By The Signal Editorial Board Large corporations colluding with political leaders and government to shut down ideas and speech they don’t agree with. Eliminating communication among the citizenry of any
By The Signal Editorial Board From a legal standpoint, the city of Santa Clarita was stuck. The City Council had no choice, pragmatically, but to cave in to the demands
By The Signal Editorial Board One of the driving forces that led to the creation of the city of Santa Clarita in 1987 was local dissatisfaction with Los Angeles County
By The Signal Editorial Board It’s back. Like a bad horror movie, where the monster keeps returning, so is a very bad and dangerous idea on where to locate the
By The Signal Editorial Board Tuesday, Feb. 8, could turn out to be a day to remember. Tuesday, Feb. 8, might be a day to look back on as the
By The Signal Editorial Board It takes courage to stand up for something when you are outnumbered — and we’ve praised county Supervisor Kathryn Barger on several past occasions for
By The Signal Editorial Board L.A. County residents are getting another bite at the apple. We suggest taking a very large one — because the public’s safety literally depends on
By The Signal Editorial Board The Santa Clarita Valley’s congressman, Mike Garcia, took to the House floor on Wednesday during time set aside for general speeches from members of the
By The Signal Editorial Board If you serve in the military and you die defending your country, your family receives a $100,000 payout from the government. It’s a pittance. And,
By The Signal Editorial Board It’s a classic case of a solution looking for a problem. Bay Area attorney Scott Rafferty has threatened the city of Santa Clarita with a
By The SignalEditorial Board Violent youth criminals should be incarcerated, but they should be incarcerated safely — and it’s clear that Camps Scudder and Scott are not the places to
By The SignalEditorial Board On Thursday, Merrick Garland, attorney general of the United States, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering the agency to investigate moms going
By The SignalEditorial Board We Americans have notoriously short attention spans. It’s always been true that we become absorbed in the major events of a day, then move on to
By The SignalEditorial Board Our leaders are elected to represent all of us. And when they fail to uphold that responsibility, there are mechanisms in place for voters to replace
The United States and the United States military have a long-standing and well-publicized policy of no one being left behind. This concept was perhaps made most famous by the 2001
By The Signal Editorial Board If you’re familiar with the concept of states’ rights — the idea that powers not constitutionally delegated to the federal government are yielded to the
By The Signal Editorial Board Santa Clarita dropped a CEQA bomb on L.A. County’s plans to ship all of its violent youth offenders to Saugus — effectively buying the community
By The Signal Editorial Board Any illusions that Los Angeles County might consider community input before shoving a new detention facility for violent youth offenders into a Santa Clarita neighborhood
Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of a Signal editorial published July 4, 2020: By The Signal Editorial Board Today we celebrate our nation’s independence, our freedom and a
Prison or camp? Lockup or diversion programs? Those are big, serious, important and complex questions that need to be decided. They are questions that require careful consideration and collaborative solutions,