Today the Board of Public Works recognized Rosie Brown from the United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council as a Clean Streets Hero for her exceptional leadership, support, and engagement with connecting Angelenos with city services that help increase neighborhood cleanliness including Free Bulky Item Pick-Up, Graffiti Removal, and MyLA 311. There to introduce and support her were Board of Neighborhood Commissioner Josh LaFarga, EmpowerLA General Manager Grayce Liu, and UNNC President Jeff Camp. Rosie has lived in Jefferson Park all her life and in the last few years has served on the UNNC to help promote civic engagement and work to improve government responsiveness to local needs. She has partnered with Council President Herb Wesson’s Office, and the Bureau of Sanitation to provide additional information and resources to her stakeholders to help neighborhoods enjoy a better quality of life. You can learn more about Rosie’s efforts by watching her video located here. For more information about United Neighborhoods NC go to www.unnc.org

Congratulations to Rosie and the UNNC team for effectively partnering up with City Hall to bring resources to the community. For more information on how you can get involved with Clean Streets please visit www.empowerla.org/publicworksliaisons.

About the Clean Streets Intiative
On April 23, 2015, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued Executive Directive No. 8 titled the “Clean Streets Initiative” which aims to improve the livability and cleanliness of the City of Los Angeles by targeting the removal of litter and debris from city streets, sidewalks, alleys, and other public spaces. ED No. 8 specifically directs the Bureau of Sanitation and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (EmpowerLA) to work together to engage Neighborhood Councils as partners to work towards the CSI mission.