Layoff notices in Ventura County at a glance
Ventura County employers have filed 440 WARN notices with the EDD since July 1, 2014, naming 30,627 workers. The most recent notice is dated Oct 6, 2026. 97 of the notices show fewer than 60 days between notice and effective date outside the 2020 COVID window; the 60-day rule explains what that gap can mean for the workers involved. Since the EDD began reporting industry in 2026, the sectors filing most here are Accommodation and Food Services (221 workers), Manufacturing (147 workers), Healthcare and Social Assistance (108 workers).
Notices in fiscal year 2020-2021, newest first
68 notices, 4,677 workers. Show all years.
| Employer | City | Notice date | Effective | Workers | Type | Days notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houweling Nurseries Oxnard Inc. | Camarillo | Jun 7, 2021 | Aug 8, 2021 | 486 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Sierra Vista Family Medical Clinic | Simi Valley | Apr 26, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 | 99 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Mandalay Bay Women and Children's Medical Group | Oxnard | May 14, 2021 | Jun 26, 2021 | 38 | Layoff, permanent | 43 under 60 |
| Lags Spine and Sportscare Medical Centers, Inc. DBA | Ventura | May 12, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | 14 | Closure, permanent | 2 under 60 |
| Spine and Pain Treatment Medical Center of Santa | Oxnard | May 12, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | 12 | Closure, permanent | 1 under 60 |
| LAGZ Corporation | Oxnard | May 12, 2021 | May 12, 2021 | 1 | Closure, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Magnolia Family Medical Clinic | Oxnard | Apr 20, 2021 | Jun 24, 2021 | 142 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC dba Chick-fil-A | Oxnard | May 6, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | 92 | Closure, temporary | 8 under 60 |
| Amgen | Newbury Park | May 5, 2021 | Jul 9, 2021 | 61 | Layoff, permanent | 65 |
| Ventura Seaside Medical Group Inc. dba West Ventura | Ventura | Apr 30, 2021 | Jun 23, 2021 | 92 | Closure, permanent | 54 under 60 |
| Conejo Valley Family Medical Group Inc. | Thousand Oaks | Apr 30, 2021 | Jun 23, 2021 | 72 | Closure, permanent | 54 under 60 |
| Perspecta Inc. | Point Mugu Nawc | Apr 16, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | 4 | Layoff, permanent | 75 |
| Las Islas Family Medical Group | Oxnard | Apr 26, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | 206 | Closure, permanent | 65 |
| Las Posas Family Medical Group Inc. | Camarillo | Apr 27, 2021 | Jun 23, 2021 | 37 | Closure, permanent | 57 under 60 |
| ART Asset Adjusters | Oxnard | Apr 23, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 | 4 | Closure, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Market Broiler Simi Valley, Inc. | Simi Valley | Dec 11, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 | 1 | Closure, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Players Casino | Ventura | Mar 27, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | 59 | Closure, permanent | 4 under 60 |
| Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. | Camarillo | Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 15, 2021 | 8 | Closure, permanent | 27 under 60 |
| Amgen | Thousand Oaks | Jan 28, 2021 | Apr 2, 2021 | 531 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| Amgen | Newbury Park | Jan 28, 2021 | Apr 2, 2021 | 531 | Layoff, permanent | 64 |
| Paychex North America Inc.'s, a Delaware Corporation | Oxnard | Jan 29, 2021 | Apr 19, 2021 | 13 | Closure, permanent | 80 |
| Finney's Crafthouse | Ventura | Dec 29, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | 41 | Closure, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Finney's Crafthouse | Westlake Village | Dec 29, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 | 27 | Closure, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| SPS Ventures, Inc. | Thousand Oaks | Jan 7, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 | 74 | Closure, permanent | 62 |
| Real Farming, LLC | Oxnard | Jan 6, 2021 | Nov 28, 2020 | 174 | Layoff, temporary | 39 days after effective date |
| Knighted Ventures, LLC | Ventura | Dec 17, 2020 | Dec 6, 2020 | 25 | Layoff, temporary | 11 days after effective date |
| Grace GCCA LLC | Ventura | Dec 4, 2020 | Dec 11, 2020 | 7 | Layoff, temporary | 7 under 60 |
| Players Casino | Ventura | Dec 5, 2020 | Dec 6, 2020 | 62 | Layoff, temporary | 1 under 60 |
| USA Cinemas Services, LLC dba Cinepolis | Thousand Oaks | Nov 27, 2020 | Nov 27, 2020 | 31 | Closure, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Paramount Recovery Service | Simi Valley | Nov 2, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | 20 | Layoff, temporary | 59 under 60 |
| Vince, LLC | Camarillo | Oct 2, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | 3 | Layoff, permanent | 2 days after effective date |
| J Brand, Inc. | Camarillo | Nov 11, 2020 | Nov 11, 2020 | 6 | Closure, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Aldo US Inc. | Ventura | Aug 20, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 | 8 | Layoff, temporary | 27 days after effective date |
| Sodexo, Inc. | Simi Valley | Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | 80 | Layoff, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Springville Berry Farms LLC | Camarillo | Oct 8, 2020 | May 30, 2020 | 58 | Layoff, permanent | 131 days after effective date |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Sep 29, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | 17 | Layoff, permanent | 44 under 60 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Sep 21, 2020 | Sep 21, 2020 | 1 | Closure, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas | Westlake Village | Jul 27, 2020 | Jul 27, 2020 | 2 | Layoff, temporary | 0 under 60 |
| Westlake Wellbeing Properties, LLC - Four Seasons | Thousand Oaks | Jun 2, 2020 | Jun 5, 2020 | 185 | Layoff, permanent | 3 COVID order |
| Patagonia Works | Ventura | May 8, 2020 | May 9, 2020 | 162 | Layoff, temporary | 1 COVID order |
| Lags Spine and Sportscare Medical Centers, Inc. DBA | Ventura | Sep 3, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | 13 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| Spine and Pain Treatment Medical Center of Santa | Oxnard | Sep 3, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | 6 | Closure, permanent | 60 |
| LAGZ Corporation | Oxnard | Sep 3, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 60 |
| Sur La Table | Thousand Oaks | Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | 14 | Closure, permanent | 0 under 60 |
| Silver Star Auto Group | Thousand Oaks | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | 228 | Layoff, permanent | 35 COVID order |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Aug 14, 2020 | Sep 14, 2020 | 14 | Layoff, temporary | 31 under 60 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Aug 17, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 15 under 60 |
| Enterprise Rent-A-Car | Camarillo | May 12, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | 45 | Layoff, temporary | 50 days after effective date |
| Scarborough Farms, Inc. | Oxnard | Aug 10, 2020 | Aug 16, 2020 | 101 | Closure, permanent | 6 under 60 |
| All Grace GCCA LLC | Newbury Park | Aug 5, 2020 | Mar 26, 2020 | 9 | Layoff, temporary | 132 days after effective date |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks | Jul 31, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 | 36 | Layoff, temporary | 1 under 60 |
| WWL Vehicle Services Americas | Oxnard | Jul 24, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | 99 | Layoff, permanent | 68 |
| Ricoh USA, Inc. | Camarillo | May 8, 2020 | Apr 13, 2020 | 9 | Layoff, temporary | 25 days after effective date |
| Torrid, LLC | Ventura | Jul 20, 2020 | Jul 17, 2020 | 7 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
| ColourPop Cosmetics, LLC | Oxnard | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | 9 | Layoff, permanent | 0 COVID order |
| Beta Beauty, LLC | Oxnard | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | 2 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
| The Spatz Corporation | Oxnard | Apr 10, 2020 | Apr 10, 2020 | 1 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
| Camarillo Harvesting, L.P. | Ventura | Jul 16, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | 161 | Layoff, permanent | 61 |
| Los Agaves Inc | Oxnard | Apr 22, 2020 | Mar 19, 2020 | 1 | Layoff, type not stated | 34 days after effective date |
| Equino | Thousand Oaks | Apr 22, 2020 | Apr 22, 2020 | 45 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
| Manarchs Athletics | Newbury Park | Mar 25, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | 25 | Layoff, temporary | 9 days after effective date |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | Simi Valley | Apr 21, 2020 | May 5, 2020 | 3 | Layoff, temporary | 14 COVID order |
| Evoke Research and Consulting, LLC | Point Mugu Nawc | Mar 27, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | 2 | Layoff, permanent | 7 days after effective date |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley | Simi Valley | Apr 21, 2020 | May 5, 2020 | 1 | Layoff, permanent | 14 COVID order |
| New West Symphony Association | Thousand Oaks | Jun 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | 59 | Layoff, temporary | 0 COVID order |
| Players Casino | Ventura | Jun 16, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | 183 | Layoff, temporary | 77 days after effective date |
| Guitar Center, Inc. | Thousand Oaks | Apr 20, 2020 | Apr 17, 2020 | 55 | Layoff, temporary | 3 days after effective date |
| Eaton Corporation | Camarillo | Jun 16, 2020 | Jun 22, 2020 | 61 | Layoff, temporary | 6 COVID order |
Largest layoffs in Ventura County since 2014
| Employer | Notices | Workers | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojai Valley Inn | 4 | 3,115 | Oct 20, 2025 |
| Amgen | 9 | 2,989 | Mar 16, 2023 |
| ColourPop Cosmetics, LLC | 7 | 790 | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Mandalay Berry Farms, Inc. | 1 | 565 | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Westlake Wellbeing Properties, LLC dba Four Seasons Hotel Westlake | 1 | 555 | Mar 23, 2020 |
| Players Casino | 4 | 487 | Mar 27, 2021 |
| Houweling Nurseries Oxnard Inc. | 1 | 486 | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties | 2 | 459 | May 15, 2020 |
| Silver Star Auto Group | 2 | 456 | Apr 27, 2020 |
| Bank of America | 6 | 402 | Jun 6, 2019 |
| Milgard Manufacturing LLC | 1 | 397 | Mar 25, 2025 |
| DW Berry Farms, LLC | 1 | 380 | Jul 23, 2018 |
| The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated | 2 | 363 | Mar 23, 2020 |
| Atara Biotherapeutics | 8 | 351 | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. | 1 | 328 | Apr 3, 2020 |
| Darden Restaurants, Inc. - Olive Garden | 1 | 323 | May 6, 2020 |
| Guitar Center, Inc. | 3 | 304 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Southeast Ventura County YMCA | 1 | 304 | Mar 25, 2020 |
| Pennymac | 18 | 283 | Feb 1, 2024 |
| Urban Fulfillment Services, LLC | 2 | 277 | Oct 1, 2018 |
Ventura County by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Notices | Closures | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2027 | 17 | 1 | 485 |
| 2025-2026 | 25 | 14 | 1,732 |
| 2024-2025 | 24 | 13 | 1,837 |
| 2023-2024 | 21 | 8 | 1,697 |
| 2022-2023 | 26 | 3 | 1,187 |
| 2021-2022 | 18 | 5 | 653 |
| 2020-2021 | 68 | 26 | 4,677 |
| 2019-2020 | 162 | 36 | 11,537 |
| 2018-2019 | 20 | 12 | 1,590 |
| 2017-2018 | 19 | 12 | 1,518 |
| 2016-2017 | 13 | 8 | 1,170 |
| 2015-2016 | 19 | 11 | 1,734 |
| 2014-2015 | 8 | 3 | 810 |
Cities in Ventura County with notices
- Oxnard104 notices, 7,712 workers
- Thousand Oaks86 notices, 6,639 workers
- Ventura65 notices, 3,766 workers
- Ojai6 notices, 3,155 workers
- Camarillo54 notices, 2,755 workers
- Simi Valley49 notices, 2,311 workers
- Newbury Park17 notices, 2,195 workers
- Westlake Village32 notices, 1,404 workers
- Moorpark14 notices, 473 workers
- Santa Paula3 notices, 95 workers
- Somis1 notices, 74 workers
- Fillmore2 notices, 21 workers
- Oak View1 notices, 20 workers
- Point Mugu Nawc3 notices, 7 workers
- Port Hueneme2 notices, 4 workers
Local help after a layoff in Ventura
A WARN notice is the start of a paper trail, not the end of your rights. Workers in Ventura bring WARN back-pay claims in the Superior Court of the county, and the agency routes for the questions that usually travel with a layoff are the same statewide: unpaid final wages and vacation payout go to the Labor Commissioner, discrimination in who was selected goes to the Civil Rights Department (three years to file) or the EEOC (300 days). Our Ventura employment law page covers the local courts, agencies and deadlines. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: California EDD WARN reports, July 2014 to Oct 27, 2026. County and city are as stated on the notice; for 2014 to 2017 filings, where the EDD listed only a city, the county is assigned from that city. 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.