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Public comments, senior-protection event and library report highlight community updates
Summary
Public comment urged council support for a CalVet assistance program for veteran entrepreneurs; an Assemblymember-hosted senior-protection event in Upland was announced; councilmembers reported library attendance and program statistics and a new adolescent recovery facility groundbreaking was noted.
Public comment and council communications at the May 27 meeting included a mix of announcements and community reports.
Carlos Flores, a resident of Sunriver Street, used public comment to thank Councilmember Shannon Moss for advancing an initiative to add a CalVet assistance program to help military veterans open businesses in Upland and urged the council to support the forthcoming agenda item. "I urge you guys to support that," Flores said.
Sofia Cohen, field representative for Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez, announced a senior-protection event cohosted with Assemblymember John Haribedian on Friday, May 30, at the Landesina Community Building. Cohen said the event will feature presentations by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of Insurance, plus a small resource fair; the stated event time was 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
In council communications, Councilmember Brightland reported on the Upland Public Library’s April statistics: 12,210 door count for April, up from 9,282 the prior year; 15,008 circulation checkouts in April and 133,995 year-to-date checkouts. He also reported volunteer hours and youth participation numbers and raised health concerns after noting a county increase in flea-borne typhus; Brightland urged groups involved in trap-neuter-release work for community cats to incorporate routine flea treatment.
Councilmember Brightland also said he attended the groundbreaking for Inland Valley Recovery Services’ new adolescent residential program — described as the first of its kind in San Bernardino County — which he said will expand access to youth-focused recovery services.
Why it matters: the items combine constituent requests (veteran business assistance), a state-hosted consumer protection event for seniors, and library and public-health trends that inform city outreach and programming.
