Hugo Gonzalez, regional coordinator for GEW/USA in Southern California, wanted to do something that would demonstrate the overwhelming support for entrepreneurship from policymakers in the region.

Mission accomplished.

Gonzalez and his team with the Small Business & Entrepreneurial University secured proclamations from more than 25 Mayors in Southern California—all proclaiming the week of November 12-18, 2012, as Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The cities and mayors that issued proclamations are (in alphabetical order by city):

• Alhambra
  Mayor Barbara Messina
• Aliso Viejo
  Mayor Donald A. Garcia
• Anaheim
  Mayor Tom Tait
• Arcadia
  Mayor Robert Harbicht
• Diamond Bar
  Mayor Ling-Ling Chang
• El Cajon
  Mayor Mark Lewis
• El Monte
  Mayor Andre Quintero
• Garden Grove
  Mayor William “Bill” Dalton
• Hawthorne
  Mayor Daniel “Danny” Juarez
• Huntington Beach
  Mayor Don Hansen
• Irvine
  Mayor Sukhee Kang
• La Mesa
  Mayor Madrid Art Madrid
• La Palma
  Mayor G. Henry Charoen
• Los Angeles
  Mayor Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa
• Manhattan Beach
  Mayor Wayne Powell
• Monrovia
  Mayor Mary Ann Lutz
• San Clemente
  Mayor Jim Evert
• San Diego
  Mayor Jerry Sanders
• San Fernando
  Mayor Brenda Esqueda
• Seal Beach
  Mayor Michael Levitt
• Solana Beach
  Mayor Joe Kellejian
• Stanton
  Mayor Al Ethan
• Villa Park
  Mayor Brad Reese
• Vista
  Mayor Judy Ritter
• Whittier
  Mayor Owen Newcomer

tags: gew california, GEWUSA, proclamations