In a move that basically matches funds provided by Supervisor Antonovich, the Santa Clarita City Council will consider providing $25,000 in funding for a preliminary study regarding annexing the West Side (Stevenson Ranch, Westridge, Southern Oaks, Sunset Pointe and Castaic) into the City of Santa Clarita when they meet on Tuesday. Antonovich's funds are earmarked for a study to determine whether the West Side areas could form their own city or not, which does not consider the annexation option. He has also reportedly paid for 2 of the 3 members of the West Ranch and Castaic Town Councils to travel to Sacramento for a class on forming new cities. Based on these actions, it would seem that Antonovich favors the formation of a new city instead of annexation into the City of Santa Clarita. Seems he never did buy into the "One Valley, One Vision" concept, and is instead doing his best to create a great divide between the West Side and the rest of Santa Clarita by funding one point of view and not the other. West Ranch Town Council members are just happy to be getting two independent studies paid for so they can better decide how to move forward with either forming a new city or annexing into the City of Santa Clarita. There's already been somewhat of an uneasy relationship between the City of Santa Clarita and the West Side, where the West Side threatened to boycott Santa Clarita nine months ago when the City of Santa Clarita raised its Parks and Recreation fees to residents in unincorporated areas. With the High School Wars going on between Castaic, West Ranch and other Santa Clarita schools, will this issue create even more of a challenge for parents of high school children? If the West Side and Castaic incorporate into a new city, would the Hart School District still have the authority to move children around from one city to another to ease overcrowding? | 
