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Community Development director details permit reforms, housing pipeline and enforcement against unpermitted vendors
Summary
Director Jeff Pingeli told council his department has reduced permitting backlogs, put 1,600 housing units under construction with 6,000 units on the horizon, released an RFP for EV‑charging, and conducted after‑hours enforcement including about 50 operations against unpermitted food vendors in 2025.
Jeff Pingeli, the city’s community development director, gave an overview of building, planning and code compliance work in Oxnard, saying the department has roughly 70 full‑time employees and three core divisions: building and engineering, planning (current and long‑range), and code compliance. "We are very grateful for that funding and we've applied it, aggressively, increased our staffing," Pingeli said as he described steps taken to shrink a post‑COVID backlog.
Pingeli highlighted major projects and programs: the South Oxnard…
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