Youth Council

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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. 

City of Simi Valley is Accepting Applications for Appointment to the Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura Board of Commissioners

  • Date: 08/30/2021 11:00 a.m.  

Interested in serving your community? 

The City of Simi Valley is soliciting applications for two Commissioner positions to represent the interests of the City's housing needs on the Area Housing Authority (AHA) of the County of Ventura Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners is responsible for the AHA's policies, finances, operations and general oversight of the AHA. The AHA's primary mandate is to provide decent and affordable housing accommodations for very low income families, elderly, handicapped and disabled individuals. Of the two positions, one has a term of four years and the other is for an unscheduled vacancy with a term expiring in December 2023. Both terms will commence upon appointment and the first meeting for the new appointees will be in October 2021. Meetings are held once a month on the fourth Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Members are paid a per meeting stipend and mileage reimbursement for each meeting attended in person. Due to COVID-19, meetings will be held via Zoom for the foreseeable future. All applicants will need to have the ability to attend meetings virtually and in person at the AHA offices in Newbury Park when in-person meetings resume.

The deadline for submitting applications is September 12, 2021, A two-member City Council committee will interview and nominate prospective Commissioners to the City Council for appointment in early October. To submit an application go to www.simivalley.org/ahacommissioner. For further information, please contact the Eric Chen, Associate Planner at (805) 583-6773.

 

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