[KHTS] – Santa Clarita Valley community leaders headed to Sacramento en masse Monday for the 10th annual KHTS AM-1220 Road Trip.
Every year, Hometown Station co-owners Carl Goldman and Jeri Seratti Goldman lead a delegation of more than 100 to the state’s Capitol to meet with legislators and discuss local concern, as well as get legislators’ perspective on Santa Clarita Valley concerns.
The first day is scheduled for a discussion about water concerns, the recently voter-approved water bond and the chloride issue, all of which are hot topics in Santa Clarita Valley water politics.
Melissa Melendez, R-Elsinore, is scheduled to speak to about the budget picture for the state of California, and lead a question-and-answer session.
Melendez is working on two pieces of legislation with respect to Proposition 47, including an increase of the penalties for the possession of certain types of narcotics, as well as restrictions on gun ownership for convicted felons.
In addition, she’s worked on whistleblower protections and college savings legislation.
Monday night, state Treasurer John Chiang, who was elected in November after serving as controller, is speaking to the Santa Clarita Valley delegation about budget issues as the keynote speaker at a Monday night dinner.
Local leaders are hoping to discuss concerns about the state’s local control funding formula, and how it’s impacted Santa Clarita Valley schools.
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Is this group really representative of the Santa Clarita population?
the story doesn’t say it’s representative of the population. It’s representative of the community leadership.
Oh! Well that’s different! I’m being facetious!
This trip is a great opportunity for members of the community to hear first hand about what is happening in Sacramento. As I understand it, people ride the bus but there are also many who fly up on their own and join the meetings.
I have heard that there are 110 there this year and many of them are small business owners, college students as well as community leaders and residents.