KING CITY — Nearly 40 students participated in Assembly Member Anna Caballero’s Young Legislators Program in South County and Salinas, with 24 participants from the South Monterey County Program and 14 in the Salinas Program.
The three-week program saw South County students meeting at the King City Council Chambers.
“The Young Legislators Program provides our youth with hands-on experience of learning about how state and local government works,” Caballero said.
Several guest speakers included Santa Cruz Assistant District Attorney Rafael Vasquez, who was born in King City and graduated from King City High School, and Greta Arrevalo the bilingual outreach programs manager at Monterey County Elections.
“This program was extra special for me since I grew up in San Ardo and was able to put this program together through the office of Assembly Member Anna M. Caballero,” said Young Legislators Program Coordinator Yvonne Dorantes.
Dorantes interned for Caballero’s office through the University of California Berkeley Matsui Center on a Politics and Public Services Local Government fellowship.
The program was for high school students who are interested in learning about state and local governments and who are motivated to make a positive difference in their community.
“We had incredible support from the Migrant Education Program,” Dorantes said. “They provided transportation for a lot of students and a lot of the participants were migrant students.”
