CITY MAY HELP PAY FOR STUDY OF WEST SIDE.Byline: JUDY O'ROURKE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- With county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San pledging some $25,000 to help west-side communities study their finances and governance options, the city might get into the game tonight, matching the pledge by helping to pay for an annexation study. It's not yet known if key moneymakers -- a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , an industrial park and a theme park -- would be part of the package, but Santa Clarita officials deem the stakes worthy of paying to play. "The future of the city of Santa Clarita is tied to the direction taken by the entire 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. ," City Treasurer Darren Hernandez said Monday. "We believe it is in the best interests of everyone to look at this issue from all the options and perspectives." A recent study underwritten by Santa Clarita appears to show a large surplus for county government between what it collects in tax revenue and spends on services for areas outside the city. But officials acknowledge the study was not tailored to answer questions related to annexation to Santa Clarita or creation of a new city. State law requires a region considering cityhood to conduct a fiscal analysis to determine if there's a large enough tax base to support a city government. Key moneymakers within the proposed west-side city in the area of Castaic, Westridge and Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. are the Valencia Marketplace shopping center, the Valencia Commerce Center industrial park and Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. California's Magic Mountain. The boundaries of the area under study haven't been set, but a map could be drawn by March or April, said Dave Bossert Dave Bossert is the Creative Director for Special Projects at Disney Animation. He studied at the Character Animation program at CalArts. Among his classmates were Joe Ranft, Butch Hartman, Ralph Eggleston, and Ann Telnaes, among others. , president of the West Ranch Town Council. The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. has resisted efforts to have its undeveloped real estate in a city, stating its satisfaction with the county planning process. Newhall Land is building the 21,000-home Newhall Ranch project, west of Valencia and stretching to the Ventura County line. Also, Newhall Land, which built and sold the Valencia Marketplace, included in the deed that the center should refuse annexation to an existing city or inclusion in a new one. During Santa Clarita's formation battles, several developers opposed its creation, preferring what likely would be less stringent requirements under county policies. Historically, cities have formed in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, with hopes of gaining control over growth. The town council plans to hire an independent consultant to determine how much tax revenue is generated in the target area and whether forming a west-side city makes sense. The city's overture could be a piece of the puzzle, distinct from and following the initial effort, said Dave Bossert, president of the town council. "If the city wants to allocate $25,000 to do a study on annexation versus incorporation, we would be happy to take the donation and commission a separate independent study that does a comparison (between the two)," said Bossert, on a town council committee formed to explore the options. "We want to educate the community. We don't want somebody who's going to say annexation is the panacea." At issue are what revenue the county collects and spends on services, what revenue a new city would collect and incur in debts, and what revenues an annexed area would generate and cost Santa Clarita. A law passed in 1992 ensures counties don't suffer financially when new cities form. Sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. revenues feed into city coffers, but counties and new cities may negotiate how property tax revenues are split. 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. collects taxes countywide and provides services based on need, said Martin Zimmerman, assistant administrative officer for the county Office of Unincorporated Area In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, i.e., a city or town with its own government. Services and Special Projects. "I don't believe the county has ever budgeted by unincorporated area," he said, noting that costs to provide services to unincorporated areas don't necessarily match taxes collected there. "If any community thinks they can do better or be better situated if they are part of an adjacent city -- or if they believe they want to incorporate -- (we'll provide the information) they need to make those decisions." Santa Clarita officials may try to sway west-side residents with the absence of utility-users tax -- charged for gas, electricity, telephone and cell-phone services -- for which the county charges 5 percent. The city has successfully completed 28 annexations since being incorporated in 1987. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 If you go The Santa Clarita City Council will meet at 6 tonight in City Hall council chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd. CAPTION(S): box Box: If you go (see text) |
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