Politics/Govt

Most — still not all — sample ballots mailed

    While the “vast majority” of voters in Los Angeles County have gotten their sample ballots for the Nov. 8 election in the mail, the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s

Acosta addresses sexual-harassment report

  Republican Assembly hopeful Dante Acosta defended himself Wednesday following the leak of an email from a woman writing to a third party and accusing Acosta of sexual harassment. “The

Acosta: Christy Smith campaign ads ‘racist’

Dante Acosta, the Mayor Pro Tem of Santa Clarita and Republican nominee for Assembly in the 38th District, gathered with several other Latino leaders at a news conference outside Democratic

38th Assembly mudfight taken to Smith’s home front 

  Christy Smith, the Democratic nominee for the 38th District Assembly seat, advised voters back in September to check out Republican opponent Dante Acosta’s Financial Industry Regulatory Authority broker page.

Pitchess jail transfer plan finally OK’d

    What everybody agreed was a routine matter — allocating $5.6 million to contract out mental-health services for county prisoners, and transferring 320 of them from the Twin Towers

City unveils traffic-safety plan, goals

While stressing that Santa Clarita’s traffic-collision injury rate remains below the state average, officials on Tuesday unveiled a three-pronged “comprehensive traffic safety plan” they hope will make the city’s 60

Knight, Caforio battle over business issues

With a steady stream of attack ads, Democrat Bryan Caforio has been giving Steve Knight the business for weeks now, looking to oust the incumbent Republican from California’s 25th Congressional

Knight, Caforio to debate

Following a late switch of the debate’s moderator, Republican Rep. Steve Knight and his Nov. 8 Democratic challenger for the 25th District seat, Bryan Caforio, will square off Friday morning

Election Preview: Castaic Lake Water Agency

Women are challenging male incumbents for all four seats on the Castaic Lake Water Agency board this election. Lynne Plambeck, longtime environmentalist and veteran member of the Newhall County Water

Candidates talk at forum in Valencia

Five of the 11 candidates vying for two open seats on the Santa Clarita City Council, met early Wednesday morning to discuss the largest issues facing the Santa Clarita Valley

Race for 38th Assembly District seat gets nasty

By Kevin Kenney Signal Staff Writer The race between Republican Dante Acosta and Democrat Christy Smith for the 38th Assembly District seat turned suddenly nasty on Tuesday – very suddenly.

Election Preview: California’s 36th Assembly

Going head-to-head at this year’s race for California’s 36th Assembly are Tom Lackey (R- Palmdale) and Steve Fox (D-Palmdale). Both candidates have both served terms as assemblymembers in California’s 36th

Election Preview: 38th Assembly District

California’s 38th Assembly District encompasses the Santa Clarita and Simi valleys, along with parts of Soledad Canyon and the San Fernando Valley. But November’s race for the seat being vacated