The Oak View Civic Council operated under a 501(c)(4) organization, and over the years, had acted as a non-partisan, non-sectarian, and non-political group of people that gathered for the purpose of reviewing and discussing what may help to improve the community, based on input from community members, and as able, to help coordinate efforts that actively advance improvements, whether they be of a civic, cultural, educational, philanthropic, recreational, or social nature within the community.
To those ends, OVCC had, in collaboration and cooperation with various local Oak View non-profit groups, promoted and supported many community events, issues, and activities, such as Oak View Day, Oak View BBQ, Oak View Pageant of Excellence, Oak View Memorial Day Parade, Oak View History Days, Christmas Tree at OV Ranch Market, Little League Baseball (founded and developed at Dell Park … in recent years, transitioned to be named the Ojai Valley Baseball League Fields), or by addressing public safety, such as road and travel conditions through the Oak View business area along a half-mile stretch between Larmier and Santa Ana, and local beautification projects (e.g., weed control along the Business District or abandoned shops that became unsightly). These are some of what the OVCC as a whole has done, over the years.
Perhaps one of the most impactful actions taken by the OVCC occurred in the mid-1970s, when the organization provided a Deed Grant of Oak Dell Park and the adjacent Devil’s Gulch to the County of Ventura. This included the Little League baseball fields. This included a prior-established tenant lease agreement with the Oak View Little League (OVLL) to have the right to use the fields during baseball season for “an indefinite period of years.” For decades beyond the end of that lease in 1986, the County continued to lease the fields to OVLL, which established Little League as a cultural choice of Oak View.
Local governmental resources
Ventura County District 1 Supervisor: Matt LaVere
800 S. Victoria Ave, Ventura, CA 93009 Phone: 654-2703
https://www.ventura.org/board-of-supervisors/district-1/
Email: Matt.LaVere@ventura.org
37th State Assembly District: Steve Bennett
Ventura County District Office
89 South California Street Suite F, Ventura, CA 93001 P(805) 641-3700
https://a37.asmdc.org/
19th State Senator District: Moniqu Limon
Oxnard District Office
300 E. Esplanade Drive, Suite 430, Oxnard, CA 93036 (805)988-1940
https://sd19.senate.ca.gov/
U.S. 26th Congressional District: Julia Brownley,
Oxnard District Office
300 E. Esplanade Drive, Suite 470, Oxnard, CA 93036 805-379-1779
*Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-6:00pm Pacific Time
https://juliabrownley.house.gov/