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title: "Jiffy Lube Opens New Location on State Street in Santa Barbara"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/df94b2f8-5757-493b-9842-f5802a474611
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20230313_jiffy_lube_opens_new_location_on_state_street_in_santa_barbara.html
category: "Oil change"
industry: "Automotive"
segment: "Oil change"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2023-03-13T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:33:58.042Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1507679799987-c73779587ccf?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Jiffy Lube Opens New Location on State Street in Santa Barbara

**TL;DR:** Jiffy Lube opened a new location in Santa Barbara, operated by local franchise owner Sean Porcher and family. The new location offers a range of services, including oil changes, tires, and preventive maintenance.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-03-13. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230313_jiffy_lube_opens_new_location_on_state_street_in_santa_barbara.html).*

## Story

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (PRWEB) March 10, 2023 - Central Coast Jiffy Lube is proud to announce the opening of their Jiffy Lube MultiCare location in Santa Barbara. The new Jiffy Lube location is operated by local Franchise owner Sean Porcher and family. The company spent two months remodeling and cleaning up the location that was closed by the previous operator at the beginning of August. Jiffy Lube has added a remodeled lobby for customers, a new outdoor seating area as well as a coffee bar and remodeled restroom.

The location, 3956 State Street, is conveniently located at the corner of Calle Real and State Street. The location joins the Goleta Jiffy Lube and Downtown Santa Barbara Jiffy Lube as providers of oil changes, tires and preventive maintenance in the Santa Barbara area. The location will employ up to fifteen Jiffy Lube technicians and is managed by George Jimenez who joined the company in July of 2020 when he retired from the United State's Army.

He will be joined by certified mechanic Juan Hernandez a fellow veteran of the United States Marine Corp. Manager in Training, Lorena Tovar brings four years of Jiffy Lube experience and 20 years of Automotive Experience to the team. Rounding out the leadership team is Julio Villalobos who is the company's Jiffy Lube MultiCare Master Technician Evaluator.

He has been with the company for seven years.

"The team we have promoted to the new State Street location is second to none. From experience with tires, brakes, suspension, engine repair, diagnostics to Smog Checks and emissions repairs, this team has it all!" said Sean Porcher, owner of the Franchise. "We are excited to have this team in place to begin delivery top quality service in Santa Barbara today!"

The location will offer the full range of Jiffy Lube MultiCare services including tires and brakes. The company offers several different brands of tires which can be purchased online or through the physical store. The house brand of tires is Nexen, but the company offers nearly every brand of tire through its local distribution center.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Automotive (sector)
- location opening (topic)
- automotive services (topic)
- Jiffy Lube (company)
- Santa Barbara (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230313_jiffy_lube_opens_new_location_on_state_street_in_santa_barbara.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/df94b2f8-5757-493b-9842-f5802a474611).