Santa Clarita Elementary School Districts Special Education Preschool Funding Special education is a very expensive, underfunded, mandated program that consumes both special funding and a large amount of general funds in all school districts.  General fund “encroachment” – the amount of money taken from the general fund of a district to make up the difference between cost to operate special ...

College of the Canyons – Moving Santa Clarita’s Economy Forward Equipping the Local Workforce While unemployment in California continues to increase steadily, College of the Canyons has seen a surge in enrollment as those out of work search for more education and training. Fall 2008 is up 19 percent compared to Fall 2007 Winter 2009 is up 32 percent compared ...

On March 23rd, over 70 Santa Clarita community leaders hopped on a bus and headed to Sacramento, as part of the 4th annual Road Trip! Sponsored by AT&T, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth’s office and KHTS AM-1220, the trip was spent meeting with state legislators, policy experts and fighting for issues important to all of us. Here’s was the schedule for Monday: ...

On March 23rd, 2009, over 70 Santa Clarita community leaders hopped on a bus and headed to Sacramento, as part of the 4th annual Road Trip! Sponsored by AT&T, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth’s office and KHTS AM-1220, the trip was spent meeting with state legislators, policy experts and fighting for issues important to all of us. Here was the schedule for ...

Here’s some pictures from our road trip to Sacramento!    

News Story From 2007 Sacramento Road Trip May 18, 2007 More than 65 Santa Clarita stakeholders boarded a bus for Sacramento to meet with key legislators and policy makers on Monday and Tuesday. The trip was the second annual road trip organized by Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, KHTS AM-1220 Radio and Valencia Acura.  This year, key representatives from the Santa Clarita ...

SCHEDULE FOR 2008 SANTA CLARITA BUS TOUR – APRIL 21st – 22nd   April 21st, 2008    Arrive in Sacramento @ 2:30 •    2:50-3:05pm – Assemblyman Smyth – Opening Remarks    (LOB Room 100) •    3:05-3:20pm – Hunt Braly – Remarks on water          (LOB Room 100) (If time allows) •    3:20-3:50pm – Will Kempton, Director, CalTrans        (LOB Room ...

Jackie Bick – Field Representative for State Senator George Runner Hunt Braly –  Law Firm of Hacker Braly Sharon Bronson – General Manager KHTS Dr. Kerry Clegg – Board Member, Sulphur Springs School District Dana Cop – Director, External Affairs, ATT Christopher Coronel – Regional Manager, Public Affairs, So. Cal Edison Jon Dell – News Director, KHTS Judy Fish – ...

Carl Goldman, Fred Arnold and Jon Dell Represented KHTS at Capitol Clear Speak For two days in early June of 2007, KHTS joined radio stations from around California under a tent, to interview a long and distinguished list of state legislators and administration officials.   Carl Goldman, Fred Arnold and Jon Dell were conducting the interviews.     The event, ...

Sacramento Road Trip – Thank You Letters Carl, The e-mail responses are amazingly articulate and positive.  A refreshingly unique review of local and state political processes.  The emails go a long way to offset some of the negative images that are constantly portrayed by the print media. I hope you might be able to compile all the emails, minus the long ...