I hope this newsletter finds you well. A big congratulations and thank you to Park Mesa Heights Community Council for their awesome Unity Fest event on Saturday in South Los Angeles! Nearly 1,000 people came by to get connected to their local government services and businesses at Van Ness Park while enjoying music and BBQ. [...]
Green Pioneer: L.A.'s Chief Sustainability Officer Matt Petersen Published in Town & Country Magazine by Mary Kaye Schilling Matt Petersen has been hired to make L.A. sustainable. Can he also get local philanthropists to dig a little deeper? Possibly the most challenging task Matt Petersen will have as Los Angeles’s first chief sustainability officer is [...]
Listen to the interview here. LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A City Councilman has called a special meeting Wednesday to address concerns that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s billing system is causing a new wave of problems. Councilmember Felipe Fuentes and other members of the Energy and Environment Committee were hearing from the [...]
ECHO PARK - The Sunset Boulevard Streetscape Improvement Project is underway in the 13th District with the Bureau of Street Services recently beginning work on sidewalks and curbs. The Streetscape project was announced by City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and Congressman Xavier Becerra (CA-34) in April This project will provide more than 120 new street trees, [...]
Los Angeles City Council members say they are determined to find ways to fix the city’s broken sidewalks, starting with a slate of reports on how to fund a cost-sharing repair program. The council voted unanimously Tuesday, with three abstentions, to have city departments conduct the studies, with the expectation that the reports will be [...]
Concerned about your Neighborhood? Join City Attorney Mike Feuer to meet your newly appointed Wilshire Division Neighborhood Prosecutor Mehrnoosh Zahiri on Monday, September 15 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will take place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Brown Auditorium, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Mehrnoosh Zahiri will represent the following [...]
City Council President Herb Wesson has announced funding of $1 million in improvements at the Leslie N. Shaw Park in the Jefferson Park community. The funding was provided by the state of California’s Housing Related Parks program (HRP). “This park has become an important asset in the Jefferson Park area,” said Wesson. “I am pleased [...]
Greetings, Neighborhood Council Treasurers, Board Members, and stakeholders. I hope this week’s newsletter finds you all well. New ideas, new issues, critical deadlines are happening every week. I can’t stress enough how important it is to stay informed as we roll out the new checking account system. Armando Ruiz Neighborhood Council Funding Program Director IMPORTANT [...]
I hope this newsletter finds you well. We had a great Neighborhood Council Budget Day last Saturday with over 200 Neighborhood Council leaders at City Hall learning about the City budget and electing their new Budget Advocates. Big thank you’s to the attendees and the City officials who supported the event: Mayor Garcetti, his Budget [...]
Mayor Garcetti Appoints Abhi Nemani as City's First Chief Data Officer Mayor Garcetti has appointed Abhi Nemani as Los Angeles' first Chief Data Officer. As part of Mayor Garcetti's effort to build a data-driven culture of innovation and excellence in city government, Nemani will work with city departments to collect and analyze data, and will [...]
