Santa Clarita Valley Democrats Condemns Baseless Far-Right Attack on Local Teachers

The Santa Clarita Valley Democrats (SCVD) released the following statement in response to attacks from far-right media outlet KHTS on the local Santa Clarita Valley Teachers Association:

“The Santa Clarita Valley Teachers Association is made up of hardworking teachers from across the valley who are critical to the education of our community’s children,” SCVD Chair Andrew Taban said. “The blatant falsehoods about our local teachers published by self-described ‘conservative’ right-wing outlet KHTS is misinformation at best and intentional disinformation at worst, which is deeply concerning given that KHTS claims to be a news platform.”

As a Democratic community organization, SCVD remains committed to supporting working families and educational equity, as well as the educators’ unions who continue to lead in the fights for both.

“It is so disheartening to see KHTS and its owners attack the people responsible for educating Santa Clarita’s students,” SCVD Vice Chair Jackie Thomas said. “This proves once again that KHTS doesn’t care about informing the public, but instead is focused on pushing an extremist agenda at any cost to our community.”

SCVD is an organization chartered with the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. SCVD is dedicated to connecting neighbors, supporting Democratic leadership, and serving the communities of the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas. 

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Santa Clarita Valley Democrats Respond to Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

The Santa Clarita Valley Democrats released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:

We are disgusted and enraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back the right to privacy and abortion for millions of Americans.

Conservative elites claim to stand for liberty, choice and life. Yet, this decision and Republican legislators’ obstruction of life-saving gun safety, anti-poverty and reproductive healthcare reforms demonstrate they are dedicated only to suppression, authoritarianism and death.  

We do not have the luxury to mourn today and fight tomorrow. We fight now, fight through November, and fight onward as the Supreme Court has signaled their intent to attempt to overturn Lawrence, Griswold, and Obergefell. 

The Santa Clarita Valley Democrats and our allies across the Santa Clarita Valley are gathering tomorrow, June 25, at 7 p.m. on the corner of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway to rally and send a message to our community, our leaders and the nation that we will not back down in the fight to defend reproductive rights.

We know that when we fight – when we organize, when we vote, when we commit to caring for one another – we win.

Santa Clarita Valley Democrats (SCVD) is a Democratic organization chartered with the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. SCVD is dedicated to connecting neighbors, supporting Democratic leadership, and serving the communities of the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas.