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House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok

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Democrats and Republicans came together this week to pass a bill that has the potential to see popular social media TikTok banned from United States app stores. The House offered a rare glimpse of unity, passing the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” 352-65, with one abstention early Wednesday. The new legislation advanced out of a committee with ...

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Politics & The Pulpit – Denice Gary-Pandol – January 31, 2024

Host: Pastor Jerry Cook Guest: Denice Gary-Pandol , candidate for U.S. Senate Politics & The Pulpit – Denice Gary-Pandol – January 31, 2024 Does God want a separation of church and state? Should Christians be voting for biblical principles? Does it really matter who you vote for? Join Pastor Jerry Cook as he endeavors to answer these and many other ...

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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s Eleven Bills Now In The Senate

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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, advanced a total of eleven bills from the Assembly Floor and to the Senate. Assemblywoman Schiavo has passed eight bills this week bringing the representative’s total to eleven to move to the Senate. In particular, more than half of her legislation has received bipartisan support, according to officials. “My office continues to advance the priorities we ...

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Wilk Measures Addressing School Violence Head to Senate Floor

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Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) school safety measures that address student mental health, campus violence and its aftermath is set to head to the Senate Floor.  SB 643, known as the “Safe-To-Tell Program,” would empower local school districts to establish a 24/7 crisis line to accept anonymous tips of any suspected dangerous, violent, or unlawful activity/threat to a school.  SB ...

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Suzette Valladares Announces Candidacy For 23rd State Senate District

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Wednesday, former Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Acton, announced her candidacy for the 23rd State Senate District, which incorporates the Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley, and a portion of the Victor Valley. Suzette Valladares enters this race with the endorsements of State Senator Scott Wilk, whose current 21st Senate District includes much of the 23rd Senate District, Assemblyman Tom Lackey, who currently ...

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AB 1993 Requiring All Santa Clarita Employees, Contractors To Be Vaccinated Put On Pause

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Assembly bill 1993, (AB 1993) that would have required all businesses to mandate all employees and contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 has been put on hold, officials announced Tuesday.  AB 1993’s leading Author Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, announced that she would not move forward with the Bill at this time. “We’ve defeated AB 1993, the employer vaccine mandate. The author ...

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Garcia’s Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act Passes Through House

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The House of Representatives passed Congressman Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act on Thursday to help military families. More on the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act⬇️ pic.twitter.com/fMVo7KyZo0 — Rep. Mike Garcia (@RepMikeGarcia) September 24, 2021 The bill aims to make the move from state to state that military members and their families often experience easier, allowing spouses ...

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Assemblywoman Valladares Introduces Bill To Assist Wildfire Prevention

On Thursday morning, Santa Clarita Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez Valladares’ bill aimed to prevent wildfires passed through the Assembly floor and is now on it’s way to the Senate.  The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare and certify an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out. Existing law exempts actions of ...

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Wilk Bill Allowing Public Input For Santa Clarita Mine Passes Senate Unanimously

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Thursday that a bill allowing public input on CEMEX’s controversial Santa Clarita mine has passed unanimously through the state senate.   Senate Bill 520 (SB 520), coauthored by Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, would allow public input on projects approved more than 30 years before being constructed, including the planned CEMEX Mega-Mine in Santa Clarita.  ...

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Common Ground – Interviewing With Kim Wehle – October 19, 2020

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Host: Jason Downs Guests: Kim Wehle and Terry Collier Topic: Interviewing With Kim Wehle Common Ground – Interviewing With Kim Wehle – October 19, 2020 On this episode of Common Ground, our host Jason Downs talks with his guests Lou Esbin, Terry Collier, and Kim Wehle on the topic of Supreme Court. Jason starts off his show by talking with Kim ...

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