3 SCV SITES TO GET FUNDS FROM GRANT.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA -- Three sites in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. have been tapped for grants of $48,500, part of a $3.2 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States for enhanced protection in case of possible terror attacks. The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is slated to accept the grants Tuesday from the federal agency's 2005 Buffer Zone Protection Program. The funding could be used for planters for use as barricades or other forms of protection approved by federal guidelines. Two of the sites are in Valencia and one in Saugus, though county Office of Emergency Management officials declined to specify their exact locations, citing security concerns. The Santa Clarita Valley is home to the Westfield Valencia Town Center Westfield Valencia Town Center, formerly Valencia Town Center, is a shopping mall in Valencia, California, owned by The Westfield Group. Its anchor stores are JCPenney, Macy's, and Sears. The Robinsons-May was renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006. and Six Flags California and is crossed by the California Aqueduct, which carries water from Northern California. |
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