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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 our water crisis intensifies, SOAR [...]

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 [...]

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 of [...]

SOAR does not lock in land use. SOAR locks in the citizens’ right to vote on changes to r land use. Having the right to vote on these changes is a core value of the citizens of Ventura County. It [...]

Two new sections were added to the County SOAR initiative passed in 2016, to assist the agricultural industry by providing exemptions from a vote of the people for farmworker housing and [...]

If SOAR disappeared, developers would rush in to rezone open space and agricultural lands for more housing tracts and shopping centers. Developers would also pour millions of dollars into [...]

SOAR keeps cities in Ventura County separate and distinct with greenbelts between them. By preventing sprawl, SOAR also lessens traffic congestion and air pollution. SOAR preserves local farmland [...]

In the next eight years alone, Ventura County and its ten cities have zoned enough land residential for 19,000 more housing units. SOAR does not change that. Additionally, SOAR has exemptions for [...]

No. Land values for coastal counties are similar across Southern California. Typically lands zoned for no growth, like open space and agricultural lands, are less valuable than lands zoned for [...]

No. SOAR does not change any regulations governing agricultural land. Farmers can do anything that is allowed within their agricultural zoning.