The final countdown is on for November’s election. Vote-by-mail ballots are already in the hands of tens of thousands of voters on the Central and South Coasts.
One of the races KCLU News is following is one which pits a longtime city council member against a former state assemblyman for an open seat on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. For the first time in two decades, Ventura County’s Second Supervisorial District is going to be represented by someone new. Supervisor Linda Parks served five terms, but can’t run again because of term limits.
But, her successor won’t be a stranger to the county, with both candidates having served in local offices. Claudia Bill de La Pena is facing Jeff Gorrell.
Bill de la Pena is in her fifth term on the Thousand Oaks City Council, and before that was on the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission.
Gorrell served two terms as a state assemblyman in Ventura County, and was a deputy mayor for the City of Los Angeles.
Ventura County’s Second Supervisorial District was redrawn after the 2020 census. It includes Thousand Oaks, Oak Park, Newbury Park, Somis, the Santa Rosa Valley, and parts of Camarillo.
As part of a special series of reports looking at the election, KCLU’s Lance Orozco talks with the candidates in the Second District race. They talk about why they are running, and the key issues they want to address if elected.
