two-year term as Mayor, defeating fellow council member Michael Bennett. This was the first election in City history where residents voted for Mayor as opposed to the Mayor being selected by City Council for a one-year term. The city council also serves as the planning agency. City council, planning commission, and design review board meetings are televised on the local [[government-access television]] channel and available on the city's website.

=== Municipal election history ===
Goleta's cityhood was established through Measure H-2001 in the November 2001 election. At this time, the first five members of the city council were also elected, and they officially began their terms on February 1, 2002. Thereafter, the city has held elections during the November general election in even years. Terms of the city council are four years. Until 2018, the mayor was selected by the members of the city council to serve a one-year term. In November 2016, voters approved Measure C-2016, which called for a directly elected mayor with a term of two years, beginning in the next general election (2018). In November 2020, voters approved Measure O-2020, which changed the term of the mayor from two to four years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Santa Barbara County - Election Results|url=https://countyofsb.org/care/elections/results.sbc|access-date=December 22, 2020|website=countyofsb.org|language=en|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127231731/https://countyofsb.org/care/elections/results.sbc|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Election year
! Name
! Position
! Term
! Votes received
|-
|2001
|Margaret Connell
|City Council (beginning February 1, 2002)
|5 years
|3,479
|-
|2001
|Jack Hawxhurst
|City Council (beginning February 1, 2002)
|5 years
|3,443
|-
|2001
|Cynthia Brock
|City Council (beginning February 1, 2002)
|5 years
|3,279
|-
|2001
|Jean Blois
|City Council (beginning February 1, 2002)
|3 years
|3,158
|-
|2001
|Jonny Wallis
|City Council (beginning February 1, 2002)
|3 years
|3,017
|-
|2004
|Jean Blois
|City Council
|4 years
|7,954
|-
|2004
|Jonny Wallis
|City Council
|4 years
|5,908
|-
|2006
|Michael Bennett
|City Council
|4 years
|4,770
|-
|2006
|Eric Onnen
|City Council
|4 years
|4,714
|-
|2006
|Roger Aceves
|City Council
|4 years
|4,225
|-
|2008
|Margaret Connell
|City Council
|4 years
|6,344
|-
|2008
|Ed Easton
|City Council
|4 years
|5,965
|-
|2010
|Roger Aceves
|City Council
|4 years
|5,969
|-
|2010
|Michael Bennett
|City Council
|4 years
|5,515
|-
|2010
|Paula Perotte
|City Council
|4 years
|4,834
|-
|2012
|Ed Easton
|City Council
|4 years (*)
|7,138
|-
|2012
|Jim Farr
|City Council
|4 years
|7,074
|-
|2014
|Roger Aceves
|City Council
|4 years
|(appointed in lieu of election)
|-
|2014
|Michael Bennett
|City Council
|4 years
|(appointed in lieu of election)
|-
|2014
|Paula Perotte
|City Council
|4 years
|(appointed in lieu of election)
|-
|2016
|Stuart Kasdin
|City Council
|4 years
|6,767
|-
|2016
|Kyle Richards
|City Council
|4 years
|6,524
|-
|2018
|Paula Perotte
|Mayor
|2 years
|7,590
|-
|2018
|James Kyriaco
|City Council
|4 years
|7,729
|-
|2018
|Roger Aceves
|City Council
|4 years
|6,734
|-
|2020
|Paula Perotte
|Mayor
|4 years
|9,994
|-
|2020
|Kyle Richards
|City Council
|4 years
|8,965
|-
|2020
|Stuart Kasdin
|City Council
|4 years
|8,311
|}
(*) Ed Easton stepped down in 2014, and Tony Vallejo was appointed to fill the remainder of his term.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Noozhawk|title=New Councilman Tony Vallejo Vows to Serve Goleta with Independent Mind|url=https://www.noozhawk.com/article/goleta_city_councilman_tony_vallejo_profile_20140623|access-date=December 23, 2020|website=www.noozhawk.com|language=en|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910050354/http://www.noozhawk.com/article/goleta_city_councilman_tony_vallejo_profile_20140623|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Education==
Most local students attend schools in the [[Goleta Union School District]] and the [[Santa Barbara Unified School District]]. There are also a host of smaller private schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sbscchamber.com/community/community-profile/education/|title=Education|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224934/https://sbscchamber.com/community/community-profile/education/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Schools===
====Elementary====
* Brandon School (within City of Goleta)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goleta.k12.ca.us/?page_id=67|title=Goleta Union School District Schools|work=goleta.k12.ca.us|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622072848/http://www.goleta.k12.ca.us/?page_id=67|url-status=live}}</ref>
* El Camino School
* Ellwood School (within City of Goleta)
* Foothill School
* Goleta Family School
* Hollister School
* Isla Vista School
* Kellogg School (within City of Goleta)
* La Patera School (within City of Goleta)
* Mountain View School
* Santa Barbara Charter School (within City of Goleta)
* South Coast Montessori School of Santa Barbara

====Secondary====
* [[Goleta Valley Junior High]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbunified.org/schools/junior-high-schools/goleta-valley-junior-high-school/|title=Goleta Valley Junior High School|work=sbunified.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623044109/https://www.sbunified.org/schools/junior-high-schools/goleta-valley-junior-high-school/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dos Pueblos High School]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbunified.org/schools/high-schools/dos-pueblos-high-school/|title=Dos Pueblos High School|work=sbunified.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623220723/https://www.sbunified.org/schools/high-schools/dos-pueblos-high-school/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Several [[Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District]] bus lines run through the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sbmtd.gov/|title=Santa Barbara MTD – Enhancing the Mobility of the South Coast|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107200809/https://sbmtd.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> The main artery of the city is U.S. 101, with the major streets being Hollister Avenue and Cathedral Oaks Road. Other significant streets include Calle Real (which is broken into sections), Storke Road/Glen Annie Road, Los Carneros Road, Fairview Avenue, and Patterson Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode&q=Goleta,+California&ie=UTF8&z=10&iwloc=addr&om=1|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=January 7, 2022|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107195134/https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode&q=Goleta,+California&ie=UTF8&z=10&iwloc=addr&om=1|url-status=live}}</ref> <!--see maps to verify, or ask any local-->

Intercity transit is provided by [[Amtrak]] at the [[Goleta (Amtrak station)|Goleta Amtrak Station]].

[[Santa Barbara Airport]] is adjacent to the City of Goleta, near the intersection of Hollister and South Fairview avenues. The airport serves the greater Santa Barbara area with five airlines connecting to larger hubs.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 101 (1961 cutout).svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]
* [[Image:California 217.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 217|State Route 217]]

==Notable people==
* [[Carl Barks]], comics illustrator and writer; known for his comics featuring [[Donald Duck]];creator of [[Scrooge McDuck]]; lived in Goleta during the 1970s<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbarks.dk/themeetingscrawshaw.htm|title=Craig Crawshaw|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=August 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824065435/http://www.cbarks.dk/themeetingscrawshaw.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Danny Duffy]], professional baseball player in [[MLB]], plays for the [[Kansas City Royals]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=duffyda01|title=Danny Duffy Stats|work=[[Baseball Almanac]]|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629225318/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=duffyda01|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Burnett Guffey]], Oscar-winning cinematographer
* [[Hodgkins and Skubic House|Jean Louise Hodgkins]] (1914–1987) and [[Hodgkins and Skubic House|Vera B. Skubic]] (1921–1998) built two houses in Del Playa Drive that, with a third one, were historic evidence of the mid-20th century international style presented by architect Richard B. Taylor.
* [[Lagwagon]], melodic punk band
* [[Kent McClard]], owner and operator of Ebullition Records (a hardcore-punk record label) and former publisher of ''HeartattaCk'', an internationally distributed punk zine
* [[Larry Moriarty]], American football, Notre Dame, NFL 
* [[Katy Perry]], pop singer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.noozhawk.com/article/091410_dos_pueblos_high_gives_katy_perry_a_welcome_homecoming|title=Dos Pueblos High Gives Katy Perry a Welcome Homecoming|work=[[Noozhawk]]|last1=Conroy|first1=John|last2=Moehlis|first2=Jeff|date=September 15, 2010|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306040056/http://www.noozhawk.com/article/091410_dos_pueblos_high_gives_katy_perry_a_welcome_homecoming|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Derrick Plourde|Derrick William Plourde]] (1971–2005), drummer, musician, and artist<ref>{{Cite web|title = Acclaimed Drummer Derrick Plourde Commits Suicide - antiMusic News 2005|url = http://www.antimusic.com/news/05/march/item75.shtml|website = www.antimusic.com|access-date = November 12, 2015|archive-date = October 14, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141014075109/http://www.antimusic.com/news/05/march/item75.shtml|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[Kim Wilson]], blues singer and musician

==See also==
{{Portal|California}}
* [[Campus Point State Marine Conservation Area]]
* [[Dos Pueblos High School]]
* [[Goleta Depot]]
* [[Goleta Slough]]
* [[Goleta Union School District]]
* [[History of Santa Barbara, California]]
* [[Isla Vista|Isla Vista, California]]
* [[Santa Barbara, California]]
* [[South Coast Railroad Museum]]

==References==
{{reflist|35em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Goleta, California}}
{{Wikivoyage|Goleta}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://cityofgoleta.org/home/showdocument?id=570 City map showing current boundaries]
* [http://www.projectgoleta.com/ City of Goleta's Capital Improvement Project]
* [http://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/flood-control-improvements/completed/san-jose-creek-project City of Goleta's San Jose Creek Project]
* [http://www.GoletaButterflyGrove.com/ City of Goleta's Monarch Butterfly Grove]
* [http://www.goletavalley.com/ Goleta Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.goleta.k12.ca.us/  Goleta Union School District]
* [http://www.goletaeducationfoundation.org Goleta Education Foundation]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=title&field=locations&q=goleta Movies and televisions shows filmed in Goleta]

{{Geographic location
| Center    = Goleta
| North     = [[Santa Ynez Mountains]]
| Northeast = [[Eastern Goleta Valley, California|Eastern Goleta Valley]]
| East      = [[Eastern Goleta Valley, California|Eastern Goleta Valley]]<br />[[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]
| Southeast = [[Hope Ranch, California|Hope Ranch]]<br />[[Pacific Ocean]]
| South     = [[Isla Vista, California|Isla Vista]]<br />[[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]]
| Southwest = [[Pacific Ocean]]
| West      = [[El Capitan State Beach]]
| Northwest = [[Santa Ynez Mountains]]
}}
{{Santa Barbara County, California}}
{{authority control}}

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