On January 27, 2014, the City Council adopted a policy for City support of Special Events. This policy includes the creation of a Special Event Support Review Committee to review applications and make funding recommendations to the City Council, which will then review, edit (as desired), and award funding. The City Council purposely did not mandate that a certain scoring criteria be used to score applications, but did provide the Committee preference to fund events where proceeds are used locally within Simi Valley and preference to fund events with greater community/public benefits over events with lesser community/public benefits. 

The Committee is comprised of one member from each of the City’s four Neighborhood Councils and one member from the Council On Aging. Local non-profits are encouraged to attend and present to the Committee as to why they are seeking Special Event support, and how their event benefits the community. The public is welcome to attend. Staff anticipates bringing the Committee recommendations to the City Council at the January 12, 2025, City Council meeting.