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City reports Community Leadership Academy graduates; students ran resource fair for people experiencing homelessness

Salinas City Commission · December 11, 2025
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The Community Leadership Academy ran 12 sessions from Sept. 16 to Oct. 23; Community Service Manager Monica Sardina said 11 people graduated and students organized a Dec. 4 resource fair that served roughly 75 people experiencing homelessness with showers, clothing and other services.

Community Service Manager Monica Sardina updated the commission on the 2025 Community Leadership Academy, a six‑week (12‑session) program that the city ran this fall.

"The Community Leadership Academy is a 6 week program and it's, 12 total sessions," Sardina said, describing course content that introduced students to local government, public speaking and community partnership-building. The program included…

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