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SOAR Protects Our County’s Open Space.
SOAR 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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Join us for an important conversation on Saving Water and the Family Farm! Gain insight on how climate change, drought, and unchecked pumping are impacting California’s groundwater basins and what we can do about it.
Hear how water grabs by corporate farming interests threaten the small farmers who sell at our local farmers markets.
🎤 Special guest: Former Senator Fran Pavley, author of the landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
👩🌾 Hear directly from farmers fighting for their water rights, and Cuyama farmers pushing back with their “Big Carrot” boycott
💡 Consider the history of how we got here and learn from experts on where we go from here.
Focus on water reclamation ! Saving groundwater! We are back to Mulholland and water wars. Family farms should have priority.
BIULD A FEW NEW DAMS AND SAVE THE RAIN WATER YOU FOOLS....INSTEAD OF LETTING IT GO BACK TO THE OCEAN....
thanks for the bump in house prices and rents. go go no growth