---
filename: cabrillo-housing.png
title: SC County — Off-Campus Housing (Rooms + the Market)
cluster: Housing
college: Cabrillo College — Aptos, 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 (Cabrillo College — Aptos, CA)

## Data points (edit these to change rendered content; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cabrillo-housing.png` to regenerate)
- Bed in shared bedroom: $900–$1,500/mo (Watsonville $900-1,200 · Aptos/SC $1,200-1,500)
- Private bedroom in shared house: $1,104–$2,895/mo · avg $1,576 (UCSC Community Rentals 2026)
- Studio / ADU: $2,027–$3,437/mo · avg $2,604
- 1BR whole: ~$2,400 (Aptos) · ~$2,800 (SC) · ~$1,800 (Watsonville south-county discount)
- Watsonville rents ~30% below Santa Cruz City — cheapest county option
- Cabrillo runs NO listing board — channels students to Financial Aid Office
- Cabrillo Financial Aid: (831) 479-6548 (Aptos) / (831) 786-4701 (Watsonville)
- UCSC Community Rentals + Craigslist SC + Sentinel = primary listing channels
- Most Cabrillo students live with family — commuter-heavy by design
- AB 12 deposit cap = 1 mo · Santa Cruz City has NO additional rent control

## Style hints (edit to shift visual treatment)
- Palette: paper #F4ECDC base + ink #2A1810 body + deep ocean navy #2D4A6B primary accent + warm sand #C9B284 secondary
- Aesthetic: editorial / hand-printed California Country
- Typography: elegant serif headline + clean geometric sans-serif data labels
- Iconography: small house with picket fence, bus, key, for-rent sign with $1,576 sticker
- 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 "SC COUNTY — OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING (ROOMS + THE MARKET)". A small badge in the top-right corner reads "CABRILLO COLLEGE — APTOS, CA" inside a circle filled with deep ocean navy (#2D4A6B).

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: deep ocean navy #2D4A6B
- Secondary accent: warm sand #C9B284

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: $900–$1,500/mo (Watsonville $900-1,200 · Aptos/SC $1,200-1,500)
   2. Private bedroom in shared house: $1,104–$2,895/mo · avg $1,576 (UCSC Community Rentals 2026)
   3. Studio / ADU: $2,027–$3,437/mo · avg $2,604
   4. 1BR whole: ~$2,400 (Aptos) · ~$2,800 (SC) · ~$1,800 (Watsonville south-county discount)
   5. Watsonville rents ~30% below Santa Cruz City — cheapest county option
   6. Cabrillo runs NO listing board — channels students to Financial Aid Office
   7. Cabrillo Financial Aid: (831) 479-6548 (Aptos) / (831) 786-4701 (Watsonville)
   8. UCSC Community Rentals + Craigslist SC + Sentinel = primary listing channels
   9. Most Cabrillo students live with family — commuter-heavy by design
   10. AB 12 deposit cap = 1 mo · Santa Cruz City has NO additional rent control

The big numbers (like "249", "$1,200", "1,250 miles") should be BIG and prominent in #2D4A6B, 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): small house with picket fence, bus, key, for-rent sign with $1,576 sticker

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 cabrillo-housing.png; re-run `bun generate-all.ts cabrillo-housing.png`
- **To add/remove data points**: edit the `data` array in SPECS for cabrillo-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://communityrentals.ucsc.edu/strategy/cost/
- https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/scz/roo
- https://www.cabrillo.edu/housing/
- https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/watsonville-ca
- https://www.lawfoundation.org/ab1482