los angeles county: Property Tax Assessments: Disputing Additional Items - 05/07/08 11:56 AM
Property taxes are one of the biggest expenses of owning a home, other than paying the mortgage, especially if you live in an area with Mello Roos assessments on top of the regular taxes. Many areas of Santa Clarita do have the Mello Roos assessments (or sometimes called CFD if you bought … (0 comments)
los angeles county: SCV SWAP: Salvaged Waste and Arts Program - 08/14/06 10:11 AM
SCV SWAP is a new program initiated by the City of Santa Clarita that encourages the reuse of waste rather than loading up our landfills with items that may be usable to others. The SWAP program is to some extent designed to help the arts departments in local schools, who need leftover building materials (bricks, … (0 comments)
los angeles county: Santa Clarita Nominated as Most Business-Friendly City - 08/03/06 10:26 AM
The City of Santa Clarita has been nominated for an award as the Most Business-Friendly City by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. This new award was established to recognize and encourage cities to take an active role in helping businesses create new jobs in Los Angeles County. Santa Clarita's business-friendly environment … (0 comments)
los angeles county: Stonecrest Annexation Expected to be Complete July 26 - 07/22/06 07:23 AM
The Los Angeles County Planning Commission is expected to complete the annexation of the Stonecrest development to the City of Santa Clarita at their next meeting on July 26. Once the annexation is complete, the City of Santa Clarita will begin contacting service providers to let them know that the Stonecrest area is … (0 comments)
los angeles county: West Ranch and Magic Mountain - 07/21/06 03:00 PM
The West Ranch Town Council, which was reportedly re-elected recently by a grand total of 54 West Ranch area voters recently, is complaining that they have not been consulted by local officials regarding the Magic Mountain issue. It's unclear how a "town council" that has not been elected or even ratified by a … (1 comments)
los angeles county: Dump Wars - 07/20/06 10:45 AM
Los Angeles County is looking for more space to dump its trash, and a dump in the Val Verde area of Santa Clarita is in its sights as the target for one of the places to dump the County's trash. The Puente Hills landfill's permit expires in 2013 and is scheduled to close its … (3 comments)
los angeles county: Antonovich Requests Meeting with Six Flags CEO - 07/20/06 10:05 AM
Supervisor Michael Antonovich has requested a meeting with the Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro, following in the footsteps of the City of Santa Clarita's request for a meeting as well. Both the City and the County are striving to save the Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor them parks from being sold to developers. … (1 comments)
los angeles county: Stonecrest Decision Due This Week - 07/19/06 09:19 AM
After much debate and propaganda, the decision on the Stonecrest annexation to the City of Santa Clarita is due this week. Much of the City's desire to annex this area is based on the fact that the Stonecrest development is the closest residential neighborhood to the proposed Cemex mine, which if allowed … (1 comments)
los angeles county: Park Place Coming to Santa Clarita - 07/16/06 11:25 AM
Park Place will soon be coming to the Shadow Pines area of Santa Clarita, but it won't be the high-end development you see on the Monopoly board. This proposed 492-home gated development will consist of clustered homes on a 500-acre parcel. The development will also include 36 open space lots and a … (1 comments)
los angeles county: Pitchess Detention Center May be Expanding - 07/13/06 02:06 PM
As the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors look for ways to ease overcrowding in the jail system, the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic looks like one of their main candidates because of the available land around the facility. The Castaic facility is just north of the Valencia Industrial Center in … (0 comments)
los angeles county: Los Angeles County Property Tax Rolls at Almost $1 Trillion - 07/12/06 09:40 AM
Over the last year, Los Angeles County home prices increased 11% overall, with a $94 billion increase over last year's tax roll. Jack Kyser, the chief economist for Los Angeles County, states that although Los Angeles County has been amazingly strong, "It's now slowing down, but the county is still holding up … (1 comments)
los angeles county: Proposed Mega Mines in Santa Clarita Area - 07/09/06 01:40 AM
The proposed Cemex mine in Santa Clarita is scheduled to start operations sometime in 2008 if nothing is done to stop it before then. What does it mean to Santa Clarita homeowners? Well, it means a lot more truck traffic along the 14 freeway corridor to haul those mega-tons of mined … (0 comments)
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Property taxes are one of the biggest expenses of owning a home, other than paying the mortgage, especially if you live in an area with Mello Roos assessments on top of the regular taxes.
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