May 2007
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Wed 30 May 2007
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Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, has been named to three more important Select Committees of the Assembly. He has been named to the following:
· Select Committee on Rail Transportation (named Vice Chair)
· Select Committee on the Preservation of California’s Entertainment Industry
· Select Committee on Growth Management
“I am very excited to be named to these select committees which can have a potentially vital impact on the 38th district,” Smyth said. “I look forward to using my position to help advance the interests of our community.”
Select committees do not hear legislation but work to bring attention and awareness to issues relating to their particular subjects. Assemblyman Smyth is also a member of the Select Committee on Wine.
Wed 30 May 2007
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new emergency room and tuberculosis unit for Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
In November 2006, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Director of Department of Public Works to select general contractors and adopt preliminary plans for a $49 million Emergency Room Replacement and new Tuberculosis Unit for the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar. (more…)
Wed 30 May 2007
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Health authorities have begun notifying hundreds of people who may have been exposed to a Georgia man infected with a form of tuberculosis resistant to almost all drugs, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday reports the Los Angeles Times. The man traveled on two transatlantic flights in May and health officials are most worried about the airline crews and the passengers sitting around him, said CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding.
Read it here: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-tb30may30,0,2765140.story?coll=la-home-center
Wed 30 May 2007
Barack Obama joined his Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and John Edwards on Tuesday in offering a plan to provide all Americans with “affordable, universal healthcare”. Speaking in Iowa, which holds the first presidential caucus next January, Mr. Obama laid out a five-point plan that he said would lower average family health-insurance costs by $2,500 and would bring the 45m uninsured Americans into full coverage.
Read it here: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a61ce6a6-0e14-11dc-8219-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=5aedc804-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html
Wed 30 May 2007
China’s benchmark stock index plunged 6.5 per cent on Wednesday, after Beijing took its most decisive step yet in its efforts to deflate the soar-away mainland stock market by tripling the stamp duty tax on share transactions reports the Financial Times.
Tony Tassell, deputy markets editor, on the limited fallout from the sharp drop on the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 index. The measure had an immediate impact on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped as much as 7.4 per cent before ending down 6.5 per cent at 4,053.01, its lowest since May 21. The Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 index, which covers both bourses, dived 6.8 per cent to 3,859.9. Trading was heavy, with the combined turnover on the two exchanges reaching a record $53bn.
Read it here: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d3301c60-0e5c-11dc-8219-000b5df10621.html
Tue 29 May 2007
To reduce Off-Highway Vehicle offenses and code violations throughout the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys, the Board of Supervisors approved a $150,000 grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation for the Sheriff’s Department Off-Highway Vehicle Enforcement Teams, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
“This grant will provide the Sheriff with the tools necessary to reduce Off-Highway Vehicle offenses and protect our County’s natural resources,” said Supervisor Antonovich.
Tue 29 May 2007
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For the 24 hour period of Monday, May 28th Memorial Day, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Personnel issued approximately 36 citations and warnings for traffic, parking and other related traffic offenses including misdemeanors and infractions. Deputies responded to 5 traffic collisions or related incidents.
Station personnel arrested and booked, or field released, 15 adults and detained 3 juveniles on 12 felony and 6 misdemeanor primary charges as summarized below:Monday - May 28, 2007 - 12:15 a.m. -
Unincorporated L. A. County - Castaic: Deputies arrest party host after repeated noise ordinance violations - Jaquelna Hernandez, FH/26, of Castaic was arrested (more…)
Tue 29 May 2007
Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon will host the quarterly Antelope Valley Transportation summit in Lancaster on Wednesday, May 30th, 9:00 AM at Los Angeles County Fire Station 129 located at 42110 6th Street West in Lancaster.
The Antelope Valley Transportation Summit was initiated by Supervisor Antonovich to coordinate all appropriate agencies to identify, prioritize and fund necessary transportation improvements for the Antelope Valley and High Desert Corridor.
Tue 29 May 2007
The long awaited blog for the Canyon Country Advisory Committee (CCAC) is now up and running on-line. The Canyon Country Advisor, as it is called, can be viewed at www.canyoncountryadvisor.com.
Alan Furdman, Chairman of the Canyon Country Advisory Committee, commented that the new blog; “in the future you may wish to post a commentary, provide a comment to one or just watch the site for information. However you decide to use it, we now have another tool to help make a difference in Canyon Country.” The site will provide information on upcoming meetings including the June CCAC meeting.
Tue 29 May 2007
Pam Ingram, a realtor and Chairwoman of the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce, is a resident of Sunset Point. Her quote in the Daily News article titled; “West-side leaders split on next move”, was very enlightening. Ms. Ingram said; “I think that there are some in (the) West Ranch Town Council that would like to incorporate and become their own city,” Ingram said. “It’s not an interest for us in Sunset Pointe.”
There are two separate but interesting thoughts in that statement. One, Pam “thinks” there are some on the West Ranch Town Council who want to incorporate their own City. She is not really sure since Ms. Ingram has not attended a West Ranch Town Council meeting nor has she had any meaningful conversation with any of the Council members. (more…)
Tue 29 May 2007
Robert Zoellick, former US deputy secretary of state, has emerged as the frontrunner to be the next president of the World Bank reports the Financial Times. Senior US administration officials expect a decision on the successor to Paul Wolfowitz, who steps down as bank president on June 30 following an ethics scandal, to be announced this week in Washington. Read it here: World Bank
Tue 29 May 2007
News Corporation will soon be able to track and monitor online donations made to presidential candidates through its MySpace subsidiary, giving the media group an increasingly prominent role in the 2008 presidential election. This involvement in candidates’ fundraising is new territory for News Corp, which, until now, has limited its interest in presidential elections to media coverage via its print and broadcast outlets according to the Financial Times. Read it here: MySpace Candidates
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