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 ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce (SCV Chamber) is reminding members that California is at risk of losing two Congressional seats and millions of dollars in federal funding in infrastructure, housing, education and health programs if there isn’t an accurate count on this year’s U.S. Census. The final date for self-response and field operations was moved from Oct. 31 to ...

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 City of Santa Clarita is seeking volunteers for the annual Los Angeles County homeless count, which is set to survey the growth of the homeless population to better provide services in the valley, officials said. According to the results of last year’s count, the City of Santa Clarita’s homeless population increased from 156 in 2018 to 256 in 2019. ...