Driving Tour of Oxnard, California, USA - 4K Wide View

Driving Tour of Oxnard, California, USA - 4K Wide View

Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. On California's South Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd most populous city in California.

Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of downtown Los Angeles and is part of the larger Greater Los Angeles area.

It is at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, adjacent to agricultural fields with strawberries, lima beans and other vegetable crops.

Oxnard is also a major transportation hub in Southern California, with Amtrak, Union Pacific, Metrolink, Greyhound, and Intercalifornias stopping there. It also has a small regional airport, Oxnard Airport (OXR).
Oxnard's population was 208,881 as of 2019.

It is the most populous city in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The economy of Oxnard includes defense, international trade, agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. Oxnard is a manufacturing center in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

The Port of Hueneme is the only deep-harbor commercial port between Los Angeles and San Francisco and moves trade within the Pacific Rim economies.

Companies utilizing the Port include Del Monte Foods, Chiquita, BMW, Land Rover, and Jaguar.

Other industries include finance, transportation, the high tech industry, and energy, particularly petroleum. Two large active oil fields underlie the city and adjacent areas: the Oxnard Oil Field, east of the city along 5th Street, and the West Montalvo Oil Field along the coast to the west of town. Tenby Inc.'s Oxnard Refinery, on 5th Street east of Del Norte Avenue, processes oil from both fields.

AgricultureEdit

According to the Camarillo General Plan:[64] "The areas studied showed a high percentage of Group I soils, primarily located on the relatively flat Oxnard Plain. The Oxnard Plain, because of these high-quality agricultural soils, coupled with a favorable climate, is considered one of the most fertile areas in the world."
In 1995, SOAR (Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources) was initiated by farmers, ranchers and citizens of Ventura County to keep land in the Oxnard Plain from development.

Strawberries

Strawberry field

The Oxnard Plain is well known for its strawberries. According to the USDA, Oxnard is California's largest strawberry producer, supplying about one-third of the State's annual strawberry volume.

From the end of September through the end of October, strawberries are planted and harvesting occurs from mid-December through mid-July in Oxnard.

The peak harvesting season in California runs from April through June, when up to 10 million pint baskets of strawberries are shipped daily.

The state of California supplies over 85 percent of U.S. strawberries, with the U.S. supplying a quarter of total world production of strawberries.


Each year Oxnard hosts the California Strawberry Festival during the summer at College Park next to Oxnard College, featuring vendors as well as food items based on the fruit such as strawberry nachos, strawberry pizza, strawberry funnel cake, strawberry sundaes, and strawberry champagne.

Cannabis

Further information: Cannabis in California

In 2018, 80% of the voters approved a cannabis tax.

The city council adopted a "go slow" approach upon the legalization of recreational cannabis in California.

After an initial ban, businesses that focus on manufacturing, testing and distributing cannabis were allowed to apply for a permit to operate in July 2019.

The council decided in September 2020 to allow 10 licences to be issued.

 Companies must be licensed by the local agency and the state to grow, test, or sell cannabis and the city may authorize none or only some of these activities.

Local governments may not prohibit adults, who are in compliance with state laws, from growing, using, or transporting marijuana for personal use.



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