As mayor, Bob Huber will introduce an ordinance requiring every company that does business with the City of Simi Valley and every business that applies for a business permit in Simi Valley to use E-Verify to ensure every employee has a legal right to work in the United States. Under the ordinance, all city employees would also be screened by E-verify. By doing so, Simi Valley will join Lancaster, Palmdale, Mission Viejo, Temecula and other California cities and numerous states in reserving jobs for those who have a legal right to work.

Many of you have inquired as to why there were picketers outside of my office.

For those of you who don’t already know, I am Chair of the Board for the Ventura County Community College District. The Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD) operates the firefighter training program in Camarillo through the auspices of Oxnard College. The VCCCD is building a new, state-of-the-art, Fire, Sheriff and Police Academy (from Bond money approved by the voters in 2002) in the same vicinity where we currently train our Firefighters. In our college buildings, we train people and provide them with job skills so they can obtain employment, which in turn bolsters our local economy.