National Voter Registration Day is here! Be ready to vote for the next election by updating your information or registering as a new voter. Registering is easy to do and can be done online! Register now by going to registertovote.ca.gov. What: National Voter Registration Day When: September 22, 2015 How: registertovote.ca.gov Flyer
In 2012, Ashley Sandau was walking across Rowena Avenue and was hit and killed by a motorist. Then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge spearheaded efforts to make Rowena safer. The city Transportation Department (LADOT) implemented a road diet on Rowena. The street had two travel lanes in each direction. These were reduced to one travel [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. This has been very full and wonderful week. We started our new staff and have been busy training them to get them up to speed. There were many great candidates to choose from, and I want to thank the Personnel Department, in particular Binh Le, and my managers, [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti will be celebrating Women's Equality Day this evening by signing an executive directive calling on city departments to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which the City adopted in 2004. "Our city only succeeds if everyone has an equal shot at success. For too [...]
This TUX Boot Camp has been canceled. Has your Neighborhood Council been working on increasing their online presence and using tech tools to engage stakeholders? Still figuring out the best tools, tips, and tricks for making your social media presence pop? Make sure to RSVP to next week’s Technology & User eXperience (TUX) Boot [...]
The Los Angeles Budget Advocates representing the interests of the Neighborhood Councils and their millions of stakeholders would be proud to see Los Angeles host the 2024 summer Olympics provided that those who pursue the nomination carefully evaluate the direct and indirect manpower and resources that will be needed. They must promise not to saddle [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on August 18, 2015, the appointment of Ashley Z. Hand as the transportation technology strategist fellow at the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT). The fellowship is funded through a grant from the Goldhirsh Foundation. “It takes ingenuity and technical savvy to plan the safe, dynamic and widely accessible transportation future [...]
It’s that time of the year again! Found LA, LA Commons’ citywide show and tell and cross neighborhood bridge building event will happen on two days – October 17 and 18, 2015. As this is our 5th year, we have a special theme. “What is Your Map of Los Angeles?,” inspired by the release of the [...]
Please join us on the Red Carpet! The EmpowerLA Awards and Neighborhood Council Recognition Event will be held on Friday, September 11, 2015 at Los Angeles City Hall, 200 S. Spring St. 3rd Floor. This event is for all current Neighborhood Council Board members to thank you for your dedication to improving our great city. [...]
Join us at the 2015 Congress of Neighborhoods! There are over 40 different workshops planned for the 2015 NCCongress. All of them have been designed by neighborhood council leaders to be practical, how-to types of sessions. In each you will receive a broad overview of the subject, a hand-out and resources you can use right away. Learn [...]
