S.O.A.R. to make November ballot
S.O.A.R. volunteers Bob and Joann Stroh, Jamey and Lynne Brooks, Donna Cruz, Jerry Donckels, Clay and Jean Westling, and Jo Ann Wernock, watching Impeartrice stamp the petitions.
S.O.A.R. volunteers Bob and Joann Stroh, Jamey and Lynne Brooks, Donna Cruz, Jerry Donckels, Clay and Jean Westling, and Jo Ann Wernock, watching Impeartrice stamp the petitions.

A group of volunteers submitted signatures on Thursday to Fillmore Deputy City Clerk Diana Impeartrice, center, in a bid to place Save Open-space and Agricultural Resources (SOA) on the November ballot. SOAR is a set of existing laws passed in the late 1990s that affect eight Ventura County cities and unincorporated areas. Voter approval is required before agricultural land and open space can be rezoned for development. Fillmore had approximately 20 volunteers, headed by retired firefighter Bob Stroh, left, who were stationed outside of Vons and went door-to-door. Fillmore’s SOAR initiative needed 649 signatures, a percentage of registered voters; they collected 998.