Glendale City Council
October 6, 2026

ROCLAMATION
Whereas, çienciale traces its history bath to its Jays as a Spanish settlement once befonging to the ‘Vertiugo yanuly antipart of the colonialJ’[ew Spain. a lantiof inthgenous antirnulti-raciaipeople. A 36,000-acre area thwwn as Rancho San Rafael that inclutieti much of what Cater became çlenthzle, Burbank, ff4ontrose, ‘Eagle ‘Roth, La Crescenta, çlassell Park anti Sunlanti-Tujunga. When the city of çthntiale first caine into existence, in 1876, it was calletiYerchtgo; anti Whereas, the City of çlentiale has embracetiantirecognizes the Benefits antithe Beauty of cultural diversity antihas become a strong ath’ocate ofracialjustice antiinclusivity of allits resitients; anti Whereas, Lthspanic Jieritage holtis a specialplace in the history of çlentiale anticontinues to thrive in the fabi-ic of çlentiale through its resitients, entrepreneurs, writers, artists, public sen’ants, veterans, engineers, tioctors, acatiemics antileatiers in government antilabor; anti Whereas, our community has been enrichetiby vast rhythms of Latino music; a variety of talenteti artists;, the spices offooti we enjoy; anti laborers fiom the front lines, such as tioctors, nurses, teachers, farnnvorkers antichulticareprovitiers to laborers that are the backbone of our city; anti Whereas, we are part of a nation with 70.1 million Lthspanics, making zp 20% of the VS population (18% of çlentiale ‘spopulation) a ntiaccountingfor 54.4 trillion of’US cTv, making VS Latinos the 4h largest economy in the world anti
Whereas, each yea;- Americans obsen’e 3-fispanic 3-fe ritage iwonth by celebrating the many contributions anti the history of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Y1exico, the Caribbean., CentralantiSouth America; anti
Whereas, is’e are prouti of a tiiverse heritage that incluties Jntiigenous, African, J4sian, Arab, anti ‘European heritage. We are mostpro uti of the humanity that incluties apeoplefronv A;-gentina, Belize, Bolivia, BraziC Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican ‘Republic, ‘Ecuatior, ‘ElSalvatior, çuatemala, 3-laiti, 3-lontiuras, Jamaica, 3Wexico, Wicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Tent, Trinitiati anti Tobago, ‘Uruguay, Venezuela, antithe u n incoiporateti‘U.S. territory, Tue rto Rico; anti iQué viva Ia America! iQué viva Latino çlentiale!
3”[ow, therefore, I, Artashes Ar4 XassakhIan, [Mayor ofthe City of çlentiale,proclaim September 15 to October 15, 2026 as,
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Ariashes Arty Xassakhian, .Mayor
October 6, 2026