Editing Ojai, California (section)

===Utilities===
In 2013, a plan to take over the private water system was approved by voters. Up to $60 million in bonds would be issued and a special tax district would be formed. This was approved by almost 90 percent of voters but it was tied up in court by the private water purveyor, [[Golden State Water Company]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/ojai/casitas-moves-to-take-over-ojai-water-system-32a968fe-ef05-0906-e053-0100007fe982-379280901.html |title=Casitas moves to take over Ojai water system |first=Claudia |last=Boyd-Barrett|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |date= May 13, 2016 |access-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref> [[Lake Casitas|Casitas Municipal Water District]] took over management of the Ojai water system by purchase of the franchise from Golden State Water Company in April 2017. The [[Ojai Valley Sanitary District]] treats the sewage from the city and surrounding areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.ojaisan.org/history.php |access-date=May 6, 2023 |publisher=Ojai Valley Sanitary District }}</ref> In 2020, the city banned new hook-ups to natural gas except for restaurants and pools.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Feraday|first=Caroline|date=November 3, 2020|title=Ojai Bans Gas In New Buildings|url=https://www.kclu.org/post/ojai-bans-gas-new-buildings|access-date=November 3, 2020|work=KCLU News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods II |first=Wes |date=February 15, 2023 |title=Ojai going all electric with code change |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/02/15/ojai-going-all-electric-with-code-change/69906865007/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |website=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>