^{2006 Slow Growth Candidates}

Thousand Oaks City Council

Ventura County Supervisor

Jim Dantona http://www.jimdantonaforcountysupervisor.com

Triunfo Sanittation District

For more information go to Save Open Space's main website, SaveOpenSpace.com.

^{Come Visit}

Ahmanson Ranch Map Ahmanson Ranch Scheduled Events

Ahmanson Ranch is now open to the public. Exit the 101 freeway and go north on Las Virgenes Road all the way to the end. The Park service will soon open another entrance at the west end of Victory Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, but until then use the Las Virgenes entrance. From the gate, the trail heads north along the creek bed through a majestic oak woodland. Trails lead from the creek over towards the San Fernando Valley, or you may continue north and eventually get to the ridge top overlooking Simi Valley, or take trails to the east and connect up with the Cheseboro Canyon open space. A large map at the entrance shows the currently open trails.

^Victory!

October 1, 2003. An escrow signing ceremony with Governor Gray Davis took place today to finalize the sale of Ahmanson Ranch to the State of California. Yesterday the Wildlife Conservation Board met in Sacramento to approve the purchase of Ahmanson Ranch and the Ballona Wetlands using funds from Proposition 50. The Ranch will be preserved in it's undeveloped state as a wildlife refuge and natural park.

Governor Gray Davis, joined by Rob Riener, talks to the press after ceremony celebrating purchase of Ahmanson Ranch.

Thanks go to all those who were involved in the effort to save the Ranch, to Washington Mutual for recently offering the Ranch for sale, to the people of California for their approval of Proposition 50 and the Davis Administration for their environmental commitment.

Ahmanson Ranch, named for the previous owners, is located between Agoura on the west, Simi Valley on the north, Woodland Hills on the east and Calabasas to the south. See Aerial Map. Washington Mutual, a Seattle based out of state corporation that acquired Home Savings and Loan, had planned a 3050 home development on this wild and undeveloped region, which features wetlands, canyons, seasonal waterfalls, mountains and an upland pasture.The area one of two known habitats of the San Fernando Valley Spineflower, believed to be extinct for decades, but recently discovered. It is also habitat for the Red-Legged Frog, which was recently added to the Federal Endangered Species List. The discovery of the Spineflower population and the Red-Legged Frog listing has occurred since the original project EIR was prepared. Recently, the Spineflower was approved as a candidate endangered species, thereby starting the process to list it.