Mayor confirms his commitment to jobs in South L.A.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (center) meets with (L to R) Greg Irish, Charisse Bremond-Weaver, Timothy Watkins and his assistant. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, working with a recommendation from the Community Development Department (CDD), has taken the bold step of funding a myriad of agencies whose work focuses on much-needed services in communities where unemployment runs rampant. With the summer fast approaching, focusing services on out-of-school summer youth is critical, notwithstanding the already-high school dropout rate. It is all part of a comprehensive program that was funded for out-of-school youth in 2011 and it seemed to have had a measure of success; hence