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Ojai City Councilmembers Andrew Whitman, Rachel Lang and Mayor Betsy Stix at the Feb. 28 City Council meeting. Ojai City Council finalized an amendment to the city’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Code, removing all exemptions but infeasibility at its Feb. 28 meeting. Michelle Ellison of Ojai, former chair of the city’s Climate Emergency Mobilization Committee and now a member of the independent climate committee, said: “I’m so grateful for the unanimous support by this council to get off fossil fuels and protect the life on this planet that we share from the devastating effects of climate change.” Updating this “ordinance is meaningful,” she said, noting that a “majority of emissions are from gas use in existing buildings and vehicles. We’ve got more important work ahead of us.”

Kimberly has been reporting on a wide range of issues in Ventura County for over a decade including land use, oil and gas, government accountability, open meeting and sunshine laws, and climate change.

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