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Joseph Cho Participates in the SEIU
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(Top photo: State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas
(center) and Councilmember Joseph Cho presented medals to the top
finishers. Middle photo: Councilmember Joseph Cho let the start of 5K
Walk/Run. Bottom photo: Councilmember Joseph Cho posed with Cerritos
residents, Bob Blake, Cerritos Celebrates America’s
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This year’s celebration was extra special, as the formal ceremony included a celebration of the City of Cerritos’ designation as a 2008 All-America City by the National Civic League. Aracelli Gonzalez from the office of |
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California Governor Schwarzenegger presented a letter of congratulations to the City of Cerritos. (Councilmembers
Joseph Cho and Laura Lee, Mayor Jim Edwards, Aracelli Gonzalez,
Cerritos Received a 2008 Best of LA® honor
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Loveland, Colorado will be added to the Garden this fall. (Cerritos Library, above, Air Disaster
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outside the hall by the Los Angeles Democratic
Party and several community organizations. Nordstrom Will Expand at Los Cerritos Center
Joseph Cho Was Invited to Neighborhood Meeting, Sponsored Korean Community Round Table and will have a Neighborhood Park Meet & Greet in AugustOn July 21, 2008, Councilmember Joseph Cho was
invited to a neighborhood meeting, where he discussed Cerritos
residents’ concerns. Approximately 20 neighbors expressed their concerns
regarding health and safety issues along Shoemaker Avenue between
Droxford Street and 183rd Street. This issue has been raised by many
residents since development began on the Town Center two decades ago.
Moreover, since Shoemaker Avenue was opened at South Street and an
overpass over the 91 Freeway was built, these families can no longer
enjoy quiet, peaceful, and relaxing evenings in their own backyards.
Residents want the city to provide additional sound-reducing features to
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the civic activities, and that the Korean Community
Round Table will be held every other month. (Councilmember Joseph Cho, Cerritos Commissioners Chan Yong Kim, Nick Kim and Kenneth Cha, Committee member Chong Sup Yi and Cerritos College Board of Trustee member Tina Cho with representatives of Korean community organizations) Councilmember Joseph Cho’s Upcoming Events
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The event was organized by the Service Employees
International Union (SEIU) Local 721 that represents over 80,000 county
and city employees across Southern California as well as employees of
special districts and publicly funded non-profits such as health
clinics. LA County Federation of Labor Executive Secretary Maria Elena Durazo and many elected officials joined Councilmember Joseph Cho in the
award ceremony, including State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas, State Board
of Equalization member Judy Chu, State Assembly members Mike Eng and
Anthony Portantino, Los Angeles City Councilmember Bernard Parks, City
of West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang, and Pasadena City Councilmember
Jacque Robinson. 
Over the years, Keep LA Running, one of oldest and most
popular distance running events in Southern California, has raised over
$1 million for its beneficiary charities and other non-profit
organizations such as LA County special Districts Employee Disaster
Relief Fund, the Harbor UCLA Medical Center, the American Cancer
Society, and the Kids with Cancer Foundation. Major sponsors of Keep LA
Running included the LA County Federation of Labor, Colonial
Supplemental Insurance, PacifiCare, Kaiser Permanente, Union Bank of
California and United Way.
Approximately
11,000 Cerritos residents celebrated the 232nd birthday of
the United States of America at the City of Cerritos’ 35th
annual Let Freedom Ring Celebration held on Friday, July 4, 2008 from
4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Cerritos Civic Center. The Celebration included
food and game booths, a classic car exhibit, entertainment by California
Dreamin’, rides, and a formal ceremony which included Cerritos Council
members ringing a replica of the Liberty Bell. The event was concluded
by a spectacular aerial fireworks show at 9:00 p.m. 
The new
Cerritos Library has been open for over six years, and the initial buzz
among architects and librarians that came with the opening is still
going strong. During the American Library Association annual conference
held in Anaheim at the end of June, the ALA sponsored tours of the
Library to its more than 300 librarians attending the conference. Since
the tour, the Library received many emails, thank you cards and letters
from many groups from far and wide such as representatives of Saudi
Arabia, the Danish Library Association, the National Library of
Singapore and South Korea. 
On
July 24, 2008, the American Society of Landscape Architects presented an
award to the Cerritos City Council in recognition of the outstanding
professional achievement of the Cerritos Sculpture Garden. The Garden is
situated at the Cerritos Civic Center and offers a delightful setting
for the City’s growing collection of public artwork. The Air Disaster
Memorial, designed by artist Kathleen Caricof, pays tribute to the
victims of the air tragedy that occurred when Aeromexico Flight 498 and
a small private aircraft collided in the skies over the City of Cerritos
on August 31, 1986. The Garden’s collection also includes the Statue of
Freedom, a 7-foot replica of the bronze statue located atop the dome of
the nation’s capitol in Washington D.C., and the Elements collection
which represents the four elements of nature, Earth, Wind, Fire and
Water. A new sculpture, the Mirage by artist Ted Schaal of 
Los
Angeles normally has two ceremonies with about 6,000 people each. A
local record for the number of people sworn in one day reflected a 350
percent increase in citizenship applications last summer before
immigration fees jumped from $400 to $675 on August 1, 2007. On top of
that, Spanish-language media, including Univision and Telemundo,
launched massive campaigns to encourage more immigrants to become
citizens and vote.
After
years of vacancy, the former Robinson's-May site at the Los Cerritos
Center will reopen in the spring of 2010 as a two-level,
138,000-square-foot Nordstrom department store – representing an
increase of 20,000 square feet from its current location. The existing
Nordstrom store will remain open for business during the construction,
providing a seamless transition to the enhanced Nordstrom Experience at
the Los Cerritos Center. Complementing the new Nordstrom will be 36,500
square feet of new in-line shops, which will create a new interior
shopping court. The City of Cerritos played a key role in securing a new
Nordstrom and shops.
On
July 26, 2008, Councilmember Cho sponsored a Cerritos Korean Community
Round Table. Attendees included City of Cerritos Commissioners Chan Yong
Kim, Nick Kim and Kenneth Cha, Committee member Chong Sup Yi, Cerritos
College Board of Trustee member Tina Cho and over twenty representatives
of Korean community organizations such as Cerritos Soccer Club, Hanmi
Tennis Club, Easy Runners, Mid-Cities Korean American Realtors
Association, Cerritos High School PTA, Mid Cities Golf Club, Ye Eun
Academy, Etc. Attendees agreed that Korean-American residents should
more actively participate in Joseph Cho Cerritos City Councilmember - P.O. Box
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