On Wednesday, the Recall DA George Gascón campaign is set to be joined by co-chairs, volunteers and supporters to submit around 566,857 signatures to the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters. “The people of Los Angeles have spoken in a resounding way, with hundreds of thousands of residents adding their names to the recall petition and 37 cities voting no ...
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Petition For No Kill Animal Shelter In Santa Clarita Gains Online Traction
A petition calling for the establishment of a no kill animal shelter in Santa Clarita has prompted thousands of signatures online. The campaign, created by Jordan Roberts on the Move On website, a site for online petitions, has gained popularity in the last three weeks as it calls for Santa Clarita City Council members to consider building a no-kill animal ...
Read More »UPDATE: Santa Clarita Officials Receive Signatures For Billboard Referendum
The opposition to a Santa Clarita-Metro deal to bring three large, two-sided electronic billboards next to Interstate 5 and Highway 14 and take down 118 smaller ones throughout the city claims it has what it needed Friday -- a whole lot of signatures. A Facebook post Friday by Citizens Against Billboard Blight read: “WE WON AND HAVE THE NUMBERS.” On Sunday, the group reported in a news release to have 18,000 signatures in support of their referendum, which seeked to halt a billboard deal proposed by Metro. A billboard lobbying group and Santa Clarita residents opposed to the city’s agreement with Metro and subcontractor Allvision -- to create billboards and more than $100 million in advertising revenue next to Interstate 5 and Highway 14 -- began a referendum April 3 to try and stop the deal. The deadline passes Monday, May 5, 30 days after the time the petition was certified by the Santa Clarita City Clerk’s Office.
Read More »Santa Clarita Referendum On Metro-Allvision Billboard Deal Faces Deadline
With a May 5 deadline approaching for a referendum regarding a controversial partnership between Santa Clarita and Metro for electronic billboards, the activity around signature-gathering seems to have intensified. Santa Clarita City Council voted 3-1 back in March to OK a plan bringing three large, two-sided electronic billboards next to the freeway in exchange for taking down 118 billboard faces throughout the city on land for which Metro has a right of way. A group of residents opposed to the plan and a lobbying group decrying the deal and its terms, began a referendum April 3 in an effort to try and stop the proposal before Metro is planned to vote on it in May. A referendum has 30 days to gather signatures, and because May 3 falls on a Saturday, signatures will be accepted until Monday, officials said.
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