The Ventura Climate Coalition (VCC) is a local group of citizens that are deeply concerned about our environment and particularly the advancing challenge of Climate Change that threatens our way of life and the livability of the planet. We believe individual and local actions can help mitigate the looming threat, and position the Community to best adapt to the problems that are already baked into our future. We surveyed all Council candidates for their positions on the following measures and strategies that we believe should be pursued.
Survey Questions
1. Adoption of ordinances or amendments to the State Building Code (a “Reach” Code) that, with few exceptions, prohibit new buildings to be hooked-up to natural gas pipelines.
2. Seek and support programs that promote retrofitting gas powered equipment and appliances with electrically powered ones in existing buildings.
3. Re-locate the Southern California Gas Co. compressor plant on North Olive St. in West Ventura to a remote location away from its present location across the street from a school.
4. Commit the City to using 100% renewable electrical energy supplied by the Clean Power Alliance (CPA).
5. Set a goal to have 20% of the city staff work from home each week to help reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) that create about 40% of the Climate Changing gases generated in the community.
We believe individual and local actions can help mitigate the looming threat, and position the Community to best adapt to the problems that are already baked into our future.
Each of the council candidates in the four districts where elections are being held (for a total of 12 candidates) was sent a survey on October 5th and asked to respond by October 14th. They were told their responses would be published in the local press to share with voters.
The candidates were asked to rate their level of support for each action on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest level of support equating to voting for the action.
Seven candidates responded, including at least one from each of the four districts in question (1, 4, 5, and 6). The responding candidates’ level of support for the actions were largely “4s and 5s”. The fact that a majority of the candidates responded (7 of 12) and that their level of support for specific climate action was high, is encouraging.
Candidates By District Level of support for five climate action measures
District 1 1 2 3 4 5
Alyona Brody NR NR NR NR NR
Liz Campos 5 5 5 5 5
Marco Cuevas 3 5 5 4 5
Helen Eloyan 5 5 5* 5 5
District 4
Jim Rundle NR NR NR NR NR
Jeanette Sanchez Palacios 5 5 5 5 5
District 5
Bill McReynolds NR NR NR NR NR
Marie Lakin 5 5 5 5 5
District 6
Jim Duran NR NR NR NR NR
Lorrie Brown NR NR NR NR NR
Danny Carrillo 4 5 5 4 5!
Steph Karba 4 5 5 3-4 4-5
