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ByRoy August 6, 2017August 6, 2017

Welcome to my Oxnard Renaissance Blog.

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Reinventing Development Regulations
ByRoy November 3, 2017

Every community across the land can and should revise their zoning and subdivision regulations — a move that will build sustainability and resilience, increase affordability, and improve quality of life, say the authors of a new book published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. In Reinventing Development Regulations (Paperback / $35.00 / 213 pages / ISBN…

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Change
ByRoy February 27, 2018February 27, 2018

Change. Today, I share with you, that I am no longer a member of – and am fully independent of – the Oxnard Community Planning Group. I wish the Planning Group only the very best in all future work. I founded the Oxnard Community Planning Group in early 2015, along with a few other members….

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Why does Oxnard have only 6 City Planners?
ByRoy September 8, 2017September 8, 2017

The following is a VERY informal phone survey conducted by Roy Prince [ OxnardRENAISSANCE.ORG ] in early September 2017. While most Ventura County (VC) cities have about one planner per 10-12,000 – Oxnard has one planner per 34,000 people. Other VC cities have about three times the number of planners per resident than does Oxnard….

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No More Sprawl
ByRoy September 17, 2017September 22, 2017

NO more sprawl. When our urban core and corridor areas and nodes – are suburbanized and underutilized, why would Oxnard decision makers consider areas protected by SOAR for suburban expansion? It was suggested that some future Oxnard expand into the area east of Rice and south of PCH and wrapping around to Pleasant Valley Road…

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Who Decides
ByRoy Prince January 4, 2021February 8, 2021

Your neighborhood is chock full of subtle clues about who makes the decisions and who holds the power. Interested in learning more? Watch Power & Health for free on the PBS App or on our website. #PowerAndHealth

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The Black Lives Next Door
ByRoy Prince February 12, 2021February 21, 2021

A new generation of activists is trying to figure out where to concentrate its efforts. Residential desegregation is the final frontier.

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