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DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATE THE AREA'S IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA MARKETPLACE. THE PRIDE OF CITIZENS AND THEIR COMMUNITY

INVOLVEMENT IS EVIDENCED BY THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN 150 SERVICE

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS MORE THAN SIXTY CHURCHES,

SYNOGOGUES AND PLACES TO WORSHIP. NEARLY 50% OF THE LABOR FORCE IN

THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY IS EMPLOYED LOCALLY.

TODAY THE VALLEY HAS BECOME THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR OF

LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS BALANCED BY

INDUSTRIAL AND. COMMERCIAL EXPANSION, AND THE INVENTORY OF

PROPERTIES AVAILABLE OR THOUGHT TO BE DESIRABLE FOR FUTURE USE IS

EXTENSIVE. THIS ATTRACTIVE AREA TODAY HOUSES A POPULATION OF
106,000. THIS IS CONSERVATIVELY PROJECTED TO EXCEED 200,000 IN

THIRTEEN YEARS.
THE GEOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY FROM

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND THE BASIN AREA OF LOS ANGELES HAS

ENGENDERED A UNIQUE VALLEYWIDE COMMUNITY SPIRIT ENCOMPASSING

CASTAIC, NEWHALL, SAUGUS, VALENCIA AND CANYON COUNTRY.

COMMONALITIES AND THE SPIRIT OF TOGETHERNESS HAVE BEEN MANIFESTED

MANY TIMES.

THE CITYHOOD EFFORT WAS INITIATED BY BOTH LOCAL CHAMBERS OF

COMMERCE WHO FORMED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY INCORPORATION IN RESPONSE

TO INQUIRIES FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THIS STUDY COMMITTEE EVOLVED INTO THE FEASIBILITY COMMITTEE WHICH

CIRCULATED PETITIONS SECURING SIGNATURES FROM MORE.THAN 25% OF THE

REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE AREA, IN EXCESS OF 15,500 SIGNATURES.

INFORMATION MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH HOMEOWNERS GROUPS, SERVICE