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County To Give $3M To Support New SCV Senior Center

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Los Angeles County plans to set at least $3 million aside for a new SCV Senior Center, a representative for Supervisor Michael Antonovich said Thursday. Supervisors approved $2.5 million in funding at their weekly meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles, said Tony Bell, Antonovich’s spokesman. Another $500,000 is expected to be allocated in January, when budgets are re-evaluated, he said. No deal ...

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Sulphur Springs To Host Second Meeting On Voting Districts

Sulphur Springs School District officials are continuing public comment meetings, as they seek Santa Clarita Valley residents’ input on possible settlements in a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit, officials said. After the elementary school district settled a lawsuit alleging the district’s at-large elections violated the CVRA, officials have been working on a plan to divide the school district into five ...

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Environmental Group Honors Don Mullally With Towsley Canyon Recognition

Santa Clarita Valley officials and environmental activists recently recognized the contributions of longtime local biologist and naturalist Don Mullally, naming the Towsley Canyon Loop the Don Mullally Trail. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Santa Clarita Mayor Laurene Weste, as well as representatives from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Sierra Club and ...

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CORRECTION: Report Suggests AB 109 Lowers Recidivism, L.A. Expected To OK Funds

Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday are expected to approve a reimbursement of about $337.7 million to pay for AB 109 programs, a controversial jail-prison realignment program. While Supervisor Michael Antonovich has been a vocal opponent of the state’s public safety realignment program, which was aimed at reducing the number of non-serious, non-violent and non-sexual offenders in state prisons due to a Supreme Court order, officials claim early data shows promise. "Realignment continues to pose serious concerns and threatens public safety statewide because we are dealing with repeat offenders,” Antonovich said last week, when the law’s implementation was reviewed. “There are over 32,000 arrests involving the 24,000 (post-supervision probationers) under probation supervision because some are being arrested up to seven or eight times."

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