NOTICE OF ELECTION AND NOTICE OF CENTRAL COUNTING PLACE

Notice is hereby given to the qualified landowners in the Pleasant Valley County Water District, the Ojai Water Conservation District and the Oxnard Drainage Districts 1 & 2, State of California, that a Landowner General District Election will be held on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 for the following offices:

Pleasant Valley County Water District - 2 Directors

Ojai Water Conservation District- 5 Directors (3 Full terms, 2 Short terms)

Oxnard Drainage District 1 - 1 Director

Oxnard Drainage District 2-1 Director

Candidates for Pleasant Valley County Water District must be either an owner of land within the District, legal representative of the same, or a voter of the District, pursuant to Water Code §30511 and Elections Code§10514.

Candidates for Ojai Water Conservation District must be either an owner of land within the District, pursuant to the Water Conservation Act of 1927 and Elections Code §10514.

Candidates for Oxnard Drainage Districts must be landowners of the District pursuant to Drainage District Act of 1903.

Official nomination documents for eligible candidates who want to file for any of the elective offices may be obtained Monday, January 11, 2021 through Friday, February 5, 2021 from either the Ventura County Elections Division located in the Lower Plaza of the Administration Building, County Government Center, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura or from the District Office at the following location: Oxnard Drainage District, 1050 South Kimball Road, Ventura. Candidates for the Pleasant Valley County Water District may obtain nomination documents only at the Ventura County Elections Division. Nomination documents must be filed with the Ventura County Elections Division no later than 5:00

p.m. on February 5, 2021. If nomination papers for a district's Incumbent elective officer are not filed !Jy February 5, 2021, the landowners shall have until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 to nominate candidates other than the incumbent.

Appointment to each elective office will be made as prescribed by the Elections Code in the event:

A.                  There are no nominees or an insufficient number of nominees for such office(s) and/or

B.                  A petition signed by 10% or 50 voters in the district, whichever is the smaller number, requesting that an election be held has not been presented to the County Elections Division by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2021.

Pursuant to the Elections Code, the ballots will be counted at the Central Counting Place, County of Ventura Elections Division, Hall of Administration, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, and shall be open to the public.

Notice is further given that this election will be conducted using all-mailed ballots as provided by the Elections Code and there will be no polling place provided.

Dated this 4th day of January 2021

MARKA. LUNN

Clerk-Recorder, Registrar of Voters

(To be published once, Friday, January 8, 2021- Ventura County Star)