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Project Description & Funding Request: Interstate 5 Gateway Improvement Project in North L.A. County, March, 2009 The Golden State Gateway Coalition advocates funding the design and construction of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) proposal to add northbound and southbound truck lanes and carpool lanes to Interstate 5 in northern Los Angeles County. We ask that California legislators ...

William S. Hart Union High School District ISSUE #1 – Equalization Funding Background Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, revenue limit equalization compared each school district’s base revenue limit to the statewide average for districts of the same type (elementary, high school, or unified) and size (large or small, as measured by ADA), and used equalization aid to bring low-funded ...

Water Policy Priorities Issue: Californians deserve a reliable water supply, and they are counting on their elected officials to resolve whatever challenges stand in the way of delivering it. Background: In the absence of the passage of a water bond last year, California water agencies strongly support a renewed effort to pass a comprehensive water package this year.  The package ...

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 ...

Federal legislation will protect nearly 470,000 acres from future development. [view:node_ad=5] President Barack Obama’s signing of the Omnibus Public Lands Package was cause for celebration by  Congressman Buck McKeon and and Senator. Barbara Boxer who championed the Eastern Sierra and Northern San Gabriel Heritage Act as part of the bill.   Representative McKeon introduced the bill in the House and ...

Stars hold on for the win! [view:node_ad=5] Tuesday, the LA Kings lost to the Dallas Stars. The final score was 3 to 2. Thursday, the Kings will host the Phoenix Coyotes at the Staples. Catch the action LIVE on AM-1220 KHTS beginning at 7pm!

Canyon Country liquor store held up by man with gun who fled scene on foot. [view:node_ad=5] An early afternoon armed robbery had deputies running near the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway. Shortly after 12:30 p.m., a man with a gun relieved the owner of Art’s Liquor Store on Soledad Canyon Road of “a lot of cash” and ...

Celluloid cowboy was a familiar face in Newhall canyons and movie ranches. [view:node_ad=5] Singing cowboy Monte Hale, a 1985/86 honoree in Newhall’s Walk of Western Stars, died at his Studio City home on Sunday after a long illness. The Western star had a 60-year career in entertainment. His first picture, “The Big Bonanza” (1944) led to a contract with Republic ...

  The sales tax is set to increase and LA County is feeling the pinch.   [view:node_ad=5]People planning on buying a new car or making a big purchase may want to do so today.   The sales tax in California is set to increase 1% tomorrow (1 cent), bringing the total to 8.25%.   Los Angeles County residents currently pay ...