Chapter 18 - Hawaii

Hawaii and Santa Clarita are two totally different climatic locations which both thrive on tourism and entertainment industries. Lots of movies are filmed at both locations, but just with different atmospheres. In Santa Clarita, houses, parks, schools, and mountain sides across the city on a daily basis. A lot of the land in Santa Clarita is owned by Newhall Land Development. The San Andreas Fault runs through Placerita Canyon near Sierra Highway on the east side of the valley next to the 14 freeway. Hawaii is filled with humid air in the summer and rainy days in the winter. Santa Clarita is the total opposite, but still attracts people year round for each entertainment purpose available.

Chapter 16 - The North Pacific Coast

The Santa Clarita Valley is not very similar to the North Pacific Coast. It is about 40 miles inland east from the Pacific Ocean. There is tons of plush greenery surrounding housing tracts, local parks and schools. A lot of the population started in the south of Newhall and east in Canyon Country then migrated west which is now Valencia and Stevenson Ranch. Fishing can take place in Castaic Lake in the northern part of the valley year round.

Chapter 15 - California

Santa Clarita has plenty of entertainment options like an upscale mall, golf courses, Castaic Lake and Six Flags Magic Mountain. They also thrive off the tourism industry especially from Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor by attracting people who are coming through the grapevine towards Los Angeles. The climate of Santa Clarita is very dry in Summer and very wet in Winter. Unfortunately, in the hot months fire season is extremely high and dangerous. The ethnic diversity is mainly Hispanic and Caucasian throughout the valley. I believe the use of land in the Santa Clarita Valley is way overpopulated with residential properties.

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Chapter 14 - The Southwest Border Area: Tricultural Development

The southwest part of the valley is Stevenson Ranch, Old Orchard and parts of Newhall which are surrounded by the Santa Susana Mountains.

The Santa Clarita Valley is in the middle of the Santa Clara River that runs through Southern California.

The valley was part of the 48,612 acre Rancho San Francisco Mexican land grant.

Source - Wikipedia - Santa Clarita Valley

Chapter 13 - The Empty Interior

The Empty Interior part of Santa Clarita is filled with wildlife, some mining, and a nearby Lake Castaic in the north. Tons of desert wildlife like mountain lions, snakes, fox, coyotes, bobcats and rodents fill the valley with interesting encounters no matter where your house is located. The Castaic Lake is run by the Los Angeles Department and Recreation. It acts as a reservoir for many local communities in the area, in addition to providing great water sports and fishing activities for all ages.

Chapter 12 - The Great Plains and Prairies

The Santa Clarita Valley is not prone to any extreme weather like tornadoes found on the Great Plains. The harshest weather has been specs of snow about three times in the past ten years. The weather is quite similar to the San Fernando Valley just a few degrees hotter and colder during the extreme seasons. To compare and contrast the future of the Great Plains and Santa Clarita other resources are steadily being developed amongst new housing communities in the valley. Solar panels are the newest trend to conserve energy and to get installed on your house to help conserve energy costs.

Chapter 11 - The Agricultural Core

Santa Clarita is a big business oriented city with a variety of manufacturing plants and industrial parks located on the northern part of the city. I think the valley is booming to its capacity very quickly with the non-existent space they are trying to build on.

Here is some information from the California Employment Department that portrays the biggest companies in the valley.

Santa Clarita maintains one of the lowest unemployment rates in Los Angeles County. The City’s unemployment rate was 4.9% in August 2008 compared to 8.2% for Los Angeles County and 7.6% for the State of California.




LARGEST EMPLOYERS

COMPANY TYPE OF BUSINESS # OF EMPLOYEES
Six Flags Magic Mountain Theme Park 3,689
William S. Hart Union School District Public High & Junior High School District 2,455
Princess Cruises Vacation Cruise line Services 2,100
Saugus Union School District Public Elementary School District 2,010
U.S. Postal Service US Postal Service 1,790
College of the Canyons Community College 1,678
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Healthcare Services 1,212
H. R. Textron Aerospace Manufacturer 845
Newhall School District Public Elementary School District 836
The Master's College Christian Liberal Arts College 755
Specialty Laboratories Medical Research & Development 725
City of Santa Clarita Government Agency 695
Arvato Services Business Services 586
California Institute of the Arts Private Art School 500
Aerospace Dynamics Aerospace Structural Components 420
Fanfare Media Works International Printing & Publishing 407

Source: California Employment Development Department, June 2007


The closest agricultural zones are in Agua Dulce for some spread out farmland property, or in the Ventura Country West towards Fillmore.