City Council — January 27, 2026

Good evening, everybody. We'd like to call this meeting... Oh I'm sorry one moment we have to wait for the filming to start or the broadcast not filming Thank you. Call this meeting to order Mr. City Attorney are there any reports from closed session?

Thank You Madam Mayor nothing to report out of closed session tonight

I'd like to first take a moment to recognize Gail Sutton an alternate representing neighborhood council number two who volunteered her services but what was not needed? And now I'd like to invite any of the committee members who might be in attendance to come on down to the podium as they call their names. From Neighborhood Council number four, Chair Bobby Calderon. From Neighborhood Council number two, Vice-Chair George Bowman.

From Neighborhood Council number one, Laura Hurd. From Neighborhood Council number three, Serena Kham and representing the council on aging Gloria Bowman we thank you for your dedication and service to the city of Simi Valley's community

We really thank you for doing that. That's a very difficult thing to do, and that's why the City Council decided at some point to give it to a committee. You get a much more fair view, and we all have our different non-profits, but for you guys to take the time and effort to read everything and to divide the money as equally in this best way possible for use, we really, really appreciate all that you do. So thank you very much.

Thank you. Good to see you, Bobby.

Madam Mayor and members of City Council, next on the agenda is item 2 public statements on appointments special presentations and information reports. We have no public speakers for this item this evening. Madam Mayor and members of City Council, next on the agenda is item 3A1 appointment of Simi Valley Council on Aging Executive Board Members and Community Services Manager Kimberly Post is presenting this item.

Good evening, Mayor Cavanaugh and members of the City Council. Six positions on the Council of Aging Executive Board will be filled due to upcoming and exiting vacancies. Four positions will become vacant with the expiration of terms on January 31st, 2026. An additional vacancy incurred in January 2025 and a sixth vacancy recently occurred in December of 2025 which will be filled as a partial term.

The Council of Aging Executive Board serves an advisory capacity to the City Council on matters impacting seniors and conducts fundraising efforts to support senior programs within the committee. I mean, the community. Recruitment to fill these vacancies began on October 13th of 2025 and concluded on November 14th of 2025. During this period, the Council on Aging received 10 applicants and consideration by its membership. At its January 12, 2026 meeting the Council on Aging conducted an election and is recommending six nominees for appointment to the Executive Board.

These appointments include one partial term beginning February 1st, 2026 and concluding on January 31st of 2027 and five two-year terms concluding January 31st of 2028 If you are here this evening, please come forward as I call your name. Debra Lane, Nancy Garcia, David Lewis, Mark Luker, Jamuna Ramnath and Candice Skor. It is recommended that the City Council approve and the Mayor appoint the six applicants nominated to the Council on Aging Executive Board. This concludes the report, and staff is available to answer any questions at this time.

If I might make a comment and then a motion. I had the pleasure of attending the Council on Aging event where I got to hear them all speak, and they're brilliant, wonderful. We are in fantastic hands so thank you all of you. And each has special talents and abilities that will make this such an amazing council. So just thank you for your willingness to serve. And I would love to make the motion that we appoint them. Would you please? Thank you. Do

I have a second?

Second.

Please vote yes for me. We have to make sure you all got appointed. They're going to tell us.

All right. The motion passes unanimously?

That means you can't get away with not doing it now. Our names are up on the screen, all greens. So thank you all we really appreciate your dedication. Thank Thank you all again, appreciate it.

Madam Mayor and members of the City Council next on the agenda is item 3B1 informational presentation by youth council member Saria Ravikumar.

Good evening Mayor Kavanaugh and members of the City Council. My name is Surya Ravi Kumar, and I'm a freshman at Royal High School. I am truly honored to be a member of the prestigious Simi Valley Youth Council, and we truly appreciate all your continued support which allows us to organize impactful programs and events that benefit youth throughout our community.

This evening I'll provide an update on recent Youth Council activities, current initiatives and upcoming events. On November 22nd the Youth Council had the honor of hosting a financial literacy workshop at the Young & Gifted Conference, an event dedicated to promoting youth entrepreneurship. During the workshop students identified common financial challenges and worked together to create solutions.

All attendees had the opportunity to network with several businesses and various industries, develop new skills and learn how entrepreneurs grow and manage their businesses. The event was a huge success encouraging not just our youth council members but all youth that attended the conference to take initiative and to work to make a positive impact in our community.

On December 15th, the Teen Wellness Committee hosted a Teen Wellness Study Night to help students prepare for finals. The event welcomed 60 students from multiple school districts. Attendees enjoyed hot chocolate while receiving peer support and a calm space to study. Finals week can be a stressful time and this event helped remove some of that stress while getting our peers ready for finals and supporting academic success.

On December 22nd, the Youth Council participated in the Metrolink Holiday Express. A holiday themed event to spread joy and holiday spirit. The Simi Valley Youth Council had the opportunity to organize pre-boarding festivities and hosted interactive events at the Simi Valley Station such as craft stations and festive games for families. The event was also a huge success with over 2,000 attendees and participants. And the Youth Council was honored to be a part of it.

Later that day, the Youth Council hosted our annual holiday party. This included holiday themed activities including a gift exchange and a gingerbread house building contest. This event was a fun way to end the year and celebrate all that we accomplished. Currently, the Youth Council is working on administering the Friday Night Live Betting On Our Future Grant. This initiative focuses on raising awareness about underage gambling and its effects on youth and the community.

As part of the grant we conducted a gambling survey and received over 100 responses from students in the Simi Valley Unified School District. We are also creating a two minute public service announcement or PSA that addresses underage gambling and the risks associated with it. Gambling addiction can lead to serious financial and personal challenges, and youth are especially vulnerable.

That is why the Youth Council is actively working to spread awareness and to prevent this problem from spreading. Upcoming events include the Youth Council's Youth Impact Forum. The Youth Impact Forum is a youth-led event where attendees participate in several breakout sessions focusing on issues such as discrimination, bullying and online safety. The event promotes awareness, encourages discussion and promotes solutions to effectively reduce these challenges facing youth in our community.

This year's Youth Impact Forum will be held on Monday, February 23rd at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. To support our upcoming events, the fundraising committee is currently reaching out to local businesses across Simi Valley for sponsorships and donations. These partnerships are essential in helping the Youth Council expand our programs and to continue making a positive impact.

The next Youth Council meeting will be held next Tuesday, February 3rd from 5 to 6.15 p.m at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. These meetings are open to the public and we encourage the community to attend. To stay connected and informed, be sure to follow the Youth Council on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at Simi Valley Youth Council as well as on TikTok at SVYC2929 Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight and for all your continued support of the Youth Council and our initiatives. I'm available to answer any questions you may have, thank you.

Thank you Surya that was a great presentation and what school did you go to? Royal

High

School. Yay! It's my alma mater so i always have to pick on it um speakers council member Rhodes

Thank you Madam Mayor and thank you for that report. I've been watching the student report for three years now and it is a master class in how to come and present information, give a report, and you're top of the list. It was well done, well executed. My only problem is I don't think the Youth Council is getting any younger, so I think I'm getting older. But a freshman to come up here and do that just fantastic good job. Thank you so much.

Mayor Pro Tem Litster. Thank you, Surya. That was a wonderful report. I do have a question. I didn't realize there had been a teen wellness study night on December 15th. You had 60 people attend. Did studying really get done or was it a party?

Well yeah, it was a really fun event for peers to be able to connect and network a lot but we also did get a lot of studying done that's kind of the main part of the event and we got it done.

That's our, I'm not calling you out. Actually what I've never ceased to be amazed at the quantity of events and quality activities that you're engaged in and so thank you for making such a difference. Thank you

so much.

Council Member Ayala?

And to add on to what you were saying it's the events that they are doing are so relevant to today right? You could re-duplicate things that happen all the time but to choose topics such as youth gambling such as financial literacy, right? The Youth Council is always choosing things that really affect the youth of what's happening now. And I think that's really the value of the Youth Council is really being bringing things to the attention of the students that are really relevant to the time. So thank you for that. Thank you for Mr. Fowler for leading that group and keeping you guys focused and I love being part, the liaison to your group and I will see you soon.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

Madam Mayor and members of the City Council, next on the agenda is Item 4, Public Statements. Since there are no public hearings under Agenda Item 5, Agenda Items 4 and 6 are combined and the City Council will hear all public statements under this agenda item 4. Agenda items 4 and 6 are the times allotted for public statements on all items other than public hearings, appointments, and informational reports.

Speakers will be called on in the order in which their card was submitted to speak for this public statements item four, for a period of no more than three minutes each. Persons addressing the city council are requested to state their name and community residence for the record. Madam Mayor unless you have any comments we can begin public statements.

Please proceed.

I'll be calling three names at a time so you know who you follow. The first three speakers Heather Moss Anthony Eason Alin Eason

Good evening, Madam Mayor, Council Members, Ms. Argerbright and Mr. Ford. My name is Heather Moss. I'm a longtime Simi Valley resident and member of the local business community. I am here tonight with an update and to urge you to ban short-term residential rentals citywide. After reviewing the proposed ordinance and hearing extensive public comments, residents in all four neighborhood council areas Overwhelmingly want a citywide ban. That unified view reflects what residents across Simi Valley collectively expressed.

Residents raised the same concerns repeatedly, Declining neighborhood safety and privacy, loss of housing for people who want to live here. And homes increasingly being purchased by investors and LLCs rather than residents. Most STRs and CMEs are not mom-and-pops. They are investor run properties with no on site hosts. Even the number of STRs operating in Simi Valley is unclear because estimates rely on constantly changing platform listings Many, if not most operate without the required City of Simi Valley Business Tax Certificate further obscuring the widespread intrusion of STR activity in our neighborhoods.

Residents also raise concerns about unfair competition to local lodging. Hotels must comply with zoning, licensing, ADA requirements, inspections, insurance staffing, fire safety and emergency protocol and taxes. STRs are not required to meet these standards. The city's August 2025 memo shows that hotel occupancy was only 72.5% in 2024, suggesting STRs are siphoning business from regulated lodging.

Simi Valley has ample licensed accommodation including six hotels, motels and an extended stay-in where visitors can stay locally. The proposed ordinance has serious gaps that make regulation ineffective. No booking or turnover caps, no startup or routine safety inspections including for pools and spas, vague occupancy limits, no commercial lodging standards, no required exterior signage despite Ventura County TRU guidelines, weak neighborhood notification and no accountability when most STRs operate without on-site hosts.

Neighbors should not be forced to act as STR chaperones, security, parking attendants, concierge or janitors. These proposed regulations are deficient. An STR citywide ban is the clearest most enforceable responsible choice for Simi Valley. Please ban residential STRs. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Anthony Eason and I'm a resident of Simi Valley. First, I would like to thank all the neighborhood councils for being welcoming to all the residents that attended this month's meetings. I would also like to give special thanks to Kelly Duffy, the Community Services Director for her continued hard work in coordinating the meetings. With the conclusion of the Four Neighborhood Council's decisions on the city's proposed ordinance to regulate residential short-term rentals, I would like to ask the council or City Manager when the proposed ordinance will be brought before the Planning Commission for review.

The Planning Commission at their last meeting indicated that one or possibly both Planning Commission meetings for February might be canceled. Secondly, I would ask the City Council to look at the city council meeting public statement protocols and instructions. Currently when there are 20 or more speakers each speaker's time will automatically be reduced to two minutes.

It states that the chair may make further adjustments as needed to ensure the orderly conduct of the meeting. I would ask that you look at taking a broader look at the time limit When a large number of speakers turn out to a city council meeting, that number will certainly impact the length of time of the meeting. I would like to suggest that the number of items on that night's agenda be also a consideration before limiting the time from three to two minutes.

The last City Council meeting on January 12th, 2026 had twenty speakers whose time was automatically reduced to two minutes. That night's agenda was light. The meeting lasted one hour and 45 minutes, giving the public the three minutes that they may have been expecting would have possibly added 20 minutes to the meeting bringing it to a two-hour and five minute meeting.

I believe you all look at the meeting agendas and with your experience know how long certain items could take and might be able to allow the three minutes to speakers. This could be dependent on the night's agenda and number of speaker cards submitted. The council should embrace citizens wanting to bring their concerns. It can be difficult to relay those concerns in only two minutes, let alone three.

It is more difficult when you have planned on speaking three minutes and then have to try to cut a prepared statement to two. I ask that you please make this consideration for future meetings. Thank you.

Good evening, I'm Alin Eason and I live in Simi Valley. I would like to know if and why the Planning Commission is not going to get the STR draft ordinance in February? The City Council rushed to push the proposed ordinance down to the Neighborhood Councils and then to the Planning Commission. The Neighborhood Councils reviewed the proposed ordinance Their information packets heard the staff's presentation and listened to what the public that attended those meetings had to say. Then they made their decisions.

Please explain why there is a delay to complete this process now? At the last Planning Commission's meeting, they indicated they may cancel both of the February meetings. Is there a problem? Is there a problem with the Planning Commission's schedule? Is there an issue with staff? This is quite confusing, considering some people on the City Council appeared to want to fast-track the ordinance without any consideration for a discussion on an ordinance to ban short term rentals.

I think the public you represent would appreciate and deserves an explanation. Please be forthcoming with an answer. Why hasn't the City Council instructed staff to draft an ordinance for a possible ban? How can you be fair and balanced without comparing an ordinance to ban with an ordinance to legalize and regulate? The public has a right to know. Thank you.

The next three speakers, James McGillis, Pam Jordan and John Smith.

Madam Mayor, members of the City Council and staff I'm James McGillis an 18-year resident of Simi Valley in November 2025 I stood before you and predicted the future of Simi Valley tonight I will focus from 40 years down to one year this current year the city council holds our collective future in its hands You can continue to take us down the road where dark money and limited liability corporations buy so many homes in Simi Valley that it ceases to be a community, or you can listen to your own neighborhood councils and follow the will of the people. In 1994 I was in Simi Valley during the Northridge earthquake while standing in a building that now houses Teresa's pet supplies, an aftershock 3.8 magnitude hit.

Ceiling tiles showered down around us, destroying the musical instrument store that stood there. At a residence near Yosemite Avenue I observed terracotta tiles that jumped off a garage roof and crushed a car. At a home off Cunar I observed a chimney which had separated from its moorings. Embedded in the blue shag carpet was crushed glass sparkling like diamonds.

Are you the council managing preparations for such an impending disaster? In my opinion, no. You are spending untold hours of staff time, City Council time, Planning Commission time and Neighborhood Council time on a subject that is already decided. At your duly appointed neighborhood councils all four executive boards and the residents of Simi Valley voted overwhelmingly to further a complete ban on short-term rentals Rather than advocating for wealthy campaign donors, let us prepare for the future. If you stay the course full speed ahead toward legalization and regulation of STRs, the next disaster in Simi Valley may well be of titanic proportions. Short-term rentals funded by dark money represent the looming icebergs of our time. If legalized they will sink our city.

At the recent planning commission senior staff indicated that one or both upcoming planning commission meetings might be canceled What happened to last December's urgency to put an STR code up or down on the Planning Commission agenda? In a better future, the City Council would redirect its energies away from serving the interest of the moneyed class and into preparation for a looming seismic disaster. At the neighborhood councils, the residents of Simi Valley have spoken. If indeed you are their leaders as we believe you are, you must stand with the people and ban short-term rentals. Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor Cavanaugh. Good evening, council members and staff. My name is Pam Jordan and I am the park manager of Villa de la Royale in Moore Park. I'm here representing the management team. The evening of July 24th 2025 was a pivotal moment for me personally to homeless gentlemen were in my backyard area when holding a shiny knife looking weapon in his hand had it not been for my German shepherd standing between me and them that night could have ended very differently The morning of July 25th, 2025. I sent a mass email to everyone I could think of to assist in the process of addressing the homeless encampment east of Villa del Arroyo. Prayers answered.

The mayor of Moorpark, Chris Enneagrin City Council member Renee Delgado and staff along with Ventura County Sheriff's Department answered immediately and thus began our journey to ensure this encampment was going to be addressed ASAP. The individuals in the encampment have been treated with respect and were offered services, and the land has now been returned to the beauty of nature.

This would not have happened without you, the City of Simi Valley Council and staff the Police Department of Simi Valley, Chief Shorts, Sergeant Chris Johnson and all their officers and staff. Our Ventura County Sheriff's Department, Captain Odenoff, Senior Deputy Purnell, Detective Sergeant Juan Ponce, Sergeant Scott Baxter, Deputy Amanda Melgoza and the many deputies that stood up to the challenge to be part of this team.

And of course my team, Linda Bosley, John Smith, Frank Bonelli, Suzanne Taylor and all the residents of Villa de la Roya. I just want to say, I really appreciate and thank each and every one of you. And I personally will continue to support you and be a part of this team's efforts to keep our community a beautiful place to live. So thank you. Thank you all.

Good evening, my name is John Smith. I'm your neighbor here in Moorpark and I just wanted to begin by sincerely thanking you and city staff and our public safety teams for the recent cleanup of the homeless encampment near our community. The work that was done made an immediate and noticeable difference. This action showed that when the city chooses to enforce existing laws real results happen.

It demonstrated that compassion and enforcement are not opposites but they can work and should work together Addressing encampments does not mean turning our backs on people in need. It means maintaining health, safety and order for everyone who lives there. I want to emphasize how important it is that this effort not be a one-time event. Encampments tend to return quickly when enforcement pauses. Consistency is the key.

Continued monitoring, prompt response and ongoing enforcement of existing ordinances will prevent the cycle from repeating. We'll save the city time money and resources in the long run. I also want to thank you for listening to the residents who came out and spoke on this issue. Many of us came forward not out of frustration alone but of concern of our neighborhoods and of our quality of life.

Seeing action taken restores trust that the city is responsive and willing to act. Please continue this approach. Thank you for your time, and please know it's sincerely appreciated. Thank you.

The next three speakers, Justin Link, Eddie Yamamoto, and Rob Herr.

Good evening Mayor Cavanaugh, members of council. Justin Link, Public Works Principal Engineer Traffic and President of the Simi Valley Engineers Association. We are now at 777 days without a contract. If this were Las Vegas and I were playing craps, I might consider the string of sevens lucky but this is Simi Valley and we've officially crapped out. 777 days of missed opportunities. 777 days the city could have done more to attract new engineering talent. 777 days the city could have done more to keep talented engineers.

777 days of stalling tactics, bad faith negotiations, hearing the word no without a counter or that we could be easily outsourced. At this point it's as though city management has no interest in coming to an agreement. At the request of PIRB by the Simi Valley Engineers Association excuse me at the request of the Simi Valley Engineers Association a PIRB mediator will finally be coming to the city By the time he comes, we will be at 800 days without a contract.

The good news is that the city doesn't need to wait for PERB to hammer out a contract. Mr. Ford who counts labor negotiations as areas of expertise will be the first to tell you that neither mediation nor impasse nor unfair labor practice charges however frivolous prevent the city from coming to the table. In fact it is encouraged but it's been since September since we've seen the inside of a conference room with the city's negotiating team hearing only from the city by email I reiterate that what the Simi Valley Engineers Association has proposed is not monumental.

This is the proverbial tripping over a dollar to save a penny, and the majority if not all of what we have proposed will be absorbed by engineering fees water and wastewater rates. Just today we had another meeting to discuss the city's engineering fee study update now it's time to make sure these fees incorporate wage increases for engineers. Engineers who ensure traffic signals operate streetlights stay lit Roads are paved, water flows from the tap. Wastewater is conveyed and treated and development is processed and constructed. Supporting engineers supports the city as a whole.

Delaying and stonewalling punishes not only engineers it punishes the city. Somewhere along the way management decided that for the city to win its employees had to lose. To control the budget meant to control labor costs at all costs. Nobody wins in that scenario. I encourage all of you to put citizens first with the city first support your engineers And with my last 30 seconds, I'd like to point out in the front row here the various engineers that are with us tonight which represents a third of our membership. We have Todd Cook, Associate Engineer Traffic Claudio Morello, Associate Engineer Building and Safety Anthony Gallo, Senior Engineer Traffic Rob Hare, Assistant Engineer Water Lauren Gallardo, Assistant Engineer Water and of course you know Eddie Yamamoto, Principal Engineer Building and Safety.

Thank you.

Good evening Mayor Cavanaugh and council members. I am Eddie Yamamoto, Vice President of Simi Valley Engineers Association. I've been employed at the city for 19 years currently the principal engineer for building safety and I am also a 30-year resident of Simi Valley As Justin just mentioned, we have yet come to an agreement with the city and its negotiation team on our initial contract since the formation of our association back in November of 2023.

As you are all very aware by now, the main purpose of our association is to better compete with the neighboring jurisdictions in being able to attract talent to our city and to retain the talent that we currently have. It does our city no good When we are essentially a revolving door where we have to keep spending our resources and retraining new hires on the complex state and federal regulations, and the specialized processes that the different engineering groups have to deal with in order to keep the city in compliance.

At the outset of the formation of our association, we lost three high-performing principal engineers in the waterworks and sanitation sections of public works to neighboring jurisdictions within an 18 month period which accounts for about 35 years of institutional knowledge that we lost. We are fortunate to currently have those positions filled but we are still trying to recover from the time lost in getting them up speed and having to reverse engineer what processes need to be followed I am going to stress that we are not asking the City to be reckless in their spending, but to responsibly compensate their engineering staff that has an active part in keeping our city's economic development healthy.

We want to reach a deal that provides adequate public services at reasonable costs So again, we are asking for your support in helping our association get our total compensation package back to average so we can be a little more competitive in our recruitment and retention. Thank you for the time.

Good evening esteemed mayor and distinguished members of the city council. My name is Rob Herr, and I serve you in those in our Water District Service Area as an Assistant Engineer. I'm also a resident of Simi Valley since 1979. The City Council developed goals and focus areas adopted in August of 2025. One of those city council goals is to ensure competitive compensation and succession planning for police department and city staff.

Our goal is your goal. Your goal is our goal. Two of the six pillars of excellence that the City developed were excellent city government, deliver responsible, responsive, transparent and customer-focused services that build public trust and improve community outcomes. and reliable infrastructure, maintain and upgrade roads facilities and technology systems to ensure safe efficient and resilient public services.

We in the Water Department have many projects that we have on hold because we don't have the staff to complete them. We're asking for your help to hire staff In the past two years during negotiations, we've hired people and they've left. Some of them have left within six months, one left within six weeks, all within about a year. We were fortunate that we were able to hire Lauren Gallardo, a young engineer, and we hope that we can as she gains experience here at the city Be compensated well enough to want to stay here in the city and not look up other places when she gets her experience.

City of Simi Valley is a great place to work, and we want to keep it where we can foster that and keep city staff. I'm grateful to work in the city that I am a resident of and I'm striving to make the city and district a good place to work And I hope that you will help thank you for your time

The next three speakers, Carla Costilla, Aliyah Ewing and Barbara Williamson.

Evening. I would like to say good evening, but I imagine no one's having a good one after the events of this weekend. I know my community and I are not. I'm glad that some residents who live in affluent areas resolved their issue in a timely manner. As a previous speaker said these houseless encampments tend to return because Because people need safe place and safety nets to thrive, that's our basic humanity. So without those services and those safety nets this will continue to happen.

Houses individuals and their encampments however are not an immediate threat to the majority of our cities. ICE raids are an immediate threat Today alone, ICE agents were around our city of Simi Valley harassing businesses, their employees and driving recklessly. As of today at 1150 a.m., in the 805 Tri-County area there has been 1512 people detained. Ventura County 793 and in Simi Valley 28.

After three murders in the streets within the last than three weeks of each other and dozens others this last year, your top priority should be protecting your constituents. So I ask how do you plan to enforce and guarantee California law SB 627 is followed in Simi Valley? If you haven't even given it a thought then shame on you. As a business owner in the city, I am deeply concerned about what will happen in the next few months if ICE raids continue with impunity.

We know that Trump is going to send more agents to California so what are you doing about it Mayor Kavanaugh? We have explicitly demanded that you condemn these actions and reinforce safety protocols that SVPD must follow. Clearly you don't care about your Simi Valley residents or maybe you only care about some Unfortunately, it seems that Simi Valley will continue to only be reactive to violent acts within our city rather than prevent them.

Just like the hate crime last year. It seems like you're waiting for another strategy to transpire but in our city just like in Minneapolis, Chicago and Northridge. If you all are not aware look up Keith Porter he was murdered by ICE on New Year's Eve in Northridge We need to trust in our representatives, but most of the people sitting in front of me could care less about us.

Trust me when I tell you that your days on the dais are counted because even though we may not have elected you, you represent all of us. There will be a day of justice and you all will be remembered as the ones that let atrocities continue in what used to be the safest city in the U.S.. For the rest of my time, I want to say the numbers of the rapid response. 805-296-1119. 8058708855. Please respect your time. Thank you.

This Saturday, January 24th, candidates and former electeds of color came together to answer questions about what it's like to run for office locally here in Ventura County. Don't feel bad if you missed it. It was recorded and will be uploaded to YouTube later so you can always watch it again but I just wanted to remind you as I'm sure four out of the five of you guys are already aware most of you guys are going to be running for office running for re-election this year in 2026. Personally, I'm very, very excited. There's going to be a leftist unity slate that's coming out specifically to replace, you know, Rockne and Mike Judge over here.