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Laura Rearwin Ward

Reporter · US

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Sep 25, 2026
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Aug 11, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Laura Rearwin Ward

    Timeline: Simply Ojai v. City of Ojai, Byrne et al. v Rule, Rule v. City of Ojai (opens the original)

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    October 2022: The Ojai City Council approved a controversial development agreement for 67 housing units by a 4-1 vote, with Mayor Betsy Stix opposing. December 2022: Nonprofit Simply Ojai filed a lawsuit against the City of Ojai, seeking to overturn the development agreement. Simply Ojai was represented by Ojai-based attorneys Sabrina Venskus and Jason Sanders of Venskus & Associates. January 2023: In an open meeting, Councilmember Leslie Rule disclosed information from a closed session, despite

  2. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · Laura Rearwin Ward

    80-foot communication tower going up at Ojai fire station without city permit: Council meeting Aug 18 (opens the original)

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    The Ventura County Fire Department is building an 80-foot communication tower at Fire Station No. 21 on East Ojai Avenue — and it did so without a City permit, ignoring an Ojai stop-work order. The Ojai City Council will hear a presentation on the project at a special meeting Tuesday, Aug. 18, part of a two-item agenda that also includes a progress report on the Council's nine goals for the year. The special meeting starts at 5 p.m. in Kent Hall Council Chambers. Council Member Rachel Lang wil

  3. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Laura Rearwin Ward

    Opinion: When protection becomes the problem
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    Ojai’s citizen commissions were created to preserve and protect our city’s character. They exist to keep progress from running amok and save this special gem from being erased by big-world pressures. However, our downtown village life is being smothered by these passionate volunteers — a kind of civic Munchausen by proxy in which they create the very problems they’re supposed to deter. The volunteers who comprise the Ojai Planning Commission, who are hand-picked by members of the City Co

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