Oxnard--Local resident Steven Nash has entered the Calleguas Municipal Water District race for District Five and wants to ensure that Oxnard is part of the conversation as Californians face challenging drought conditions.
Nash decided to run because Oxnard is the largest city in the county and deserves a seat at every table available. He feels the city hasn’t had homegrown representation on many boards, of which Calleguas is one.
“I want to make sure that District Five includes a sizeable portion of Camarillo, and our interests are aligned in many ways,” he said. “I think it’s important for Oxnard to have one of its residents occupying the District Five seat.”
With the things the City of Oxnard has done with its Advanced Water Purification Facility, he said it’d been left high and dry.
“One of my overriding concerns is finding new sources of water,” he said. “Calleguas is what is called a State Water Project dependent area. The Metropolitan Water District has not put forth the resources to give us the same water supply as the rest of the Metropolitan Water District, primarily Colorado River water and water from the Diamond Valley Lake, which is Colorado River water.”
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