Comm. Services, Public Safety, and Housing & Economic Development Committee Meeting - 11/10/2026

The City of Oxnard’s Community Services, Public Safety, and Housing & Economic Development Committee met November 10, 2026. The committee unanimously (3–0) recommended declaring four sites comprising six parcels surplus for affordable-housing purposes and authorizing the City and Housing Authority to issue notices of availability and negotiate under the Surplus Land Act. Staff said the intent is not to sell the properties; potential next steps include long-term leases and Rental Assistance Demonstration conversions. HUD has approved the Housing Authority’s request to convert its properties, while funding for a Choice Neighborhoods implementation grant has not yet been announced. The committee also approved its consent agenda of prior meeting minutes, 3–0.

The committee recommended ratifying and authorizing FY 2026–27 fire-equipment purchase orders, 3–0: up to $454,000 with All Star Fire Equipment and $367,000 with Allen Curtis and Sons. It separately approved a recommendation for a $22,618 supplemental purchase order to South Coast Emergency Fire Equipment for build-related change orders on the new tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck (Project C2303), also 3–0. Finally, it recommended accepting a California Board of State and Community Corrections Prop 64 grant of approximately $4.5 million over five years for youth prevention, intervention, education, and public-safety efforts addressing illegal cannabis sales to minors. The transcript’s exact grant amount is garbled; staff said the grant requires no city match, adds no full-time positions, and is not expected to affect the General Fund. This item passed 3–0.