Welcome summer with Pride, SD20! + Food programs for youth

Happy Pride Month! Pride is not only a time to celebrate our diversity and promote unity, it is also a reminder that the quest for equality for our LGBTQ+ community is far from accomplished. 

As we close out Pride Month join us this Saturday, June 29, for our 2nd Annual San Fernando Valley Pride! We will rally and march to let the Valley know, ¡Míranos, aquí estamos! (Look at us, here we are!)

SD 20 bills are currently making their way through Assembly Policy Committees. Here are some of the highlights!

SB 959 out of Assembly Health
 

SB 1170 passes Assembly Elections
 

SB 1281 unanimously clears Assembly Human Services

In Sacramento, we recognized SD 20’s California Nonprofit of the Year, Kids Community Dental Clinic of Burbank! The dedicated team and 120 volunteer dental professionals at KCDC ensure the oral health of children from low-income families through prevention, treatment, and oral health education. Each year, they conduct over 4,000 patient appointments and reach 14,000 children through their programs. 

This Graduation Season it was my immense honor to speak at seven commencement ceremonies, celebrating graduates’ accomplishments and wishing them well on the next leg of their journey! 

LACCD Lavender Graduation
 

Reseda Charter High School
 

Vaughn International Studies Academy

My soul is filled with gratitude this Pride Month, as celebrations ring out across our San Fernando Valley communities and Greater Los Angeles.
 

Raising the Pride Flag in City of San Fernando
 

Sundland Tujunga Forward Foothills Pride
 

Mission Hills Christian Church Pride Sunday Sermon
 

Somos Familia Valle
Opening of the first LGBTQ+ center in San Fernando Valley!

🚨🚨California is the first state to launch Sun Bucks, a new resource for children to access nutritious food while school is closed for summer! Automatic mailing of $120 EBT cards has already begun for families who received CalFresh, CalWORKs, or Medi-Cal benefits during the 2023-24 school year. Additional families can check eligibility.

🚨🚨¡California es el primer estado en lanzar Sun Bucks, un nuevo recurso para que los niños accedan a alimentos nutritivos mientras la escuela está cerrada durante el verano! El envío automático de tarjetas EBT de $120 ya comenzó para las familias que recibieron beneficios de CalFresh, CalWORKs o Medi-Cal durante el año escolar 2023-24. Las familias adicionales pueden verificar elegibilidad.
 

Meal services are available through LAUSD summer enrichment programs and at municipal sites in partnership with Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. For more sd20_menjivar_240624_sd20_menjivar_240624_information, call 211.

Los servicios de comidas están disponibles a través de los programas de enriquecimiento de verano del LAUSD y en sitios municipales en asociación con el Departamento de Recreación y Parques de Los Ángeles. Para más información llame al 211.
 

Through August 9, the San Fernando Library will be participating in Kids & Teen Free Lunch at the Library. Visit when the library is open, Tuesday – Friday from 12 – 1 PM at 217 N Maclay Ave, San Fernando. 

Hasta el 9 de agosto, la Biblioteca de San Fernando participará en el almuerzo gratuito de Niños y Adolescentes en la Biblioteca. Visítela cuando la biblioteca esté abierta, de martes a viernes de 12 a 1 P.M. en 217 N Maclay Ave, San Fernando.

Save the Date! School Health & Safety Fair
Saturday, August 3, 9 AM to 12 PM | 300 E. Angeleno Ave., Burbank
Hosted in partnership with Supervisor Barger and Boys & Girls Club of Burbank, this event will feature free backpacks, school supplies, vision and dental screenings & local resources.

¡Reserve la Fecha! Feria de Salud y Seguridad Escolar
Sábado 3 de agosto, de 9 a. m. a 12 p. m. | 300 E. Angeleno Ave., Burbank
Organizado en asociación con la Supervisora Barger y Boys & Girls Club de Burbank, este evento contará con mochilas, útiles escolares, exámenes dentales y de la vista gratuitos y recursos locales.

San Fernando Valley, and Van Nuys in particular, was one of Los Angeles’s top destinations for lesbian homebuyers in the 1990s. As early as the 1950s lesbian clubs, like Club Laurel, thrived in North Hollywood and Studio City. Over the next two decades jobs at movie studios and Lockheed, coupled with inexpensive housing, allowed single women to support themselves in the Valley. By 1997, one real estate agent observed, “They’re moving out to the Valley to do what everyone else does: have a quieter, less hectic life, and do the suburban thing.”

Thank you for reading the Senate District 20 June Newsletter!

May you and your families be well,

Senator Caroline Menjivar, MSW