Politics/Govt

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City Hall hears calls for more dialogue 

Nearly a year after the city of Santa Clarita’s Human Relations Roundtable quietly disbanded, residents issued calls to bring back more dialogue during the Dec. 12 City Council meeting.  The

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Bills aim to clear the way for more housing 

By Ben Christopher CalMatters Writer  Editor’s note: As 2023 draws to a close, The Signal is presenting CalMatters’ wrap-up stories on some of the key bills that reached the governor’s desk

Santa Clarita City Hall

City announces midyear budget changes 

Ahead of the new calendar year, city of Santa Clarita officials announced their adjusted fiscal forecast has improved the city’s bottom line by about $5.3 million.  Each year, the city

Smyth named mayor for 2024  

Recognition, resolutions and even a Sheriff’s Department challenge coin were among the gifts given to outgoing Santa Clarita Mayor Jason Gibbs as he passed the gavel Tuesday to the incoming

Well-known SCV historian A.B. Perkins sits at his typewriter. Courtesy SCV History

City to receive historical archives for library 

The Santa Clarita City Council is expected to approve spending $20,000 to acquire and preserve for the local library system a priceless collection of Santa Clarita Valley antiquity that belonged

City Council expected to increase bus contract 

Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin told the public for weeks that officials were in constant communication with MV Transportation over the company’s contract with Santa Clarita Transit’s drivers, who

A trash truck dumps its load at the Chiquita Land Fill in Castaic in 2018. Dan Watson/The Signal

AQMD moves hearing board meeting  

After a flurry of communication, the Air Quality Management District is rescheduling a hearing board meeting over a violation alleging Chiquita Canyon Landfill didn’t disclose problems with its leachate-collection in

Politics and government

Schiavo announces re-election bid

News release   Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, has announced she has officially filed to run for re-election to continue representing the 40th Assembly District, which includes most of the Santa Clarita

SCV Water votes to stay in PFAS lawsuit 

  Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency officials voted Friday evening to stay in litigation with 3M and Dupont, a case that is progressing on a yearslong settlement timeline expected to

Santa Clarita City Hall

Upgrades OK’ed for McBean Parkway 

The Santa Clarita City Council approved Tuesday traffic changes to McBean Parkway that’s meant to improve circulation around the SCV’s only hospital.   The work is centered around McBean from the