“We’ve been called permit expediters, we’ve been called planners, we’ve been called all these different things,” Tristan Cravens, a Carpinteria High School (CHS) class of 2022 graduate and co-founder of Santa Barbara Permitting, told Coastal View News. “But ultimately, what I see us as are problem solvers.”
Twenty-one-year-old Cravens — a seventh-generation Carpinterian — and his business partner, fellow CHS graduate Corban Pampel, 23, launched Santa Barbara Permitting, a permitting expediting business, in 2023. The young entrepreneurs help homeowners plan out projects for their homes, design and draft architectural plan sets, and assist with everything leading up to preconstruction. They also offer free consultations.
“Permits done quickly, done right,” their website boasts…