LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced a city-wide effort to help prepare employers and employees for an L.A.’s minimum wage increase that is due to take effect in July. “Our city can only reach its potential if everyone with a job is part of L.A.’s economic resurgence — and that means giving hardworking [...]
Greetings Neighborhood Councils! LA Sanitation is hosting our very first citywide Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23rd at Hansen Dam Recreation Park, right next to Discovery Cube Los Angeles! It will be a fun family-friendly event focused on sustainable living. We'll have lots of exhibits, games, and giveaways as well as a stage with [...]
Dear Metro Partners, Yesterday, the Metro Board of Directors approved the release of Metro’s Draft Expenditure Plan (The Plan) for public input. The Plan outlines how Metro will plan, build, operate, and fund our growing transportation system over the next 40 years to accommodate the additional 2.4 million people and 1.4 million new jobs that [...]
The Board of Public Works welcomed two additional Neighborhood Council Cleans Streets Heroes today to learn about their work in the community as well as recognize them for the partnership to help meet the city’s goals to clean our streets, sidewalks, and alleys. Wilmington Neighborhood Council Board Member Diana Medel and Pico Union Neighborhood Council [...]
Written by Tony Wilkinson (Panorama City NC and North Hills East NC) on DWP Reform and Neighborhood Councils. One perspective from the NC-DWP MOU Oversight Committee: This a decisive moment. For the first time in my memory, both the Mayor and the President of the City Council have reached out to include ALL Neighborhood Councils [...]
Los Angeles Animal Services is seeking your valued input to help plan a future in which we can do even more for animals and people in the City of Los Angeles. Come ask questions and share your ideas! When: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Peck Park Auditorium, 560 N. [...]
There is an 'Urban Placemaking for the City of Los Angeles' talk happening on Tuedsay, March 29th with Mark Lakeman, founder of the City Repair Project. It will be a great opportunity to hear about successful strategies for transforming public spaces and how Los Angeles can build upon what it already has. Please see the [...]
Election Budgets must be specific and include line-item expenses. In order to ensure elections are a success, the Department will provide expedited funding for election expenses only. This includes Events, Printing, Mailing, Media, Funding Requests for expenses over $2500. For expedited funding, Neighborhood Councils must submit approved, specific, line-item election budgets with board vote count [...]
Location is everything for the 2016 Neighborhood Council Elections. As a Neighborhood Council Board, you are responsible for the following three steps: 1. Selecting an appropriate location - work with your IEA and make sure it's ADA compliant, has plenty of parking, and has sufficient room to support a large voter turnout 2. Reserving the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are deep in Neighborhood Council elections now with online voting open in the Valley and the first polling day just a few weeks away. You may have seen some of EmpowerLA’s Neighborhood Council election outreach bus shelters and pole banners throughout the Los Angeles. There are several [...]
