Sister City Loreto, Mexico

Carl Morehouse will discuss Ventura's sister city program with Loreto, Mexico.

Carl served on the Ventura City Council for 17 years and served as Mayor 2005-2007.  He is Past President of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), with his one year term running from May 2014-May 2015.  Carl represented the City of Ventura on the Ventura Council of Governments, the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and the Gold Coast Transit District, and he also was one of the two city representative seats on the Ventura County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO).  Additionally, Carl served on the League of California Cities Board of Directors from 2012-2015, following his presidency of the Channel Counties (San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties) Division in 2011, He served on the League’s Housing Community Economic Development Policy Committee from 2005 to 2016, serving as Chair of that committee in 2013.  Carl is a Land Use Planner by training and worked for twenty years for the Ventura County Planning Division. In 2018, he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Planners, the highest level of recognition that is within the American Planning Association.  Today he is Chair of the Ventura Sister City Association.