---
filename: sbcc-oncampus.png
title: SBCC — On-Campus Housing (the honest answer)
cluster: Housing — On-Campus
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 — On-Campus (Santa Barbara City College — Santa Barbara, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-oncampus.png` to regenerate)
- SBCC owns NO student housing — confirmed
- Tropicana Del Norte is the closest analog: UCSB-OWNED, SBCC-designated
- UCSB bought Tropicana portfolio (Gardens, Del Norte, Villas) for $156M in 2015
- 2020-21: split inventory by school (incompatible CC + UC calendars)
- Standard UCSB residence halls require UCSB full-time enrollment
- UC Cross Enrollment + Open University DO NOT confer UCSB housing
- Summer-only window: UCSB Summer Sessions visiting students at El Dorado / Santa Ynez / Westgate
- Once SBCC student transfers to UCSB: 1-yr first-year housing guaranteed
- SBCC has NOT received CCC Affordable Student Housing grant funding
- SBCC Promise pays fees + books + supplies — NEVER rent

## 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: dorm building with red NO circle, Tropicana Del Norte building outline, calendar with summer highlight, transfer arrow SBCC→UCSB
- 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 "SBCC — ON-CAMPUS HOUSING (THE HONEST ANSWER)". 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 — confirmed
   2. Tropicana Del Norte is the closest analog: UCSB-OWNED, SBCC-designated
   3. UCSB bought Tropicana portfolio (Gardens, Del Norte, Villas) for $156M in 2015
   4. 2020-21: split inventory by school (incompatible CC + UC calendars)
   5. Standard UCSB residence halls require UCSB full-time enrollment
   6. UC Cross Enrollment + Open University DO NOT confer UCSB housing
   7. Summer-only window: UCSB Summer Sessions visiting students at El Dorado / Santa Ynez / Westgate
   8. Once SBCC student transfers to UCSB: 1-yr first-year housing guaranteed
   9. SBCC has NOT received CCC Affordable Student Housing grant funding
   10. SBCC Promise pays fees + books + supplies — NEVER rent

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): dorm building with red NO circle, Tropicana Del Norte building outline, calendar with summer highlight, transfer arrow SBCC→UCSB

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-oncampus.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts sbcc-oncampus.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for sbcc-oncampus.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/
- https://www.tropicanadelnorte.com/
- https://www.housing.ucsb.edu/quick-links/faqs
- https://www.sbcc.edu/transferacademy/cross_enrollment.php
- https://news.ucsb.edu/2015/015764/tropicana-be-integrated-university-student-housing