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Residents and recreation staff urge National City council not to cut nutrition center funding
Summary
During public comment at a special budget meeting, seniors and Recreation Department staff told the council the city’s nutrition center provides essential meals and community supports and urged council not to cut its funding; staff also asked that previously approved recreation supervisor positions be filled.
At a special National City City Council meeting focused on the budget, residents and recreation staff pleaded with councilmembers not to reduce funding for the city’s nutrition center and warned that staffing shortfalls are constraining recreation programming.
Isadora Lopez, a community organizer with the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, said many of her organization’s members live at Kimball and Morgan Towers and “rely upon the services provided by the nutrition center to be able to have healthy lives.” Multiple residents described daily use of the center: “The food is really, really good,” said Beatrice Biscayeno, who said hundreds of people — not only tower residents but people from around the city — use the site.
Several speakers noted the low…
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