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www.cityofventura.ca.gov Ventura , officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for " Saint Bonaventure "), [ 11 ] is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California , United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles .
This is a list of mayors of Ventura, California, beginning with Ventura's incorporation as a city in 1866. The individual who had the longest tenure in office was Charles W. Petit, who served as mayor for 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 years from 1953 to 1969. When Petit left office, he was, at age 87, the oldest mayor in the United States.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo formally transferred California to the United States in 1848. [38] By 1849, a constitution had been adopted for the California territory. The new Legislature met and divided the pending state into 27 counties. At the time, the area that would become Ventura County was the southern part of Santa Barbara County. [39]
Ortega Adobe is a historic adobe house built in 1857 and located on Main Street on the west side of Ventura, California, not far from the mouth of the Ventura River. It was designated in 1974 as the City of Ventura's Historic Landmark No. 2. It is owned by the City and operated as a self-guided historical site.
California established the country's first tailpipe emissions standards in 1966 and is the only state eligible for a waiver to the federal Clean Air Act of 1970, giving the EPA the authority to ...
Arroyo Verde Park is a park located in a dried-up river valley in Ventura, California.The entry gate is located at the intersection between Ventura's Foothill and Day Roads.
VHL No. Name Image Address Date listed Description 1: Olivas Adobe: 4200 Olivas Park Drive: 2/11/74: A one-story adobe structure was built in 1837 and expanded in 1849 by Don Raimundo Olivas; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and designated as California Historical Landmark No. 115; operated as a museum
The Ventura County Courthouse, known since 1974 as Ventura City Hall, is a historic building in Ventura, California.Located on a hill at the top of California Street, it overlooks the city's downtown district with views of the Santa Barbara Channel and Channel Islands.