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Thousand Oaks Council finalizes top 10 priorities, adopts city goals and norms
Summary
After staff briefings and extended discussion, the Thousand Oaks City Council voted 5-0 to adopt a ten-item priority list for 2025–26 and to approve citywide goals and norms, keeping homelessness and downtown planning among the top items.
The Thousand Oaks City Council on Tuesday adopted a 10-item set of priorities for 2025–26 and approved citywide goals and norms, voting unanimously on both measures.
City Manager Drew Powers said the priority-setting exercise is intended to align council direction with staff work plans. "This exercise is really one of alignment more than anything else," Powers said as he described how the executive team would treat the adopted priorities during the budget year.
The council debated a slate of 12 candidate priorities before agreeing to a final list of 10. The adopted priorities include addressing homelessness, downtown planning, fiscal sustainability, general plan implementation, housing…
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