Santa Clarita Real Estate

West-side leaders split on next move Can’t we all just get along?
(Some background information; Years ago Castaic put the vote out to residents about becoming part of The city Of Santa Clarita- the votes tallied with a landslide "no" within the last few months to a year, several individual neighborhoods amounting to approx 1000 resident’s have said they want in- it has divided the town as these numbers are 1/6 th of the total population of Castaic.

The Los Angeles Daily News reported this week on the great debates within the Town Council’s of Castaic and West Ranch, As community leaders on the Santa Clarita Valley’s west side explore how their area should be governed, they have started to move in opposite directions.

From The daily News;
Residents in Sunset Pointe and the collective Castaic neighborhoods of Hasley Hills, North Bluff and Live Oak are moving toward annexing to the city of Santa Clarita.

Members of the Castaic Town Council and the West Ranch Town Council - the latter of which serves Stevenson Ranch, Sunset Pointe and Valencia Westridge - have criticized those residents for their annexation move, saying the entire west side of the Santa Clarita Valley should work together as it explores its options. Among those new options is forming a new city, they say.

Whether west-side residents choose to create a city or annex to Santa Clarita, community leaders say either process would take many months. A few of those involved already have been talking to the Local Agency Formation Commission, the independent county-funded agency that oversees municipal boundary changes under state law.

"They seem to be methodical in their approach," said Sandor Winger, executive officer of LAFCO. "Obviously, they have a deep concern of their community, which is good, and no one has even bordered on being irrational. … They seem to have their act together." The West Ranch Town Council spearheaded an effort to study the future governance of the west side, obtaining $25,000 in county funding from Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

The council named seven individuals to a committee that will report to residents on a study looking at whether the west side can afford to create its own city, or if it should annex to Santa Clarita or remain unincorporated county territory.

While critics say the initiative’s sole aim is to form a new city, West Ranch Town Council President Dave Bossert said several of those named to the exploratory committee favor annexation to Santa Clarita.
Work on the initial feasibility study, an examination of governance options for the west side, should start within weeks, and it will take three to five months to finish, Bossert said.

About 2,000 to 2,500 residents live in Sunset Pointe, which was built in 1987 and is older than many other parts of the west side. The neighborhood is bordered by Sagecrest Circle to the south and the intersection of Pico Canyon Road and The Old Road to the north.
Meanwhile, Brian Roney, spokesman for the Castaic Annexation Support Team, said he hopes the 1,100 households in Hasley Hills, North Bluff and Live Oak could be annexed along with the nearby Valencia Commerce Center.

Santa Clarita city officials said dozens of business owners in the Commerce Center have expressed an interest in annexing to the city.

If any part of Sunset Pointe, Hasley Hills, North Bluff, Live Oak or the Commerce Center annexes, it would be the first time the city extended its boundaries west of Interstate 5, with the exception of a strip of relatively undeveloped land in Newhall.