CLEAR SAILING SEEN FOR WINNER MCKEON.Byline: Heather MacDonald 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, - U.S. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon coasted to victory in Tuesday's primary election and will face only token opposition in November's general election. McKeon, who is seeking his sixth term, garnered more than 84 percent of the Republican vote. His only opponent, James O. ``Jim'' Aldrich, a part-time instructor at California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , earned about 15 percent of the vote. McKeon will face Democrat Robert Conaway and Libertarian Frank M. Consolo in the general election. The congressman is expected to win re- election in the 25th District, where Republicans heavily outnumber Democrats. In the 38th District, Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Keith Richman Dr. Keith S. Richman is a California, United States, Republican politician. From 2001 to 2007, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County. , R-Granada Hills, will face Democrat Paula Calderon and Libertarian Karl Lembke in the general election. None of those primaries was contested. Richman's district will be expanded in November to include 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. . He is expected to win easily. The two statewide propositions endorsed by the Santa Clarita City Council also won with overwhelming margins. Proposition 40, a $2.6 billion bond park issue, received the endorsement of 57 percent of the voters. Santa Clarita stands to get as much as $1.9 million to purchase open space, build playgrounds and preserve historically important landmarks. Almost 70 percent of voters endorsed Proposition 42, which mandates that all revenue collected from the state gas tax be used to improve local roads, highways and mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a . City officials are hopeful they will be able to use those funds to complete the cross valley connector and get other long-delayed road projects off the ground. Voters throughout the county approved plans to restructure the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. , and limit the county's supervisors, sheriff, district attorney and assessor to a maximum of three four-year terms beginning in December. |
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