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Oxnard Public Works flags unfunded stormwater permit costs, reports millions of pounds of trash and free mattress drop-off
Summary
Public Works staff warned the council that state stormwater permits are unfunded mandates requiring structural BMPs, and reported 9.6 million pounds of trash collected from July 2021–Aug 2025 and a free mattress drop-off program at Del Norte.
Michael Wolf, Director of Public Works, told the council that stormwater management falls under the Wastewater Division but is not supported by enterprise fund revenues, and cautioned that state permitting requirements will likely force the city to build structural best-management practices. "This is not one that's an enterprise funded...the state has made this a unfunded mandate," Wolf…
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