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LA youth council and city officials urge council to preserve Youth Development Department as consolidation is reviewed
Summary
The Olivia Mitchell Youth Council and Youth Development Department leaders told the Los Angeles City Council that a proposed consolidation under review would threaten programs serving young Angelenos and urged continued funding; council members and partners including USC Sol Price supported the appeal.
Councilmember Monica Rodriguez introduced members of the Olivia Mitchell Youth Council and Youth Development Department leaders during a presentation at the Aug. 8 Los Angeles City Council meeting, where youth leaders and department staff asked the council not to consolidate the Youth Development Department (YDD).
Jerry Yang, president of the LA City Youth Council, told the council the youth body had run a citywide Youth Summit and an expo this year and warned that “the youth development department is under review for consolidation,” a change he said the city’s young people “do not want.” Yang said YDD has given young people training, access…
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