Despite various Santa Clarita Valley governing boards’ approval of election changes in response to California Voting Rights Act concerns, an outdated county system won’t be able to handle the changes for at least another four years, officials said. “Our current voting system both the devices we...

[KHTS] – A month after they signaled their intent to do so, Hart School Board members voted 4-1 Wednesday to switch to electoral districts. The move was made to quash the threat of a lawsuit by attorneys who’ve sued other local agencies this year, alleging their at-large voting systems disenfranchised...

[KHTS] – Santa Clarita officials questioned the legality of their own settlement in a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit in a briefing filed this week. The filing is a result of Santa Clarita officials’ uncertainty over whether their agreed-upon settlement is legal and feasible, said Joe Montes,...

[KHTS] – The Castaic Union School District is looking at a pair of separate legal actions at a special board meeting Monday night. A lawsuit against another school district and the potential for changing the election of the governing board are two items of discussion on the agenda. The meeting...

California legislators have once again decided they know best. Instead of fixing our infrastructure, getting our debt under control, and making sure we aren’t the most welfare-friendly state in the union, they’ve come up with another drug-induced law called CVRA, the California Voting Rights Act...

[KHTS] – Four Santa Clarita Valley school districts were sent letters claiming their at-large election systems disenfranchised Hispanic voters, alleging a violation of the California Voting Rights Act. The letter was sent by the law firm Shenkman & Hughes, which represented two plaintiffs in...

[COC] – The Santa Clarita Community College District and local voters Jim Soliz and Rosemarie Sanchez-Fraser have reached a mutually agreeable settlement to conclude the California Voting Rights Act-related (CVRA) litigation brought by Soliz and Sanchez-Fraser. The parties worked diligently for...

[KHTS] – College of the Canyons officials and plaintiffs in a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit reached confidential settlement terms early Tuesday morning, an official said. Meanwhile, Palmdale officials recently decided to attempt to take their CVRA lawsuit fight to the state’s Supreme Court,...

[KHTS] – On the day trial was to begin in a lawsuit alleging the College of the Canyons’s elections for its governing board violated the California Voting Rights Act, a lawyer for the college district indicated a willingness to enter into settlement talks. “Our attorneys are ready to...

CITY OF SANTA CLARITA JOINT CITY COUNCIL/ BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:00 PM City Council Chambers 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1 st Floor Santa Clarita, CA 91355   AGENDA ________ PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY – No New Business ________ How to Address the City...