Written by Mike Fong, EmpowerLA Director of Policy & Government Relations The Funding Equity Working Group has been meeting since the end of January to formulate recommendations to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners about Neighborhood Council funding. The Group had an excellent meeting on Monday, April 23rd at the CD 9 Constituent Service Center. Thank you [...]
HUNC Speaker Forum The Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC) is proud to present the second HUNC Speaker Forum. This event will feature former Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, City Controller Ron Galperin and President of the Board of Public Works Kevin James discussing the budget and infrastructure in a roundtable format on Wednesday, January [...]
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates (NCBA) and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Budget and Innovation (MOBI) are sponsoring a series of Town Hall events -- Budget Forum 2.0. The forums will provide a unique opportunity for input on the City’s budget from LA residents, business people, stakeholders, and other community members. One-on-one discussion [...]
The Budget Advocates invite you to Regional Budget Day this Saturday, October 11, taking place at 5 locations around the city. By providing a community voice to the Mayor and the City Council about budget priorities, the Budget Advocates aim to integrate Neighborhood Councils more fully into the shaping of the City budget, to help [...]
Making sense of how much Los Angeles spends on goods just got a whole lot easier. Controller Ron Galperin unveiled a sleek, more modern look for his office’s open data site, ControlPanel.la. The refreshed site includes precise data on the more than $1 billion in goods the City buys. That information has never been collected [...]
