BASIC HEALTH, SAFETY KEY, TEENS TELL PUBLIC OFFICIALS.Byline: Dan Laidman Staff Writer Dozens of teenagers from across Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. packed the City Council chamber Thursday Thursday: see week. in the first of a series of forums designed to improve municipal youth programs. The forums are being sponsored by the Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families to help members draft new policy as political and community leaders look for ways to improve young people's lives in Los Angeles. ``Our part of this is probably the most important part because we are the youth,'' Katrina KATRINA Keeping All the Resources in New Orleans Alive KATRINA Krewe Aiding Trash Removal In the New Orleans Area Landeta, 17, of Winnetka Winnetka (wĭnĕt`kə), village (1990 pop. 12,174), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. told the commission. Many of the young people who addressed the commission focused on basic safety and health issues, calling for more police to interact with the community and for stepped-up efforts against gang violence. Several teenagers said they have trouble getting to regular classes and enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. programs because of area violence and infrastructure problems, including lack of hazard-free pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent. or lighting on streets. Other young speakers called for more mentors whom kids can identify with and speak to, as well as for better sex-education, fitness and nutrition programs. Beatriz Olvera Stotzer, president of the Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families, said after the meeting that the teenagers had provided her and her colleagues with plenty to think about. Stotzer was intrigued by a call for the city to use its jurisdiction over public advertisements, such as billboards, to involve kids in the approval process for ads that target them. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. is already addressing a number of issues the youths brought up, Carolyn Webb de Macias, a special adviser to the mayor on education issues, told the crowd. Attending the forum with several other mayoral staffers, she took note of additional suggestions. ``It seems like we might be on the right path, but we're going to keep listening to make sure your good ideas get captured,'' she said. Most of the young people at the meeting participate in various city, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. and school organizations. Landeta, the Winnetka teen who also serves on the city's Youth Council, said she hopes the commission will reach out to kids who have not been involved in such groups. ``I really hope this isn't something that's kept in City Hall,'' she said. ``I hope it's something that really empowers youth all throughout the city.'' Dan Laidman, (213) 978-0390 dan.laidman(at)dailynews.com |
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