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Receipt and Filing of 1) the Staff Report Recapping the 2026 Juneteenth Celebration, and 2) Conduct a Post-Event Evaluation of the Event That Took Place on June 20, 2026.
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Meeting Date: September 30, 2026
Contact Person/Dept: Edgar Varela/Special Events Manager
Phone Number: (310) 253-5752
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Public Notification: (E-mail) Meetings and Agendas - MLK Celebration and Juneteenth Advisory Committee (09/25/2026); (E-mail) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (09/25/2026)
Department Approval: Tomás Herrera-Mishler Director (09/24/2026)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee Receipt and Filing 1) the Staff Report Recapping the 2026 Juneteenth Celebration, and 2) Conduct a Post-Event Evaluation of the Event That Took Place on June 20, 2026.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration and Juneteenth Celebration Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee)’s bylaws, Section 5, lists the types of meetings that the Advisory Committee can have. The Post-Event Meeting is defined as follows:
The Post-Event Meeting of the Committee shall be held at the next scheduled meeting of the Committee after the conclusion of each of the Events. At this time the Committee, may receive written reports related to the Events, discuss any problems experienced during the Events and consider proposals for improvements to future Events.
On April 3, 2026, the Advisory Committee requested that its evaluation of the 2026 Juneteenth Celebration take place during the Post-Event Meeting.
The 2026 Juneteenth Celebration was held on June 20, 2026, at Veterans Memorial Park. The annual celebration commemorates the historical significance of Ju...
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