City
San Buenaventura (Ventura)
San Buenaventura (Ventura) is a city record. City or town offices may handle local rules inside their limits, while county offices still handle records, taxes, courts, and many services.
Starting point
Confirm the address is inside local limits first.
If the address is inside San Buenaventura (Ventura), city or town offices may handle local permits, code, and services. If it is outside limits, county routing may be the better first stop.
A mailing city is not always the same as city government jurisdiction.
2025 population
109,914
Land area
21.856 sq mi
Water area
10.416 sq mi
Directory notes
Local layers to keep on the same page.
Confirm city or town limits.
A mailing address can use a nearby place name. If the address is outside limits, county offices may handle permits, code, and land-use routes.
County still matters.
Ventura County can still matter for assessor, tax collector, recorder, court, public health, social service, and election records.
Some layers are separate.
Water, sewer, fire, school, utilities, coast, earthquake maps, wildfire zones, parks, and trails may point outside city hall.
County layer
County shown for San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Practical notes
Office, map, permit, and paperwork notes for San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Place note · History and culture · Reviewed July 6, 2026
Ventura City Hall still feels like a courthouse on the hill
Ventura City Hall began as the 1912-13 Ventura County Courthouse, with terra cotta, marble, a copper dome, public art, and school tour possibilities.
Place note · Rules and licenses · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Ventura Connects is for routine service requests, not emergencies
Ventura Connects lets people submit routine service requests anonymously or through an account, while urgent hazards and crimes need faster contacts.
Place note · Rules and licenses · Reviewed July 3, 2026
A Ventura County DBA is separate from the business license
Ventura County fictitious business name filings help create a public name record, separate from city or county business license steps.
Place note · Money and taxes · Reviewed July 3, 2026
Ventura County property tax starts with value or payment
Ventura County property tax questions usually split between the Assessor for value and parcel records, and the Treasurer-Tax Collector for bills and payments.
Place note · Outdoors · Reviewed June 30, 2026
Channel Islands starts in Ventura, but it is not a quick beach errand
Channel Islands National Park's Ventura visitor center is the easy first stop for maps, exhibits, the park movie, and planning island transportation.
County layer · Cars and driving · Reviewed July 7, 2026
Oxnard parking citations have a short response window
Oxnard parking citations can be paid or reviewed through the city's parking enforcement process, with a 21-day window shown on the city page.
Almanac notes
Stories and local context near San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Place note · History and culture
Ventura Pier carries the old wharf story into a beach walk
Ventura Pier, once known as Ventura Wharf and San Buenaventura Wharf, is a wooden pier and historic landmark tied to trade, fishing, views, and community care.
Place note · History and culture
Mission San Buenaventura still anchors old downtown Ventura
Mission San Buenaventura was founded in 1782, where the coast, water, orchards, and old Ventura's town center came together.
Place note · History and culture
Olivas Adobe gives Ventura a rancho-era house story
Olivas Adobe Historical Park in Ventura preserves an 1847 rancho-era home tied to Rancho San Miguel, cattle, Gold Rush demand, drought, restoration, and local museum use.
County layer · Outdoors
Conejo Valley Botanic Garden gives Thousand Oaks a hillside garden walk
Conejo Valley Botanic Garden in Thousand Oaks has hillside plant collections, views, trails, a kids' garden, and community garden programs.
County layer · History and culture
Hill Canyon turns Thousand Oaks wastewater into reusable water
Thousand Oaks' Hill Canyon Treatment Plant treats about 8 million gallons of wastewater each day and turns it into reusable water.
County layer · History and culture
Pleasant Valley history widens Camarillo's ranch-house story
Pleasant Valley Historical Society ties Camarillo to Chumash history, Rancho Calleguas, farming, the railroad, Camarillo State Hospital, Point Mugu, and local cityhood.
County layer · History and culture
Strathearn Park gathers Simi Valley's older buildings in one place
Strathearn Historical Park gives Simi Valley a small historic village, with early buildings, artifacts, and docent-led tours in a quiet park setting.
County layer · History and culture
Camarillo Ranch keeps the city's old ranch story in view
Camarillo Ranch centers on Adolfo Camarillo's 1892 ranch home, giving the city a visible link to its rancho, agriculture, and family-history roots.