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VC Taxpayers Association January Recap!

by Community Contributor • February 10, 2025 • Comments Off

January 2025 Recap

We’re kicking off 2025 with great momentum, and we’re excited to share January’s highlights with you! Here’s a look at what’s happening at the VC Taxpayers Association.

Advocacy in Action: Our Executive Director, Ryan Grau, joined the Pacific Coast Business Times podcast Civil Dialogues, this week for an interview with Henry Dubroff. Ryan highlighted our collective efforts in advocating for transparency over the past year in the medical industry, school boards, local city budgets, bond measures, and more. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made and will continue working hard to ensure taxpayers’ voices are heard.

To watch the podcast, please visit: Spotify, Apple or Amazon.

Membership Milestones: We held our annual member meeting on January 13th at Freda’s Fine Food and Drink, where members had the opportunity to connect with one another and meet our newly announced board. We’re thrilled to share that our membership more than doubled in 2024, and we’re seeing strong growth in 2025! A quick reminder: our Advocate Level membership fee is now $125. This level gets you no-charge tickets for all our breakfast clubs (one per member). Now is the perfect time to join or renew! VCTA Membership – Join or Renew

Join the Club and get involved for as little as $25!

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Sponsor a Student: We are looking for individuals who are interested in sponsoring student memberships. If you are interested in helping with this effort, please contact our Membership Manager Adrienne Coryell at acoryell@vcta.org for more information!

Member of the Month Spotlight: A huge shoutout to our Member of the Month, Larry Pender, owner of Jubilee Honeybee Co! Larry is pictured here with his wife, Sabrina at our Taxpayer Dinner in late 2024.

We’re grateful for his support and dedication to our mission and his insights at our events. Please check out what his business BUZZ is about here: Jubilee Honey

We Launched Our Instagram Account!

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How YOU Can Help Advocate: The City of Thousand Oaks is conducting a budget survey to gather public input on key budget priorities. If you’re a Thousand Oaks/Conejo Valley resident, we encourage you to take a few moments to participate and make your voice heard! Complete the survey here: Budget Survey. If you have a taxpayer issue, concern, or passion that you would like us to advocate for, please reach out to our board or staff.

LEARN MORE HERE

Upcoming Events: Mark your calendar for our next Breakfast Club event on February 19th at Marie Callender’s in Camarillo! We’ll be hosting Martin Erickson from the Ventura County Transportation Commission for an informative discussion. Don’t miss out – RSVP today at Breakfast Club – RSVP.

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Thank you for being part of our growing community. Your support helps us continue our mission for a more transparent and accountable government. Stay tuned for our next recap in action!

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About the Ventura County Taxpayers Association (VCTA)

Formed in 1954, The Ventura County Taxpayers Association is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization dedicated to a non-partisan, fact-finding mission, emphasizing issues that affect Ventura County. We inform taxpayers, promote the wise use of public funds, oppose waste, advise public officials regarding issues of concern to taxpayers and recommend positions that will best serve the taxpayers’ interests. Our number one goal is to promote the wise use of public money and to oppose waste.

Ventura County Taxpayers Association

PO Box 3878

Ventura, CA 93006

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