Youth Council

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Contact

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. 

Space Out @ Simi Discovery Dome

at the Simi Valley Public Library

The Simi Valley Public Library, in partnership with NASA, will be hosting the Space Out @ Simi Discovery Dome, a large and inflatable space planetarium. Step inside to watch informative and exciting space-related movies that explore other planets as well as important topics here on earth. The movies will be projected onto the interior of the dome, resulting in an immersive and surreal experience that is out of this world!

The dome will be located in the Simi Valley Public Library Community Room on the following dates:

  • Saturday, August 5, 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, August 17, 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • Monday, August 21, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Movies will be shown on the hour and half hour and last between 12 and 20 minutes.

Space inside the dome is limited to 20 people at one time. Free tickets will be given out 30 minutes before each showing on a first come, first served basis.

For more information visit the Library's website.

Also on the Library's website is a list of many NASA resources.

For more information about all Library programs and resources, including e-resources, please visit the library website's main page or call (805) 526-1735.

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