The following is a press release issued by the City of Ukiah:
The City of Ukiah, a dedicated advocate for youth employment and diversity, continues its mission to empower the future leaders of our community and to make strategic progress toward expanding the diversity of staff and programs in the city. As the largest employer of youth in the area, the City of Ukiah recognizes the invaluable contribution of young talent and the diverse strengths they bring to our community, including the increasing diversity of language.
In 2023, the City’s Community Services Department employed over 120 bilingual staff in their child care programs. Additional efforts to expand programs and services to meet the needs of our Spanish-speaking community include providing over 200 swim lessons in Spanish, bilingual pay incentives to all City staff, and translation services at parades and other City-sponsored events.
The commitment to fostering youth talent was recently demonstrated at the Ukiah High School Career Fair, where the City of Ukiah actively participated. Various City divisions were represented at the event, including Police, Fire, Recreation, Engineering/Public Works, Airport, Community Development, and Human Resources. The presence of these divisions showcased the broad spectrum of opportunities available within the City of Ukiah.
“Our engagement at the Ukiah High School Career Fair was an opportunity to connect with the youth of our community and demonstrate the diverse career paths that the City of Ukiah offers,” said Deputy City Manager Shannon Riley. “Our Spanish-speaking population is increasing. Therefore, the City is committed to linguistic diversity and continues to ensure that services and programs are accessible to all community members.”
City Staff will again be engaging with the community through a booth at the Ukiah Country Pumpkinfest, October 14th and 15th. Their renaissance-themed booth will be near the entry to the Haunted House on School Street, where attendees can participate in raffles and giveaways, and find information about upcoming street projects, Phase IV Recycled Water project, home-buyer programs, and employment opportunities.
An additional resource is the City of Ukiah Jobs Portal, where people can explore open positions at the City of Ukiah. Traci Boyl, Senior Management Analyst, states, “We hope you consider joining us to build a vibrant, inclusive, and diverse community. Together, we can shape a brighter future for our youth and the community as a whole.”
The city speaks very well publicly. In reality I personally know of a mixed race man who was hired in the public works department who was harassed daily by the co-workers and supervisors. He was eventually fired. Not the right fit.
These public works department fellows are the presumed fine men of the ukiah valley. Inclusive indeed.
It’s wild how nobody’s allowed to be racist and how it’s kind of like pseudo-illegal yet the government still pushes racist things like this that are completely exclusionary towards white people who were born in this country.
We need to support Americans as regular human beings instead of dividing everybody by race and propping certain races up on a pedestal over others.
Awe poor Derp, you must miss when “America was Great ” and people could be openly racist towards others.
America is probably the LEAST racist country in the whole world, yet there is this odd push to divide people and encourage mediocrity in the name of “diversity.” Just hire people who can do a good job for the task at hand , not because of their age or skin color. That is RACIST… ALSO implying that those said folks need a hand up because they are incapable of accomplishing such feats is REALLY FUCKING OFFENSIVE!!! You bleating heart liberals should really take a good look at yourselves.. projecting much????
This is a PR story based on a fairy tale. There was another mendofever article on the Redwood credit union finally passing the city council (C.C.) approval. It is clear youth is not prioritized in Ukiah. There is nothing for the youth to do in Ukiah let alone working age young adults. If the C.C. can barely agree to get a new bank developed near downtown than what are the chances of getting a entertainment district developed? There’s plenty of wine tasting events for the elders and tourists but nothing that attracts young people to move here or to want to stay here. Labor shortages are affecting the county and the city yet they want you, as a young person, to work here but not to do much else. No wonder depression/ suicide rates are high here.