News Update: Ojai City Council, Wtf?!
Introducing the next deep dive. (And no, I don't intend for every series to include a "Wtf." It just felt appropriate here.)
It’s five minutes to 11 pm on Tuesday, September 12th and the Ojai City Council is debating “bodily liberty for elephants.”
After more than a half hour of discussion, the Council voted 4-1 to introduce a new article to the Ojai Municipal Code ensuring “the right to bodily liberty for elephants within the City of Ojai.”1
Why do I mention this? Because I’ve decided that the next long-form story coming to This Little Valley will be called, “Ojai City Council, Wtf!?”
The report that follows represents the first in a series of updates, while I investigate and develop the full story. Future updates will be provided to subscribers only. This piece is a window into my reporting process, a City Council news update, and more.2
Now, back to elephants (I’ll keep it brief). City Councilwoman Leslie Rule — who initiated the discussion — argued that the proposed or…
