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Ventura County (/ v ɛ n ˈ t ʊər ə / ⓘ) is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.As of the 2020 census, the population was 843,843. [10] [13] The largest city is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura.
Property taxes in California amounted to over $54.0 billion (2011) and are one of the largest taxes in California of which about $12.0 billion of the $54.0 billion collected was for voter approved "extras". [57] The property tax, despite being used primarily to finance local governments, has a significant effect on the state budget.
Part of the county's territory went to Del Norte County in 1857, and in 1874 the remainder was divided between Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. Pautah County, California was created in 1852 out of territory which, the state of California assumed, was to be ceded to it by the United States Congress from territory in what is now the state of Nevada.
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 .
Maria Gulovich Liu: Ventura County real estate agent, OSS agent in WWII [134] Armando Xavier Ochoa: was the Bishop of Fresno and was formerly the Bishop of El Paso. Carmen Perez is an activist on issues of civil rights, including mass incarceration, women's rights and gender equity, violence prevention, racial healing, and community policing. [135]
Bell Canyon is an unincorporated community in eastern Ventura County, California, United States. [2] Bell Canyon is a gated community in the Simi Hills with the main access through the Los Angeles community of West Hills and the western San Fernando Valley. Bell Canyon sits at an elevation of 1,368 feet (417 m). [2]
Greater Los Angeles is the most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of California, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino County and Riverside County in the east, with the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County at its center, and Orange County to the southeast.
Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County. [5] [6] The population of the city was 8,029 at the 2020 census, down from 8,270 at the 2010 census. [3]