William “Bill” L. Reynolds was a decorated Vietnam War veteran and hero who was best known for his work advocating for fellow veterans in the Santa Clarita Valley. He died in 2021, and on Tuesday morning, he was honored through the renaming of the Santa Clarita Post Office on Creekside Road.
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, introduced the bill to rename the post office on Jan. 11, 2023.
Garcia said the process to get the bill approved required support from all 52 members of Congress from California, and to get them all represented bipartisan recognition of an American hero. On May 7, President Joe Biden signed the bill into law. “I had to have some long conversations to make sure that folks understood who he was and why we were doing this and why this was important,” said Garcia.
The ceremony for the renaming was attended by Al Santos, U.S. Postal Service district manager, representatives from Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s office, Sen.
Scott Wilk’s office, Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office, and Santa Clarita Councilman Jason Gibbs. Reynolds’ widow, Meg, with her two children, Mike and Lisa, and numerous veteran friends sat among the crowd listening to Garcia reflect on who Reynolds was. Santos said he was glad that the building would be named after a leader who shared a passion for helping others and had a heart of service like the other men and women who work in postal service.
“I’m personally pleased to see the building behind me be named after a comm.