Simi Valley honors outgoing youth leaders, approves dozens of advisory‑board appointments

The Simi Valley City Council honored outgoing youth and volunteer leaders and approved a broad slate of advisory‑board appointments at its June 22 meeting. Community Services Coordinator Ryan Fowler presented certificates recognizing 15 Youth Council members and several outgoing Youth Employment Service and neighborhood council board members for their service.

Fowler told the council the Youth Council “held the 21st Youth Summit” and worked with the Simi Valley Unified School District to print crisis‑resource phone numbers on student ID cards for the 2026–27 school year. He said the council had received a California Department of Public Health grant to support youth problem‑gambling prevention work.

Jazleen Kangura, outgoing Youth Council chair, reviewed the year’s events and fundraising efforts and thanked coordinators and funders. “This year, Youth Council hosted 11 major events,” Kangura said, noting a Teen Wellness Field Day, an escape‑room fundraiser and regional presentations at conferences from Oxnard to Anaheim.

Council members praised the youth work and Fowler’s coordination. Mayor Cavanaugh and others singled out the Youth Council for its outreach, training and volunteerism.

The council then moved through a series of appointments by motion and unanimous vote. The mayor ratified Nancy Garcia as a city representative to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council for a July 1, 2026–June 30, 2028 term. The council approved nominations to the executive boards of the four neighborhood councils, three Arts Commission public members and three Cultural Arts Center Foundation board nominees. The City also appointed 24 incoming Youth Council members for one‑year terms starting July 1.

The council approved the slate of nominees in a single series of motions; staff said the appointments followed the interviews and recommendations from the respective screening bodies and commissions.