Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rashin man fetur na Santa Barbara na 1969 ya faru a cikin Santa Barbara Channel, kusa da birnin Santa Barbara a Kudancin California. Ya kasance mafi girman zubar da mai a cikin ruwan Amurka a wancan lokacin, kuma yanzu yana matsayi na uku bayan Deepwater Horizon na 2010 da 1989 Exxon Valdez
zubar da ruwa. Ya kasance mafi girman zubar da man fetur da ya faru a cikin ruwa a California. Fushin jama'a da aka haifar ta hanyar zubar da ruwa, wanda ya sami mahimmancin kafofin watsa labarai a Amurka, ya haifar da dokoki da yawa na muhalli a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, dokokin da ke samar da tsarin doka da tsari don motsi na muhalli na zamani a Amurka.