City
Lompoc
Lompoc is a city record. City or town offices may handle local rules inside their limits, while county offices still handle records, taxes, courts, and many services.
Starting point
Confirm the address is inside local limits first.
If the address is inside Lompoc, city or town offices may handle local permits, code, and services. If it is outside limits, county routing may be the better first stop.
A mailing city is not always the same as city government jurisdiction.
2025 population
43,315
Land area
11.623 sq mi
Water area
0.078 sq mi
Directory notes
Local layers to keep on the same page.
Confirm city or town limits.
A mailing address can use a nearby place name. If the address is outside limits, county offices may handle permits, code, and land-use routes.
County still matters.
Santa Barbara County can still matter for assessor, tax collector, recorder, court, public health, social service, and election records.
Some layers are separate.
Water, sewer, fire, school, utilities, coast, earthquake maps, wildfire zones, parks, and trails may point outside city hall.
County layer
County shown for Lompoc
Practical notes
Office, map, permit, and paperwork notes for Lompoc
Place note · Home and property · Reviewed July 5, 2026
Lompoc trash service starts with the utility account
Lompoc solid waste service starts after the utility account is set up, then the Solid Waste Division handles carts, bulky pickup, landfill questions, and hazardous waste appointments.
County layer · Money and taxes · Reviewed July 6, 2026
Santa Barbara business tax certificate is not the same as a permit
Santa Barbara treats its Business Tax Certificate as a city tax record, while separate business permits may still apply depending on the activity.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 6, 2026
Santa Maria building permits move through plan review and inspections
Santa Maria building projects can involve plan review, local and state code checks, permit counter questions, and inspections through the city's Building Division.
County layer · Cars and driving · Reviewed July 5, 2026
Santa Barbara residential parking permits are online now
Santa Barbara residential parking permits use an online application system, and the permit is tied to the license plate rather than an old paper routine.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
ReadySBC is the county door for Santa Barbara emergency alerts
ReadySBC gives Santa Barbara County residents one official place to check alerts, emergency maps, road closures, hazard awareness, and preparedness resources.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Santa Barbara flood map questions should use the current city map
Santa Barbara's FEMA mapping page gives residents a current place to review flood hazard map changes and the city's interactive flood hazard map.
Almanac notes
Stories and local context near Lompoc
Place note · History and culture
La Purisima gives Lompoc a full mission-park story
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park near Lompoc has restored mission buildings, Chumash context, living-history programs, and a CCC restoration layer.
County layer · History and culture
Santa Maria's history museum keeps the Valley close
The Santa Maria Valley Historical Society Museum pulls together ranch life, local families, early business, film memories, firefighting, and Allan Hancock history in one downtown stop.
County layer · History and culture
Buellton's pea-soup fame grew out of ranch and highway roots
Buellton began with the Buell Ranch, then became a highway stop known for Pea Soup Andersen's and Central Coast road trips.
County layer · Outdoors
Carpinteria's seal rookery asks visitors to slow down
The Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery is a coastal place where bluff views, pupping season closures, and wildlife rules all matter.
County layer · Outdoors
Goleta's butterfly grove is a seasonal coastal treat
Goleta's butterfly grove and Ellwood Mesa are best approached as coastal open space with seasonal monarch habitat, not a promised butterfly show.
County layer · History and culture
Guadalupe's dunes hid part of a giant silent-movie set
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes hold one of California's stranger film stories: pieces of Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 Ten Commandments set were buried in the sand.
County layer · History and culture
Old Mission Santa Barbara still shapes the city view
Old Mission Santa Barbara ties the city to mission-era history, Chumash labor and community, Franciscan life, gardens, museum rooms, and a hillside view toward the ocean.
County layer · History and culture
Solvang's Danish look started as a real immigrant town
Solvang's windmills, bakeries, and Danish-style streets are easy to enjoy, but the place began with Danish immigrants building a real Santa Ynez Valley community.