Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Program Year

2024

Achievement

2024

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City of Perris

Perris, CA

Michael Vargas

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Perris is in Southern California with a population of roughly 80,000. The city is centrally located in the Inland Empire and home to nearly 30 community gardens. Mayor Vargas of Perris, CA has committed to signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging with residents to create healthy, sustainable habitats for the monarch butterflies and pollinators, while educating residents about how they can make a difference at home and in their community.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2024

Communications and Convening ▸

Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Michael Vargas	2025	12/6/2024		View Pledge
Mayor Michael Vargas	2024	2/20/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Vargas	2023	3/22/2023	Signatories	View Pledge