Camarillo City Chooses Ag Land Over Suburban Sprawl

On the 11th of this month, the Camarillo City Council of Ventura County decided to deny a General Plan amendment that proposed rezoning 620 acres of prime agricultural (ag) land to residential. Such a rezone would have allowed the Conejo Creek Project to pave over that land and construct 1.5 million square feet of industrial space and 2,500 tract homes. 

The Conejo Creek Development Plan Map that now will never be. Credit

The City Council's decision to unanimously vote against this development was fulled by a very concerned public presence, whose comments encouraged the decision to save the open ag space. The Environmental Defense Center and Camarillo Sustainable Growth also helped to fuel the decision with their support of keeping the ag land in agriculture.