Santa Clarita City Council Meeting | November 10, 2026

At the November 10, 2026 Santa Clarita City Council meeting, the Council approved the River View West project by a 4–1 vote. The project replaces the previously approved 127,000-square-foot business-park component with 107 for-sale homes. The applicant cited a $1.6 million contribution to the City in place of the prior land-dedication condition, $1.3 million in Quimby fees for future park improvements, and more than $8 million in one-time impact fees and infrastructure improvements. Speakers objected to removing the commercial use and questioned the project’s traffic, housing, and transit-oriented benefits; Council discussion also addressed state housing requirements and the project’s affordable-housing provisions.

The consent calendar included a Burtec waste-services rate adjustment, which a speaker said reflected increases of more than 47% over the contract period, and a roughly $60,000 additional allocation for a project’s final environmental impact report. A speaker also questioned the cost-effectiveness of printing the City’s Seasons magazine. The transcript records approval of the remaining consent items and a separate vote on item 8 after a member’s recusal, but does not capture that vote’s full result. Public commenters called for ending the existing Flock automated license-plate-reader contract, described as costing over $200,000 for 35 readers; no Council action on that contract is recorded. Council members also supported arranging a community meeting about the local battery-energy-storage facility and emergency planning.