County reviewing Brown Act complaint from SCOPE
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County reviewing Brown Act complaint from SCOPE

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is reviewing a complaint from the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and Environment, citing a Brown Act violation for failing to allow public…

Court tosses out lawsuit filed by Val Verde group over landfill decision
A trash truck dumps its load at the Chiquita Land Fill in Castaic in 2018. Dan Watson/The Signal

Court tosses out lawsuit filed by Val Verde group over landfill decision

A Val Verde citizens’ group that sued the county over its decision to grant Chiquita Canyon Landfill an operating permit saw its case dismissed in court. Lawyers representing members of…

Plan to build 21,000 homes challenged
Newhall Ranch graders captured in aerial shot in March 2018. photo by Austin Dave, The Signal.

Plan to build 21,000 homes challenged

LOS ANGELES — Newhall Ranch developers’ plan to build 21,000 homes on the west side of the Santa Clarita Valley was challenged in court Tuesday, when local environmentalists grilled the…

County sued over broken promise to shut down landfill
A compactor rolls over the exposed trash at a 200 x 200 foot "working face" site at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic in 2014. As soon as the the trash is spread and compacted it is immediately covered with dirt and the working face site moves forward. This view looks south-west towards the new proposed expansion site, and In the distance is the tall ridge which blocks the land fill from view of surrounding communities. Dan Watson/Signal

County sued over broken promise to shut down landfill

Groups opposed to the approved expansion of a landfill near homes and schools in Val Verde have sued Chiquita Canyon Landfill owners and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors…

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