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Paramount Chamber of Commerce (paramountchamber.com) • Serving the community since 1947 • February 2022
Mayor visits White House, meets with the First Lady
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hile attending the United States Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., during the week of January 17, Paramount Mayor Brenda Olmos joined 16 other Latino mayors from across the country in meeting with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden before a reception at the White House. Mayor Olmos spoke with Dr. Biden about the amazing job that local healthcare workers have done during the pandemic and the exhaustion that so many are feeling. President Joe Biden stopped by to say hello to the group and playfully told them: “I’m Jill’s husband.” He thanked the mayors for the job they do as members of “the front lines.”
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden is in the center of the first row, and Mayor Brenda Olmos is the third one to the right of her.
Governor Gavin Newsom visits Paramount Park
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ayor Brenda Olmos welcomed Governor Gavin Newsom to Paramount Park on January 12.
The governor (at the right with his hands spread) voiced his support for the mobile COVID-19 test site in the park and shared his plans for expanded testing across California and other pandemic-related efforts. Joining the governor and mayor were Dr. Mark Ghaly, Secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency (wearing glasses at left in the photo) and Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn (next to the governor). Mayor Olmos is shown standing to the left of Supervisor Hahn.
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