New consul visits top Carson City officials, discusses sister-cities potential

Consul General Leo Herrera-Lim (second from right) with Carson City officials and staff. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

• Southern California city has 17,000 Filipino residents, a Fil-Am mayor pro-tem

CARSON CITY, California – Newly posted Philippine Consul General to Los Angeles Leo Herrera-Lim recently paid a courtesy call on Mayor Jim Dear and Mayor Pro Tem Elito Santarina at Carson City Hall.

Herrera-Lim and the Carson officials discussed reviving sister-city relationships between Carson and Philippine cities, to tap renewable energy and facilitate the deployment of teachers. The City of Carson’s first sister-city relationship was forged in 1972 with Sinait, Ilocos Sur, and in 1988 with La Carlota.

Mayor Dear and Mayor Pro Tem Santarina informed Consul General Herrera-Lim how the City of Carson has transformed from a bedroom community into an industrial city with future aims to become a destination city.

Herrera-Lim took the opportunity to invite Mayor Dear to join the 9th Ambassadors/Consuls General and Tourism Directors Tour with the basic tour beginning from 28 to 31 July 2014.

According to Dear approximately 15 percent of the population in the City of Carson are of Filipino descent.

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