Defining voting power across Los Angeles County for the next decade, the first-ever independently-run redistricting commission approved official district boundaries that affect legislative and executive operations in each of the five districts, including the City of Santa Clarita in the Fifth District.  The L.A. County Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) approved a proposed draft with one abstention Wednesday evening that would ...

The United States 2020 Census deadline has been moved up to Thursday after a Supreme Court ruling, cutting the counting period by two weeks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to end the U.S. Census on Oct. 15, overturning a federal court order requiring the Census Bureau to ...

Data collection operations for the 2020 United States Census have been extended through the end of October after a court ruled that the Census Bureau had “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in their attempt to complete the census by the end of September. In a ruling issued Thursday by the San Jose Division of the U.S. District Court in Northern California, ...

The deadline for Santa Clarita residents to fill out the 2020 census is now less than two weeks away after several deadline changes over the summer. Residents across the United States that haven’t already filled out the census have until Sept. 30 to participate. Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 census had initially been scheduled to ...

William S Hart Union School District officials are urging Santa Clarita residents to participate in the 2020 Census to help bring the proper funding to the area, officials said Thursday.  The 2020 Census is expected to end on Sept. 30, and Hart District officials are encouraging residents to spend just a few minutes to complete the online form if they ...

In response to the announcement of shortened deadlines for the 2020 U.S. Census count, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas introduced an urgency motion at the Board of Supervisors meeting on August 4 to “ensure a fair and accurate Census count.” Initially, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the 2020 U.S. Census count for two weeks less than a week after it began to help ...

The California Legislature is currently trying to figure out what to do about one of the worst economic crises that the state has seen in decades, as it has less than a month left to decide. With the current circumstances of COVID, there’s nothing worse than trying to figure out what to do about rent. There are hundreds, if not ...

The formation of the Santa Clarita Independent Districting Committee was announced Monday by former congressional staffer Jonathan Ahmadi, with the intent to develop a districting map for consideration in the November 2020 General Municipal Election. The group was formed in the wake of a resolution passed on March 19 by the Santa Clarita City Council to move the November 2020 ...

The 2020 U.S. Census has been halted for two weeks — less than a week after it began –to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, officials said. Beginning Wednesday, in support of guidance on what residents can all do to help slow the spread of coronavirus, 2020 Census field operations will be suspended for two weeks until April 1, ...

The William S. Hart Union High School District is urging Santa Clarita residents to participate in the 2020 Census in March to ensure schools receive sufficient funding for their students, officials said Thursday.  The State of California has created a schools-based outreach tool called “Count Me In” to help students in Kindergarten through the 12th grade learn about the importance ...