New Roller Rink Will Be Coming To Southeast San Fernando Valley

STUDIO CITY, CA — A new roller skating rink will soon be coming to the San Fernando Valley. The City of Los Angeles was awarded $4.4 million to create the Southeast San Fernando Valley roller and skateboard rink.

The roller rink project has been in the works for over a decade, and made it's first major step toward completion in 2010 when the city purchased property in Sun Valley to develop the outdoor roller rink. Approved funds will be used to facilitate construction on the outdoor roller rink, build facilities to house staff, and provide community youth and families with flexible indoor programming.

Also in the announcement, $2 million was awarded to the City of San Fernando to maintain an upgrade to the public safety radios and purchase body cameras. San Fernando upgraded these new systems last year, but only had enough funding for 12 months,

The City of San Fernando's police radio system was an antiquated analog system, unable to provide reliable interoperable communication with key public safety agencies - including the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and the Los Angeles Police Department - in the event of a major incident, natural or manmade disaster," Senator Bob Hertzberg said in the announcement. "That analog radio system was also not compatible with the Los Angeles Fire Department's digital radio system, making direct contact impossible.

New Directions for Youth was also given $100,000 for their Feed a Family program, which provides food security to families in need across the Valley. Based in North Hollywood, the agency supports over 3,000 at-rish youth each year, and launched the Feed a Family program during the pandemic to support low-income families in need.

Also receiving awards funding were Jewish Family Service L.A., California State University Northridge, Champions in Service, Discovery Cube Los Angeles, and the Pet Assistance and Support Program.

Funding for the projects will come from the State of California, with the California Legislature approving several requests to fund multiple programs in the Valley.

"The San Fernando Valley is a vibrant, diverse, compassionate and productive community that, if independent, would be the second largest city in California," Senator Bob Hertzberg said while announcing the news. "We have tremendous strengths, but also have needs that are greater than those of several states whose population the Valley eclipses. Thus, I have worked in close collaboration with our dear friends Congressman Cardenas and Assemblymember Luz Rivas to ensure that the Valley gets its fair share of both State and Federal funding."