Los Angeles is nation’s largest city with a formal body to advise City leaders on issues facing the trans community. LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles became the nation’s largest city to establish a permanent council of transgender community leaders to advise the City on how to best serve the needs of transgender [...]
Program Details The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has established a residential Electric Vehicle (EV) charging incentive pilot program to offset Level 2 (240v) EV charger hardware costs. This program will be available to residents within the SCAQMD’s four-county jurisdiction. The program will provide an incentive to buy-down the cost of residential chargers, [...]
CURRENT:LA is Los Angeles’ first citywide Public Art Biennial taking place in summer, 2016. Putting a new spin on the traditional international biennial, CURRENT:LA will democratize the way people access art by featuring temporary public art projects and public programs at outdoor locations, taking art out of the museum environment and into the diverse neighborhoods [...]
The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will be hold a Treasurer's Funding Training on March 21, 2016 at: Old Fire Station 89 Community Room 7063 Laurel Canyon Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91605 6:00pm - 9:00pm This will satisfy the required funding training for Board voting eligibility on all funding matters. Although funding training does not expire, [...]
Come join us on March 19 from 9AM to 11AM to cleanup our neighborhood. We will be picking up trash on Sawtelle Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard along with cleaning up the areas around the West Los Angeles Regional Library, the civic center, and senior center. We will also be reporting graffiti and bulk item [...]
All Election Outreach that includes information on candidates must include all candidates. Board Outreach after Candidates Are Certified - Once the Final List of Certified Candidates has been issued by the City Clerk, if a Neighborhood Council releases a newsletter or conducts any outreach listing the names of any existing board members, who are also [...]
Neighborhood Council Board Members can endorse candidates in Neighborhood Council elections IF it is clear that the person listing his/her title is doing so solely for identification purposes. For example, a Board Member could send an email from a personal and private email address saying... "Hey neighbors, my name is John Smith and you may [...]
A great way to make your 2016 Neighborhood Council Elections a huge success is to turn it into a party. How do you want to attract voters to ensure high turnout? Do you want to have a DJ or a band and call it a block party? Do you want to call it a backyard [...]
If a Neighborhood Council fails to register enough candidates to have a competitive race, the election will be cancelled, and the candidates seated by affirmation. From the Elections Manual: page 15) X. Board Affirmation If a Neighborhood Council fails to register enough candidates to have a competitive race, i.e. there is only one (1) candidate [...]
If a Neighborhood Council fails to register enough candidates to meet a quorum of the board, the election will be cancelled, and the Department will use the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Loss of Quorum policy to seat a new board. Forty five (45) days prior to the Election, the City Clerk will release the final [...]
