Ventura County Taxpayers Association: Lunch with Mike Powers, County CEO
By Sheryl Hamlin Dick Thomson, eight year president of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association (VCTA) passed the presidential gavel to Robert Alviani on July 27, 2017 during the summer meeting in Oxnard with about 50 in attendance including several elected officials. Mr. Alviani, a retired banker, said he was “looking out for taxpayers” and how […]
Harvesting the Rain in Ventura County – Part One
By Tim Pompey Ventura County Water Agencies Discuss Stormwater Capture The Question Tell me if you’ve ever wondered about this question: Now that the rains have returned, why don’t we work harder to capture some of this water that we see rushing down rivers and creeks and out to the ocean? It’s a good question […]
Ventura County General Plan Update: Transportation and Infrastructure
By Sheryl Hamlin The county has embarked on a multi-year, multi-million dollar update to its General Plan Update (GPU) for the unincorporated areas. The website for commenting and status is vc2040.org. Citizens can also sign up here for announcements. Previous articles about this process were here: Notice/Overview History and Initial Configuration of Report Refinements to […]
Santa Clara River Watershed Committee Presents Regional Water Plans
By Sheryl Hamlin Ventura County counts seven watersheds among its many natural assets: Ventura River, Santa Clara River, Calleguas Creek, Malibu Creek, Cuyama River and Coastal Creeks. To manage and protect these assets, the county formed the Watershed Protection District in 1944 as simply a flood control district. Since then, management of these assets has […]
Forum: Ocean Desalination in Ventura County
By Sheryl Hamlin Introduction by Supervisor Bennett Supervisor Steve Bennett hosted a full board room in the County Supervisors chambers on December 1, 2016 when four water experts spoke on their experiences in planning and implementing ocean water desalination. Supervisor Bennett opened by saying that “water is the most important issue he will be dealing […]
CLU/CERF: Policy, Politics and Prognostication (Part Four)
By Sheryl Hamlin This is Part Four in a multi-part article of the CLU/CERF 2016 Ventura County Forecast meeting held on November 10, 2016 at the Serra Center in Camarillo. In Part One, Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee, gave the political outlook for the state as well as thoughts on a possible recession. In […]
Interview: Kelly Long- candidate for District 3 VC Supervisor
By George Miller Most of us never even heard of Kelly Long until the latter part of last year. Then we heard she was running for Kathy Long’s Ventura County District 3 Supervisor seat. Long has been in office, well, longer than some voters have been alive and is now retiring. I thought, who IS this woman? is she Kathy Long’s daughter […]
CLU/CERF: Community Conversation on the Effects of SOAR
The Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) associated with California Lutheran University (CLU) School of Management hosted a “Community Conversation” about the Effects of the SOAR (Saving Open Space and Agricultural Resources) legislation. The event was held on September 9, 2016 in Oxnard with about 40 in attendance plus three panelists and a moderator. […]
DWR Regulations to Guide Local Sustainable Groundwater Management Plans Approved by California Water Commission
“Today we reach a major milestone in California’s quest to sustainably manage groundwater,” said DWR Director Mark Cowin. “These regulations will help communities bring aquifers into balance and prepare for a changing climate and future droughts.” Groundwater is vital to California and supplies over a third of the water Californians use, and as much as […]
