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City honors Belinda Baragon and Nancy C. Avery with proclamations
Summary
The council approved waivers to recognition policy and read proclamations honoring longtime Latino leader Belinda Baragon and postal pioneer Nancy C. Avery, with family members and council members offering condolences and remarks.
The San Fernando City Council used a procedural waiver to read and adopt proclamations recognizing two local leaders.
The council read a proclamation honoring Belinda Baragon for decades of civic and political leadership in the San Fernando Valley; family members accepted the recognition and shared brief remembrances. Council members expressed condolences and noted Baragon’s role mentoring Latino leadership and her service to the community.
Separately, the council approved a waiver and proclamation recognizing Nancy C. Avery, described in the proclamation as a pioneer public servant and the first African-American woman appointed postmaster during the Kennedy administration; the proclamation will coincide with an unveiling of a named square in her honor.
Both items were approved by motion and marked as formal recognitions on the council record.
