I hope our newsletter finds you well. The Congress of Neighborhoods registration link is open for service! BIG thanks to our awesome Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee, led by the fearless Cindy Cleghorn, for all their continued work in putting together a fantastic program for Neighborhood Council leaders citywide. The Congress will be held at City Hall [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Happy 2017 from EmpowerLA! We've hit the ground running in the new year with a great celebration on Tuesday night with the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners for Glassell Park Neighborhood Council's (the rock star of Community Impact Statements with 19 filed so far this fiscal year!) 15th Anniversary. [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. My first week back in the office after my trip to the Global Forum on Direct Democracy and a quick vacation has been jam packed with goodness. First, HUGE thanks to Acting General Manager Armando Ruiz for doing a great job while I was away from the office. I [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. If you weren't at the Congress of Neighborhoods on Saturday, you missed the best Congress we've had yet. With over 800 people in attendance, it was indeed a sight to behold the standing room only opening and closing sessions in City Council Chambers. The energy was awesome, and [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. The Congress of Neighborhoods is only a week away. Check out this very cool Congress video invite. If you've not been to the Congress before, please make sure you attend this day of Neighborhood Council awesomeness! This week, I was happy to attend the launch of the LA [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Happy Birthday to Los Angeles! LA officially celebrated its 235th birthday on September 4th. I hear that Mayor Eric Garcetti's birthday video to LA has been getting 1000 views a minute. It's pretty neat so check it out here. The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners met in the Central [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. If you haven’t registered for the Congress of Neighborhoods on Saturday, September 24th, please click here to do so now. It’ll only take a few minutes. You will not find another opportunity like this to connect with Neighborhood Council board members citywide on issues that are important to [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Many thanks to Congress of Neighborhoods Committee Chair, Cindy Cleghorn, for her guest message last week while I was out. The Congress of Neighborhoods is an amazing gathering of Neighborhood Councils citywide on Saturday, September 24th. You'll have the opportunity to attend workshops, meet City officials and network [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I was happy to hear that the Department of Building and Safety General Manager Raymond Chan was appointed to Interim Deputy Mayor for Economic Development by Mayor Eric Garcetti last Friday. Ray is a wonderful public servant with 32 years of service and a recent recipient of the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was all about elections and budget this week. We conducted Region 5 elections on Sunday and Region 6 elections yesterday as well as putting up multiple Pop-Up Polls for online voting Neighborhood Councils during the week in our bid to bring voting directly to the stakeholders. Kudos [...]
