Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced today that the final 2026-27 state budget includes over $2.75 million in local investments she secured for the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys to support public safety, emergency and wildfire prevention and response, housing, seniors, children, foster youth programs, and more. “In a difficult budget year and when so many are struggling just to afford ...

As temperatures rise, the City of Santa Clarita, in partnership with the County of Los Angeles and public safety agencies, is urging residents to stay prepared and protect their families, pets and homes from the threat of wildfires. To raise awareness about the dangers of illegal fireworks and to learn more about being prepared for a wildfire, the Santa Clarita ...

Monday, Senator Suzette Martinez-Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, introduced a package of legislation aimed at preventing wildfires and increasing penalties for criminals who prey on victims during these devastating events. With the goal of safeguarding communities and ensuring swift recovery, these proposed laws would address both the growing threat of wildfires and the need for stronger protections for those affected, according to ...

California is set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds to help with community recovery from recent wildfires. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the federal government would be providing $600 million to aid communities recovering from California wildfires. With the $600 million in federal funding, the focus is to help areas burned by wildfires ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, introduced the Protecting and Restoring Our Trees by Enhancing Conservation and Treatments (PROTECT) Act Tuesday to help prevent wildfires in areas across the state, including Santa Clarita. Garcia introduced the PROTECT Act to Congress Tuesday to help reduce the frequency of wildfires in the Santa Clarita Valley and throughout the western United States. “Decades of ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has responded to reports that Governor Gavin Newsom overstated California’s accomplishments on wildfire prevention. On Thursday, Wilk reacted to an investigation conducted by Capitol Public Radio (CapRadio) and National Public Radio’s (NPR) California Newsroom which found that Newsom made misleading statements about the breadth of California’s accomplishments in wildfire prevention. “This is a slap in ...

Senator Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, announced the Blueprint for a Fire Safe California, comprising 11 Senate bills related to fire safety in places like the Santa Clarita Valley last month. The Blueprint for a Fire Safe California, a set of state Senate bills relating to fire safety and prevention in places like Santa Clarita, was announced by Senator Stern’s office ...

On Thursday morning, Santa Clarita Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez Valladares’ bill aimed to prevent wildfires passed through the Assembly floor and is now on it’s way to the Senate.  The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare and certify an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out. Existing law exempts actions of ...

Southern California Edison (SCE) is exploring and implementing changes to its Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) approach due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with officials taking safer-at-home orders into account while still working to mitigate wildfire threats. SCE first exercised PSPS as a way of managing wildfire risks on Dec. 7, 2017. Although PSPS activity was “minimal” in 2017 and 2018, ...

Southern California Edison is taking to the sky to survey power line equipment from above in efforts to reduce wildfire risk in Santa Clarita.  Southern California Edison (SCE) has routine maintenance for their extensive network of power equipment, but the utility is now preparing for the extreme fire danger in Southern California, that is in no way “routine.”  “We have ...