Do you know about LANCC? The Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition is intended to enhance the ability of NCs, as well as their clout and influence, giving a larger voice on issues affecting more than one neighborhood. The Coalition is not intended to usurp or interfere with the role of an individual Neighborhood Council in [...]
Does your neighborhood have a Neighborhood Emergency Plan? Last year, the Emergency Management Department worked with the Tarzana Neighborhood Council to create their Neighborhood Emergency Plan and “rehearse” it with a full scale exercise. Tarzana was out in full force to experience the Great California ShakeOut, coming together as a community to prepare for a [...]
The Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department works to create viable urban communities by advocating for safe and livable neighborhoods through the promotion, development and preservation of decent, safe, affordable housing and by expanding economic opportunities and public services, principally for low- and moderate income persons. A merger is always difficult, but restructuring is [...]
In Los Angeles, disaster preparedness is a primary focus for all city departments. Partnership with the community, volunteer groups, non-profits, stakeholders, and city leaders will make Los Angeles resilient to disasters and ready for recovery. The Los Angeles Fire Department wants to prepare you for 13 federally identified threats to Los Angeles, which include the [...]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power invites the public to attend a presentation of their Draft Stormwater Capture Master Plan on Thursday, January 22. Throughout the past year, LADWP held public meetings and solicited input and ideas for improving stormwater capture throughout the city, identifying numerous ways to capture every precious drop of [...]
The City of Los Angeles Emergency Management Department (EMD) has been awarded a grant to further its mission of developing emergency community readiness in Los Angeles, Using a “whole community approach,” EMD will select one Neighborhood Council to create a customized Neighborhood Emergency Plan. This community plan is for an area of 25-40 households within [...]
Southern California isn’t known for snowy winters, but with a little Hollywood magic, we can still enjoy winter activities here in LA. Treat yourself to some icy fun at one of the ice skating rinks around the city. These family-friendly rinks offer more than just skates—from wintry food and drinks to ice tubing and meeting [...]
The West Adams Heritage Association (WAHA) is pleased to invite you to launch the Holiday Season with a bit of “Merrymaking in Kinney Heights,” their 28th annual Holiday Tour & Progressive Dinner. Prepaid reservations are required for the event, and WAHA reports that ticket sales have been brisk for this popular year-end tour and they've [...]
The 2014 Holiday Season Lighting Ceremony at El Pueblo de Los Angeles is an annual free event in the historic heart of Los Angeles that features entertainment, refreshments, kids’ moon bounce and train rides, face painting, photos with Santa, and other family-friendly activities. Mariachi Loco del Valle and Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea will be [...]
On Saturday November 8, sixty designated block leaders took more than 1,700 small bags of emergency preparedness materials door-to-door within the Harbor Gateway North Neighborhood Council’s boundaries. Many of the residents who were home that morning expressed their appreciation for this effort to be better prepared for any future major emergency. The information contained in [...]
