Boyer Keeps it Legal With Bike Signs In His County Clerk Campaign
Civil rights activist and former Ventura County Sheriff candidate Bruce Boyer is now running for Ventura County Clerk of Elections. Anyone familiar with Mr. Boyer can attest to his unique and tenacious personality, along with his articulate style of persuasion, all of which make his latest campaign tool almost seem perfectly logical for the strict constitutionalist: Bicycle signs posted in public.
Read full storyT.O. City Council Responds To Hate Banner By Passing Anti-Hate Resolution
The Thousand Oaks City Council passed an “anti-hate” resolution in response to a hate group’s protest on a local freeway overpass on February 12. A solo project by Council Member Claudia-Bill de la Pena, the resolution denounces racism and white supremacy and declares the city’s inclusiveness and tolerance for all races, sexual orientations, and religions, among other things.
Read full storyOxnard City Council Says "Yes" To Pot Dispensary For Oxnard Shores
The Oxnard City Council voted to permit retail cannabis businesses within the city, overturning the Planning Commission’s previous denial of cannabis permits, during Tuesday night’s marathon, eight-hour city council meeting (yes, eight hours).
Read full storyComing To America - Helsinki, Finland
Citizens’ Journal is proud to present the Coming to America series of immigrant related interviews conducted by Ventura resident Dr. Kathleen S. Roos. CJ publishes a new story each Sunday. These stories describe what life was like in their native country, the whys of wanting to come to America and what they have found here. It is the hope of each interviewee that those born in America, who have not had these experiences may reflect on what it means to be an American by these immigrants. Many have risked their lives and their families to come to America. Some have had an easier road, but the desire to be free, to make choices and what it means to become an American is a thread found throughout these interviews.
Read full storyOxnard: Teal Club Specific Plan (TCSP)
The City of Oxnard is planning a huge residential and commercial development project on land currently used for agriculture, at Ventura Rd. to Teal Club Rd to Patterson Rd, to Doris Ave. It will be 990 residential units, with single(220) and multi-family(770) units, and some commercial and light industrial use areas, if approved as planned.
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