Oxnard votes to consider district election of Council Members
By George Miller On Monday 11-27-17, the Oxnard City Council, in a special meeting, discussed and voted unanimously for consideration of transitioning to a district-based representation system on the council, instead of the current at-large elections of five Council members and a Mayor. They then voted to hire a demographer to help set up equitable […]
Oxnard to meet on council district voting- fears litigation
By Phil Molina News affecting every registered voter in Oxnard, businesses, employees, and the public. Just learned this morning that the City Council will hold a special Council meeting on November the 27th to discuss and vote on whether to set up council-manic districts. The decision for Council that night will be whether to move […]
Oxnard water RiverPark Reclamation And Recharge JPA Meeting
By Dan Pinedo The RiverPark Reclamation And Recharge Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors,( Chairman Sheldon Berger and Director Daniel Naumann from United Water Conservation District and Vice Chairman Bert Perello and Director Tim Flynn from City Of Oxnard). Be held a special meeting on April 26, 2017 to receive a Status Report on […]
Ventura School Board ponders aftermath of Supt. Babb firing, takes public comment
By George Miller The Ventura Unified School District held a special school board meeting today to talk about last week’s sudden firing of Superintendent Michael Babb and finding a replacement. Most attendees were only allowed into the public comment period and barred from the real meat at the subsequent closed session. We were not privvy to […]
Ventura School Board President comments on the departure of Superintendent Michael Babb
By George Miller The recent firing of Ventura Unified School District Superintendent Michael Babb caused quite a stir. However, as Board President Velma Lomax conveyed to CitizensJournal.us, this is not something that came out of the blue. She told us that “it is no secret that the board was working with him on his communication and […]
Santa Paula: Council Selects Highest Priced Bid for Wastewater
By Sheryl Hamlin A special meeting of October 27, 2016 ended with the Santa Paula City Council selecting the highest priced bid for the new Operations & Maintenance contract for the Wastewater Treatment Facility. The city of Santa Paula concluded the buyout of its wastewater treatment facility (WTF) in 2015 by issuing bonds against the […]
Steve Frank Op-Ed–Anatomy of a Government Hearing: Simi Valley Shows Why Government Can’t be Trusted
The Mayor of Simi Valley, Bob Huber, had the right idea. Allow the Neighborhood Council (NC) to hear the arguments in regard to a proposed $3 billion sales tax increase for “transportation”. Then after all the reasons for and against, let them vote and advise the City Council. Simi Valley has four NC’s. The City […]
Camarillo City Council: Special Meeting Called – Camarillo Springs Project: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6:00 pm
By Logan McFadden At the City Council meeting on October 14th, the Council took under consideration a proposed Agreement among the City of Camarillo, Camarillo Springs Common Area Association, and hillside property owners regarding a project to address the hillside above the Camarillo Springs community. Several homes sustained significant damage from debris flows as a […]
Special Oxnard City Council emergency meeting Monday to discuss budget crisis
By George Miller Up until now, we had not seen projected figures nor have there been any public planning meetings for the budget due at the end of June. We have already been warned of deficits, first $2-3 million, more recently up to $9-10 million and now $11.6 million. The budget projection just received (attached) says that and […]
Oxnard city reorganization moves ahead, consultants engaged, first $400,000 expenditure approved
By George Miller At a special Council meeting on 9/30/14, City Manager Greg Nyhoff further unveiled the promised city review and reorganization project (unanimously approved by City Council). Digging in deep, after four months on the job, he last week announced the replacement of Human Resources Director Michelle Tellez with Assistant City Manager (formerly Interim City Manager) Karen […]
