Rio Mesa Farms, LLC layoff notices at a glance
Rio Mesa Farms, LLC has filed 3 WARN notices with the California Employment Development Department between May 28, 2015 and May 17, 2019, naming 371 workers. 3 were closures and 0 were layoffs; 3 permanent, 0 temporary. The largest single notice named 236 workers in Santa Barbara County on May 17, 2019. Its latest notice, 236 workers in Santa Barbara County dated May 17, 2019, was 44.8% of the 527 workers named in all 6 Santa Barbara County notices of fiscal year 2018-2019.
Every notice, newest first
| Notice date | Effective | County | City | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Santa Barbara | Santa Maria | 236 | Closure, permanent | 75 |
| May 28, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 | Ventura | Somis | 74 | Closure, permanent | 64 |
| May 28, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 | Ventura | Santa Paula | 61 | Closure, permanent | 64 |
Where the notices landed
- Santa Barbara County1 notice, 236 workers
- Ventura County2 notices, 135 workers
- Santa Maria1 notice, 236 workers
- Somis1 notice, 74 workers
- Santa Paula1 notice, 61 workers
Local pages: Santa Maria employment lawyer, Santa Barbara County employment law guide, Ventura County employment law guide.
How to read this record
Notice date is the date on the employer's letter. Effective is the first day of separations it announced. Days notice is the gap between them; California Labor Code 1401 calls for 60 days from a covered employer, and section 1402 makes a short notice worth a day of pay and benefits for every day it is short, up to 60.
Every notice on file for Rio Mesa Farms, LLC shows 60 days or more between the two dates, which is what the statute expects. The questions that remain for a worker are the ones the notice does not answer: whether pay and benefits ran through the effective date, whether final wages arrived on the last day (Labor Code 201 and 203), and who was selected and why.
Full statute walk-through: the California 60-day rule, section by section.
If you work, or worked, at Rio Mesa Farms, LLC
Keep the notice, every email about the selection, and your final pay stub. A free review covers four things in one call: whether the notice period was honored and paid, whether final pay and vacation payout arrived on time, whether the selection pattern raises an age, pregnancy or leave, or retaliation question, and what a proposed severance release is actually worth before you sign it. Call (800) 371-3088 or send the notice.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, fiscal years 2014-2015 to 2018-2019. Record last checked against the EDD on Oct 30, 2026. Back to the layoff tracker.
About this data: Notices come from the California Employment Development Department WARN reports (fiscal years 2014-2015 to today) and are reloaded from the EDD every Tuesday and Thursday. Employer names appear as the employer wrote them on the notice, grouped where the names clearly refer to the same company. A notice is not a finding that any law was broken. This page is general information, not legal advice about your situation.