During the Santa Clarita City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday night, council members determined the outcome of several potential improvements to the community, including a new bike path and Central Park art project. At the request of Councilmember Jason Gibbs, members of the City Council quickly discussed the potential decision to move funds from the Sheriff’s Station Civic Art project fund ...

During their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27, the Santa Clarita City Council evaluated the seven applications for a new Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commissioner, selecting one candidate to fill the vacant seat. At the Jan. 23 meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Miranda announced that the selected candidate, Rob Cruikshank, had withdrawn his nomination to the position formerly held by ...

Another round of applications has been received by the City of Santa Clarita for an open seat on the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Commission after the originally decided-upon candidate retracted. The issue of a second round of applications was raised after it was brought to light that the chosen candidate, Rob Cruikshank, had listed another property and not his ...

The Santa Clarita City Council issued a proclamation of recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day during their regular meeting on Tuesday night, which also included a pointed commentary on bullying by one member. The Santa Clarita City Council continued its yearly tradition of recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the day celebrated in the civil rights leader’s name ...

The Santa Clarita City Council selected a new mayor from amongst their number during a special meeting Tuesday. Cameron Smyth was selected as the new mayor for 2024, with councilmember Bill Miranda serving as Mayor Pro Tem. “It has been an amazing adventure, to sit here and be able to serve as mayor of this city. I actually don’t think ...

During the Santa Clarita City Council meeting Tuesday, unionized bus drivers serving Santa Clarita Transit, currently in their sixth week of striking, showed up in numbers to rally support for favorable contract negotiations. The City of Santa Clarita is not involved in the labor dispute between MV Transportation and the union. However, City Manager Ken Striplin did note that since ...

The Santa Clarita City Council approved plans for Shadowbox Studios – a 1.3 million-square-foot film and television studio campus in Newhall – Tuesday night. Plans for Shadowbox Studios – soon to be the Santa Clarita Valley’s newest addition to an ever-growing number of film industry hubs, were approved by the Santa Clarita City Council Tuesday. After an outpouring of public ...

As the second quarter of 2023 draws to a close, so does the filing period for campaign committees across the state, putting their financial records into the public eye, including Santa Clarita City Council candidate filings. One of the most significant details noted was a large amount of debt incurred by current City Councilwoman Marsha McLean, to the tune of ...

On Tuesday the Santa Clarita City Council approved sending a letter to L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna opposed a recommendation to regularly rotate patrol deputies to combat deputy gangs and cliques. In February 2023, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission presented a report on ways to combat “deputy gangs and cliques” in the L.A County Sheriff’s Department. From ...

On Tuesday night the City Council discussed a number of new projects on the agenda, including the planned roller rink and the Blue Cloud bike park.  On the night’s agenda were the awarding of a constructability review contract and modifications to the existing design contract for the roller skating rink project which was originally awarded in April of last year.   ...