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City Manager's Office
Youth Council
(805) 583-6766

2929 Tapo Canyon Road
Simi Valley, CA 93063
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Overview

The Simi Valley Youth Council is an advisory board to the City Council on issues affecting youth in the community and is comprised of 21 members and up to three alternates. Each high school and middle school is represented on the Youth Council, as well as the Community at Large.

Application

Apply for the Youth Council

Membership on the Youth Council is open to residents of the City of Simi Valley who are in 7th through 12th grade. The current Youth Council term began on July 1, 2024, and will conclude on June 30, 2025.

Applications to serve on the Youth Council are accepted year-round, and successful applicants are appointed by the City Council each June.  The application period to serve on the 2025-26 Youth Council term will open in March 2025. 

To apply, submit an online application.

For those interested in volunteering for upcoming Youth Council events, email the Youth Council Coordinator.

Upcoming Events

The Youth Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m., August through June. All meetings of the Youth Council are open to the public. The Youth Council discusses various issues of interest and concern for youth. For upcoming meeting dates and agenda information, please see below.

To be notified in advance for other Youth Council events, students are encouraged to subscribe to the City's govDelivery system (formerly E-Notify) to receive updates and information related to Youth Council activities. Please add simivalleyca@public.govdelivery.com to your spam filter's safe list to ensure receipt of govDelivery messages, but note the email address is not monitored. 

Youth Council's Anti-Bullying Film Screening and Community Discussion

  • Date: 10/16/2020 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  

On October 16, 2020, beginning at 7:00 p.m., the Simi Valley Youth Council will host a virtual Stop Bullying event using Zoom’s video platform.  The event will consist of a screening of Sara Hirsch Bordo’s 2015 documentary “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” followed by a community call-to-action discussion.

Presented by the Youth Council, this event will gather local middle and high school students to open a dialog and develop an action plan to reduce bullying in the community.  Given that targets of bullying are more likely to acquire physical, emotional, behavioral, and learning problems, and are more likely to refrain from participating in school, workplace, and other activities, this event is designed to stop this preventable behavior through building community discourse and unity. 

To receive the Zoom login information, participants must register at http://bit.ly/ycstop by 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020.  This free event is open to the public and intended for ages 13 and over.  With the sensitive nature of bullying and the documentary’s PG-13 film rating, parents are cautioned that some of the material may not be suitable for children 12 and under.

The Youth Council is an advisory board appointed by the City Council to advise the City on issues affecting youth in the community.  Community members and youth are encouraged to follow the Youth Council on Instagram: @simivalleyyouthcouncil.

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