Thursday, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, announced that Senate Bill 508, which would expand continuum of care options for some cancer patients by allowing them to consult with established out-of-state physicians through a telehealth platform, passed unanimously out of the Senate. “This bill will allow cancer patients to continue to consult with their established out-of-state doctors remotely from back ...

The Santa Clarita City Council grappled with a wave of difficult housing questions Tuesday night as it debated proposed changes to the controversial MetroWalk Specific Plan.  This major development project Santa Clarita City Council discussed at the meeting is supposed to include market-rate homes and long-promised affordable senior housing. The MetroWalk project, located within the larger Vista Canyon development, was ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo recently announced her full 2025 legislative package, 20 bills that reflect her commitment to making our community more affordable and safer for everyone. “Our 2025 legislative package is about solving real problems for real people,” said Assemblywoman Schiavo. “From working to make everyday life more affordable, to keeping our community safe, to helping small businesses and veterans ...

This amendment would ensure that homes affected by Chiquita Canyon Landfill are not taxed unjustly on any assistance they receive. “If folks in Washington are insistent on jamming through a budget that blows up the deficit by trillions of dollars and rips away basic support like health care and food assistance from my constituents, the least they can do is ...

Wednesday, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, applauded members of the U.S. Senate for the bipartisan, unanimous passage of the federal “No Tax on Tips Act.” The bill, which would create a tax deduction worth up to $25k for tips, passed the Senate with no opposition and now moves to the U.S. House for consideration, according to Valladares. On the ...

Today, Rep. George Whitesides joined Rep. Dave Min to introduce the Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt (BRUSH) Fires Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the growing threat of wildfires in shrubland ecosystems across the Western United States. Shrublands, which dominate much of Southern California and other arid regions, burn more frequently and with greater impact on ...

This weekend, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo camped outside for 24 hours next to the 90-acre underground fire at Chiquita Canyon Landfill to shine a light on the ongoing public health disaster harming families across Val Verde, Castaic, and Santa Clarita. Joined by Jane Williams, Executive Director of California Communities Against Toxics, Assemblywoman Schiavo spent the night in the front yard of ...

A bipartisan coalition of concerned legislators has issued a public letter to Governor Newsom expressing serious concern over planned refinery closures in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. The letter was signed by Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares R-Santa Clarita, Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil R-Jackson, Senator Melissa Hurtado D-Bakersfield, Senator Kelly Seyarto R-Murrieta, Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez R-Indio, Assemblyman Josh Hoover R-Folsom, Assemblywoman ...

Three years after plans were first submitted, a revised proposal to dramatically reshape a key stretch of Newhall Avenue went before the Santa Clarita Planning Commission Tuesday night. The Newhall Avenue Mixed-Use Development Project includes a hillside development that combines housing and commercial space along one of Newhall’s main corridors. The nearly 10-acre site, located at 23755 Newhall Avenue between ...

The Santa Clarita Planning Commission is scheduled to review a proposed 106-unit mixed-use development along Newhall Avenue during a public hearing tonight.  This project would bring additional housing and commercial space to a part of Newhall that would become a developing corridor just below the Needham Ranch Business Park. Known as the Newhall Avenue Mixed-Use Project, the proposal comes from ...