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Livermore Youth Council spells out 2025 events as residents press council on homelessness and public safety
Summary
The Livermore Youth Council updated the City Council on 2025 events including a World Cultural Fair and a planned mental‑health fair on Aug. 22; several public commenters urged action on homelessness, questioned an armored vehicle purchase, and proposed an empty‑homes tax.
The Livermore Youth Council presented its 2025 annual update at the June 9 City Council meeting and outlined community events, partnerships and plans to expand youth programming.
Chair Greta Furlock (with vice chair Allie Grant) said the council has 20 members and meets monthly at the Robert Livermore Community Center. Projects in 2025 included a World Cultural Fair, a Halloween costume contest, a talent show (more than 30 acts and roughly 135 attendees), and planning for a mental‑health fair on Aug. 22; the youth council also plans a resource booklet for students after weather forced a prior cancellation.
Public comment that followed covered several community concerns. Greg Scott criticized federal fiscal policy and recounted multiple recent deaths among people experiencing homelessness in Livermore, asking where people displaced by encampment removals should go. Resident Alan Marling suggested taxing empty homes and described encampments as a form of mutual support; he argued revenue from such a tax could be used for emergency housing. Mark Roberts, representing the LARPD Foundation, promoted the foundation’s June 20 fundraiser and noted the foundation awarded more than $30,000 in scholarships last year for low‑income residents to access recreation programs. Sal Miranda of EcoGreen Solutions offered a no‑upfront energy program for municipal buildings and other public facilities.
Council members thanked the youth council for its work and told staff to check that online documents referenced by public commenters (for example, the wastewater master plan) are up to date. Council members also discussed community readiness and mutual aid in response to reports of regional unrest and asked staff to brief the council on contingency planning, if needed.
