Last week, the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance (NCSA) submitted a proposal for a new Neighborhood Council-focused sustainability and resilience initiative, called "Cool Blocks LA," to the 2015 My LA2050 Grants Challenge. The NCSA advances sustainability and resilience across Los Angeles through advocacy, sharing of best practices, and community action. The “Cool Blocks LA” program will [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) today announced the launch of a new mobile app, LADBS Go, which offers customers easy access to the department’s most-requested services from their smartphones. "Modernizing government and improving customer service through technology is a key part of my Back to Basics agenda,” [...]
EmpowerLA Elections team has information YOU need and WANT to get you started on conducting a successful 2016 Elections! Our objectives are to: Educate you on best practices to help you achieve successful elections outcomes Alert you of necessary/needed information regarding the elections Connect you with other Neighborhood Councils' ideas and suggestions for running effective elections. You [...]
The EmpowerLA Funding Workshop will go over the regulations and bylaws that apply to Neighborhood Councils. Treasurers and second signers MUST attend a workshop in order to be certified and have access to their funds. There are two upcoming funding workshops for the month of October: Funding Workshop – 10/27/15 What: Funding requirements for treasurers and 2nd [...]
The Del Rey Neighborhood Council is proud to announce the 12th annual Del Rey Day, celebrating the Council’s 12th anniversary serving the Del Rey community. The festival will be held on Sunday, October 18, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Glen Alla Park, 4601 Alla Road, Del Rey 90292. Del Rey [...]
Greetings Neighborhood Councils… The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) has launched the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count! The 2015 Homeless Count was the largest census in the country, covering 4000 square miles and benefitting from the support of more than 5,500 volunteers. In 2015 the Count discovered that at any given point-in-time approximately [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a busy Saturday with the LANCC taking on issues of homelessness funding and advocating for Neighborhood Councils to have priority along with other City agencies for unused City properties. I was happy to catch up with busy LANCC Chair Terrence Gomes to present him with his [...]
EDS: Download “Save the Drop” Phase II creative materials at http://savethedropla.com/media/savethedroplaphaseII.pdf LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched the second phase of the “Save the Drop” water conservation campaign, urging Angelenos to “Capture the Drop” should an expected El Niño deliver heavier-than usual-rainfall in the coming months. It is estimated that an El Niño winter will produce [...]
On Saturday, October 24, at 10 a.m, EmpowerLA's General Manager is hosting an Elections Town Hall at Glassell Park Community and Senior Center to review the 2016 Neighborhood Council Elections Manual and to discuss the upcoming 2016 elections, including the implementation of citywide online voting. The Election Town Hall is an opportunity for Outreach Chairs, [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the appointment of Vicki Curry as the City's first Chief Public Information Officer. Working out of the Mayor's Office, Curry will be responsible for coordinating the communications efforts of public information offices in all City departments. "Vicki's communications expertise and proven ability to collaborate across City departments make her the [...]
