Archive for June, 2007

Water-Wise, Fire-Wise and Worm-Wise Gardening in Santa Clarita

Friday, June 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Los Angeles County is sponsoring a series of Smart Gardening Workshops to teach residents to reduce yard waste and improve their lawns and gardens. These Smart Gardening Workshops will teach ... Read more..

Santa Clarita Steps Up Code Enforcement Actions

Friday, June 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The City of Santa Clarita and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have had Code Enforcement on their minds lately, with increasing numbers of Santa Clarita residents complaining of ... Read more..

Pink Panther Blogs About Energy Savings

Friday, June 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Looking for energy saving tips to help survive the hot Santa Clarita summer? As a Santa Clarita EcoBroker, I'm always looking for ways to save energy (and money!) as well as natural ... Read more..

Mortgage Fraud Soars in California

Thursday, June 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The FBI reports that recent mortgage fraud schemes are "exploiting the home equity line of credit (HELOC) application process to conduct mortgage fraud, check fraud, and potentially money laundering-related activity" ... Read more..

Wall Street Journal Slams Use of Eminent Domain

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article slams the use of eminent domain to take private property for "economic development" purposes, stating that "Pundits spilled ink declaring that the Founding Fathers ... Read more..

Redevelopment Issues Front and Center at Next Santa Clarita City Council Meeting

Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Buried amongst the legal-speak of the agenda next Santa Clarita City Council meeting are several issues that affect redevelopment.Here they are in order of presentation on the Council's agenda:Contract for ... Read more..

Is Newhall Redevelopment Victimizing the Vulnerable?

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

A recent national study called Victimizing the Vulnerable: The Demographics of Eminent Domain Abuse by the Institute of Justice analyzed U.S. Census data to determine the profile of people subject to ... Read more..

Santa Clarita’s May Home Sales Statistics: Prices Are UP Again!

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DataQuick's May sales statistics are in! Here are the statistics for Santa Clarita area home sales for May 2007.Compared to Los Angeles County's April numbers, there was a slight increase ... Read more..

Santa Clarita’s May Home Sales Statistics: Prices Are UP Again!

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DataQuick's May sales statistics are in! Here are the statistics for Santa Clarita area home sales for May 2007.Compared to Los Angeles County's April numbers, there was a slight increase ... Read more..

Castaic NorthLake Project Public Hearing on June 20

Monday, June 18th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The much-disputed Castaic NorthLake project by SunCal is up for another public hearing at the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission meeting at the Hall of Records on Temple Street ... Read more..