On Tuesday, Santa Clarita Planning Commissioner Patsy Ayala was honored by Senator Scott Wilk in Valencia for her work to support the Hispanic community in Southern California.  On Tuesday, Wilk honored Ayala as the 2023 Hispanic Community Leader who works hard for the Hispanic community in Santa Clarita at the Cube in Valencia.  “Patsy Ayala is like a daughter to ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, led seven of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to decouple supplemental funding for Israel from a larger package that includes additional funds for Ukraine.  In the letter, the members express concern over potentially delaying critical funding for Israel – America’s greatest ally – in the name of President Biden’s ...

Representative Mike Garcia (CA-27) released a report to address the Ukraine funding debate. The report outlines America’s urgent need for a path to victory, transparency, accountability, and sustainable peace. Highlights of Rep. Garcia’s interview on this report are below. CLICK HERE to read Rep. Garcia’s full report and CLICK HERE to watch the entire interview. The report was signed in ...

Dan Masnada has announced his candidacy for Division 1 of the Santa Clarita Valley Water (SCV Water) Agency Board of Directors in the November 2024 election. Masnada is the former general manager of the Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA), SCV Water’s predecessor. His 14-year career with CLWA in combination with prior employment as managing director and vice president of Valencia ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging them to expedite current Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Israel during the war with Hamas. In the letter, Garcia and his colleagues express the urgency with which we must provide our strongest ally the ...

On Friday, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that Governor Newsom signed her package of bills (AB 519 & AB 911) to streamline affordable housing development. The affordable housing bills reduce administrative barriers and allow restrictive covenants to be modified during the purchase of the property. AB 519 & AB 911 are set to significantly impact affordable housing development across the ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that her bill modernizing access to healthcare in California was signed into law by Governor Newsom. The legislation, Modernizing Healthcare Access in California (AB 1697), aims to reduce the administrative barriers that patients currently face in authorizing medical providers or sharing medical history by equating electronic signatures the same legal weight as ink, according to ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, joined nearly 100 of his colleagues in a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging him to take specific actions that would prevent Iran from accessing billions of dollars to further subsidize the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel.  In the letter, the members expressed concerns over the Iranian regime’s continued support for terrorist groups, including ...

This week, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, presented a check for $2 million to the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health. The check is planned to be used to help fund renovations, repairs and upgrades to the Desert Hill Crisis Residential Treatment Center in Victorville, Wilk said. The funds are meant to ensure that access to essential care and ...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued a statement regarding Hamas’ attack on Israel.  On Saturday the Hamas terror organization attacked and infiltrated areas of southern Israel with thousands of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, Fox News reported. “Hamas’ violent and deadly attack on Israel was nothing short of barbaric,” Barger said. “I want the Jewish community to know ...