Los Angeles join in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day in Los Angeles! SAVE THE DATE…. JULY 18, 2014 Join Council President Herb Wesson Jr., Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr., and the Los Angeles City Council in partnership with The Wende Museum to join them in celebrating Nelson Mandela Day in the City of [...]
Take Off Your Rose Colored Glasses: Things Are Not Always What They Seem To Be LOS ANGELES – City Attorney Mike Feuer has launched a public awareness campaign designed to empower and protect seniors from scams perpetrated in cyber space. “We’re launching a multi-pronged effort to give seniors the tools to thwart scam artists, surf [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Seleta Reynolds of the San Francisco Department of Transportation as the next General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). "Los Angeles is changing the way it looks at transportation," said Mayor Garcetti. "Seleta is the ideal field marshal in our war against traffic who will bring to bear [...]
BY MIKE BOEHM from the LA Times Danielle Brazell, whose job over the past eight years has included regularly prodding City Hall to spend more money and pay more attention to L.A.’s nonprofit arts scene, has been nominated by Mayor Eric Garcetti to take charge of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the agency that receives the [...]
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that each of the "Big Three" credit rating agencies -- Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, and Standard & Poor's Rating Services -- have assigned the highest possible ratings to the next issue of the City's Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes due to strong financial management practices and an [...]
LA’s Election Reform Commission released its final report to the City Council’s Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee and now it is up to LA’s 95 Neighborhood Councils to offer feedback on the five recommendations for increasing voter turnout in LA’s municipal elections. Neighborhood Councils can file a Community Impact Statement with their council’s position [...]
On Monday, June 16th the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners held their regular meeting at City Hall. We had the pleasure of meeting LAFD Captain John Ignatczyk the new commander of the department’s Disaster Preparedness Division. He spoke about the Division’s responsibilities and his desire to cooperate with neighborhood councils. He responded to questions from the [...]
Showtime June 21st It’s hard to believe the year has past. And Saturday is the BIG day all over LA as well as 800 cities and 110 countries around the world. Preparing for a show is an adrenalin rush, the feeling of wonder, surprise and joy all rolled into one. A little scary too not [...]
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 [...]
The Los Angeles Conservancy’s 2014 Preservation Report Card, which evaluates the historic preservation programs of the 89 local jurisdictions in Los Angeles, awarded the City of Los Angeles one of only 8 A+ grades in the county. The Conservancy’s scoring recognized the comprehensive nature of the City of Los Angeles’ preservation program, including: its historic [...]
