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Castaic up for Grabs?
March 2, 2008 |
Everyone Wants Castaic
Be careful what you wish for Castaic … you may get it. A localized movement within Castaic has sprouted up again over the last couple of years in that approximately 1,500 homeowners want to become part of the City of Santa Clarita.
Of course the city will welcome this portion of Castaic with open arms, but what will become of the rest of the population you ask, now at around 27,000 people?
That my friends is the million dollar question.
A number of years ago the city made a claim for Castaic and at that time was countered back with a unanimous NO. Now the neighborhoods of Live Oak and a portion of Hasley Hills and North Bluff want in.
In January of this year the City council gave the go ahead to process the application for annexation of the 1,500 homes.
The West side town council has requested the City to hold off processing the application until residents can review results studies. The two studies - an Initial Feasibility Analysis and a Community Options Comparison Report - were set to be released at some point this month. However, the county is overwhelmed by data requests from consulting firms charged with compiling the reports, officials said. The reports are not expected until June of 2008 and perhaps not available for public comment until 2009.
Seems all the towns around Castaic sure have a lot to say about where they’d like to see Castaic! ‘The West Side’ as we are now referring to portions of Stevenson Ranch and Castaic combined. The west side would like to see a new brand new city formed. The City of Santa Clarita would sure like to see our tax dollar, the County currently has it. Proponents state that Castaic will have more police and fire protection, wont have to drive as far to get to council meetings and attend important civic meetings, and have a local voice in Santa Clarita for the goings on in their community.
Truly the one important factor here is that 1,500 homes certainly does not equate to all of Castaic, in fact many of the 27, 000 people who call Castaic home would just like to see this City-hood go away - they don’t want it - never did.
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Santa Clarita offers everything it has to residents of the entire Santa Clarita Valley. Those living in Westridge, Stevenson Ranch and Castaic go in and out of the city of Santa Clarita and use the parks and recreation areas freely. I live in Westridge and would like to unify our community. Those of us living on the west side of the freeway feel insulted to not be considered to be part of the city of Santa Clarita. Castaic residents have, in many cases, tried to remain independent. I would like all be part of the city. The city will then grow stronger and gain more revenue. They already spend quite a bit of money on those of us that take advantage of the city. Let’s fight to get the county of Los Angeles to allow us to join the city that already treats us as their own!