---
filename: hancock-housing.png
title: Santa Maria — Off-Campus Housing (Rooms + the Board)
cluster: Housing
college: Allan Hancock College — Santa Maria, 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 (Allan Hancock College — Santa Maria, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts hancock-housing.png` to regenerate)
- Bed in shared bedroom: $550–$900/mo (utilities often incl.)
- Private bedroom in shared house: $850–$1,400/mo (modal $950–$1,200)
- Garage conversion / ADU: $1,200–$1,800/mo
- 1BR whole unit: ~$1,803–$2,000/mo · 2BR ~$2,540/mo
- Median rent (all units): ~$2,350/mo · rent down 4% YoY
- Hancock Housing Board (Basic Needs Center) — FREE landlord listings
- Craigslist SM + Facebook Groups carry ~90% of inventory
- Safest neighborhoods: Orcutt + NE quadrant (Rancho Verde, Vista Del Sol)
- Avoid after dark: South Miller Street + Mid City Acres
- AB 12: max 1-mo deposit · AB 1482: many SM room-shares EXEMPT

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + Bulldog maroon #7B2D44 primary accent + Santa Maria gold #D4A55A secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: bulletin board with apartment listings + keys, Santa Maria valley apartment building, house silhouette + roommate icon, Bulldog house
- 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 "SANTA MARIA — OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING (ROOMS + THE BOARD)". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE — SANTA MARIA, CA" inside a circle filled with Bulldog maroon (#7B2D44).

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: Bulldog maroon #7B2D44
- Secondary accent: Santa Maria gold #D4A55A

BODY (vertical editorial layout, generous whitespace, with iconography paired to each data point). Render these EXACT data points verbatim, in this order:

   1. Bed in shared bedroom: $550–$900/mo (utilities often incl.)
   2. Private bedroom in shared house: $850–$1,400/mo (modal $950–$1,200)
   3. Garage conversion / ADU: $1,200–$1,800/mo
   4. 1BR whole unit: ~$1,803–$2,000/mo · 2BR ~$2,540/mo
   5. Median rent (all units): ~$2,350/mo · rent down 4% YoY
   6. Hancock Housing Board (Basic Needs Center) — FREE landlord listings
   7. Craigslist SM + Facebook Groups carry ~90% of inventory
   8. Safest neighborhoods: Orcutt + NE quadrant (Rancho Verde, Vista Del Sol)
   9. Avoid after dark: South Miller Street + Mid City Acres
   10. AB 12: max 1-mo deposit · AB 1482: many SM room-shares EXEMPT

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #7B2D44, 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): bulletin board with apartment listings + keys, Santa Maria valley apartment building, house silhouette + roommate icon, Bulldog house

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 hancock-housing.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts hancock-housing.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for hancock-housing.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.hancockcollege.edu/basicneeds/housing.php
- https://www.hancockcollege.edu/basicneeds/find-housing.php
- https://santamaria.craigslist.org/search/roo
- https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/ca/santa-maria/
- https://www.roomies.com/rooms/santa-maria-ca
- https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-santa-maria-ca/