On October 11, 2014 the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates will be hosting their regional Budget Day. The locations and times for each region are as follows:

Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4: Braude Constituent Center
6262 Van Nuys Boulevard, Van Nuys, CA 91401
9 am – 11 am

Regions 5 and 6: LA Legal Aid Community Room
1102 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019
2 pm – 4 pm

Regions 7 and 8: Glassell Park Community Center
3650 Verdugo Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90065
2 pm – 4 pm

Regions 9, 10 and 12: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza Community Room
3650 Martin Luther King Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008
10 am – 12 Noon

Region 11: West LA Municipal Building
1645 Corinth Ave Suite 103.2 (Center on west side of Building)
10 am – 12 Noon

On August 16, the Budget Advocates met with City Hall leadership and Neighborhood Council leaders from throughout the city to talk about LA’s budget with Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Controller Ron Galperin, CAO Miguel Santana, Councilmember Paul Krekorian, Deputy Mayor Rick Cole, and EmpowerLA’s GM Grayce Liu. View a video of the meeting to learn more about the issues discussed at this meeting.

Through the Budget Advocates, neighborhood councils and community members have an opportunity to get involved and voice their opinion about their funding priorities and what is important to them. The purpose of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates (NCBA) is to explore, research, study, seek input, prepare, and present the feelings and spirit of the communities of Los Angeles to the Mayor and City Council. Any stakeholder of the City of Los Angeles who wishes to become involved can be appointed and/or elected to serve. The Budget Advocates play an instrumental role in shaping the content of the Mayor’s Budget Survey by choosing topics and expanding outreach to include residents and business people as well as the city employee labor movement.

Click here to read Budget Advocates newsletter.