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Adoption of Resolution Recognizing Malia Vella's Eight Years of Service on the Alameda City Council.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. _____
RECOGNIZING MALIA VELLA'S EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE
ON THE ALAMEDA CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, Malia Vella was born in Alameda, California, grew up in San Leandro, and graduated from Wellesley College where she earned Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Architecture and Political Science, and Santa Clara University School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate. Malia formerly served as a staff member for several California State Legislators, taught at Mills College in Oakland, worked as a labor and employment attorney, and for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and currently works in the field of literacy education; and
WHEREAS, Malia Vella was first elected to the Alameda City Council in 2016, re-elected in 2020, and served as Vice Mayor from 2020 to 2022. Malia and her husband are the proud parents of two young children, both of whom were born while she served on the City Council, making Malia the first sitting Council member to become a new mother while in office, and informing her request that City Council direct staff to place lactation and diaper changing stations in City buildings; and
WHEREAS, prior to being elected to the City Council, Malia served on the City's Historical Advisory Board for three years, on the Spectrum Community Services Board, Alameda Sister City Association, Philippine Independence Day Committee, and on the Alameda Family Services (AFS) Board, Co-Chairing, with her mother, AFS's Annual Holiday Home Tour fundraiser; and
WHEREAS, as a City Councilmember, Malia Vella served on the League of California Cities (League) Board of Directors and Housing, Community and Economic Development policy committee, and was a member of the League's Asian Pacific Islander Caucus. Councilmember Vella also represented Alameda on the Alameda County Lead Abatement JPA Board, an...
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