OXNARD's Neighborhood COUNCILS

Oxnard's Neighborhood Councils are working together to make our community a cleaner, safer, better place to live. The collaborative efforts of neighborhood volunteers and the City programs have helped reduce crime and graffiti, removed blight and decay, and improved the appearance of our City.

Neighborhood Councils provide focus and coordination at the neighborhood level. Residents in pre-defined, recognized neighborhoods are responsible for establishing neighborhood councils, and electing a chairperson to represent their neighborhood in the Inter Neighborhood Council Forum (INCO). The INCO normally meets the first Wednesday of each month. See meeting schedule.

Oxnard's Neighborhood Services office publishes a weekly packet that provides information about upcoming Neighborhood Council meetings, city government meetings, as well as other items of community interest. The packet is regularly shared on Oxnard's Nextdoor.com, and can also be found and downloaded from https://www.oxnard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/weeklypacket.pdf

The City of Oxnard has long recognized the importance of public participation in the government processes and aims to establish a neighborhood council in every neighborhood. In 1973, the Oxnard City Council initiated a new program to involve local citizens in governmental decision-making processes in a more systematic and effective manner. This citizen involvement program, designated the Neighborhood Council Organization, recognized the fact that residents can play a role in the efforts of Oxnard City Government to meet the community’s municipal service needs. The City Council believed the neighborhood council organization could also provide a tool that residents could use in responding directly to those problems and needs, which do not fall within the area of City responsibility or authority.

For more information, visit the City of Oxnard's Neighborhood Services webpage at https://www.oxnard.org/neighborhood-services/

or call (805) 385-7434.