Civic

Residents can weigh in on the City's draft Prohousing Designation application through August 8, with a community workshop set for July 8 at Ventura City Hall.

The Board of Supervisors approved a $3.41 billion balanced budget on June 15, maintaining services while investing in housing, behavioral health, and infrastructure.

City staff recommend rejecting Mountain Cascade's challenge and awarding the construction contract for the State Water Interconnection Pipeline.

Santa Paula's city manager will serve out his final year under existing contract terms as the council prepares to launch a recruitment process for his replacement.

Voters will decide whether to extend the half-cent sales tax past its March 2029 expiration, preserving $20 million in annual city revenue.

Ventura property owners with short-term vacation rental permits must renew by August 31 or lose them, while new applications open July 13 under revised rules that include a steep fee increase and new geographic caps.

Rather than adopt the ordinance, the council directed staff to hold three public workshops with stakeholders and return with revisions by October 27, 2026.

The spending plan adds $186 million in total appropriations while keeping staffing flat and preserving the county’s top credit ratings.

The measure would extend the city's existing half-cent sales tax indefinitely, generating roughly $20 million per year for public safety and core services.

The Ventura County Sheriff and District Attorney will host a public presentation on May 6 at the Camarillo Police Department to share annual military equipment reports required under AB 481.

Council voted at its March 24 meeting to formally end the temporary relocation and resume regular meetings at 501 Poli Street.

The fourteenth amendment to the city's outside-counsel agreement raises the not-to-exceed cap to $9.38 million as the long-running water-rights litigation continues.

Kennedy Jenks Consultants will design a corrective-action plan for the country club's separately operated drinking-water system through August.

Council approved an Annual Action Plan combining last year's allocation of $704,658 with $248,396 in previously unused CDBG funds for submission to HUD.

Council waived the first reading on an ordinance updating Section 16.215.030 and Chapter 16.225 of the municipal code as part of the Downtown Parking Improvements project.

Council closed out additional costs from the temporary relocation, bringing the total Community Access Partners agreement to $3,391,832.

The first amendment funds permitting and construction monitoring on the Ventura River emergency bank repair through June 2027.

The change orders raise the cumulative emergency-repair spending on the Ventura River bank, with $32,510 added to Peter Lapidus and $197,873 to Tri County Transportation.

The March 24 council meeting raised the cap on environmental-consulting and legal contracts tied to the Sinclair Gas Station Fuel Leak, extending Rincon's work through December 2026.

The first reading passed at the March 10 council meeting, with a second reading and adoption scheduled for a future meeting once notice can be provided.

The retroactive approval covers work already underway to protect a city water well, with up to $40,000 in additional change orders authorized.

The March 24 vote made Chapter 8.60 part of the municipal code two weeks after the ordinance was first introduced.

Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 to 2031 Capital Improvement Program on March 24, adding 17 named projects to the city's five-year infrastructure pipeline.

Council deposited a $3.6 million probable-compensation amount with the state and authorized $2.6 million in capital fund appropriations to acquire the parcel.

The fourth amendment extends the city's content management contract through May 2027 and lifts maintenance fees on the OnBase system.