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===Los Padres Council===
{{main|Los Padres Council}}
{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Los Padres Council (#053)
|image=
|type=council
|owner=[[Scouting_America|Scouting America ]]
|headquarters=Santa Barbara, California
|country=United States
|f-date=1915
|website=[http://www.lpcbsa.org lpcbsa.org]
}}
The '''Los Padres Council''' was founded in 1917 as the Santa Barbara Council. The Santa Barbara Council changed its name in 1929 to the Mission Council and stayed that way until 1994. In 1994, the Santa Lucia Area Council merged with the Mission Council to form the Los Padres Council. The Santa Lucia Area Council (#056) was founded in 1933, as the San Luis Obispo County Council. The Central Coast Counties council (#025), founded in 1922 merged into Santa Barbara in 1924.{{listref|a}}
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