(photo & story by Connie Acosta) On Saturday, July 21, the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates (NCBA) met for a retreat at Eagle Rock City Hall to engage in planning, and to establish deadlines for projects culminating in the annual Budget Advocates White Paper. The White Paper includes reports and recommendations regarding how the City [...]
As part of their next few meetings, the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners will hold town hall style discussions of the City Council’s Neighborhood Council Reform motion (CF 18-0467). You are invited to join their conversation, and help shape the future of the NC system. One key part of the discussion will focus on Community Interest [...]
The Los Angeles Department of City Planning Invites You to: EIR SCOPING MEETING for the Purple Line Transit Neighborhood Plan Project and associated updates to the Los Angeles Municipal Code. Learn about the scope of work that will be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and give your input at the meeting. Thursday, July 26th [...]
The CAO (City Administrative Officer) has released the Neighborhood Councils’ review of the 2018-19 Appropriation Limit Report for the Gann Initiative, a California state law that limits the amount of revenue which can be appropriated in any fiscal year for publicly-funded programs. This report is provided to the public for review at least 15 days [...]
This past Monday, our Civic Youth Program continued with its third session, a workshop on open data. The students learned to use GeoHub and the City's Open Data Portals to map their neighborhoods using different data sets, including demographic data. Storymaps included the Clean Streets Index and a look at Homelessness in LA. Some students expressed [...]
Thrilling news: the Welcome, Neighbor program to help Neighborhood Councils welcome refugee families to Los Angeles won a $200,000 LA2050 Activation Grant! Thank you so much to all of you who voted to make this proposal a reality, and to LA2050 for this wonderful opportunity. We are excited to partner with local nonprofit Miry's List [...]
Over 17,000 students within the LAUSD are experiencing homelessness. Join the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council's school supplies drive to help equip homeless students at Thomas Starr King Middle School and John Marshall High School, and get inspired to start your own local drive to assist students in your neighborhood! The Los Feliz Neighborhood Council and [...]
Congratulations to Debbie Wehbe, who was reappointed to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners representing the Central Los Angeles area. Thank you for your service to the Neighborhood Council system, Commissioner Wehbe! photo of Commissioner Wehbe at her reappointment by LA City Council's Health, Education and Neighborhood Councils Committee taken by Mike Fong
The recent homelessness town hall held by Neighborhood Council Valley Village was attended by over 250 people and collected 125 pairs of shoes for the Shoes for the Homeless program. Read about the event, and check out NCVV's great community engagement idea where they follow up with unanswered stakeholder town hall questions on their website. [...]
Learning to swim is fun, healthy, and a potential lifesaver. The Dept of Recreation & Parks' SwimLA program offers low-cost swimming lessons for kids ages 4-17 at all City municipal pools, all summer long. Scholarships are available; classes are taught morning, afternoon or evenings from June 18 - August 31. Sign up quickly as space [...]
