Category Archives: Development

Fighting Newhall Ranch from the Advocate’s Perspective

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Jeff

Katherine & Caroline Squires (sisters) made the trek to Downtown LA yesterday to fight the first phase of Newhall Ranch, Landmark Village. Katherine and I once went on a tour of the Santa Clara river valley (I wrote about it … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Economy, Environment | 16 Comments

What’s being built south of College of the Canyons?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jeff

Two gigantic cranes in the heart of Valencia on Rockwell Canyon road between COC & CalArts: What is being built here? A new ride that takes you all the way to Magic Mountain? The beginnings of a high speed rail … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, News | 10 Comments

Cul-de-sacking the Beige

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jeff

Two recent articles have been making the internet rounds and apply to us here in the SCV. The first, from Emily Badger at Atlantic Magazine, is about the history of suburban development and the cul-de-sac and argues that it may … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Environment | 54 Comments

Fair description

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Jeff

I’m sorry so many posts have been about me lately (indeed, I was mentioned in the Signal today!) but I spotted this description of me from the folks at RightonSCV.com today and just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to comment: … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Environment, Recreation | 43 Comments

Valencia Fracking, ctd

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Jeff

A reader sends in a spy shot of one of the structures in the hills north of Newhall Ranch Road thought to be part of a natural gas hydraulic fracturing operation: After thinking about this some more and reading all … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Opinion | 2 Comments

So hydraulic fracking is occurring in the SCV?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Jeff

The Signal avoids using that word in its Page 1 above the fold story, but if the description of expanding natural gas production & storage on land north of Newhall Ranch Road isn’t fracking, then I don’t know what is: … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Environment | 26 Comments

Newhall Library Site Plan & Update

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Jeff

City Briefs posted a neat aerial shot of the Newhall library site that instantly made me think back to what the site used to look like. Here’s how the site appeared on June 2: and how it appeared just a … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 4 Comments

Underserved and underwhelmed in the SCV

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Jeff

Reader LStaedtler had an interesting comment yesterday on how the SCV is actually underserved when it comes to libraries (if you measure by population and square footage): If you take just a look at the city, they have a population … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Economy, Humor | 43 Comments

On Flophouses,High Density Life and the lizard brain of the SCV

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Jeff

Live in the SCV long enough and you’ll learn the code words that many in this town use to put down residents of Newhall and Canyon Country who, through circumstance or choice,  live differently than the landed homeowners in Valencia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Complaint Dept., Development | 8 Comments

LA or AV? – SCV caught in the middle

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Jeff

The Signal asked a great question in its Sunday editorial on redistricting: Because of our relatively low population here, our valley merits about one-half of an Assembly district, and about  one-quarter of a Senate district. So we will be teamed … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Humor | 14 Comments