Local News in Brief : Camarillo Officials to Study Youth Camp
- Share via
The Camarillo City Council has decided to send city officials to review a California Youth Authority conservation camp in Paso Robles before approving a proposed camp on the city’s border with Oxnard.
The proposed camp would be on the grounds of the authority’s Ventura School, which has male and female wards.
The proposal includes building a 100-bed facility to accommodate camp residents working in crews for various public services, including fire and flood control, trail construction and beach maintenance, youth authority officials said.
Ventura School Supt. Clyde McDowell, who will supervise the conservation camp, told the City Council last week that only minor offenders and inmates who are near the end of their sentences and have been carefully screened will be allowed in the program.
McDowell said that Ventura County has a great need for additional firefighting services. Don Ellis, Ventura County assistant fire chief, agreed, saying the camp crews would provide valuable assistance to local firefighters.
![Los Angeles, CA - May 19: Carlos Vargas, left, and Paulina Rubio, members of the harm reduction team from Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems [HOPICS], a leading homeless services and housing agency, look for drug addicts to help and pass out supplies at a homeless RV encampment along 77th St. in South Los Angeles Friday, May 19, 2023. The team hands out syringes, fentanyl test strips, overdose reversal nose spray and medication to prevent overdoses, infection and disease transmission, including the HIV virus. Fenanyl is particularly insidious because it can be found in all other drugs, especially meth and heroin. The handouts are also meant to reduce infection through broken pipes, which can cut users mouths and open them to infection. . (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc99ba0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3900x2608+0+34/resize/1024x685!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe9%2F77%2F4b8bd35d4881a3edec6b945b143b%2F1298639-me-soaring-fentanyl-deaths-24-1-ajs.jpg)
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
