Your Right To Vote On Battery Storage Facilities
When voters across Ventura County successfully voted for the SOAR laws, they empowered themselves with the right to decide proposals that pave over farmland or open space. Despite that safeguard, [...]
Support the Wildlife Corridor Zones
Wildlife corridors link fragmented areas of habitat through open space, allowing wildlife to get to essential core habitat areas for water, food and mating. Until now, Ventura County has not […]
Ventura County Board Moving on New Wildlife Corridor Zone
On average, a mountain lion a year is killed from vehicle collisions while moving to and from the Santa Monica Mountains. The inability of wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains to connect [...]
SOAR and Water
It is safe to say that without the passage of the SOAR initiatives 20 years ago, there would be much less agriculture and open space in Ventura County today. As […]
SOAR and Housing Affordability
Housing affordability is a tremendous challenge in all Southern California coastal counties, from San Diego to Santa Barbara county. Our Mediterranean climate and high quality of life attract so [...]
New Zone Proposed to Protect Wildlife
Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and mountain lions gotta roam. Or as plant physiologist David Goddard once said, “No organism lives without an environment.” While we’ve protected large areas [...]
Does SOAR lock in General Plan land uses until 2050?
SOAR does not lock in land use. SOAR locks in the citizens’ right to vote on changes to land use. Having the right to vote on these changes is a […]