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Trade Winds Apartments garage-to-ADU conversions

Ventura

Description

The new owner is converting garages to ADUs amid tenant complaints of defective notices, pressure tactics, and unresolved life-safety hazards; tenants asked the city to suspend construction.

Impact summary

The project has fractured a long-term rent-controlled tenant community and raised questions about how ADU policy interacts with tenant protections.

Applicant

Name: Zach Freeling
Address: Trade Winds Apartments, Ventura, CA

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 0
Total mentions: 1

Last discussed Jan 14, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Jan 14, 2026

City Council Meeting - Jan 14, 2026

The new owner is converting garages to ADUs amid tenant complaints of defective notices, pressure tactics, and unresolved life-safety hazards; tenants asked the city to suspend construction.

Related issues (1)

Trade Winds Apartments tenant conditions and garage-to-ADU conversions

Tenants allege pressure tactics, defective notices, retaliation, and unresolved life-safety hazards while the new owner converts garages to ADUs. They're asking the city to suspend construction.

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