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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
City of Anaheim
HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT
DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2025
FROM: HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS
ATTACHMENT (Y/N): YES ITEM # 04
GOVERNMENT CODE § 84308 APPLIES: NO
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council, by Motion, approve the appointment of one new member and reappoint ten members to the Anaheim Workforce Development Board with terms ending June 30, 2029; (New Appointment - Jessica Linares, representing the California Employment Development Department; Reappointments - Joseph Paquette, Linda Lopez, Katie Marquez, Anthony Nardo, Jenevive Sandoval, and Paul Sanford, representing business; Adrian Esparza, representing labor; Sergio Ramirez, representing economic development; Sherri Han-Lam, representing the California Department of Rehabilitation; and Valentina Purtell, representing North Orange Continuing Education).
DISCUSSION:
The City of Anaheim is a designated Local Workforce Development Area under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), receiving federal funds under the WIOA to establish, implement and maintain a local workforce development system and governance structure, including a Workforce Development Board (WDB). WIOA requires that the Anaheim City Council appoint members to the WDB based on criteria established by the Governor and the State Workforce Development Board.
The eighteen (18) member WDB is comprised of business representatives and individuals from the public sector. Under WIOA the WDB is responsible for overseeing the management and performance of the workforce system and for conducting strategic planning to ensure the workforce system meets the needs of employers and job seekers.
Business representatives must be nominated by a local business organization and shall include owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers, and other business executives or employees with optimum policymaking or hiring authority. Individuals from the public sector are nominated by their respective representative agencies and are also individuals with optimum policymaking authority within the entities they represent.
Jessica Linares is the newly designated representative from the required California Employment Development Department partner agency; term ending June 30, 2029.
Workforce Development Board Appointments and Reappointments September 23, 2025
The term of appointment for newly appointed members is four (4) years.
As provided in the WDB Bylaws, a member whose term expires may be considered for reappointment to another term upon the member’s request. Joseph Paquette, Linda Lopez, Katie Marquez, Anthony Nardo, Jenevive Sandoval, Paul Sanford, Adrian Esparza, Sherri Han-Lam, Valentina Purtell, and Sergio Ramirez have been serving on the WDB and request reappointment to new terms per the attached WDB Member Term Date Schedule.
Attached for your review are applications and resumes for the eleven (11) new and renewing member appointments.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
There is no budgetary impact.
Respectfully submitted,
Grace Ruiz-Stepter
Director of Housing and Community Development
Attachment:
1. WDB Applications and Resumes
2. WDB Member Term Date Schedule