Category Archives: City Hall

Vista Canyon, Redistricting, and More Library Grumblings

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Scooter

First off, let me introduce myself to you as the newest blogger to join scvtalk.com.  As we all know, typing away at a keyboard can be very exhausting and Jeff needs a little nap time.  I thought I would step … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | 46 Comments

A thought for the day

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jeff

I was blown away by the amount of signatures gathered for the anti-takeover library petition presented at last night’s City Council. Seriously, we can barely get 10,000 people together for anything in this town (except perhaps a Hart vs Valencia … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Opinion, Politics | 90 Comments

City: $1.3 million to supplement local library collections

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Jeff

The new City Council agenda is out and hot off the interwebs is an item outlining purchases of new materials for the new Santa Clarita Library system, which the City & LSSI will takeover from the County on July 1. … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Media, News | 33 Comments

Old Town Newhall Renaissance, ctd.

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Jeff

Last year I remarked on how nice Old Town Newhall was becoming in the wake of Phase 1 of the Streetscaping process. I even called it a “Renaissance.” Well this year is even better. With Phase 2 of the Streetscaping … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 29 Comments

City getting rough with massage parlors

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Jeff

Do you remember the brief outrage manufactured during last year’s City Council election over massage parlors, spread by an anonymous letter that was sent to SCV churches? It was a story tailor-made to damage the incumbents in the Council race … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | 20 Comments

City Conducting library tax measure phone survey

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jeff

We saw some reports here on SCVTalk of phone calls to SCV residents concerning a possible library tax measure last week. Eagle-eared SCVTalk reader LVogel posted this last Friday: Anyone else get a call yesterday (or recently) regarding a survey … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Economy, Opinion | 8 Comments

Thoughts after a visit to the library

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jeff

On Saturday I visited the Valencia library to do some research on, ironically, the Civil Service system established in the wake of the 1882 Pendleton Act. I hadn’t been to the library since the City Council’s vote to evict COLA from the … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Opinion | 25 Comments

Why I want a better City Hall

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Jeff

Coastal Sage likes the existing City Hall building because it is practical and spartan: Certainly, the new grandiose, columned City Hall which Jeff envisions could be built on some portion of the Whittaker Bermite property not burdened by the Alquist … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Opinion, Politics | 25 Comments

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Jeff

A small business owner says the City of Santa Clarita is wasting the public’s money by improving Creekside Drive and asks where the help for small business owners such as her is. At the same time, she’s upset that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, City Hall, Economy | 47 Comments

What He Said

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Jeff

I Heart, with his characteristic sarcasm and wit, systematically dismantles today’s Signal editorial on the library takeover: You didn’t back the County of Los Angeles Library System because it has ably served Santa Clarita for decades. No, you were scared … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Media | 2 Comments