Oxnard—The City Council, Tuesday, October 20, heard the latest from the Downtown Oxnard Improvement Association (DOIA) from Board Chair Angela Whitecomb and Vice Chair Mark Spellman.
WHITECOMB said her complete executive board was attending.
Spellman took over and presented the 2026-2027 proposed budget and workplan to the City Council and said it is straightforward: a Downtown that’s clean, welcoming, and positioned for more activity and investment.
“This plan connects the daily work that keeps Downtown functioning with the opportunities ahead of us as a California Cultural District,” he said. “The District has been in place since 2000, and its purpose is to use property assessments to fund special benefit improvements within Downtown.”
He said it’s been renewed five times, most recently in 2024, when two blocks north of Second Street were added.
“The current authorization runs through December 2029,” he said. “There are 213 property owners in our District, and the City, you, is the largest.”
Spellman said it gives them a shared interest in making the resources count.
“DOIA became a public non-profit benefit in 2019, and in 2021, the City and DOIA entered into the agreement for District Management, and that agreement calls for an annual workplan…
