October 7th is Walk to School Day! Thank you so much to those of you who have already signed schools up for Walk to School Day. See the map of registered schools here: LADOT is now in high-gear to identify schools within the City of Los Angeles and recruit volunteer organizers! With your help we [...]
On Friday, September 11th, 2015 at Los Angeles City Hall, EmpowerLA recognized the tireless work and commitment of twenty-one individuals to the Neighborhood Council System, individuals whose efforts make Neighborhood Councils successful in connecting Angelinos to City Hall. Led by Lydia Grant, The Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee, was responsible for the planning and execution of [...]
Year End Replenishment This fiscal year has come and gone so quickly, and we’ve all learned a lot about what works, and what doesn’t work with the NC Checking Account System. Although there are still several challenges ahead, I am confident that we can continue to progress and make this system a vast improvement over [...]
Neighborhood Councils are on the move! The winners of the 2014 EmpowerLA Awards were announced at the August 18th board meeting of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. The vote for the winners of the EmpowerLA Awards 2014 was the culmination of stiff competition to name Neighborhood Councils of the Year. A total of 38 nominations [...]
Neighborhood Councils can pick up their Election Documents from the City Clerk by emailing Clerk.Election@LACity.org or calling 213-978-0444 and giving the City Clerk a week’s notice so that the documents can be retrieved from the archive and prepared for pickup. The Documents include the Stakeholder Registration forms, the Candidate Registration forms, the Vote-by-Mail applications, and [...]
Greetings, Neighborhood Council Treasurers, Board Members, and stakeholders. I hope this week’s newsletter finds you all well. As we try out the new NC Checking Account system for NC’s we are receiving lots of positive feedback as well as concerns and confusion about the new process. Since this process is new to everyone, we are [...]
Neighborhood Councils can pick up their Election Documents from the City Clerk by emailing Clerk.Election@LACity.org or calling 213-978-0444 and giving the City Clerk a week’s notice so that the documents can be retrieved from the archive and prepared for pickup. The Documents include the Stakeholder Registration forms, the Candidate Registration forms, the Vote-by-Mail applications, and [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well and that you spent a pleasant Father’s Day. I want to say thank you to all those who showed up to our Ethics & Open Government and Funding Trainings on Wednesday June 19 at the CD 9 Field Office. Over 60 people came to the training, standing room [...]
I hope this newsletter finds you. Today was the Neighborhood Council Purchase Card deadline, and I know that we received a ton of paperwork for exemptions to use the card. I want to really appreciate our funding staff who sorted through everything to make it possible for Neighborhood Councils to do their final purchases this [...]
