Supporters urge quick action on 'cabin village' at public works lot; staff says Phase I environmental study completed

Several supporters of a planned permanent supportive-housing project told the Ojai City Planning Commission on Wednesday that the city should move quickly to approve the site and let City Council and project partners implement the cabin-village project.

Delaney Labar, who said she lives at 206 South Blanche, and Richard Sheck, founder of the Ojai Ohana community support group, both urged city officials to proceed with the public-works-lot site for permanent supportive housing, countering comments from other property owners who have proposed relocating the project. Labar said the cabin-village site is residential in character and that the planned project will provide heated, secure rooms within walking distance of downtown services for roughly 30 people who have been living in tents.

State funding and project readiness: Labar told the commission that the state has awarded $12,700,000 for the project and that architects and landscape firms…