BRIEFLY HEARING TO DISCUSS AHMANSON RANCH.AGOURA HILLS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing on the controversial Ahmanson Ranch project at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Agoura Hills-Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road. Comments and testimony at the hearing, which is expected to last until 2 p.m., will be considered when the agency decides whether to grant a permit to build the 3,050-home development, which also includes 400,000 square feet of retail and office space. Local and federal politicians, including Rep. Brad Sherman Bradley J. "Brad" Sherman (born October 24 1954) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing California's At-large congressional district. , D-Woodland Hills, are expected to attend. ``We could have over 1,000 people there,'' said Calabasas Councilwoman Janice Lee, who opposes the project. ``It's going to be what I believe is one of the most important opportunities the community has had to express to a federal agency how important it is that they consider the impacts to our cities.'' - Daily News Corporate Council to promote CSUCI CSUCI California State University - Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA) CAMARILLO - A council to promote the business community's support and involvement in the new California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI) is a university located in Camarillo, California, in California's Ventura County. CSUCI opened in 2002 as the twenty-third campus in the California State University system, succeeding the Ventura County branch campus of , was launched Wednesday. The Corporate Council, which currently has 10 members, was launched during a breakfast meeting at CSUCI attended by about 70 corporate and business leaders from throughout the region, including Russell Goldsmith, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of City National Bank, who was the keynote speaker. - Daily News Farm worker areas expanding VENTURA - Farm worker communities are growing in rural California because of changes to more lucrative crops, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State . Crops that are ``much more interesting economically,'' such as celery, broccoli and strawberries, are also more labor-intensive, said Juan Vincente Palerm. Thus, migration from Mexico is on the rise and farm worker employment has increased because these profitable crops are being produced year-round, he said. There is no shortage of farm workers to pick these crops, Palerm said. Palerm detailed his research in a document titled ``Agriculture, Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and the Rise of New Farm Worker Communities in Rural California.'' His decade-long investigation took him to Santa Barbara and Ventura counties as well as the San Joaquin and Coachella valleys. - Associated Press |
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