Sincere thanks to everyone who attended the Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday, October 3, 2015! We had a great turnout! Many attendees told us they learned about the Fair from their Neighborhood Council, and 50 percent of attendees told us it was their first time at the Fair. We distributed a Family Emergency Preparedness [...]
Gang Reduction & Youth Development is implementing the Mayor's Fall Friday Nights (FFN) program, an extension of our very successful Summer Night Lights. FFN is a pilot 8 weeks/8 site program in the fall during the hours of 5 pm-9 pm, and launched on Friday, September 25th, 2015. FFN aims to provide programming to Los [...]
Watch our Mayor, CD 9 Councilmember Curren Price, LAUSD School Board President, Steve Zimmer, District 3 Board Member, Scott Schmerelson, LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds, teachers, students and parents walk to Dolores Huerta ES along Maple Street. A school safety assembly followed the walk this morning. Over 100 schools in the city have planned Walk [...]
We had an outstanding Congress of Neighborhoods on Saturday with nearly 700 Neighborhood Council leaders at our beautiful City Hall. Council President Herb Wesson kicked off the Congress at the opening session to a standing room only crowd in City Council chambers. Seven hours and 40 workshops later, Mayor Eric Garcetti closed the Congress with [...]
Signed by Mayor Eric Garcetti on August 24, the Vision Zero Initiative aims to reduce the number of fatalities caused by motor vehicles by 20% by 2017 and to zero by the year 2025, and change the City of Los Angeles status of being the second in the nation for number of people that are [...]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was enthusiastically received at the closing session of the Congress of Neighborhoods and spoke on several priorities of his including ensuring that all Angelenos receive high quality services from City Hall. Following up on the Mayor’s Clean Streets Initiative, Mayor Garcetti launched the Clean Streets Team and urged all Neighborhood [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled the first solar-powered smart bench and smart bus shelter installed through his Great Streets Initiative, with South L.A.’s historic Central Avenue receiving the first of 15 installations planned across the city. Located on the corner of 43rd Street and S. Central Avenue, the project is part of a Great Streets Studio pilot [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti today signed an Executive Directive ordering city departments to coordinate efforts against domestic violence, taking unprecedented action to mobilize resources against a crime that strikes at the heart of our communities. “Every child has a right to grow up free from violence, and no Angeleno should live in fear of what awaits [...]
Join Chancellor Gene Block at the annual UCLA in Downtown LA reception, celebrating the positive impact that UCLA faculty, staff, students, and alumni make every day in Los Angeles. We will also be engaging Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar J.D. ’97, District 14, and other local elected officials in a panel discussion on the [...]
Are you registered yet? The long-anticipated Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair is tomorrow, Saturday, October 3, 2015! Starting at 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, you can jump-start your disaster preparedness with information, activities, demonstrations, lessons, and five half-hour preparedness talks by noted experts in the field, including seismologist Dr. Kate Hutton. Family Emergency Preparedness (EP) Starter [...]
