Once again, the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) named Santa Clarita as a finalist for the most business friendly city in all of Los Angeles County. This year, the LAEDC created two categories for this award to recognize cities with populations of 50,000 and above and those with 50,000 and under. Santa Clarita was selected as part of the population 50,000 and above category through its demonstration of business-friendly practices such as no business license fee or tax, no utility users’ fee, effective communication with the business community, and the Santa Clarita Enterprise Zone. Santa Clarita was selected from among 88 Los Angeles cities for this recognition.
At the annual League of California Cities conference in September, the City of Santa Clarita's film and tourism programs were recognized for their contributions in economic development with a prestigious Helen Putnam Award of Excellence. This award is given to a handful of California’s 480 cities annually, recognizing outstanding achievements for programs and projects. Santa Clarita’s successes in attracting and supporting the entertainment industry and location filming, in addition to the City's efforts to attract national and international tourism events were lauded as outstanding by the League.
As part of the City’s on-going emergency preparation exercises, on November 7 the City and College of the Canyons will sponsor a free Drive-thru flu shot clinic. The clinic is available to the public from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm in the College of the Canyon Parking lots 7 & 8. This drive-thru flu shot clinic is being done in collaboration with the College of the Canyons, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station. Students from the College’s School of nursing will be administering the flu shots, under the supervision of College of the Canyons nursing instructors and Public Health nurses.
With the one year anniversaries of the I-5 Tunnel Accident and the Buckweed Wild Fire, last month, the City has developed a new system that will allow its residents to subscribe and receive mobile phone text alerts concerning emergencies impacting our community. Residents can now subscribe to automatically receive emergency related text alerts (eAlerts) from the City by simply texting the term "SCEMERGENCY" to 41411 from any mobile phone device and mobile service provider. For added convenience, in lieu of setting this up from your mobile phone residents can also subscribe to this service by visiting the City's website at http://www.santa-clarita.com/emergency. From there you will be able to enter your mobile phone number in the "Text Message Alerts" subscription box located on the right side of the page to set up this important service.
As we enter the busy holiday season, I want to encourage you to take extra care driving around town. It is important that we all keep our speed within the posted limits, and obey all traffic signs. As always, feel free to email me at: kpulskamp@santa-clarita.com
Best regards,
Ken Pulskamp
