Published: Friday, 12 March 2021 09:01
Two separate issues are going on related to police reform in Ojai financial reform and conduct reform. Critical to the city right now is financial reform.
Contract negotiations with the Ventura County Sheriff s office have been ongoing since July. Like any contract negotiation, the public cannot be involved, but you can make a difference, and your voice is needed to save the city $1.5 million per year.
The city of Ojai’s 40-year-old contract with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has been orchestrated in concert with the county Board of Supervisors in such a way that the city of Ojai subsidizes the cost of sheriff services for the county. Ojai residents pay nearly double per capita ($453) for police services as compared to any other city resident in the county. The city of Ojai pays $10,000 per day for those services.