Thousand Oaks sits within the Conejo Valley alongside Newbury Park, and the housing stock reflects decades of steady growth — older 1960s and ’70s tract homes throughout the city’s core, 1970s-2000s tract housing in Newbury Park including the master-planned Dos Vientos community, and custom hillside homes with panoramic views in neighborhoods like Wildwood. Wildwood Park in particular carries a severe wildfire exposure profile, with essentially all properties in the area facing some level of wildfire risk over time, which drives real demand for surge protection, backup power planning, and panel inspections ahead of fire season. Older tract homes elsewhere in the city commonly need panel upgrades to safely handle EV charging and modern appliance loads, since many were never rewired past their original 1960s-70s specifications. Building permits are issued through the City of Thousand Oaks Building Division, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd, which moved to a fully digital plan submission process through its TO/24 portal as of September 2025. Southern California Edison is the electric utility serving Thousand Oaks.