H.D. Palmer H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director for External Affairs at the California Department of Finance, was appointed by Governor Brown in January 2011, and serves as a principal spokesman for the administration on budget and fiscal issues. Palmer served in the same position under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2003 to 2010. Palmer also served at the Department of Finance from ...

Mike Jacob Vice President & General Counsel Mike serves as General Counsel and Vice President of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association.  Mike advises PMSA on legal, statutory and regulatory matters, and regularly testifies on behalf of industry at administrative and legislative hearings.  He is also the association’s liaison with outside counsel and advocates.  Mike is a regular lecturer and presenter ...

Jennifer Pierre General Manager Jennifer Pierre is the General Manager of the State Water Contractors, an organization of 27 public water agencies who contract with California DWR for a portion of their water supplies, serving 27 million Californians and irrigating 750,000 acres of farmland. The State Water Contractors seek to provide a sustainable water supply to their customers. As General ...

Jason Elliott Jason Elliott is Senior Counselor to the Governor for housing and homelessness. He is primarily responsible for the Administration’s legislative and policy approach to the issues of housing & homelessness, including working closely with local governments to implement the Governor’s agenda. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff for San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, then, upon Mayor ...

Kristin Olsen “Kristin Olsen is a former state and local elected official in California and a Partner at California Strategies, LLC, the state’s largest public affairs consulting firm. She was a Stanislaus County Supervisor until 2021, serving as chair of the board her last year in office in 2020. She termed out of the California State Assembly in 2016, where ...

Cathryn I. Rivera Cathryn Rivera was appointed by Governor Newsom in June 2019 to serve as Appointments Secretary. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Rivera served three administrations as a Board Member on the Agricultural Labor Relations Board beginning with her appointment by Governor Davis in November 2002.  Prior to joining the ALRB, Ms. Rivera served as the Chief Deputy Cabinet ...

Secretary Wade Crowfoot Bio Wade Crowfoot became California’s Natural Resources Secretary in January 2019, appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Secretary Crowfoot oversees an agency of 21,000 employees who protect and manage California’s natural environment. This includes stewarding the state’s forests and natural lands, rivers and waterways, and coast and ocean, protecting fish and wildlife, and overseeing energy development. As a ...

Toby Ewing, Ph.D Toby Ewing, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, which is working to transform California’s community mental health system. Toby has served the Commission for more than five years, following roles in governance reform at the California State Senate, California Forward and the Little Hoover Commission.  He previously served as ...

KHTS FM 98.1 & AM-1220 and dozens of members of the Santa Clarita community headed up to Sacramento for the 15th annual KHTS Sacramento Road Trip. The group, comprised of community members, board members, leaders of nonprofit organizations, businesses and a group of students, is set to engage in discussion with state representatives on a number of issues.

SCV TO DC Trip Slated For September 19, 20 & 21, 2022 On the heels of the popular annual KHTS Sacramento trip, the Santa Clarita radio station is bringing back its Washington DC Advocacy trip in cooperation with Santa Clarita Congressman Mike Garcia. The four-day trip from Sept. 18 – Sept. 21, 2022 (Sunday, September 18, 2022 is a travel ...