Lompoc, California#Public safety

The Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (WIELD) confirmed that the Chumash Purisimeño word lumpo'o̥ translates to 'in the cheeks'. Chumash placenames were often named after body parts such as: the eye, face, kneecap, the eyelash, shoulder, nose, tongue, and white of the eye.APPLEGATE, RICHARD B. “Chumash Placenames.” The Journal of California Anthropology, vol. 1, no. 2, 1974, pp. 187–205. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27824791. Accessed October 21, 2020. It used to be believed that Lompoc translated to 'stagnant waters'McCall, Lynne & Rosalind, Perry, red. (1991): The Chumash People: Materials for Teachers and Students. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. San Luis Obispo, CA: EZ Nature Books. ISBN 0-945092-23-7. Page 29. as was first mentioned in the 1974 paper Chumash Placenames by Richard Applegate. In 1981 the writings of John P. Harrington were cataloged at the Smithsonian Museum and quoted Maria Solares with the correct Lompoc translation. WIELD eventually researched and corrected the record in 2018.

File:La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, California LCCN2013631431.tif was founded in 1787 by the Spanish, under the leadership of Fermín de Lasuén.]]

Before the Spanish conquest, the area around Lompoc was inhabited by the Chumash people. The Original Mission La Purísima was established in 1787 near what is now the southern edge of the city. Purisimeño, a Chumashan language, was spoken in the region during the mission period.{{cite web | title = Purisimeño | work = Survey of California and Other Indian Languages | access-date = July 22, 2012 | url = http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~survey/languages/purisimeno.php }} After an earthquake destroyed the mission in 1812, it was moved to its present location {{convert|1|mi|km}} northeast of the present city. After independence from the Spanish Empire, the First Mexican Empire was established in 1821. The Mexicans secularized the Spanish missions in 1833, and La Purisima Mission fell into ruins.

In 1893, a diatomaceous earth mine, formerly owned by Johns Manville, World Mineral, and Celite corporation, now Imerys Inc., opened in the southern hills in Miguelito Canyon. It became (and still is) the largest marine diatomite mine in the world, and at one time was the largest employer in the valley.{{Cite news|last=Abramson|first=Mark|date=July 24, 2005|title=Lompoc mining company Celite sells to Imerys for ,217M|url=https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/lompoc-mining-company-celite-sells-to-imerys-for-217m/article_b8320b09-8508-5cad-8247-0f648acc31ec.html|access-date=July 20, 2021|work=Santa Maria Times|language=en}} While owned by Johns Manville, the mine employed more than 900 people at its peak, and built housing for its employees onsite and in town; the houses in town are next to JM park, which was donated to the city by the mine. Another diatomaceous earth company, Grefco, operated here from the 1940s until 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/owner-has-plans-for-grefco-site/article_476e612e-e5ac-11e0-b0f6-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Owner has plans for Grefco site|last=Sakata|first=John|date=September 23, 2011|work=Lompoc Record|language=en|access-date=February 9, 2020}} The remnants of its mine at the northeast end of town were torn down in 2001.{{Cite news|url=https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/lompoc-landmark-falls/article_7a5e5633-0e89-5fc9-8a62-51709905cd92.html|title=Lompoc landmark falls|last=Zimmer|first=Shane|date=June 4, 2001|work=Santa Maria Times|language=en|access-date=February 9, 2020}}

File:Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building front view.jpg in 1936, is a National Historic Landmark.]]

In 1909, the Sibyl Marston—at the time, the largest steam schooner built on the West Coast—sank nearby while carrying {{convert|1100000|board feet|m3}} of lumber. Many of the older Lompoc homes were built with lumber from the shipwreck. The wreckage can still be seen south of Surf Beach.{{Citation | last = Nisperos | first = Neil | title = Merchant steamer ship visible at Surf Beach | newspaper = Lompoc Record | date = January 29, 2006 | url = http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/article_d46d2a35-dbcb-5dfe-90a9-51a1891c7023.html | access-date = June 9, 2013}}

The coastal branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad opened around 1900 and eventually replaced ship transportation. A paved road linked Lompoc to Buellton and the rest of California around 1920. In 1923, the Honda Point disaster, the U.S.'s largest peacetime naval accident, occurred just off the coast; nine U.S. destroyers ran aground, killing 23 people. During the Great Depression, La Purisima Mission was restored by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). During World War II, the coast west of Lompoc was the site of Camp Cooke, a United States Army training camp where large units could practice maneuvers.

Lompoc grew slowly until 1958, when the United States Air Force announced that the former Camp Cooke would be a test site for the Thor family of intermediate-range ballistic missiles and the first operational base for the SM-65 Atlas, an intercontinental ballistic missile. The city then began to grow rapidly to provide housing for thousands of civilians and contractors employed at what was soon renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was the Air Force's first missile base.

File:Old movie theater in Lompoc, California LCCN2013631444.tif style Lompoc Theatre was built in 1927.]]

The Space Shuttle program was slated to begin launches from Vandenberg in the late 1980s, and the city experienced a boom in restaurant and hotel construction in anticipation of tourists coming to see shuttle launches. However, when the Challenger exploded during take-off from Cape Canaveral in 1986, the West Coast shuttle program was terminated, sending Lompoc into a severe recession.{{Cite news|last=Corwin|first=Miles|date=February 26, 1986|title=Shuttle Blowup Casts Pall Over Lompoc Area's Sudden Growth|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-26-mn-31-story.html|access-date=July 20, 2021|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|11.7|sqmi|km2}}, 99.34% of it land and 0.66% of it water.

Most of the city is in the valley of the Santa Ynez River, at an elevation of about 80–100 feet (25–30 meters). Expansion has been to the north, on higher ground known as Vandenberg Village, with elevations of 150–300 feet (50–100 meters). Like most rivers in Southern California, the Santa Ynez River does not have a surface flow for most of the year. Underground flow in the sandy river bed recharges the aquifer beneath the city, from which nine wells (with a tenth one planned) supply the city with water. Unlike many other cities in Southern California, Lompoc is not connected to the State Water Project.

Lompoc has a cool Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb), typical of coastal California. The city is mostly sunny, with an ocean breeze. Fog is common. Snow is virtually unknown. The highest recorded temperature was {{convert|110|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} in 1987, and the lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|20|°F|°C|1|disp=or}} in 1990.

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In the 2020 United States census, Lompoc had a population of 44,444. The population density was 3,823.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,476.1/km2). The racial and ethnic makeup was 25,472 (57.3%) Hispanic or Latino of any race; 13,310 (29.9%) Non-Hispanic White; 1,805 (4%) African American; 1,608 (3.6%) Asian; 289 (0.65%) Native American; 98 (0.2%) Pacific Islander; 166 (0.37%) other races; and 1,696 (3.8%) from two or more races.

The Census reported that 41,375 (93%) lived in households, 156 (0.35%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 2,913 (6.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 14,104 households, of which 5,459 (38.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them; 6,309 (44.7%) were opposite-sex married couple households; 3,919 (27.8%) had a female householder with no husband present; and 2,613 (18.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,210 (2.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 77 (0.17%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 3,256 (23%) households were made up of individuals, and 1,438 (10.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06. There were 9,453 (67%) families; the average family size was 3.67.

The population included 12,129 (27.4%) people under the age of 18; 2,935 (6.6%) people aged 18 to 24; 12,657 (28.5%) aged 25 to 44, 10,861 (24.4%) aged 45 to 64; and 5,862 (13.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 35.7 years old. For every 100 females, there were 109.9 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 111.6 males.

There were 14,609 housing units at an average density of 1,257 per square mile (485/km2), of which 6,687 (45.7%) were owner-occupied and 7,417 (50.7%) were occupied by renters. There are 505 vacant housing units in Lompoc (0.34%). The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.1% Bureau, U. S. C. (2020). DP1 | PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS. Explore census data. https://data.census.gov/table?text=DP1&g=160XX00US0642524&y=2020&tid=DECENNIALDP2020.DP1

File:La Purisima Concepcion Church of Lompoc.jpg.]]

In the 2010 United States Census,{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0642524|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030848/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0642524|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Lompoc city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}} Lompoc had a population of 42,434. The population density was {{convert|3,634.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 25,950 (61.2%) White; 2,432 (5.7%) African American; 750 (1.8%) Native American; 1,615 (3.8%) Asian; 186 (0.4%) Pacific Islander; 9,020 (21.3%) from other races; and 2,481 (5.8%) from two or more races. There were 21,557 Hispanic or Latino residents of any race (50.8%).

The Census reported that 38,778 people (91.4% of the population) lived in households, 99 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 3,557 (8.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,355 households, of which 5,481 (41.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them; 6,323 (47.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together; 2,061 (15.4%) had a female householder with no husband present; and 913 (6.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 949 (2.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 75 (0.17%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 3,304 households (24.7%) were made up of individuals, and 1,187 (8.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.9. There were 9,297 families (69.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.48.

The population included 11,188 people (26.4%) under the age of 18, 4,452 people (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 12,233 people (28.8%) aged 25 to 44, 10,338 people (24.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,223 people (10.0%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 33.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.7 males.

There were 14,416 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,234.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 6,493 (48.6%) were owner-occupied and 6,862 (51.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.1%. 18,534 people (43.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 20,244 people (47.7%) lived in rental housing units.

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As of the 2000 Census,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} there were 43,284 people, 13,059 households and 9,311 families residing in Lompoc. The population density was {{convert|3,532.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 13,621 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,170.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 65.81% White, 7.34% African American, 1.58% Native American, 3.90% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 15.68% from other races, and 5.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race made up 37.31% of the population.

There were 13,059 households, of which 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.88, and the average family size was 3.42.

The population included 29.9% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 32. For every 100 females, there were 113.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $47,587, and the median income for a family was $62,199. Males had a median income of $35,074, versus $26,824 for females. The per capita income was $15,509. About 12.6% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under 18 and 6.7% of those 65 or older.

File:Delta_IV_launch_2013-08-28.jpg is a large contributor to the local economy.]]

Vandenberg Space Force Base dominates the economy, directly employing more Lompoc residents than any other employer, and contributing $1.7 billion to the regional economy.{{cite news|url=http://www.pacbiztimes.com/2015/02/06/editorial-lompoc-gets-its-groove-back-amid-tourism-boom/ |title=Editorial: Lompoc gets its groove back amid tourism boom |work=Pacific Coast Business Times |date= February 6, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2015}} Other mainstays of the economy include the Federal Correctional Institution, the diatomaceous earth mine (today owned by Imerys), the Lompoc Oil Field and associated oil processing facilities north of town, and agriculture (especially seed flowers and vegetables). Lompoc is called "The City of Arts and Flowers".

Wine production and wine tourism make up an expanding agricultural sector.{{Cite news|url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/sip-lompoc-campaign-brings-local-wine-industry-under-spotlight/article_ff5f3120-3893-56bd-9a00-1bc410aab2d7.amp.html|title='Sip Lompoc' campaign brings local wine industry under spotlight|date=December 1, 2019|work=Lompoc Record|access-date=December 2, 2019}} Lompoc Valley is the gateway to the Sta. Rita Hills AVA wine appellation, internationally recognized for premium pinot noir and chardonnay. Thirty premium boutique wine labels are produced in Lompoc. Numerous other wineries are located along State Route 246 and on Santa Rosa Road. Tasting rooms are located in various parts of Lompoc.

Since the end of the Cold War, many workers employed in Santa Barbara and Goleta have moved to Lompoc to take advantage of lower housing costs, effectively making Lompoc a bedroom community of Santa Barbara.{{Cite news|url=https://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_barbara_county_employee_commuter_benefits_20190518|title=Board of Supervisors Considers Expanding Commuter Benefits for Santa Barbara County Employees|last=Magnoli|first=Giana|date=May 18, 2019|work=Noozhawk|language=en-US|access-date=September 5, 2019}} The character of the town has changed considerably with the growth associated with this demographic shift. In addition, new housing developments are spreading into the adjacent hills on the north side of town.

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Upon the legalization of the sale and distribution of cannabis in California, the city had seven recreational marijuana storefronts by February 2020 with nineteen cannabis business licenses having been issued by the city.{{Cite news|url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/coastal-dispensary-opens-in-downtown-lompoc-becomes-city-s-th/article_c0c28631-80da-5049-b98d-beb0bb1dfb65.html|title=Coastal Dispensary opens in downtown Lompoc, becomes city's 7th cannabis storefront|last=Jacobson|first=Willis|date=February 8, 2020|work=Lompoc Record|language=en|access-date=February 8, 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-retail-shop-opens-in-lompoc|title=New cannabis retail shop opens in Lompoc|date=September 30, 2019|work=KSBY|language=en|access-date=October 1, 2019}} One of the retail establishments is being licensed for onsite consumption claiming to be the first between Los Angeles and San Francisco.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-shop-opening-in-lompoc-to-offer-on-site-consumption|title=New cannabis shop opening in Lompoc to allow on-site consumption|date=December 12, 2019|work=KSBY|language=en|access-date=December 13, 2019}} A manufacturing facility has been established{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Melinda |date=October 7, 2023 |title=Lompoc Cannabis Lab Averts a Shutdown Order … for Now |url=https://www.independent.com/2023/10/07/lompoc-cannabis-lab-averts-a-shutdown-order-for-now/ |access-date=October 8, 2023 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US}} and a testing lab provides the required analysis for growers.{{Cite news|last=Abbott|first=Anikka|date=September 1, 2020|title=Lompoc cannabis testing lab pivots to COVID-19 testing|url=https://keyt.com/health/coronavirus/2020/08/31/lompoc-cannabis-testing-lab-pivots-to-covid-19-testing/|access-date=September 2, 2020|work=KEYT|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://keyt.com/news/cannabis/2019/12/16/the-only-cannabis-testing-on-the-central-coast-to-open-in-lompoc/|title=The only cannabis testing lab on the Central Coast to open in Lompoc|last=Hill|first=Naja|date=December 17, 2019|work=KEYT {{!}} KCOY|language=en-US|access-date=December 17, 2019}} Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities. Cannabis dispensaries pay a 6% gross sales tax to the city.{{Cite news|url=https://www.keyt.com/news/santa-maria-north-county/lompoc-projects-less-cannabis-revenue-then-expect-but-predicts-good-future-revenue-stream/1077742424|title=Lompoc sees less cannabis revenue than expected but predicts future profits to come|last=Hill|first=Naja|date=May 14, 2019|work=KEYT|language=en-US|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514181510/https://www.keyt.com/news/santa-maria-north-county/lompoc-projects-less-cannabis-revenue-then-expect-but-predicts-good-future-revenue-stream/1077742424|url-status=dead}} Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use.

File:Lompoc_Museum.jpg is housed in the old Carnegie library, built in 1910.]]

The Lompoc Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city. The city is also served by the Lompoc Fire Department (LFD), which responds to more than 3,800 emergency and non-emergency calls per year.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflompoc.com/fire/statement.htm|title=Welcome to the City of Lompoc!|work=cityoflompoc.com|access-date=March 1, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113806/http://www.cityoflompoc.com/fire/statement.htm|url-status=dead}}

American Medical Response Santa Barbara County (AMR SBC) provides the primary emergency medical response and ambulance services. The LFD provides mutual aid to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department as well as providing primary fire protection and emergency medical response to the United States Penitentiary, Lompoc.

The Federal Correctional Complex located between Lompoc and Vandenberg SFB includes the medium- and low-security Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc, two minimum-security camps.[http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/lox/index.jsp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126083339/http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/lox/index.jsp|date=November 26, 2013}}

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Lompoc is served by the Lompoc Unified School District.

The two high schools in the area are Cabrillo High School and Lompoc High School.

The two middle schools in the area are Vandenberg Middle School and Lompoc Valley Middle School.

Allan Hancock College operates the Lompoc Valley Center (LVC).

State Route 1 is the major north–south artery through Lompoc. State Route 246 heads east to Buellton and the Santa Ynez Valley.

The Surf train station is located to the west at Surf Beach and is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner line. Amtrak Thruway buses stop in town. Lompoc is also served by City of Lompoc Transit, the Clean Air Express to Santa Barbara/Goleta, and the Breeze Bus to Buellton/Solvang and Santa Maria.

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The Lompoc Valley Flower Festival, held the last week of June, features a parade, carnival, food vendors, and craft show.{{cite book|author=Fodor's|title=Fodor's Northern California 2011: With Napa, Sonoma, Yosemite, San Francisco & Lake Tahoe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORayPYO-TvcC&pg=PA95|access-date=December 25, 2011|date=December 21, 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0503-1|page=70}} In 2002, the Bodger Seed Company planted a "floral flag" as a tribute after the September 11 attacks. The "flag" was 740 feet by 390 feet, covered {{cvt|6.65 |acres}}, and was estimated to contain more than 400,000 larkspur plants.{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoflompoc.com/government/flag/index.htm |title=The 2002 Floral Flag |publisher=City of Lompoc |access-date=June 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517224853/http://www.cityoflompoc.com/government/flag/index.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/floralflag.asp#K8EZuvwlM54xlgCH.99 |title=Floral Flag |date=July 31, 2002 |publisher=snopes.com}}

The Lompoc arts scene features a number of artists, musicians, and bands, ranging from singer-songwriters to psychedelic blues-rock bands. At the center of this scene is Certain Sparks Music, a music store and frequent venue for Lompoc's musicians. Certain Sparks opened in 2006 and moved in 2015 from the corner of H & Laurel to South H Street.

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One of Lompoc's most successful musical artists is the rock band Saint Anne's Place, which was formed in 2008 and released their first EP, Speak Easy, in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/bands/saint-annes-place/|title=Saint Anne's Place The Santa Barbara Independent|work=independent.com|date=January 7, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2012/jul/12/catching-saint-annes-place/|title=Catching up with Saint Anne's Place|author=Aly Comingore|date=July 12, 2012|work=independent.com}} The band's music has been described as a "blistering yet rustic mix of blues, psychedelia, and folk rock with the chops of players twice their senior".{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/03/heavy-hitters/|title=Heavy Hitters|date=November 3, 2011|author=Aly Comingore|work=independent.com}} In 2011, they also won the Santa Barbara Independent battle of the bands.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/oct/21/saint-annes-takes-first-place/|title=Saint Anne's Takes First Place|author=Aly Comingore|date=October 21, 2011|work=independent.com}} They released their second EP, The Earth Shaker, in December 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2012/dec/28/saint-annes-place-release-em-earth-shakerem/|title=Saint Anne's Place Release The Earth Shaker|author=Aly Comingore|date=December 28, 2012|work=independent.com}}

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Emily Wryn is a Lompoc songwriter whose music has been featured on NPR’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiemusicreviewer.com/women-of-indie-emily-wryn-head-on-straight/|title=Woman of Indie: Emily Wryn – Head on Straight|date=March 11, 2012|publisher=Indiemusicreviewer.com|access-date=July 2, 2015|archive-date=March 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319034522/http://www.indiemusicreviewer.com/women-of-indie-emily-wryn-head-on-straight/|url-status=dead}} Her first EP, Head on Straight, was released in February 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2012/feb/06/emily-wryn/|title=Emily Wryn|date=February 6, 2012|author=Aly Comingore|work=independent.com}} and she played at the Indie Week festival in Ireland in April 2014.{{cite web|url=http://ireland.indieweek.com/category/artists/2013-performers/|title=Categories Archives: 2013 Performers|last=iwiAdmin99|publisher=Indie Week Ireland|access-date=March 18, 2014|archive-date=March 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319025708/http://ireland.indieweek.com/category/artists/2013-performers/|url-status=dead}} Wryn also collaborates with a local band, Saint Anne's Place, and in a group called The Lights Electric.

Another band, Millions, led by Randall Sena, played along the Central Coast. Randall Sena was also in a performing band called Le Petite Protest.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/03/songwriterproducer-millions/|title=The Songwriter-Producer: Millions|date=November 3, 2011|author=Levi Michaels|work=independent.com}} Sena recorded and produced Wryn's Head on Straight and Saint Anne's Place's Speak Easy in his recording studio, Certain Sparks.

The Lompoc Theatre, which opened in 1927, was owned and operated by the Calvert family for many years.{{cite news|last=McReynolds|first=John|title=Grand Lompoc Theatre once a showcase|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/grand-lompoc-theatre-once-a-showcase/article_c7f6bebb-b281-5509-8b1c-b37cc9a8ba93.html|access-date=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Lompoc Record|date=May 27, 2007}} It encountered financial trouble in the 1970s because of competition from multiplexes and television. The last time a movie was shown on its screen was in 1987.{{cite news|last=Benham|first=Carol|title=Fate of Lompoc Theatre in hands of City Council|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/fate-of-lompoc-theatre-in-hands-of-city-council/article_9a11a490-deb7-11e1-8df8-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Lompoc Record|date=August 5, 2012}}

In July 2003, a non-profit group, the Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation, announced plans to restore the theater. With the assistance of the city, the LHCDC was able to raise funds to buy the theater. By March 2008, the cost of renovating the building was estimated at just under $10 million. The LHCDC was unable to raise the money needed for renovations, and the building accumulated three liens.{{cite news|last=Benham|first=Carol|title=Timeline of LHCDC's plans for the Lompoc Theatre|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/fate-of-lompoc-theatre-in-hands-of-city-council/article_9a11a490-deb7-11e1-8df8-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Lompoc Record|date=August 5, 2012}} The Lompoc Theatre Project Organization was formed in 2012 with the help of Howlin' Byroon's Music Store (2009–2014) owner Brian W. Cole, Donelle Martin, Carol Benham, Michelle Shaefer and others. It was formally sold, and attaining the keys, to the same grassroots group called the Lompoc Theatre Project in 2016. {{As of | January 2020}}, restoration and fund-raising is still ongoing.{{cite news|last=Cruet|first=Gianna|title=Lompoc Theatre Project presents updated plans|url=http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lompoc-theatre-project-presents-updated-plans/article_619c8406-9ac0-11e3-93e8-0019bb2963f4.html|access-date=March 19, 2014|newspaper=The Lompoc Record|date=February 21, 2014}}{{cite news|title=Lompoc Theatre Project takes ownership of historic building |first=Willis |last=Jacobson |date=January 29, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2016|newspaper=The Lompoc Record |url=http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/lompoc-theatre-project-takes-ownership-of-historic-building/article_13f83720-2f63-5c68-8afd-f8d42a6dab1d.html}}{{Cite web|title = Lompoc Theatre Project: Restoring the Historic Lompoc Theatre|url = http://www.lompoctheatre.org/|website = Lompoc Theatre Project|access-date = February 10, 2016|language = en-US}}{{cite news|url=http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/lompoc-s-landmark-hi-let-s-eat-sign-survives-gets/article_0cb831ed-65b9-599a-a819-0a3652feeef8.html|title=Lompoc's landmark 'Hi! Let's Eat' sign survives, gets new home|newspaper=Lompoc Record|first=Willis |last=Jacobson|date=April 27, 2017|access-date=May 8, 2017}}

Founded in 1996,{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Lompoc Record Staff|title=Lompoc Pops to open season with 'A Night on Broadway'|url=https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/lompoc-pops-to-open-season-with-a-night-on-broadway/article_c3254d1d-a649-51c2-97ca-02fe484d50cc.html|access-date=January 11, 2022|website=Santa Maria Times|date=September 9, 2019 |language=en}} the Lompoc Pops Orchestra consists of about 45 semi-professional musicians under the direction of Brian Asher Alhadeff.{{Cite web|title=Lompoc Pops Sun News Spread|url=http://www.lompocpopsorchestra.org/about.html|access-date=January 11, 2022|website=www.lompocpopsorchestra.org}} Its four annual performances include musicals, Broadway hits, jazz pieces, big band, gospel and patriotic music.

• Julián Araujo, professional soccer player (AFC Bournemouth, Mexico national team){{cite web|url=https://as.com/futbol/primera/las-palmas-anuncia-la-incorporacion-de-julian-araujo-n/|title = JJulián Araujo, del Barça a Las Palmas| date=August 2023 | publisher=as.com |access-date= August 2, 2023}}
• Jeff Bettendorf, professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=betteje01|title = Jeff Bettendorf Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 21, 2012}}
• Mike Bratz, former professional basketball player (San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns){{cite web|url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BRATZMI01|title=Michael Louis Bratz (Mike)|publisher=databaseBasketball.com|access-date=December 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104937/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BRATZMI01|archive-date=January 20, 2013}}
• Casey Candaele, former professional baseball player (Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, and Cleveland Indians){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=candaca01|title = Casey Candaele Stats

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• Ryan Church, former professional baseball player (Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Arizona Diamondbacks){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=churcry01|title = Ryan Church Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 21, 2012}}
• Jeffrey Combs, actor, raised in Lompoc{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14373/Jeffrey-Combs/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000841/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/14373/Jeffrey-Combs/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Jason Buchanan|date=2016|title=Jeffrey Combs|access-date=April 6, 2015}}
• Danny Duffy, professional baseball player (Kansas City Royals){{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=duffyda01 |title = Danny Duffy Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 27, 2012}}
• Jacqueline Gadsden, 1920s film actress, born in Lompoc{{cite web|title=Jacqueline Gadsdon - Biography - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300615/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb|access-date=September 10, 2017}}
• Brian Givens, former professional baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=givenbr01|title = Brian Givens Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac |access-date= December 21, 2012}}
• Johnnie Gray, former professional football player (Green Bay Packers){{cite web|url= http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRAYJOH01|title= Johnnie Lee Gray|publisher= databaseFootball.com|access-date= December 27, 2012|url-status= usurped|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104937/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRAYJOH01|archive-date= January 20, 2013|df= mdy-all}}
• Mark Herrier, actor, graduated from Lompoc High School{{cite web|title=Mark Herrier - Biography - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0380628/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb|access-date=September 10, 2017}}
• Winifred Hervey, executive producer and writer, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Steve Harvey Show
• Roy Howell, former professional baseball player (Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Milwaukee Brewers){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=howelro02|title = Roy Howell Stats

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• Bill Howerton, former professional baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Giants){{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=howerbi01|title = Bill Howerton Stats

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• Napoleon Kaufman, former professional football player (Oakland Raiders){{cite web|url= http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KAUFMNAP01|title= Napoleon Kaufman|publisher= databaseFootball.com|access-date= December 27, 2012|url-status= usurped|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104942/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KAUFMNAP01|archive-date= January 20, 2013|df= mdy-all}}
• Gabe Lopez, singer/songwriter{{Cite news|last=Chambers|first=Melissa|date=August 25, 2004|title=Cabrillo high grad on the path to stardom|work=Lompoc Record|url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/cabrillo-high-grad-on-the-path-to-stardom/article_2742cab4-dd90-5907-ba43-6aa0236b6e40.html|access-date=April 25, 2021}}
• Jonathan Majors, actor, born in Lompoc {{Cite news|last=Greiving|first=Tim |date=November 25, 2019|title='Last Black Man' actor finds the sensitive artist within himself and his character|url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-25/last-black-man-jonathan-majors|access-date=September 3, 2020|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=November 26, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191126000032/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-25/last-black-man-jonathan-majors|url-status=live|quote=Majors, 30...}}
• John D. Nesbitt, western writer and American literature and language educator living in Wyoming
• George Perry, Alzheimer's disease researcher and dean and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio
• Duane Solomon, 800m Olympian{{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2008/Solomon_Duane.asp|title=Duane Solomon|work=usatf.org}}
• Roy Thomas, former professional baseball player (Seattle Mariners)
• Tommy Thompson, former professional football player (San Francisco 49ers)[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/3227/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020061836/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/3227/index.html|date=October 20, 2012}}
• Dorien Wilson, actor, The Parkers and Dream On{{Cite web|title=Dorien Wilson|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933332/|website=IMDb|access-date=May 10, 2020}}

Lompoc has five sister cities:{{cite web | title = Our Sister Cities | publisher = City of Lompoc | url = http://www.cityoflompoc.com/information/SisterCities.htm | access-date = February 25, 2015 | archive-date = April 21, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150421081702/http://www.cityoflompoc.com/information/SisterCities.htm | url-status = dead }}

• {{flagicon|USA}} Cheyenne, Wyoming
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Inca, Spain
• {{flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid, Florida
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Locarno, Switzerland
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Namwon, Republic of Korea (South Korea)

In 2010, Playboy named Jasper's, a local bar, one of the top 10 dive bars in the country.{{cite web | author = Glenn Wallace | title = Jasper's makes list of top 'dive bars' | publisher = The Lompoc Record | date = July 24, 2010 | url =http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/article_77ae4958-97b5-11df-8938-001cc4c03286.html | access-date = July 25, 2010 }} The bar is the setting of the classic 1940 W. C. Fields comedy The Bank Dick. Lompoc is also frequently referred to in the TV cartoon series Roger Ramjet, though consistently mispronounced "Lom-pock".Gene Moss (Writer), Jim Thurman (Writer), & Fred Crippen (Director). (1969). Lompoc Lizards, S5 E26 [Television series episode]. Kenneth C. T. Snyder (Executive producer), Roger Ramjet. NBC The Australian punk rock band Lompoc County Splatterheads were named from an episode where the hero refers to "local louts as a bunch of 'Splatter heads'."{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | authorlink1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Splatterheads' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040803152348/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=400 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=400 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archive-date = 3 August 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web |url=https://thisisnorthernnsw.com.au/arts-community/artist-chris-fletcher/ |title=Artist – Chris Fletcher |website=This Is Northern New South Wales |author=Kirra |date=18 September 2012 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20240411131645/https://thisisnorthernnsw.com.au/arts-community/artist-chris-fletcher/ |archive-date=11 April 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 }}{{Cbignore|bot=medic}}

In Call of Duty: Ghosts, Lompoc is the setting of the Extinction map "Exodus".

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