Happy House president, Carol Loweree—who also a member of the North Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, joined members of the chamber and United Chambers of Commerce at the annual Mayor’s Luncheon on September 18th.

About 400 people appeared at the Warner Center Marriott Woodland Hills on Wednesday as the United Chambers of Commerce held its 15th Annual Richard Leyner Mayor’s Luncheon with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as keynote speaker.

United Chambers’ chair, Armida Colmenares-Stafford, introduced the 4th-generation Angeleno, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley. The son of one-time Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti stepped to the dais and praised the roomful of people representing the Los Angeles Police Department, including Chief of Police Michel Moore; the Los Angeles Fire Department; city agencies and departments and members of the 18 chambers, with whom he has enjoyed collaborating since his 2013 election, he said.

Garcetti deemed the luncheon “a moment to pause and punctuate.” He said that “the San Fernando Valley, where I am from, is the beating heart of this great city.”

Read more about the event at the Los Angeles Business Journal.