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FACT SHEET: The Interstate 5 Corridor in Northern Los Angeles County The I-5 corridor is the lifeline for commerce and sustained economic growth and development in our region and our state. Every California business, every resident, every consumer, every traveler depends on the safety and efficiency of this road. The I-5 in northern Los Angeles County carries more than 200,000 ...

Santa Clarita Valley Community Trip to Sacramento 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: California water agencies strongly support passage of a comprehensive water package this year. The package should include investments in additional surface and groundwater storage, a comprehensive ...

SCV LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY TOUR – 2008 Budget  Here is what a 10 percent across-the-board cut means to the Hart District •    Class size increased by 1 student across the district (25 fewer teaching positions) •    Every employee must take one day unpaid furlough (for teachers, that means elimination of a staff development “buy back” day) •    Reduction in staff at ...

College of the Canyons Budget Concerns for 2008/09 2008-09 Budget   Community colleges have been earmarked for a cut of $292 million.     That equals a $1.5 million loss for College of the Canyons.    The governor’s proposed budget would hold enrollment growth to 1 percent instead of funding true demand.  College of the Canyons grew 15% in 2007-08. ...

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 ...

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY EDUCATION COALITION “School district board members, administrators, teachers, employees, parents and community leaders acting as individual entities lobbying the state for education funding that maintains the current mandated system.” The SCV Education Coalition is composed of educational leaders, teachers and employees from the four elementary school districts, Castaic, Newhall, Saugus and Sulphur Springs and from the William ...

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 – ...

The work continues. Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, who helped organize the trip. As Tuesday morning dawned on Sacramento, I met up with the 55 community members who came up to Sacramento to fight for three major issues. Those issues centered around budget funding for our three levels of education here in Santa Clarita, future water availability, and the I-5’s congestion problems ...

Sacramento: Day One 55 SCV residents show up in state capitol to voice concerns.   Early Monday morning, a big red bus pulled out of the Santa Clarita Chamber of Commerce. On it sat dozens of Marie Callendars boxed lunches, no fresh coffee, and some of our City's biggest movers and shakers. The destination was Sacramento, and five short hours ...