Greetings My Fellow Citizens,
First and foremost, I would like to invite everyone to meet Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin at the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council Meeting this Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard. (Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center)
It is important to bring the people of Los Angeles closer to their government and the powers that be. It is our job as local elected officials to facilitate meetings, workshops, and summits to make this possible. I look forward to hearing from Controller Galperin at the Council Meeting this Wednesday, and seeing how we can all work together to promote the common good throughout the City of Los Angeles. (Ron Galperin became the 20th Controller of the City of Los Angeles on July 1, 2013.) (http://controller.lacity.org/index.htm)
Secondly, we are locking in speakers and moving full steam ahead on the Immigration Summit and Workshop, and the date is set for Wednesday, October 29th, 2014. The population trends in Van Nuys show that our neighborhoods have increasingly become a community of Hispanics and Latinos. They make up the majority of the population, and many of them are foreign born and are English language deficient. We plan on increasing English language proficiency through partnerships with local non-profits and similar organizations that teach English. We are also going to start distributing bilingual materials and assistance for both government and social services.
We aim to get more Hispanic and Latino constituents involved in the neighborhood council, while continuing to represent all of the people in Van Nuys and throughout the San Fernando Valley.
Thirdly, the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council is partnering with LA City Councilwoman Nury Martinez to present a Health Fair. The date for this event is Saturday, October 25th. This event will be open to the public, and will be a great opportunity to become informed and make contacts with those in the health industry throughout the San Fernando Valley.
And finally, the VNNC has started planning an Environmental Symposium in the West Valley to start the process of making Los Angeles the first “100% Green City,” as well as address the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, commonly known as Rocketdyne, for January 2015. We are also in the early stages of gathering speakers for a citywide Planning Summit in March 2015. Cheers, it is an honor and privilege to serve as your Council President, and thank you for this great opportunity to be a part of our community.
-George Christopher Thomas, Council President
Van Nuys Neighborhood Council
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