Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced that his legislation to add clarity and accountability to California’s efforts to address homelessness, has earned bipartisan support and passed unanimously 5-0 out of the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance. “California is clearly doing something wrong,” Wilk said of the state homelessness issue . “Since 2018, the Newsom Administration has allocated ...

The Santa Clarita City Council is set to hold a public hearing to consider donating land valued at $1.6 million, to local homeless outreach organization Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley. On Thursday, officials with the City of Santa Clarita announced the public hearing, which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 10, to discuss authorizing the transfer of 32,220 ...

In an effort to understand hesitations in admitting tenants with rental assistance vouchers, Santa Clarita Valley’s (SCV) Community Task Force Affordable Housing Committee is releasing a survey to gain insight into the perspectives of landlords and property owners. The task force’s six question survey, released Sept. 14, aims to understand opinions and knowledge amongst landlords about the Housing Choice and ...

Officials found human skeletal remains Wednesday morning after checking on homeless encampments in Newhall. At around 11 a.m. Wednesday, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Homeless Outreach Service’s Team (HOST) were checking several homeless encampments near the 22000 block of The Old Road in Newhall. “When deputies arrived at the location, they found an adult’s human skeletal remains ...

All five supervisors for Los Angeles County are scheduled to appear together Tuesday to report the progress made in the county’s fight against homelessness, including in the Santa Clarita Valley, an area frequented by the county’s homeless population. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The five supervisors are scheduled to come together ...