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Sixth Annual Commission Awards Ceremony Thursday, February 11, 2010 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration Room 739 A 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 The following employees received an award based on recommendations from their Bureau Director (With Awards Chair Helen Najar center– employees from left to right) Pamela Adkins, Eligibility Supervisor, Lincoln Heights District, BWS Melissa Rhodes, Eligibility Supervisor, Medi-Cal-LTC, BWS Amelia Santoyo, Eligibility Worker, Medi-Cal-LTC, BWS Dolores Chavez, HSA I, Skid Row Assessment Team – ISOS, BWS David Medina Jr., HSA I, Linkages Project – ISOS, BWS Fernando Montufar, Eligibility Worker, South Special District, BWS Elmer Quintanilla, Eligibility Supervisor, Metro East District, BWS Alma Bedrossian, Chief Clerk, Hawthorne Region IV, BSO Lillian Brown, Intermediate Typist Clerk, Metro North District, BWS Griselda Jaurequi, Eligibility Worker II, Florence District, BWS Cristina Contreras, ISS I, LEADER Application Maintenance, BCTS Zoya Armirian, Eligibility Supervisor, East Valley District, BWS Vicki Barber, HSA I, Gain Region III, BWS Sonya Martin, Supervising Appeals Hearings Specialist, ASH, BSO Darryl Jackson, Acting Warehouse Worker IV, General Services Division, BAS Arlene S. Espinoza, Eligibility Worker II, Belvedere District, BWS Victor Zamarripa, ASM II, Financial Management Division, BPP The following employees received an award based on recommendations from Public Counsel (Pictured with Chairman Frank De Balogh from left to right) Jose Salas, GAIN Social Worker, West County GAIN Region I Teresa Armour, HSA I, Lancaster Sedik Mikaelian, HSA I, Wilshire Special Patricia Hart, Eligibility Supervisor, Southwest Special David Lizaola, Advocate Liaison, Metro Special Carlos Cobos, Eligibility Supervisor, Rancho Park Luis Reyes, GAIN Social Worker, South County GAIN Region V
HOLIDAY GALA - DECEMBER 10, 2009 Salakot Sizzle & Grill Restaurant (in Historic Filipinotown) 2122 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90057 Bottom Row: Commission Secretary Carmen Martinez, Chairman Frank De Balogh, Commissioners Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough and Helen Najar, Executive Director Judy Martell Stairs top to bottom: Commissioners James Adler, Joe Brown, Gabriel Sandoval, Michael Bloom and Ulis Williams Gala Attendees Front row, left to right: Rondine Macadaeg, Commissioner Ojeda Kimbrough, Margaret Belton, Commission Secretary Carmen Martinez Back row, left to right: Chairman Frank De Balogh, Frank De Balogh III, Judy De Balogh, DPSS Director Philip L. Browning, Commissioner Helen Najar, Executive Director Judy Martell, Commissioner Michael Bloom Stairs top to bottom: Sandra Williams, Commissioner Ulis Williams, Commissioner James Adler, Sara Adler, Commissioner Brown, Sandra Greenstein, Commissioner Gabriel Sandoval, Consul Gabor Kaleta, Anita Jasinka Welcome and Introductions by Chairman Frank G. De Balogh Announcements by Executive Director Judy Martell left to right: Welcome to Historic Filipinotown by Commissioner Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough, Speaker Joel Jacinto - Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Speaker Rondine Macadaeg - Filipino American Services Group, Inc. Awards Committee Chairman Helen Najar presenting an award to Rondine Macadaeg, Filipino American Services Group, Inc.
Holiday Adopt-A-Family Project Helps Homeboy Industries December 2009 Every Holiday Season, the members, staff and friends of the County's Commission for Public Social Services personally help a worthy family in need, usually a single mother with several children. In such families there is no money to provide children with gifts of toys, clothing, or even a holiday meal. In 2009, the annual Adopt-A-Family project of the Commission, coordinated by Judy Martell, Executive Director, chose to support Homeboy Industries with a $1000 check because of the financial difficulties facing this well known Los Angeles community service organization. Shown making the presentation to Father Gregory Boyle (center), Homeboy Industries Director, are some of the donors: Commission staff members Maria Magallanes (left) and Carmen Martinez along with Chairman Dr. Frank de Balogh (left), Commissioner James Adler, Esq. (right), and Frank de Balogh III. This welcome gesture during the Holiday Season exemplifies the on-going civic commitment of this County Commission. Since 2006, all 15 members of the Commission have foregone their monthly meeting stipends, that is, they are all volunteers working without pay for the benefit of the citizens of our great County.
July 9, 2009 Commission Special Meeting The Commission held a Special Meeting on at the Southwest Special District Office, 1819 W. 120th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90047. Public Counsel Summer Law Center's Summer Law Clerk Program volunteers in the General Relief Advocacy Program (GRAP) presented an overview of the summer advocacy project. Left to right: Cyrstal Ventura, Al Sturgeon, Lauren Wright, Kelsey Unger, Vanessa Meraz, Julie Choi, Jenny Farrell, Christine Khalili-Borna (GRAP Coordinator) Amber Phillips, and Gibran Bouayad
June 11, 2009 Commission Meeting Re-election of officers: Chairman Frank G. De Balogh and Vice Chairman Corinne J. Sánchez Helen C. Najar, Awards Committee Chairman (above right) presented a Certificate of Excellence Judith Lillard (above left) and the GR & GROW Program Staff in recognition of their participation in the work of the Commission’s Committee on GR; their helpfulness to Commissioners in understanding the complexities of the GR Program; their willingness to spend time beyond the requirements of their regular assignments to assist the Committee; and, for their extraordinary cooperation and good cheer in generating the data needed for the completion of the work of the Committee From left to right: Commissioner Gabriel Sandoval, Commissioner Michael Bloom. Commission Secretary Carmen Martinez, Commissioner Ulis Williams, Commissioner James Adler, Commissioner Leonard Schneiderman, Vice Chairman Corinne J. Sánchez. Chairman Frank G. De Balogh, Commissioner Egerton Forster, Commissioner Joe Brown, Commissioner John Parsons and Executive Director Judy Martell
May 14, 2009 Commission Special Meeting The Commission held a Special Meeting on May 14, 2009 at the Civic Center District office at 813 E. Fourth Place, Los Angeles, CA 9001. Back Row from left to right: Mehran Kohansal (HSA I In-Charge of the Civic Center District), Executive Director Judy Martell, Chairman Frank De Balogh, Commissioner Ulis Williams, Commissioner Leonard Schneiderman, Commissioner John Parsons, LaShonda Diggs (HSA II In-Charge, GR Program), Jennifer Tgilde (HSA I, Civic Center District) Front Row from left to right: Kimberly Katsuyama (EDS), Commission Secretary Carmen Martinez, Shirley Christensen (Special Assistant to Mr. Browning)

Lasted Update 03/08/2010