Santa Clarita City Councilwoman Laurene Weste named a former council candidate to an open Planning Commission seat Tuesday, calling her appointee, local family law attorney Denise Lite, “a very distinguished lady,” who’s “uniquely qualified as a lawyer to benefit our Planning Commission decisions.”
Lite ran for a seat on the council during the city’s last at-large election in 2022, prior to the shift to districts that will take place in November.
Lite led the pack in fundraising but fell fourth in votes (25,552), behind Weste (32,886), Bill Miranda (32,306) and Marsha McLean (28,352)…