[9] Close to the Santa Clara River[10] is a sizable industrial area located on both sides of Los Angeles Avenue.

[11] The historic building that formerly housed the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Santa Paula, Saticoy Branch, stands at a quiet intersection that used to be at the center of a vibrant community.

[12] The historic setting, stable residential population, railroad, and access to major highways make this agricultural community unique in Ventura County.

[14] Sa'aqtik'oy was one of the largest settlements of the Chumash region, which extended from Point Conception to Santa Monica and back into the foothills as far as the Coast Range.

In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition, first recorded European visitors to inland areas of California, came down the valley from the previous night's encampment near today's Santa Paula and camped in the vicinity of Saticoy on August 13.

The streets and lots in the unincorporated present day "Old Town" were laid out in September 1887 on both sides of the newly opened "Southern Pacific Branch Line: Saugus to Santa Barbara.

"[8][21] An area west of Wells Road for which another map entitled "Town of Saticoy" was filed as a competing subdivision to benefit from the new railroad.

[22] Through the 1800s and early 1900s, very little development occurred in West Saticoy but the "Old Town" area flourished as a small center of the region’s citrus, bean and other produce production.

[26] This alternative townsite, on the other side of the Brown Barranca[27] from the railroad station, was located on the main road to San Buenaventura.

[29] The most notable washout, however, was due to the flood wave of water caused by the collapse of the St. Francis Dam, in northwest Los Angeles County, which occurred two and a half minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928.

The confrontation ended in 1976, when 82 farmworker families, advised by affordable housing advocate Rodney Fernandez, pitched in and bought their deteriorating cottages from the Saticoy Lemon Assn.

Along the shore of the Santa Clara River, amidst the agriculture area east and northeast of the town, is the Saticoy Oil Field, discovered in 1955 and operated by Vintage Petroleum.

Under state law, LAFCOs are required to make determinations regarding DUCs and an adjacent city's "Sphere of Influence" (SOI) and possible annexation restrictions of territory.

[note 2] SOIs demark the territory that represents the appropriate and probable future jurisdictional boundary and service area of the subject city.

[43] Four modular units which had been used in Newbury Park were placed on a leased parcel in the residential area of Saticoy by Ventura County Library to create a 2,400-square-foot replacement structure (220 m2).

[44] The units had reached the end of their useful life in 2014 so a more centrally located, 4,700-square-foot former hardware store (440 m2) at 1292 Los Angeles Avenue was remodeled into high-tech resource center.

[45][46] Saticoy Regional 9 hole golf course - Originally built as Ventura County Country Club in 1921 by George C. Thomas.

The county acquired the land and the golf course was rerouted to make room for the sport fields & park sometime in the late 70’s/ early 80’s.