---
filename: sbcc-housing.png
title: Santa Barbara — Off-Campus Housing
cluster: Housing
college: Santa Barbara City College — Santa Barbara, CA
model: gemini-3-pro-image (Nano Banana Pro)
aspect_ratio: 4:5
resolution_target: 4K
generated_at: 2026-04-28
generated_by: Media skill via Generate.ts CLI
status: v1
---

## Cluster
Housing (Santa Barbara City College — Santa Barbara, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-housing.png` to regenerate)
- SBCC owns NO student housing — Promise covers school, not rent
- Tropicana Del Norte: UCSB-OWNED, SBCC-designated (since 2020-21 split)
- Tropicana Del Norte: ~300 SBCC residents, 51 furnished suites + dining + RAs
- Tropicana Del Norte est $16K–$20K/yr all-in (2025-26)
- 415 West, Beach City, Buena Vista, ICON, Capri — private IV dorm-style
- Cannot live in standard UCSB residence halls — UCSB enrollment required
- Santa Barbara market 1BR ~$2,310/mo
- Isla Vista 1BR ~$3,190/mo (more expensive than SLO!)
- Per-bed shared in IV: $1,300–$2,000/mo
- MTD bus free for SBCC students with ID; Class I bike path Cliff Drive

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + Vaquero deep ocean #0A3D5C primary accent + California sun #E8B547 secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: bluff apartment building with key, Pacific wave + bike path, dollar sign with up-arrow, MTD bus silhouette
- Forbidden: photorealism, stock photos, neon, holographic, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic

## Prompt sent to Nano Banana Pro

```
EDITORIAL INFOGRAPHIC POSTER, hand-printed magazine spread aesthetic, 4:5 portrait orientation, 4K print quality.

HEADER (top of poster): Bold elegant serif title "SANTA BARBARA — OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE — SANTA BARBARA, CA" inside a circle filled with Vaquero deep ocean (#0A3D5C).

BACKGROUND: Warm cream paper texture #F4ECDC throughout, with subtle hand-printed grain. NO white background.

PALETTE (use ONLY these colors, no others):
- Paper background: #F4ECDC
- Body typography (deep coffee ink): #2A1810
- Primary accent for icons + key numbers: Vaquero deep ocean #0A3D5C
- Secondary accent: California sun #E8B547

BODY (vertical editorial layout, generous whitespace, with iconography paired to each data point). Render these EXACT data points verbatim, in this order:

   1. SBCC owns NO student housing — Promise covers school, not rent
   2. Tropicana Del Norte: UCSB-OWNED, SBCC-designated (since 2020-21 split)
   3. Tropicana Del Norte: ~300 SBCC residents, 51 furnished suites + dining + RAs
   4. Tropicana Del Norte est $16K–$20K/yr all-in (2025-26)
   5. 415 West, Beach City, Buena Vista, ICON, Capri — private IV dorm-style
   6. Cannot live in standard UCSB residence halls — UCSB enrollment required
   7. Santa Barbara market 1BR ~$2,310/mo
   8. Isla Vista 1BR ~$3,190/mo (more expensive than SLO!)
   9. Per-bed shared in IV: $1,300–$2,000/mo
   10. MTD bus free for SBCC students with ID; Class I bike path Cliff Drive

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #0A3D5C, with smaller ink labels next to them. Use a clean geometric sans-serif for data labels and an elegant serif for the headline.

ICONOGRAPHY (hand-drawn, minimalist line illustrations only — no photographs): bluff apartment building with key, Pacific wave + bike path, dollar sign with up-arrow, MTD bus silhouette

FOOTER (bottom): A small italic line in muted #2A1810 reads "compiled 2026-04-28".

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT include: photorealistic photography, stock-photo people, neon colors, holographic effects, gradient mesh, generic AI aesthetic, any colors outside the specified palette, additional logos, watermarks, or text beyond what is specified.

Hand-printed editorial restraint. Strong serif typography. Numbers prominent. Aspect ratio 4:5 portrait. 4K resolution print quality.
```

## Adjustment hints
- **To re-render at higher resolution**: this script already requests 4K; if rendering quality is off, increase resolution by editing the `--size 4K` flag in generate-all.ts to a future tier
- **To adjust color temperature**: change `accent` and `secondary` hex codes in the SPECS entry for sbcc-housing.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-housing.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for sbcc-housing.png; the prompt rebuilds automatically
- **To shift layout (vertical vs grid)**: append a layout directive after the BODY paragraph in buildPrompt(); re-run
- **To swap iconography**: edit the `iconography` array in SPECS

## Citations
- https://www.sbcc.edu/housing/dormstyleliving.php
- https://www.tropicanadelnorte.com/
- https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/santa-barbara-ca
- https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/isla-vista-ca
- https://www.sbmtd.gov/student-passes/