Lisa Cahan Davis has been invited by several Neighborhood Councils to take on the responsibility of Election Manager for those councils where she will be creating and implementing specific election campaigns tailored to the needs of each council. Lisa's background in event management and marketing has proven to be a tremendous foundation for her work [...]
Help us find all the bus benches, bus shelters, and pole banners we've put up in the Valley! Last week, Corrine Ho, president of Canoga Park Neighborhood Council, found one of the bus benches we put up to promote elections. The one seen in the photo (taken from Corrine Ho's Facebook) is for Canoga Park Neighborhood [...]
Each year, the City of Los Angeles receives federal grant funds to assist businesses to create jobs; provide job training for adults and youth; improve neighborhoods through projects that eliminate slum and blight; provide affordable housing, domestic violence shelters, and fair housing services. These grant funds are limited and need to be prioritized and targeted [...]
South Coast Air Quality Management Division sponsors an annual Leaf Blower Exchange Program that helps clean the air through the exchange of backpack leaf blowers. Commercial landscapers and gardeners operating within the South Coast Air Basin can exchange old, noisy, high-polluting backpack leaf blowers for new low-emission/low-noise backpack leaf blowers available at a discounted price. [...]
The Department of Cultural Affairs has announced the launch of the Arts Activation Fund to support creative, community-benefit projects in neighborhoods near the City of LA’s designated Great Streets or on the Great Streets. Projects can be temporary objects or experiences that are free to the community and appropriately sited in public places or within [...]
SNL 2016: Employment Opportunities Mayor Eric Garcetti's Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) is currently accepting applications for Summer Night Lights (SNL) program Site Coordinators. GRYD's mission is to strengthen youth/young adult, family and community resilience to the influence of gangs by fostering public/private collaboration and supporting community-based prevention and intervention services. SNL [...]
Want to save water? Ready to tear out your lawn? Not sure where to begin? The Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance is pleased to partner with LADWP, SELVA International, and Surfrider Foundation to offer FREE "Lawn Be Gone" Hands On Workshops (HOWs) on February 27 and March 5. Learn how to: tear out turf without chemicals; [...]
LADWP Accepting Public Input on Proposed 2015 UWMP To provide stakeholders with an opportunity to review or provide input for the proposed 2015 Urban Water Management plan (UWMP), LADWP has released the draft 2015 UWMP online at www.ladwp.com/uwmp. The updates to the 2015 UWMP will be consistent with the City’s goals and policy objectives for [...]
LADOT manages temporary parking restriction signs in support of filming activities, business development, large special events and city services among others. Watch to learn about this important service.
“If there were to be a disaster, it’s not your family or friends who’ll…come to you. It’s your neighbors.” - Regina Jones, Country Club Park resident, TNN Interview, December/January 2015-16 Written by: The Fifth Avenue Times Wire Service Employing the concept of ‘neighbors helping neighbors,’ the United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council (UNNC) ramped up its disaster [...]
