Hope Ranch Homes, Santa Barbara CA

Hope Ranch is an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, California, located in Santa Barbara County. As of the 2000 census, the area had an approximate population of 2,200. Since it is not a census-designated place, the boundaries are informal, except where they coincide with incorporated regions. On the east Hope Ranch is bounded by the City of Santa Barbara, on the north by Modoc Road, Hollister Avenue, and Vieja Drive, on the west by a vacant tract of land known as More Mesa, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hope Ranch is similar to Montecito but to the north and west of Santa Barbara. It is smaller in population and has a beautiful setting. It has fewer of the small homes than Montecito and has an equestrian flavor with many shared riding trails. Hope Rance does not have its own commercial district but is in close proximity to the La Cumbre shopping center and upper State Street. It also boasts some very fine schools such as the public Hope School District, the private Laguna Blanca Upper School. The local homeowner's association manages the properties of private roads, horse paths, and the private beach. The region is not governed by conventional police. Instead the law enforcement of the region is the privately enrolled "Hope Ranch Patrol". This group is controlled by the board of Hope Ranch and is in no way connected to either the City of Santa Barbara Police Department or the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department.