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SOAR Protects Ventura County’s Open Space.
SOAR (Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources) is a series of voter initiatives that protect open space and farmland by vote of the people. The County SOAR requires a vote countywide before agricultural, rural or open space land in the unincorporated county can be rezoned for development. The eight voter-approved SOAR initiatives passed by the cities of Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Oxnard, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Ventura require a citywide vote of approval for urban development beyond a City Urban Restriction Boundary (CURB), or, in the case of the City of Ventura, before rezoning agricultural land within the city’s sphere of influence. The Thousand Oaks SOAR initiative also protects open space and parks within the city.
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SOAR is a series of voter initiatives that require a vote of the people before agricultural land or open space areas can be rezoned for development.
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There needs to be a way to have those developers prove that there will always be FarmWorkers in those homes🏡 Or be liable for lawsuits🍂 Each dwelling-- only 2 adults and and their children--@ least 1 Adult must be a legitimate Farmworker🍂
Please list the land areas that SOAR is protecting from development in Ventura County; pending developments; specific parcels; any additional information for the community will be appreciated.
Reviewing the link. Please provide the specific developments SOAR is fighting to protect farmland and open space in Ventura County.
Does SOAR VC receive any government funding?
It is horrible to think of what this County would look like, had it been overdeveloped by profit driven out construction on the richest agricultural land in California… Thank you Assemblyman Bennett and former Supervisor Linda Parks, and thousands of other local residents who established and maintain this barrier!
Thank you for all your amazing effort!!
Be aware, there are Loopholes in SOAR as we found out last year.Developers can & will buy & develop protected farmland if they want, just use the right wording “Farmworker Housing” & you just might get 6-8 3 story buildings of 350 units, several hundred people, several hundred cars & an old infrastructure that can’t accommodate any of it!!!
With (or without) SOAR, the urban sprawl developers win. Every single time.
I am thankful every time I drive down SR 126.
green space nimby polcy make rents higher. #patagucci