Advisory Committee

The Technical Transportation Advisory Committee provides technical advice and makes recommendations to the SBCAG Board of Directors on transportation issues affecting the region. It also serves as a forum to exchange transportation-related information among members.

Committee membership is comprised of staff representatives from the County of Santa Barbara, each incorporated city within the county, Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, Air Pollution Control District and Caltrans. The Public Works Director, General Manager or department director, as appropriate, from each member agency.

Ex-officio (non-voting) members include the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Space Force, and University of California at Santa Barbara.

The Technical Planning Advisory Committee provides technical advice and makes recommendations to the SBCAG Board of Directors on issues related to land use planning affecting the region. It also serves as a forum to exchange planning-related information among member agencies.

Committee membership is comprised of staff representatives from the County of Santa Barbara, each incorporated city within the county, and the Air Pollution Control District. The Planning or Community Development Director, General Manager, or department director, as appropriate, from each member agency.

Ex-officio (non-voting) members include the U.S. Space Force, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Local Agency Formation Commission, and the County Housing Program Manager.

The Joint Technical Advisory Committee provides professional technical advice and recommendations to the SBCAG Board of Directors on issues related to the regional transportation plan and sustainable communities strategy, or issues related to a combination of transportation and land use. The committee also offers a forum to exchange transportation and land use related information among member agencies.

Committee membership includes the combined members of the Technical Planning Advisory Committee and the Technical Transportation Advisory Committee. Voting members represent the County Public Works Department and Planning and Development, City Public Works Department and Community Development or Planning Department, SBCAG, consolidated Transit Service Agency, Caltrans District 5, and Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District.

Ex-officio (non-voting) members include the Air Pollution Control District, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Space Force, and University of California at Santa Barbara.

The eighteen-member Santa Barbara County Transit Advisory Committee provides valuable input on transit issues affecting those who are transit dependent and transit disadvantaged persons, including the elderly, disabled, and persons of limited means. Committee members review unmet transit needs annually and make recommendations. The committee also assesses whether unmet transit needs are reasonable or unreasonable to meet. Furthermore, the committee advises the SBCAG Board of Directors on significant transit issues, such as the consolidation of specialized transportation services.

SBCTAC functions as the social services transportation advisory council, as specified in the Transportation Development Act, California Public Utilities Code Section 99238(a) et seq., for SBCAG.

The eleven-member Measure A Citizens Advisory Committee formed in 2009 for public accountability and transparency, and to assist SBCAG in ensuring that the provisions, requirements, and voter mandates of Measure A are properly carried out. Committee members annually review an audit and collectively submit a compliance letter to the SBCAG Board of Directors in the Board’s capacity as the designated Santa Barbara County Local Transportation Authority.

Committee members are appointed by the SBCAG Board of Directors: four represent North County, four represent the South Coast, and three are at-large members. Service on the committee is voluntary and the appointees have proven to be invaluable partners within their advisory role and as community ambassadors.