Teen-Age Activist Joins County Panel
A Huntington Park High School junior who participated in a sting operation to halt cigarette sales to minors has been appointed to the Los Angeles County Commission on Youth.
Angelica Yocupicio, 16, said she hopes to use her post to address the plight of low-income children and to enlist her peers in organizations that serve the homeless and keep watch over the environment.
“Adults aren’t taking enough responsibility to care for our youths,” said Yocupicio, an honors student and chair of the Huntington Park Youth Commission, which advises the City Council on the concerns of local youths. “It’s up to people who care, to find out who is breaking the law and to start the youths on a better road.”
The 20-member youth commission advises the County Board of Supervisors on issues affecting young people. It focuses largely on health, education, employment, recreation, delinquency and family relations, commission staffer Roseann Donnelly said. Yocupicio was appointed to the three-year post by Supervisor Gloria Molina.
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