Santa Ynez Valley Community
Los Olivos Politics
Tasting-room village wrestling with septic, water, and its own future.
Los Olivos is a tiny, picturesque tasting-room village in the Santa Ynez Valley with outsized charm and a complicated infrastructure story — most notably a long-running fight over wastewater and a community services district to manage septic-to-sewer questions.
As an unincorporated community, its decisions flow through the county and local districts, but its identity fight over commercialization versus character is intensely local.
Governance
Unincorporated — county Third District Supervisor plus the Los Olivos Community Services District and water districts.
Elections
Community Services District board elections plus countywide Third District Supervisor representation.
Local Issues
- Wastewater & septic
- Commercialization vs character
- Water supply
- Tasting-room growth