While residents of Camarillo get ready to vote on Measure U in November 4, 2008, both Pleasant Valley School District (PVSD) and Oxnard Unified High School District (OUHSD) continue their spending on their lengthy legal battle.
Payment records from the PVSD and OUHSD show that both 
districts have spent more than $411,000 in legal fees related to the unification issue. The PVSD has outspent OUHSD by paying $273,034 to their attorneys in the last 18 months. This all happens while school budgets are being slashed and programs are being canceled in the district. (Source: Camarillo Acorn)
In our recent conversation with the OUHSD superintendent, Dr. Dunlap, we were informed that OUHSD has retained the land in Camarillo (adjacent to Camarillo Library) and has every intention to build a high school site on this location. OUHSD has postponed building Camarillo a new high school due to unification issues. In March of this coming year, 2009, the proponents of Camarillo Unification have a standing court date which accourding to Dr. Dunlap will again delay the promissed new high school in Camarillo by OUHSD.
Measure H will allow to construct, rehabilitate, modernize and or replace school facilities. This measure has already accepted 2 high schools for OUHSD one to be build in the city of Oxnard and the other in the city of Camarillo.
Dr. Dunlap declares that OUHSD has every intention of building two high schools. Which one will come first will be decided when the Unification issues are put to rest and Measure H Bond can be disscused by the OUHSD committee. Perhaps both high schools can be built at the same time, Dr. Dunlap stated, but those are issues to take up when Unification is off the table.
If you are interested in listening to Dr. Dunlap or ask her any questions regarding Camarillo Unification you are urged to attend the OUHSD Council Meeting at Adolfo Camarillo High School's Cafeteria on Wednesday October 8, 2008 at 6:30 pm.
My question to you is: Do you really think after spending some of our Tax Dollars on legal fees do any of these Districts, OUHSD and PVSD, have enough money to deliver what they have promissed.
Also, I would love to hear your thoughts on Measure U.
The poll below is designed so your thoughts (anonymously) on Camarillo Unification can be calculated and published before November 4, 2008.
the California Coastal Cleanup Day is now one of the largest annual volunteer events on the planet.
On Friday, September 12, 2008, your plans for that evening, weekend, and life were brought to 
a violent halt in the collision of your commuter train with a Union Pacific train in Chatsworth, California. We all watched hopelessly as live coverage of the crash captured the brutal horror you experienced. We prayed for your names to remain on the list of the living.
To the 25 victims of this horrific crash and to their families:
You are missed even though we believe you are in a better place. Your family is blessed to have an additional angel watching over them now. Your loss has shaken our community and has brought us together to remember you as the outstanding citizens you were. Your life was not lost in vain; rather it awakened interest in a flawed system. Many will have to answer and we will not rest till they do. 
To the 135 injured passengers of Friday's crash:
We pray for your fast and complete recovery.
To the rescue personnel:
Thank you for your extraordinary efforts and may you never have to experience working another such tragedy in your life time.
Copyright (c) 2008 By Mana Tulberg, All Rights Reserved.* In Memory of Ventura County Metrolink Victims *
Photos: Los Angles Times
This year Ventura County's Real Estate Market, like many other real estate markets all over the 
country, presented more and more Bank Owned Homes/REO Homes to Home Buyers. It is sad, but true that as the number of bank owned homes increase home prices decrease. Recently home buyers have gradually come out of their shells and become more aggressive.
Unfortunately Ventura County's bank owned homes are represented by only a handful of Realtors. As I talk to more Realtors in the Rain, I have come to realize that most communities in the country are represented by just a few Realtors as well. Depending on the size of your community and the distribution of REOs in your community, these REO Realtors are over-worked and spread thin. Some are so busy and unavailable that once you do get a hold of these Realtors, you forget what you had called them for. LOL. I mean no disrespect to my fellow Realtors, but I am encouraged that you have been too busy to return the interested buyers' calls.
Currently I am representing 2 home buyers who originally called our local REO agents. After several attempts and no results, these home buyers contacted me :0) They found my Active Rain posts and Localism posts very helpful and informative.
As you may have guessed by now I have no REO listings, but have written several posts for home buyers on what they should expect when presenting an offer on a Short Sale Home or a Bank Owned Home. I have changed my services and blogs with the times to match the needs of the home buyers and home sellers in my community.
In today's market, home buyers need to be more diligent than ever. To most home buyers Short Sales and Bank Owned Sales/REOs are a new approach to purchasing a house. As a Realtor, it is my job to inform the local home buyers of the changing market conditions and ease their apprehension. If not me, then who?
Related articles:
Short Sales and Bank Owned Homes in Ventura County-How They Work
Real Estate Terms For Ventura County Home Buyers
Ventura County Real Estate Summery-First Half of 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 By Mana Tulberg, All Rights Reserved.* Representing Home Buyers in Ventura County REO Market *
Reverse 911 in Camarillo
In order to understand the significance of this new 911 system, it is important to understand the idea behind Reverse 911.
What Is Reverse 911?
Reverse 911 is a telephone-based communication system which may be used in case of an emergency to notify the residences and business owners in a community. The system contains both listed and unlisted phone numbers. If your phone is busy during the emergency calls, the system will continue calling until it gets a free signal. In case an answering system picks up the phone, the system will leave a message about the related emergency. (source: Reverse 911)
"REVERSE 911® is a communications solution that uses a patented combination of database and GIS mapping technologies to deliver outbound notifications."
Reverse 911 are used all over the country, in schools, crime solving (Amber Alerts), and businesses to keep the lines of communication open.
In Camarillo the Reverse 911 system is operated by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services (OES).
According to OES many listed and unlisted land lines of At&t and Verizon customers in the city of Camarillo are already entered into the Reverse 911 program. However, if you wish for your Cell Phone number to be added to the Reverse 911, you would need to contact the OES at: (805) 648-9283 OR visit www.CountyOfVentura.org and click on the Reverse 911 logo.
Serving Camarillo, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura, CA. My way of doing business is to think of my relationship with a client as a long-term association and not just a "deal".
My name is Mana Tulberg. I'm an imaginative, inventive, and efficient real estate consultant working with the accomplished professionals at Beach View Real Estate. For the past five amazing years I have unfailingly and thoroughly focused on serving the booming communities of Ventura County. My awesome partner is a licensed broker who works out of our gorgeous and tranquilizing office in the wonderful Hollywood Beach, Channel Island.
Being your real estate consultant is not only my first real estate business philosophy, but a life long commitment to providing you with exemplary personalized service beyond your expectations. It is my philosophy to listen, hear, and truly understand your needs.
As your real estate consultant it is my job to not only understand your needs but respond to them promptly, professionally, and with integrity. It is my pledge to provide you with sound real estate advice, helping you to understand the strategies of decision making , and the future implications of the decisions you make.
As your real estate consultant I feel it necessary to provide all of my clients with a relationship they have grown to trust. To provide value and service after the transaction so that the changing needs of each of my clients are addressed on a continuous basis.
Mana Tulberg your real estate consultant for life
I have concentrated my real estate skills in helping buyers through out Ventura County.
No matter if you are a first time buyer, move-up buyer, or an investment buyer I won't rest till I find the right home or investment for you.
About Ventura County
We are located between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County. Located on the Pacific Coast Ventura's coast is often referred to as the Gold Coast. A large portion of the county is in the Los Padres National Forest and the county has managed to maintain a balance between development and agriculture. It is a beautiful area for a day or quick weekend excursion from Los Angeles. Ventura County has a reputation of being one of the safest populated places and one of the most affluent places in the country. It is ranked as one of the top 100 highest-income counties in the country and as the 6th wealthiest county in California by per capita income (censusGR2 of 2000 by the United States Census Bureau).
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in California, the area was home to the Chumash tribe of Native Americans.
City Of Ventura 
We are famous for our strawberry fields and citrus orchards. Our university, California State University Channel Island, is nestled in these strawberry and other agricultural fields.
Oxnard's Strawberry Fields
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