Linda Parks and Family
Supervisor Parks is in her second term on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. Mrs. Parks previously served as a Planning Commissioner, City Council member, and Mayor for the City of Thousand Oaks. While on the Council she wrote the City’s first campaign reform law, and initiated the annual Thousand Oaks Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration with the planting of a thousand oak trees. In addition to setting policy on the Board of Supervisors, Mrs. Parks also serves on the following committees:
Air Pollution Control District Board
Community Leadership Committee
Local Agency Formation Commission
Triunfo Sanitation District
Ventura Council of Governments
Ventura County Mental Health Board
Ventura County Transportation Commission
California State University Channel Islands Site Authority
Southern California Association of Governments

Supervisor Parks’ accomplishments as a Supervisor include organizing County-wide Senior Summits to plan for the growing senior adult population.  This year's Senior Summit emphasis was on on helping Seniors in these tough economic times. She has also taken a leadership role in establishing a County transportation vision to provide an alternative to a future of congested roadways, and has been a strong supporter of public safety, hosting several public safety town halls, and establishing fire safe councils. She also developed County guidelines that require testing water and soil near the Boeing Santa Susana Field Laboratory where perchlorate and TCE have been found, and has led efforts to reduce and eliminate harmful pesticides.

Linda and Al riding in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Supervisor Parks received her Masters Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Washington and her undergraduate degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.As a citizen, Mrs. Parks spearheaded the Parks Initiative that protects parks and open space in Thousand Oaks, and the SOAR (Save Open space and Agricultural Resources) initiatives that protect Ventura County's open space and farmland.  She is a conservationist whose sixteen year effort to preserve Ahmanson Ranch culminated in the Ranch's purchase as a State Park. She has been honored with the Carla Bard “Environmental Integrity in Public Service Award”from the Environmental Defense Center, the “Walk the Talk Award” from Heal the Bay and the “Edward L. Masry Integrity in Community Service Award.” Mrs. Parks has been married 27 years and has four children ages 19 to 25 years old.

Vote for Linda Parks June 8, 2010

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2010 Supervisor