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Earth Day Community Clean Up

Celebrate Earth Day by helping to clean up your community on April 23 from 9am to 12pm! This is a great way to not only help clean up the neighborhood, but meet your neighbors! We will be picking up trash on Sawtelle Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard along with cleaning up the areas around the [...]

By |2016-04-20T13:04:19-07:00April 20th, 2016|Blog, Clean Streets, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on Earth Day Community Clean Up

Northwest San Pedro NC’s “Pathways to Employment” Event Saturday May 14

The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council is pleased to announce that the date for “PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT IV” is set for Saturday May 14th. Last Year, the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council was honored at the L.A. City Council for producing this event, which is designed to assist youth in the Harbor area with skills [...]

By |2016-04-15T16:01:34-07:00April 15th, 2016|Blog, Education, Events, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on Northwest San Pedro NC’s “Pathways to Employment” Event Saturday May 14

5 inspirational women of the San Fernando Valley

Congratulations to Ginny Hatfield of Valley Village Neighborhood Council for being named as one of the inspirational women of the San Fernando Valley by Gregory J. Wilcox in the Los Angeles Daily News! Full text of the article is below: Growing up in Porter Ranch, Vahid Khorsand realized that the San Fernando Valley was rich [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:54-07:00April 7th, 2016|Blog, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on 5 inspirational women of the San Fernando Valley

DWP Reform — Who Is It For? Insiders or Ratepayers?

By Tony Wilkinson "We’re not interested in what your problem is. We just want you to turn around and stop taking our money and going up on the rates" said Earis Vails, an African-American bus driver who lives in South L.A. She was talking to reporter Gene Maddaus of "LA Weekly". Earlier Vails had asked [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:56-07:00April 1st, 2016|Blog, City Departments, DWP Reform, NCs Making a Difference, Regional/Citywide NC Orgs.|Comments Off on DWP Reform — Who Is It For? Insiders or Ratepayers?

LADWP Reform Forum on Tuesday, March 29th

Written by Tony Wilkinson (Panorama City NC and North Hills East NC) on DWP Reform and Neighborhood Councils. One perspective from the NC-DWP MOU Oversight Committee: This a decisive moment. For the first time in my memory, both the Mayor and the President of the City Council have reached out to include ALL Neighborhood Councils [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:13:57-07:00March 25th, 2016|Blog, City Departments, DWP Reform, NCs Making a Difference, Regional/Citywide NC Orgs.|Comments Off on LADWP Reform Forum on Tuesday, March 29th

West LA Community Clean Up

Come join us on March 19 from 9AM to 11AM to cleanup our neighborhood. We will be picking up trash on Sawtelle Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard along with cleaning up the areas around the West Los Angeles Regional Library, the civic center, and senior center. We will also be reporting graffiti and bulk item [...]

By |2016-03-17T17:53:07-07:00March 17th, 2016|Blog, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on West LA Community Clean Up

Eagle Rock Community Clean-Up

ERNC is co-sponsoring a community clean up at Yosemite Rec Center (specifically the Sylvan Amphitheater) in Eagle Rock tomorrow morning from 10am-12pm. The event was actually spearheaded by local Eagle Rock High School student, Brandon Kenny, as he was tired of seeing the Amphitheater behind his school tagged up with graffiti and surrounded by trash. [...]

By |2016-03-11T13:11:47-08:00March 11th, 2016|Blog, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on Eagle Rock Community Clean-Up

VANC “Best of” Winners

Last night at the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils annual mixer, the VANC Executive Committee presented their "Best of" awards to following Neighborhood Councils for their excellent work. Congratulations to the following winners! “Best of…" Bringing the Community, LAPD, and Business Together to Promote Family Fun and Healthy Exercise Chatsworth Neighborhood Council In June 2013, [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:01-07:00March 11th, 2016|Blog, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on VANC “Best of” Winners

Civic U 2.0 Finale

Civic U 2.0 successfully concluded on Tuesday night with five excellent group presentations based on Mayor Garcetti's Back to Basics Priority Outcomes, which are available for viewing:   Make Los Angeles the best run big City in America Create a more livable and sustainable City Ensure our communities are the safest in the nation Promote good [...]

By |2019-07-08T11:14:06-07:00February 26th, 2016|Blog, Events, NCs Making a Difference|Comments Off on Civic U 2.0 Finale

LANCC After Meeting Motions

An Informed Community is an Empowered Community: Motions from LANCC 02/06/2016 Short-term Rentals Whereas, it is now clear that short-term rentals are illegal in Los Angeles’ residential neighborhoods, and Whereas the City Attorney has consistently refused to prosecute short-term rental violations in the City of Los Angeles, for a variety of reasons, Now, therefore, be [...]

By |2016-02-11T17:53:45-08:00February 11th, 2016|Blog, NCs Making a Difference, Regional/Citywide NC Orgs.|Comments Off on LANCC After Meeting Motions