Wilk, Smith weigh in on issues affecting California workers
State Senator Scott Wilk , left, and Assemblywoman Christy Smith. Signal file photo

Wilk, Smith weigh in on issues affecting California workers

While uncertainty still lies ahead for offices across California amid everchanging developments with the coronavirus pandemic, local elected officials shared Tuesday some of what lawmakers are working on in terms…

Smith’s emergency services bill passes Assembly Floor
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, speaks to the crowd after being sworn in at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia. Signal file photo Dan Watson/The Signal

Smith’s emergency services bill passes Assembly Floor

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, announced Monday that Assembly Bill 3267, which would require the Office of Emergency Services to address the special needs community in updating California’s State Emergency…

Assemblywoman Smith launches campaign for Congress
In this Signal file photo, Assemblywoman Christy Smith points to the football field where she practiced as a Pop Warner football league cheer leader as a girl during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 21 new classrooms at Sierra Vista Junior High School in Canyon Country. Her new bill reprioritizes the revenue for Kids Plates from the DMV, which will help more children, she said Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Assemblywoman Smith launches campaign for Congress

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, announced Monday her candidacy in the 2020 race for California’s 25th Congressional District, just one day after Rep. Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, announced her resignation. …

Smith’s sexual harassment education bill signed into law
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, speaks to the crowd after being sworn in at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia. Signal file photo Dan Watson/The Signal

Smith’s sexual harassment education bill signed into law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill by Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, to promote sexual harassment education. Assembly Bill 543 was designed to require ninth- through 12th-grade…

Charter school changes: Newsom signs Smith’s AB 1507
Kids swing on the playground at Albert Einstein STEAM Academy in Valencia on Friday, March 16, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Charter school changes: Newsom signs Smith’s AB 1507

Changes are on the horizon for California’s charter schools after Assemblywoman Christy Smith’s Assembly Bill 1507 received Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature Thursday. The bill, once it takes effect on Jan.…

Smith’s unclaimed property bill heads to governor’s desk
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, speaks to the crowd after being sworn in at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia. Signal file photo Dan Watson/The Signal

Smith’s unclaimed property bill heads to governor’s desk

Assemblywoman Christy Smith’s bill that aims to streamline the property claim process is headed to the governor’s desk after clearing the state Senate.  Assembly Bill 1637, co-authored by state Sen.…

Three Smith education bills clear the Senate, head to governor’s desk
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, speaks to the crowd after being sworn in at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia. Signal file photo Dan Watson/The Signal

Three Smith education bills clear the Senate, head to governor’s desk

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, saw three of her education bills pass through the state Senate on Thursday. Assembly Bill 543, AB 1233 and AB 1729 all passed through the…

Charter schools approved in committee, moved to Senate floor for vote
SIGNAL FILE PHOTO: Students line up outside their classrooms on the first day of school at Newhall Elementary School in Newhall. Dan Watson/The Signal 081519

Charter schools approved in committee, moved to Senate floor for vote

Three bills that, if passed, will dramatically alter the relationship between traditional public schools and charter schools passed the state Senate Appropriations Committee Friday, sending them to the floor for…

Assemblywoman Christy Smith is passionate about public safety, education
FILE PHOTO Assemblywoman Christy Smith represents the 38th Assembly District, which includes Agua Dulce, Castaic, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley and the northern San Fernando Valley. 08-16-19 BOBBY BLOCK / THE SIGNAL

Assemblywoman Christy Smith is passionate about public safety, education

California State Assemblywoman Christy Smith is in her first term representing the 38th Assembly District, which includes Agua Dulce, Castaic, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley and the northern San Fernando Valley.

Smith, Wilk to join VIA at second annual State of the State
Sierra Vista Junior high School Principal Carolyn Hoffman, right, discusses the features of one of 21 new classrooms made for steel shipping containers with Assemblywoman Christy Smith, left, and State Senator Scott Wilk at Sierra Vista Junior High School in Canyon Country on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Smith, Wilk to join VIA at second annual State of the State

The Valley Industry Association is set to host its second annual State of the State presentation Tuesday, July 23 with local elected officials.  The luncheon event will take place at…

Smith chairs committee’s wildfire informational hearing
Drift smoke from regional wildfires makes its way into the Centre Pointe area of Santa Clarita Thursday afternoon. Austin Dave/The Signal

Smith chairs committee’s wildfire informational hearing

The Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, which is chaired by Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, held an informational hearing Tuesday to analyze the best firefighting practices as the state…

Homelessness, senior housing, cellphone usage discussed at ‘Coffee Talks with Christy’
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, speaks with constituents outside It's a Grind Coffee House in Castaic on Saturday. Ryan Mancini/The Signal

Homelessness, senior housing, cellphone usage discussed at ‘Coffee Talks with Christy’

Constituents from across the 38th Assembly District sat together around Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, during her “Coffee Talks with Christy” at It’s a Grind Coffee House in Castaic on…

Elected officials gather for meet-and-greet at Sports Complex
Moazzem H. Chowdhury takes the stage before welcoming the first speakers at a meet-and-greet at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex. Ryan Mancini/The Signal

Elected officials gather for meet-and-greet at Sports Complex

Families from across the Santa Clarita Valley met with their elected officials and religious representatives for a meet-and-greet dinner at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex on Sunday. Among the elected…

Assemblywoman’s mental health access bill moves forward
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, District 38 speaks to the crowd after being sworn in at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Assemblywoman’s mental health access bill moves forward

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, celebrated the advancement of Assembly Bill 769 to the Appropriations Committee this week. “I am proud to author AB 769, which properly recognizes (licensed professional…

Hill, Smith address Women’s Conference at COC
From left, Assemblywoman Christy Smith, Chancellor Dianne G. Van Hook and Congresswoman Katie Hill chat before they speak at the 2019 College of the Canyons Women's Conference held at the Dianne G. Van Hook University Center at College of the Canyons in Valencia on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Hill, Smith address Women’s Conference at COC

This year’s Women’s Conference seemed to have “a different energy from previous years,” according to attendees at the Saturday event on College of the Canyons’ Valencia campus. With the theme…

Smith holds community town hall, swearing in
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, District 38, left, is sworn in by Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Smith holds community town hall, swearing in

Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, took her community oath of office Saturday in front of about 100 members of the community at a Newhall school she used to represent. In…

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