Local state legislators are waiting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature on a few more bills before the clock is up this fall for the governor to sign their legislation into…
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Friday, authored by Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, that would have allowed the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a gold star family specialized…
This year, Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, co-authored laws that addressed business regulations, youth opportunities and environmental issues. At the end of the 2018 California legislative session, which closed out…
A bill that would provide the toughest set of net neutrality protections nationwide passed the California Assembly on Thursday, the day before the legislative session ends. Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa…
State legislators rejected Assemblyman Dante Acosta’s call to commemorate — and preserve — Proposition 13 on the 40th anniversary of its passage Thursday. Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, called for the Legislature…
This week, Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, reiterated a request for funding he’d signed in April, urging the state Legislature to better deal with criminals who still possess firearms. The…
Legislators representing the Santa Clarita Valley were displeased with the latest $200 billion California budget for the next fiscal year, which they criticized for leaving out funding for the developmentally…
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Jess Phoenix and the final results of the polls. SCV residents went to the polls Tuesday to determine…
Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, and Democratic Party challenger Christy Smith are the only candidates on the ballot for the 38th Assembly District in the primary set for June 5.…
SCV state representatives had mixed reactions to the news Gov. Jerry Brown is using a $8.8 billion surplus in reserves for future projects, according to the May Revise of the…
The numbers for the 38th Assembly District election cycle so far show Assemblyman Dante Acosta, R-Santa Clarita, taking the lead with $169,646 from Jan. 1 until April 25. His ending…
Assemblymen Dante Acosta,R-Santa Clarita, and Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, invited the community to have coffee and speak openly about the issues in California that are important to them.
Residents of California have now collected over 900,000 signatures to put the California Voter Approval for Gas and Vehicle Taxes Initiative on the November ballot. The initiative would overturn California’s…
The filing deadline for the 2018 primaries has passed. Below are the names and a brief description of all the candidates for the 38th and 36th Assembly Districts, according to…
The California Democratic Party announced there’s no official endorsement for the 25th Congressional District race and a full endorsement for the 38th Assembly District race, after the party’s weekend-long convention…
Assemblyman Dante Acosta said the past legislative session was successful, but not without disappointments. The freshman assemblyman and former Santa Clarita city councilman said Thursday that several bills he presented…
Students and elected officials gathered together on Santa Clarita Valley International’s (SCVi) campus Monday to celebrate a $5,000 educational grant awarded to the school this fall. The grant from the…
California lawmakers are voting on hundreds of bills this week as the legislative season ends on Friday. Some of the state’s most widely-discussed bills must jump through their last hurdles,…
In the column “Truth about the new gas tax” written by Assemblyman Dante Acosta and published Sept. 2, Acosta set the record straight after a malevolent column, signed by multiple…
I think we can all agree that today’s political climate is too full of shouting with too little listening. The American Psychological Association, which polls about the major stressors in…
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