The city of Ventura will require masks to be worn inside businesses and government offices, on public transit and in most indoor venues that are open to the public following a 4-3 City Council vote this week. The city manager will now draft an emergency ordinance to lay out the details of the new health order, which is modeled on a similar order in Santa Barbara, officials said. Ventura’s face-covering order will go into effect once the City Council approves the final ordinance, to be considered at a future meeting.
