Amber Thompson | VUSD Trustee Area 4 Candidate | Ventura, CA

🚨 BREAKING: The CARE Policy Passes in Ojai … Unanimously! 🌈✊

Last night, the City of Ojai took bold, unified action by voting 5–0 to pass their own version of the CARE Policy, becoming the second city in Ventura County to adopt this framework of protection and dignity for all residents.

But Ojai didn’t just follow in Ventura’s footsteps… they built upon them. 💪

The Ojai CARE Policy includes the same foundational pillars: immigrant protections, gender-affirming care, and reproductive freedom, and adds a new, vital fourth pillar: protections for people with disabilities and neurodiverse communities. 🌻🧠

This is what the CARE Policy was always meant to be: a living, breathing framework, designed to grow, adapt, and reflect the values of each unique city it touches.

From Ventura to Ojai to Oxnard (where we are actively co-creating the next version with community orgs on the ground), the CARE Policy is becoming a movement. A shared roadmap. A declaration that local governments can say no to hate and yes to humanity.

Each city customizes it. Each city adds strength. Each city reinforces the message:

We will not cooperate with federal overreach. We will not criminalize care. And we will protect our neighbors… all of them.

Ojai, thank you for showing the region what courage and compassion in action look like. You totally understood the assignment. 🩷

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