Ojai Flow

08/27/2020

7 Years ago today, Ojai voted overwhelmingly to get rid of Golden State Water! 8/27/2013 - Measure V passed with 87.4% voting in favor. Thank you to everyone involved.

02/22/2020

WHY are there credits on your Golden State Water bill? The credits are Golden State paying us back money they illegally stole from us. NO LIE, they owe us $1.2 Million and were fined $1 Million by California for their misdeeds. Make sure you add those amounts back in when calculating your bills under the Casitas proposal.

02/20/2020

Ojai FLOW supports Measure C!

Measure C allows Ojai to tackle vital projects such as preparing our town for wind driven fires, capturing and directing rainwater to our aquifers, and furthering efforts to bring the Ojai Valley to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. We ask for your vote.

02/03/2020

Nobody Circles the Wagons like Ojai!

Make sure Ventura gets the message: Don't pick a fight with Ojai, especially about water.

MEETING TONIGHT: Ventura City Council to decide on the CASITAS PEACE TREATY (Casitas' Treaty - dismiss the lawsuit your lawyers duped you into and keep working cooperatively on a solution).

02/03/2020

TONIGHT: Ventura City Council Meeting - Will Ventura sign the CASITAS PEACE TREATY (dismiss the case and work cooperatively)?
Casitas proposed a solution, tonight Ventura plans to respond. Let them know how you feel!

The Ojai Valley News will livestream the public comment portion of tonight's Ventura City Council closed session at 5 p.m. on its page. The topic of the closed session is the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper lawsuit against Ventura, in which Ventura has filed a cross-complaint against thou....

01/28/2020

Photo by Greg A. Cooper A standing-room-only crowd packs the Boyd Center Tuesday night for a town hall meeting on a water lawsuit.   Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter "Have you ever seen this many people pack a room in Ojai?" someone asked attorney Ryan Blatz on Tues...

01/28/2020

Ventura's idea of water rights "cooperation"!Take responsibility for your water use! We in Ojai did! Over 40% reduction over 20 years. We are all Ojai FLOW!

01/28/2020

Casitas water proposes alternate solution to Ventura Water Litigation. Will the Ventura City Council listen? Let them know Thursday @ 6PM - Jan. 30th at Matilija Auditorium. Ventura needs to take responsiblity for its water use. Keep the pressure on! We are all Ojai FLOW!

01/10/2020

Ventura sues every property owner in the Ventura River Watershed! See the webpage below.

The Third Amended Cross-Complaint initiating this action for a comprehensive adjudication of the Ventura River Watershed including the Ventura River Watershed Groundwater Basins alleges nine claims for relief. The Complaint includes claims regarding the groundwater uses in the Ventura River Watershe...

07/19/2018

**WATER ALERT** --New Local Water Representative to be Appointed--
When: OBGMA Meeting on 7/26 @ Ojai City Hall - 6PM - Thursday
Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency (OBGMA) must appoint a new board member from the former Golden State Water service area.
--We promised that a victory over Golden State Water would bring back local control of our water. As a result of our victory, GSW was forced to vacate its seat on the OBGMA board. Now a new board member must be appointed from the local community. Please ATTEND the meeting and let your voice be heard about who should fill this important position.
We are all Ojai FLOW!!!