Governmental Affairs

Ventura City Council

Ventura City Council meets at 7:00 PM each Monday for the first four Mondays each month.  The City Council meets the first week in August and will not reconvene until the first Monday after Labor Day weekend.
 
Meetings are held in Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 501 Poli Street.  All meetings (with certain exceptions) are open to the public.  The general phone number for the city council is 805-654-7827.

City Council members are elected to four year terms in a city-wide election.  The Council elects from its members a Mayor and Deputy Mayor, each of whom serves two years.

City of Ventura - Administration

Rick Cole, City Manager                                         805-654-7740
City Attorney                                                         805-654-7818
Mabi Covarrubias Plisky, City Clerk                         805-658-4787
Pat Miller, Police Chief                                           805-339-4400
Michael Lavery, Fire Chief                                       805-339-4310
Nelson Hernandez, Community Development            805-677-3921
Elena Brokaw, Community Services                         805-658-4726
Jenny Roney, Human Resources                             805-654-7853
Jay Panzica, Management Resources                      805-654-7812
Ronald Caulkins, Public Works                                805-654-7808

Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Steve Bennett, District 1 (Ventura)                           805-654-2703
Linda Parks, District 2 - Chair                                  805-373-2564
Kathy Long, District 3                                             805-654-2276
Peter Foy, District 4                                               805-582-8010
John K. Flynn, District 5                                         805-487-6331

The Board of Supervisors is the governing body of the county. The Board has five members, each elected from one of the five supervisorial districts in the county for a term of office of four years. The Board acts primarily in a legislative capacity since it adopts all county ordinances. It can also grant or deny claims made against the county and supervise policies and operations of the county.
 
The Board controls the county budget, levies taxes, makes appropriations and supervises the official conduct of county officers. The Board of Supervisors meets every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the Board hearing Room, Administration Building, 800 S. Victoria Ave. Ventura, CA.  The general phone number for the County Government Center is 805-654-5000.

California State Representatives

Assemblyman Pedro Nava (D) 35th District - john.mann@asm.ca.gov  - 805-483-8182
Senator Tom McClintock (R) 19th District - senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov  - 805-494-8808

U.S. Federal Representatives

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D) - senator@boxer.senate.gov - 213-894-5012
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) - senator@feinstein.senate.gov - 310-914-7300
U.S. Congress 23rd District Lois Capps (D) - http://www.house.gov.writerep - 805-985-6807
U.S. Congress 24th District Elton Gallegly (R) - http://www.house.gov.writerep -805-497-2224