Santa Barbara County,
California Selects Accela Solution to Connect Citizens to Government Services
Upgrade to Web-based applications will provide developers
and citizens online access to permitting processes
Santa Barbara County, Calif. (March 17, 2008) Santa Barbara
County, California has selected Accela
Automation® from Accela, Inc. to streamline its permitting processes
and improve the delivery of services to its citizens. The County’s
Planning & Development department staff, County citizens, and the
local development community will be able to utilize the more user-friendly,
easily accessible system to conduct business via the Internet.
The County is upgrading to the Web-based application from an Accela legacy
product to better track and manage permits related to building, planning,
and code enforcement. Planning & Development and all other departments
involved in the County’s land use and building permit application
review process will be able to share information from a centralized database,
improving efficiencies and workflow and enabling faster response to permit
applicants.
“Santa Barbara County joins a growing group of Accela clients who
recognize the advantages of upgrading to Web-based technology,”
said Maury Blackman, Accela president and CEO. “Our experience has
shown that the higher the level of responsiveness government agencies
provide to the public, the greater the return they see on their technology
investment in terms of economic growth and development.”
Santa Barbara County also selected an additional Accela product, Accela
Citizen Access™, that integrates with Accela Automation to provide
easy, convenient, and direct public access via the Internet to agency
permit and land management processes. Online permit applications can be
configured to allow citizens and businesses access to apply and pay for
permits, schedule inspections, check the status of a permit or inspection,
or print an approved permit directly from the Internet 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
About Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County is located on the Pacific coast in southern California,
covering an area of 3,789 sq. miles. Home to approximately 422,000 residents,
the county is one of the 26 original counties of California that were
formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. The City of Santa Barbara is
the County Seat. For more information, please visit www.countyofsb.org/index.asp
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