Vol. 52, No.11
Serving the San Gabriel Valley Since 1966
March 19, 2014
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El Monte Celebrates Opening of Veterans Village by Chelsea Dickerson El Monte
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Veterans Village, the San Gabriel Valley’s first affordable-housing community specifically for homeless veterans, opened to much fanfare on Wednesday, March 12 as the City of El Monte and its development partners hosted a grandopening ceremony for this innovative project. “The El Monte Veterans Village symbolizes the City’s steadfast commitment to our service men and women in the San Gabriel Valley,” said El Monte Councilman Juventino “J” Gomez, a disabled American Veteran who served in the United States Army from August 1965 to November 1967. “Our partnership with Mercy Housing and New Directions for Veter-
ans sets a precedent that we hope other cities follow by building their own housing developments for homeless veterans. I am so proud that our community has made it a priority to ensure our veterans have a place to call home when they return from duty. ” Featuring a flyover by the Condor Squadron, a group of vintage WWII A-6 airplanes, and a special performance by the Marine Corps Band, the celebration was designed to honor all veterans and showcase El Monte’s advocacy for veterans’ issues. “Our nation’s veterans are the cornerstone of our community and we wanted to do everything we could do to support them as they make
the transition back home,” said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero. “This includes providing a welcoming apartment here in El Monte so they don’t have to live on the street.”
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Assemblymember Roger Hernández (D – West Covina) announced today the introduction of Assembly Bill 2544. AB 2544 establishes a preschool funding grant for disadvantaged children in California’s public and charter schools. “All children in California deserve a quality education, regardless of their economic status. It is imperative to provide a world-class education in an ever-changing environment. That is why California must take the lead on providing transitional kindergarten to those
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who need it most,” stated Hernández. According to a study released by the Campaign for College Opportunity, California ranks first in the country in the number of working low-income families. More than a third of California’s
working families are considered low income, earning less than $45,397 a year for a family of four. California’s widening economic gap will impact the future of our state. The criteria to be used for allocating support to children will be based on
the Local Control Funding Formula. Studies demonstrate that disadvantaged children struggle in academia and achievement gaps exist when compared with their peers in standardized test scores.