CITY WILL ANNEX DEVELOPMENT.Byline: Daily News LOS ANGELES - The 1,900-home North Valencia II development was annexed Wednesday to the city of Santa Clarita. The action was approved by seven of nine members of the Local Agency Formation Commission, which oversees boundary changes. Two commissioners abstained. A LAFCO LAFCO Local Agency Formation Commission LAFCO Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative vote scheduled for two weeks ago was delayed by errors in the staff reports on the development north of the city and because of concerns about the valley's water supply. Members of the Santa Clarita Organization for Planning the Environment and the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club had asked the commission to postpone its vote until the Public Utilities Commission reviews the availability of water 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. . Second District Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke abstained from the vote because she received campaign contributions from the property's owner, 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. in the past year, said LAFCO executive director Larry Calamine calamine /cal·a·mine/ (kal´ah-min) a preparation of zinc oxide and the coloring agent ferric oxide; used topically as a protectant. cal·a·mine n. . Third District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky also abstained, declining to give a reason, Calamine said. |
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