Anytime is the right time to free your home of the clutter that has piled up over the past year. To help out with this, LA Sanitation’s SAFE Centers all across the city are ready to take all of your unwanted household hazardous waste. Putting hazardous waste—like paint, dead batteries, burnt-out fluorescent bulbs and busted cell phones—into [...]
EmpowerLA invites you to read and subscribe to the Housing + Community Investment Department newsletter! To learn more about the HCID, please visit: https://hcidla.lacity.org/ Documents: HCIDLA Newslink_Issue 15 2018 FINAL HCIDLA Newslink_Issue 15 2018 FINAL (Espanol)
We're proud of EmpowerLA's Mary Kim and Arin Abedian for their hard work in completing the challenging 4-week LA Fire Department Leadership Academy program! The graduate-level course teaches the principles of leading through service and collaboration. The Academy is attended by leaders from fire, police, and government agencies from across North America, with students in this [...]
Tuesdays this Fall at LA Law Library, learn all the things you “didn’t know you needed to know” about building your business. Experts in law, finance and marketing, among other subjects, will present this 14-part series giving entrepreneurs and business owners the practical and comprehensive training needed to set up a business for long-term growth and [...]
Get FREE summer lunch for kids ages 1-18 June 11-August 10, 2018 at 100 different parks across LA, thanks to the Department of Recreation & Parks! To learn more, visit https://LAParks.org/FoodProgram, call 311 and tell the operator you're calling to ask about the LA Parks Food Program, or text the words "Summer Meals" to 97779, [...]
The Office of Public Accountability (OPA) was established by the City Charter in 2011 to protect consumer interests with regard to the Department of Water and Power (DWP), and provide independent analysis of water/electricity rates. The OPA is headed by an Executive Director who is selected by a Citizens Committee, and confirmed by the Mayor and [...]
BSS are the "one-stop" agency for Special Events permits. If your Neighborhood Council is planning a festival, street fair, health fair, carnival, or other public event of this kind, you will need a BSS Special Event permit. BSS processes permits for all events happening on the Public Right of Way (street, sidewalk, etc) except for [...]
Sign up with LA Sanitation to get a free street tree near your home! Visit http://tiny.cc/FreeStreetTrees to apply, and to learn more about the program. The application is available in both English and Spanish. Please submit only one application per address. If you rent your apartment or home, please discuss planting a street tree with [...]
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Planning 101 Workshops last month! Over 500 people came to one of the 7 workshops held around the City, to learn how LA's project planning process works, and to ask questions about projects proposed locally. Many Neighborhood Council members attended, as well as residents, students, and representatives from [...]
Submitted by Elly Alvarez, Office Manager for Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez LAPD Foothill hosts their 2nd annual Foothill Fitness Run on Saturday May 19th. There is a run for kids and one for adults, plus a community resource fair. To sign up and learn more, visit www.Active.com. Have questions? Contact Officer De La Cruz at (818) 485-0631 [...]
