The Brief

VENTURA, Calif. - Main Street in downtown Ventura will remain car-free.

What we know:

This comes after the Ventura City Council voted on Sept. 16 to keep five blocks of Main Street and one block of California Street closed to vehicles, the Ventura County Star reports.

Additionally, the city will require restaurants to meet new standards for their patios on the street, which will require most restaurants to replace or renovate the "parklets."

Rachel Dimond, the city's community development director, told the council maintaining the street closure will cost nearly $6 million over the next two years and another $23.5 million by 2035, according to the publication.

The other side:

Not everyone is in favor of keeping Main Street car-free.

A group of downtown property own

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