Signal Editorials

Our View: A skeptical look at ballot measures

Each election year when the state ballot arrives loaded with proposed laws awaiting voter approval – as this year’s is with 17 statewide measures – we wonder if we’re getting

Our View: Smyth, Kellar for City Council

The City of Santa Clarita is a well-run and financially sound city. It upgraded its Standard and Poors credit rating to the highest possible – AAA– during the Great Recession.

Our View: Vote Steve Knight for Congress

The moment the Washington Democratic political machine identified California’s 25th Congressional District as vulnerable to party takeover, the Nov. 8 race was no longer about local interests. It was all

Our View: Fortine, Jenkins for COC board

Editor’s note: Early versions of this editorial had incorrect information regarding the years Edel Alonso served the college as a counselor. She was a counselor for 16 years. Two seats

Our View: Vote Barger for supervisor

All Santa Clarita Valley residents qualified to vote Nov. 8 have a choice for county supervisor between Kathryn Barger, longtime chief of staff for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, and Darrell

Our View: Fox for SUSD board

Two remarkably qualified candidates have stepped forward to join the race for the lone open Saugus Union School District seat on the November ballot. The two would bring different backgrounds

Our View: What a shame!

The race to replace Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, in the 38th Assembly District – which takes in most of the Santa Clarita Valley along with parts of the San

Our View: Lackey for 36th District

The race for the 36th Assembly District in the Nov. 8 election pits incumbent Tom Lackey against Steve Fox, a rematch from the 2014 race when Fox, a one-term Democratic

Our View: Wilk for 21st Senate District

Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, faces off against a political newcomer for statewide office in the race to replace respected longtime legislator Sharon Runner in the 21st Senate District in

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Our View: Join The Signal’s public forum

Even as Labor Day unofficially marked the end of summer, so it unofficially marked the beginning of the general election season. Last weekend we laid out the scope of Santa

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Our View: Learn about domestic violence

On Friday you have a rare opportunity to learn about a problem that has plagued our valley, leading to the deaths of seven Santa Clarita Valley-area residents within seven months