Santa Clarita, California
| Santa Clarita, California | |
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| General information | |
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| Mayor: | Bill Miranda |
| Mayor party: | Nonpartisan |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 5[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 179,582 |
| Related Santa Clarita offices | |
| California Congressional Delegation California State Legislature California state executive offices | |
Santa Clarita is a city in Los Angeles County, California. The city's population was 228,673 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Santa Clarita utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief administrative officer called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Mayor
The mayor, who is appointed by the city council, is the presiding officer of the council. The mayor serves a one-year term.[3]
City manager
Appointed by the city council, the city manager is the city's chief administrative officer. He or she is responsible for overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, including by hiring city employees and proposing an annual city budget.[2]
City council
The Santa Clarita City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[3]
In 2024, the Santa Clarita City Council began to transition from at-large elections to by-district elections. Two district seats were up for election in 2024, while the three remaining remaining will be up for election in 2026.
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Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Santa Clarita, California.
Mayoral partisanship
Santa Clarita has a Republican mayor. As of February 2025, 64 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, three are independents, four identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and three mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Santa Clarita, California, held general elections for city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 9, 2024.
2022
The city of Santa Clarita, California, held general elections for city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 12, 2022.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Santa Clarita | |
|---|---|
| Santa Clarita | |
| Population | 228,673 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 73 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 53.1% |
| Black/African American | 4.4% |
| Asian | 11.4% |
| Native American | 1% |
| Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| Two or more | 19% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 36% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 91.3% |
| College graduation rate | 39.3% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $119,926 |
| Persons below poverty level | 7.7% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 through June 30 of the following year.[3] The city manager is responsible for submitting a proposed annual budget to the city council; the council is responsible for adopting a final budget.[2]
Resources and expenditure by year
The total resource and expenditure figures were pulled from the city's operating budget for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.[3][4]
| City of Santa Clarita historical resources and expenditures | |||
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| Fiscal year | Budget type | Total resources | Total expenditures |
| 2022-2023 | Adopted | $299,287,110 | $299,287,110 |
| 2021-2022 | Adopted | $254,685,215 | $248,268,624 |
| 2020-2021 | Estimated | $326,708,047 | $388,773,686 |
| 2019-2020 | Actual | $240,707,031 | $246,690,034 |
Contact information
Mayor's office
23920 Valencia Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Phone: 661-255-4370
City Clerk's office
23920 Valencia Blvd. Suite 120
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Phone: 661-255-4391
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Ballot measures
The city of Spokane is in Los Angeles County. A list of ballot measures in Los Angeles County is available here.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Codepublishing.com, "Santa Clarita Municipal Code Chapter 2.08: City Manager," accessed February 3, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 City of Santa Clarita, "City of Santa Clarita Operating Budget & Capital Improvement Program FY 2021-2022," accessed February 3, 2022
- ↑ City of Santa Clarita, "City of Santa Clarita Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program FY 2022-23," accessed October 19, 2022
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