More than $52 million has been spent protecting land across the Santa Clarita Valley and city leaders say even more is on the way. At Tuesday night’s Open Space Preservation District Financial Accountability and Audit Panel meeting, city staff and committee members highlighted the program’s growth and what still lies ahead. A growing investment in open space Since the program ...

On this day in Santa Clarita history, October 10, 2018, the city officially dedicated its newly acquired San Francisquito Open Space. During the ceremony, Charles F. “Chuck” Cullen Jr. pointed out the remnants of a yellow ribbon that his stepmother, Lady Linda, tied around an old oak tree 45 years earlier when she married his father. That tree still stands ...

The City of Santa Clarita has been awarded a $1.4 million Measure A competitive grant from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (RPOSD), securing vital funding to expand and protect local open space. Santa Clarita was among just 13 projects selected for funding. “With these grant funds, the City will continue to acquire, preserve and protect ...

The Santa Clarita City Council approved the purchase and preservation of over 200 acres of land during their regular meeting Tuesday night. The City Council of Santa Clarita approved the purchase of approximately 242.44 acres of “real property” west of the city from Los Angeles County during its regular meeting on Tuesday night. The property acquisition, which includes woodlands to ...

The Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority was recently awarded $1.2 million in order to protect Urban Parkland in Northeast Los Angeles County.  The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced that it had been awarded $1.2 Million in funding from the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division to restore three of its parks that have been heavily impacted ...

California lawmakers have proposed an expansion for the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, adding over 109,000 acres of open space to the protected area. Monday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, D-CA, and Congresswoman Judy Chu, D-Monterey Park, called on President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act and expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by 109,000 acres of public lands ...

The ribbon was cut Saturday for the new and improved nature center at Placerita Canyon in Santa Clarita.  Local and state representatives were in attendance Saturday at the grand opening of the renovated nature center at Placerita Canyon, a place where park officials state 130,000 people visit each year.  The center is a state park and administered by L.A. County ...

On Monday, Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, released a statement in support of the ‘Rim of the Valley Preservation’ plan to add around 200,000 acres of land to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. This week, a statement was made by Congressman Garcia in support of the ‘Rim of the Valley Preservation’ plan to add acres of land to ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, recently voted in support of an act in the House of Representatives to further protect Santa Clarita’s Rim of the Valley. On Feb. 26, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act (PAW), an act that is an accumulation of bills from California, Washington, Colorado, and Arizona aimed at incorporating ...

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, announced Wednesday the acquisition of over 1,000 acres near Castaic for open space and a wildlife habitat preserve.  The 1,171 acres of the ecologically diverse and historic Hathaway Ranch, also known as Temescal Ranch at the eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Mountains, adjacent to ...