I hope our newsletter finds you well and recovering from any residual Thanksgiving food and shopping comas. The new Neighborhood Council Emergency Preparedness Alliance was launched beautifully by Board of Neighborhood Commissioner President Leonard Shaffer last month in collaboration with Councilmembers David Ryu and Paul Koretz who were both in attendance. Deputy Mayor of Homeland [...]
LOS ANGELES—As world leaders kicked off United Nations climate talks in Paris this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti released the “Los Angeles Climate Action Report,” which shows that L.A. has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. The report also details how Los Angeles is nearly halfway to the 2025 emissions reduction target established in the [...]
The City’s Implementation Plan for the Clean Streets Citywide Program (Council File: 15-0600-S78) aims to provide a comprehensive program to improve Angelenos' quality of life by cleaning up our streets. This plan includes the effort to promote the City of Los Angeles’ free service to pick up discarded bulky items such as mattresses, furniture, and [...]
Please see the attached Emergency Management Department (EMD) Bulletin. Each month EMD provides Angelenos with emergency preparedness information. This month's focus is on Renter and Mobile Home Earthquake Preparation. Please share this information with your co-workers, family and friends and sign up for free emergency information through NotifyLA.
The City Council introduced Council File 15-1356 relative to 2016 Homeless Count Week on November 17, 2015. This resolution highlights that the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count will commence January 26, 27, and 28, 2016. The effort of this resolution is to conduct the street count enumeration that has occurred every two years since [...]
Next Tuesday, December 8, 2015, the Board of the Los Angeles Animal Services Commission will hold its meeting in the Mount Washington/Montecito Heights area. On behalf of Commission President David Zaft, Commissioners Jennifer Brent, Roger Wolfson, Alana Yañez and myself, Larry Gross, we would like to extend an invitation to attend our meeting at 7:00 [...]
Please join us at Sacred Heart Church, 2210 Sichel Street, Los Angeles CA 90031 [map] to celebrate the life of Frank Y. Wada (1955-2015) on Tuesday, November 24th 2015 for a 6:00 pm Viewing and a 7:00 pm Memorial Service. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Dollars for Scholars. Please contact Monica Harmon [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had a great morning today when the City Council recognized the 2015 EmpowerLA Award winners and the Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee for their hard work. Many thanks to Council President Herb Wesson for leading the recognition of our Neighborhood Councils' awesome efforts to bring Angelenos closer [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced he will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP21, in Paris next month. As one of 13 members of the Steering Committee of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Mayor Garcetti will participate in meetings on December 3-4, including the C40 Awards and the Climate Summit for Local [...]
The UN announced this week that the Paris Climate Summit will proceed on Nov. 30. Leaders across the globe, including President Obama and Mayor Garcetti, plan on attending to lay out their plans for confronting the growing dangers of climate change. Locally, climate change is bringing wide-ranging effects on the health and welfare of Angelenos. [...]
