In an effort to make higher education affordable for all families, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo D-Chatsworth, announced she is hosting a Cash for College webinar, in collaboration with Senator Scott Wilk this week.  The event is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  The event aims to help students and families navigate a new system that ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth), and Senator Scott WIlk (R-Santa Clarita) are scheduled to host a webinar to help incoming college students with financial aid.  This informative Cash for College webinar is set to include presentations by the California Student Aid Commission, UNITE-LA, and California State University, Northridge. Cash for College focuses on providing information and resources to students and their ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, recently recognized Apple Valley-based Hitt Plumbing as Senate District 21’s Small Business of the Month. Founded in 1964, Hitt Plumbing is one of the oldest plumbing businesses in the High Desert and is still family-run today, according to Wilk’s Office.  In 1977, Chris Hitt took over Hitt Plumbing from his father, and today, his children, ...

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 ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced Friday that at the close of the Legislative session, seven pieces of her authored legislation are now on the Governor’s desk.  The legislation put forth by Schiavo prioritizes issues “most important to the community,” including housing affordability, real solutions to homelessness, healthcare access, community safety and environmental protections. The Governor has until Oct. 14th to ...

 The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Sen. Scott Wilk’s (R-Santa Clarita) legislation on Tuesday to provide life-saving bleed control trauma kits in California classrooms. “During the 2019 Saugus High School shooting, lives were saved because of brave teachers with access to trauma kits,” said Wilk. “What happened at Saugus can happen anywhere, so it’s critical that every school in the ...

On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, voted in support of several bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to make building key infrastructure projects in the state easier. Two local beneficiaries of these bills include a groundwater recharge project in the Antelope Valley, and a rail line connecting the High Desert to the Inland Empire and Las ...

Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) announced that the extension of the California Film and Television Tax Credit has been included in the state’s 2023-24 budget. “This is fantastic news for the state that birthed the movie industry, and for local families working in TV and film production,” said Senator Wilk. “The Santa Clarita Valley and Senate District 21 have been ...

Monday Senator Scott Wilk R-Santa Clarita, recognized the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce (SCV Chamber) on the Senate Floor, in celebration of the Chamber’s 100th anniversary.  “In 1923, Newhall was just a dusty western town of 1,000 residents,” Wilk said. “But even back then, the Chamber was already busy transforming the region into what is now the City of ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced a Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio as the June Small Business of the Month for Senate District 21. Nathan and Evelyn Wilcox, a husband and wife team, established Gracie Barra West Lancaster Jiu-Jitsu studio a little over five years ago “The foundational values of family and integrity learned at Gracie Barra can be applied to so ...