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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 07:22 PMPUBLIC COMMENTS
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City Council / Camarillo Sanitary
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Item Number or Subject Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act Position Support
Comments Hello Camarillo City Council,
My name is Cesar Campos, and I am a youth leader with CFROG and an Oxnard College student. I’d like to thank the council for moving forward with agendizing our fossil fuel phase-out resolution, as this has been a long time coming. I would also like to emphasize the importance of including language that supports the California Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act and urge the city to include this language in the resolution before adopting it. My comment will focus on the importance of this climate superfund legislation, which I hope you will consider as you move forward with our resolution.
This bill aims to shift the economic burden of climate disasters from taxpayers to the fossil fuel industry. If the city wants to move forward in creating a sustainable, safe, and healthy future for its residents, we need to begin with holding polluters 1 accountable to the damages they’ve caused. And what is the best example of what climate destruction can be like in Camarillo?
As we can all recall that a year ago, the Mountain Fire devastated the communities of Camarillo and Moorpark
burning over 20,000 acres, destroyed numerous homes, and forced evacuations, with ongoing firefighting efforts to contain the blaze. Nearly 220 structures, including homes were
destroyed, leaving many families homeless. Altogether, the fire caused approximately $200 million dollars in losses. The question is, would you rather have your constituents and taxpayers foot that bill, or the polluters who were responsible for those fires? If I were you, I’d choose the latter.
Being the fastest warming county in the lower United States, Ventura County is disproportionately impacted by the
devastating effects of climate change, a crisis caused by the fossil fuel industry. The severity and frequency of climate disasters is projected to increase more and more each year, even worse in cities like in Camarillo. With federal threats to withhold FEMA funding, a state budget that is already in the red, and a general affordability crisis, we desperately need another source of state funding to be able to prepare and respond to the climate disasters that will inevitably strike our communities again.
By holding polluters accountable, we can create a more
financially viable future and protect our future generations from being affected by climate challenges as the disasters keep increasing. This bill will create a source to implement more climate resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation measures to make our region more prepared to respond to another inevitable climate disaster. Cities like Camarillo can greatly benefit from this bill if passed, especially in terms of expanding home hardening and fire resiliency efforts. Therefore, I respectfully ask that you consider adding language to support the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act within our fossil fuel phase-out resolution. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Cesar Campos
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