View the 2005 Commission on Youth and Children's Annual Report View the 2006 Commission on Youth and Children's Annual Report and Profile On October 21, 2003, the Long Beach City Council adopted a resolution forming the City's first Commission on Youth and Children. The Commission is a youth-adult board consisting of ten adults and nine youth. The adult commissioners include one Long Beach Unified School Board member, one parent of a child or children under the age of 21, and eight youth service experts. Each youth member has been appointed by the City Council member of the district in which he/she resides, and is under the age of 19 at the time of appointment.
Commission Members: Mary Soth
Co-Chair,
Early Childhood Development
Profile Committee | Chelsii Summerville
Co-Chair,
4th District Youth | Rebecca Turrentine
Co Vice-Chair,
Education | Ana Mora
Co Vice-Chair,
9th District Youth | Leslie Barnes
1st District Youth | Megan McDonnell
3rd District Youth | Michael Diaz
5th District Youth | Stephanie Viramontes
7th District Youth | Helen Ingram
Education | Marty Isozaki
Job Development | Jeanetta McAlpin
Social Services | Jon Meyer
LBUSD, Board of Education
Executive Committee | Victor Perez, M.D.
Health | Jessica Quintana
Parent | Marc Rothenberg, Esq.
Juvenile Justice
Youth and Gang
Violence Prevention Task Force | | | |
Commission Vacancies | Youth - 2nd District Youth - 6th District Youth - 8th District Adult - Youth Enrichment
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Function: Advises Mayor and City Council on issues relating to the City’s provision of services to youth and children; Annually reviews the City’s legislative agenda and Education and Youth Strategic Plan.
| Membership: (Appointed by Mayor) - Eight (8) adults having high level professional experience and/or background service delivery or policy development related to youth and children.
- One (1) adult member serving on the LBUSD Board of Education
- One (1) parent of a child under the age of 21
- Nine (9) youth under the age of 19 at time of appointment and selected by the councilmember of the District in which he/she resides.
| Officer Election: Annually in August |
Term:
2 years (4 terms max)
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Commission Meetings:
Fourth Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. El Dorado Park, Large Conference Room, 2760 Studebaker Road. City Liaisons to the Commission on Youth and Children:
Sherri Nixon-Joiner,
General Superintendent, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine
Marla Camerino,
Clerical Support, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine 1550 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90813
Phone: (562) 570-1607 / Fax: (562) 570-1946 |
