Santa Clarita Valley residents are expected to have an opportunity to voice their opinion about the soon-to-be retail recreational marijuana industry. Whether pot shops will open and any potential limits on dispensaries are expected to be a part of the discussion next month. Read whole story [here].

Visitors to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ website were not met with the usual homepage on Tuesday afternoon. Instead, they saw a black screen with text in the middle, displaying what appeared to be pro-ISIS propaganda. The website, BOS.LACounty.gov was hacked, just as government...

Senator Scott Wilk, R- Antelope Valley, urged California’s acting governor, Gavin Newsom to stop the stalling on school facility bond sales and respect the will of the voters. Last fall voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 51, a $9 billion dollar bond to finance school facility construction...

Adoption is a meaningful way for individuals and couples to fulfill their dream of parenting. There are approximately 64,000 children in foster care in California. Los Angeles County’s foster care population exceeds 21,000 children with 500 foster children waiting to be connected to a family who...

Senator Scott Wilk, R- Antelope Valley, announced Monday that Senate Bill 792 (SB 792), a measure to establish an oversight commission for Los Angeles County Measure B trauma funding has passed the Senate and is headed to the Assembly for its consideration. “Last evening’s vote is good news...

Los Angeles County education officials are recommending a denial of the charter school petition for Albert Einstein Academy for the Letters, Arts and Sciences’ high school. The seventh- through 12th-grade campus applied for an appeal for its charter school petition after the Hart district denied the...

The County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (D.C.B.A.) is proud to introduce L.A. County’s Contracting Connections program as part of National Small Business Week (April 30 – May 6, 2017). D.C.B.A. Small Business Services staff will attend events all week to encourage...

The Senate Committee on Governance and Finance approved Senate Bill 792, authored by Senator Scott Wilk, R-Antelope Valley, in a 7-0 vote. The bill seeks to establish a Measure B Oversight Commission to bring transparency and accountability to Los Angeles County’s administration of Measure B trauma...

The LA County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed May 2nd as the “Day to Change Direction” for emotional well-being and has directed Jonathan Sherin, M.D. Ph.D., Director, LA County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), to oversee a countywide discussion to advance a culture of awareness, understanding...

Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) released a new report indicating a dramatic decline in the percentage of adults 18 to 64 years of age in the county without health insurance, from 28.5% (1.7 million adults) in 2011 to 11.7% (750,000 adults) in 2015. The large...