Once known as The City Pioneer Cemetery, the cemetery is now a dog park. The City of Ventura Recorders Office and the Foster library might have maps of  the plot locations, and also an internment list. When the city closed the cemetery they put notices in the local papers but many families had moved out of the area and found out too late to have their loved ones moved or to save the headstones. The city closed the cemetery in the 1960's, the last burial being in 1949 [state law prohibits destruction of cemeteries for 100 years after the last burial, isn't this 2005 - is that 100 years or does the city have a differant mathematical system to arrive at 1949 + 100 yrs?]  The interned that were left unclaimed still rest in their unmarked graves with the headstones having been removed and ground up. But who am I to complain now that all the local dogs have their own city supported and financed toilet to desecrate and deficate on our loved ones.

At one time the city would upon family request set a new marker free of charge, presumeably to avoid future lawsuits but now are telling families that they must buy their own marker, pay a survey fee and also a fee to set the marker. The reason given was that the city was short of funds but the families had already paid for all of these services when they had their loved ones buried in the City Cemetery, the city then without family permission destroyed all the markers, why then should we have to pay again? Out of respect for those buried there and their families it would be appropriate for the city to construct a large memorial  listing ALL the names including dates of birth and death of those buried there.

On May 18, 2005 the VENTURA COUNTY STAR reported that more than 300 residents responded to a survey saying that a memorial should be erected to commenorate the nearly 3000 persons that are buried in the unmarked graves.