The acquisition of the Reagan Ranch advanced Young America’s Foundation’s goal of establishing a permanent presence on the West Coast. In the summer of 1998, the Foundation rented office space and opened its doors in Santa Barbara to facilitate the preservation and protection of the Reagan Ranch and to spearhead student outreach in California and throughout the West.
Housing the administrative offices in the same building as the classrooms and the Visitors Gallery will maximize the efforts of Foundation staff and enable them to crossover from one project to the next with ease.