A $7.5 billion water bond for California was approved unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This “Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014” will be on the November ballot and replace a $11.1 billion water bond measure that was proposed back in 2009. ...

Political representatives of the Santa Clarita Valley have been busy in 2014, authoring bills ranging from the prevention of school bullying to protecting veterans and the disabled.

County and state officials are urging residents across the state to conserve water. State Senator Fran Pavley expressed the need for legislation that would create a more coordinated response to drought.

Agoura Hills State Senator, Fran Pavley issued a statement on Friday about the Department of Conservation’s release of possible regulations to be implemented in Senate Bill 4.

More than 50 protesters demonstrated outside state Sen. Fran Pavley's Calabasas office Monday regarding Senate Bill 4 and its regulation of fracking

Press Release | SCVNews.com State Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, co-chaired a joint hearing Tuesday on the water bond proposal set to go before voters next year. “Overview of California’s Debt Condition: Priming the Pump for a Water Bond” was a joint hearing between the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, chaired by Pavley, and the Senate Governance and Finance ...