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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.
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.
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.