Kristin Olsen “Kristin Olsen is a former state and local elected official in California and a Partner at California Strategies, LLC, the state’s largest public affairs consulting firm. She was a Stanislaus County Supervisor until 2021, serving as chair of the board her last year in office in 2020. She termed out of the California State Assembly in 2016, where ...

Cathryn I. Rivera Cathryn Rivera was appointed by Governor Newsom in June 2019 to serve as Appointments Secretary. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Rivera served three administrations as a Board Member on the Agricultural Labor Relations Board beginning with her appointment by Governor Davis in November 2002.  Prior to joining the ALRB, Ms. Rivera served as the Chief Deputy Cabinet ...

Secretary Wade Crowfoot Bio Wade Crowfoot became California’s Natural Resources Secretary in January 2019, appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Crowfoot oversees an agency of 21,000 employees who protect and manage California’s natural environment. This includes stewarding the state’s forests and natural lands, rivers and waterways, and coast and ocean, protecting fish and wildlife, and overseeing energy development. As a ...

Toby Ewing, Ph.D Toby Ewing, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which is working to transform California’s community mental health system. Toby has served the Commission for more than five years, following roles in governance reform at the California State Senate, California Forward and the Little Hoover Commission.  He previously served as ...

KHTS FM 98.1 & AM-1220 and dozens of members of the Santa Clarita community headed up to Sacramento for the 15th annual KHTS Sacramento Road Trip. The group, comprised of community members, board members, leaders of nonprofit organizations, businesses and a group of students, is set to engage in discussion with state representatives on a number of issues.

After an over two-year-long hiatus due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual KHTS Sacramento trip has been rescheduled to the summer of 2022. Transporting a broad mix of representation to the state capital, the KHTS Sacramento trip is scheduled for community leaders to advocate for the major issues impacting the Santa Clarita Valley in a two-day excursion beginning May 31.  “The ...

The annual KHTS Sacramento trip is back on schedule after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. The trip is scheduled for March 31 and June 1, 2022. The annual bus trip was inspired in 2006 by our then-Assemblyman Dr. Keith Richman and KHTS owner Carl Goldman. “The Annual KHTS Sacramento Trip is back in 2022 and promises to be ...

The annual KHTS Sacramento Bus Trip has been pushed back to March 2022. The bus trip up to legislators in Sacramento is hosted by KHTS and normally takes place in March of each year, but has been postponed to March 14 and 15, 2022 because the legislature is not in session due to the coronavirus. “I’m quite disappointed,” said Senator ...

The 2020 KHTS Sacramento Road trip has been postponed until summer in order to mitigate any potential issues that might be caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19), organizers announced Thursday. While there are not any known cases of coronavirus in Santa Clarita, there have been several cases reported in the Sacramento and Los Angeles Counties. To protect the community leaders who ...

The 2020 KHTS Sacramento Road Trip is quickly approaching, and there are still a few seats available to Santa Clarita residents interested in discussing key community issues with state legislators. So far, over 100 community leaders from Santa Clarita are already set to travel to Sacramento March 16-17, joined by State Senator Scott Wilk and State Assemblywoman Christy Smith, to ...