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Big turnout for one close knit neighborhood.

At the beautiful San Pedro Elks Lodge overlooking the LA Harbor.

With long time residents LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn and LA Councilman Tim McOsker.

Thank you association president Rich Scandaliato and Shannon Ross for the invitation!

Last week, I attended the official groundbreaking of the South Bay Public Safety Training Center at El Camino College.  Five years ago, I was honored to deliver $10 million in state funding for the training center, which will support the education of El Camino College's public safety students. This includes training for South Bay firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians.

Thanks to Dr. Dena Maloney, former President of El Camino, and current President Dr. Brenda Thames for their support.  

Jim Birrell, Executive Director, Los Angeles Area Fire Chiefs' Association Regional Training Group "RTG", Blayne Baker, Assistant Chief, Torrance Fire Department Bob Suppelsa, Vice President, Administrative Services, El Camino College & Jeff Baumunk, Fire Chief, El Camino College also attended.

Because I now represent half of San Pedro,  I joined Assemblymember Mike Gipson, Chair of the Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement, and its Committee Members at a field Hearing regarding the San Pedro Bay Ports.  We need to ensure that our ports are competitive, specifically taking actions to keep the container volume strong. We also need to address surrounding neighborhoods' local pollution and air quality concerns.

Study tour of Port of Los Angeles, the No. 1 port in the nation in container volume and a huge economic engine for all of Southern California.

The Port is facing many challenges as it competes with East Coast ports to protect jobs while leading in efforts to cut air pollution.

Thank you Avin Sharma and Tim DeMoss for the great briefing on how to keep America's Port competitive!

Toured LAUSD's Gardena High School. Checked out their engineering, biomedical, and video production pathway programs, as well as their Black Student Advancement Project.

Thank you to the ASB and JROTC student leaders for welcoming me and to Principal Frank Davies for the tour and the cool Gardena High baseball cap!

Spent over 4 hours on a ride along with Torrance Police Sergeant Ron Salary to get a better appreciation for the tough job that law enforcement officers have.

We started the morning by going to a 7 Eleven in North Torrance in response to a 911 call of a belligerent homeless man threatening store clerks and customers.

Torrance Police Department responded with several officers de-escalating the situation, but they decided that no crime was committed so no arrest was made.

According to Sgt Salary, over 40 percent of 911 emergency calls involve homeless people threatening harm or disruption that cannot be safely handled by social workers, so officers do the best they can under existing laws.

Sgt Salary is a 25 year veteran Torrance Police officer whose calm, conscientious, professional demeanor really impressed me.

We need to support good cops like Sgt. Salary.

Had a great time at El Segundo's parade and team recognition last week.

Joined the San Pedro Croatian American community to welcome Croatia Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic-Radman at the Dalmatian American Club of San Pedro.

San Pedro has such a rich history of Croatian immigrants first arriving more than one hundred years ago.

Thank you former LA Councilman Rudy Svorinich for the dinner invitation.

Attended Torrance's annual State of the City luncheon today sponsored by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce.

Congratulations to Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award recipient Dan Ashcraft of Ashcraft Design, as well as "Hidden Hero" recipient, TSgt. Robert D. Spear of Space Base Delta 3 and Space Systems Command.

At LA Harbor Labor Day Parade and Rally.

Unions build the Middle Class and the American Dream!