Opinion: Don’t be so quick to ditch those lawns when drought hits
By Greg Campbell Ventura County’s Turf Replacement Rebate Program is one of many in California making the news as of late. Aimed at protecting California’s diminishing water supply, the program pays homeowners as much as $3,200 to remove their lawns. As well-intentioned as this program is, there are better strategies for reducing water usage that Read More →
Our View: Signs of progress in efforts to improve Ventura County’s business climate
Economic development has become a hot topic in Ventura County thanks to a couple of recent reports that spotlight a deep crisis in housing affordability and a dearth of head-of-household jobs. The issue has spilled over into Ventura County politics, where county supervisor candidate and former Assemblymember Jeff Gorell has been talking about creating a Read More →
Our View: Don’t forget local interests in the Diablo Canyon extension
At a State Senate committee hearing in Sacramento in late August, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff gave its biggest endorsement yet to a plan to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in San Luis Obispo County. In the early morning hours of Sept. 1, the California Legislature passed a bill, which Newsom seems Read More →
Our View: Diablo Canyon debate could give anyone whiplash
If the debate over the closing of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant comes down to litigation, we’d support any claim by any municipality that alleged a traumatic injury from political whiplash. It certainly is true that the revival of Diablo Canyon from certain closure to the likely probability that its license will be extended beyond Read More →
Opinion: Oxnard should shy away from risky pension obligation bonds
By David Grau Inheriting a predecessor’s underfunded public pension debts is never fun, but the need to address them is unavoidable. The question before the Oxnard City Council was how — and there is both a right way and the lazy way. The right way is to adopt policies that keep the pension debt from Read More →
Our View: Loss of Ramirez a tragedy for an entire community
Ventura County’s business and civic leaders have endured the devastating Thomas Fire, the Borderline shootings and the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. But nothing could prepare the county’s leadership for the sudden death of Carmen Ramirez, chair of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, who was struck by a pickup truck and killed in downtown Read More →
Opinion: Ventura County leaders remember Supervisor Carmen Ramirez
On the evening of Aug. 12, Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez died after she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in downtown Oxnard. Here is a small sampling of the outpouring of condolences from community leaders in the days following her death: “There was no one I admired more than Carmen. Read More →
