NC Budget Day June 27, 2015 At the beginning of the calendar year, Neighborhood Council leaders meet with the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and his budget team to present their budget findings and recommendations. But the City Budget journey begins months earlier, with the selection of NC Budget Advocates, enlisting the support [...]
Make Music LA brings together schools, libraries, businesses, public spaces, institutions, stakeholders and visitors. Make Music LA is a unique opportunity for EVERYONE in the neighborhood to participate in the celebration of the Summer Solstice. All 88 cities of Los Angeles County are invited to participate. A few new cities to Make Music LA this [...]
Greetings! We hope our weekly newsletter finds you well. As first order of business we’d like to say a heartfelt Congratulations to our very own Amber Meshack, Neighborhood Empowerment Advocate, as she graduated today from the Los Angeles Fire Department Leadership Academy. This is a wonderful accomplishment and we are so very proud of Amber [...]
Greetings, Neighborhood Council Treasurers, Signers, Board Members, and stakeholders. NC Event Approvals In the past, we have requested that your NCs give us as much advanced notice as possible for Event Approvals, at least 30 days whenever possible. We have a turnaround time of 3-5 days to get you an approval code to spend funds, [...]
Want to learn more about using tech tools to increase civic engagement and grow your network of supporters? Are you looking to increase your web presence and online interaction with your stakeholders? Civic engagement and politics play a significant role in online interactions. A Pew Research survey shows that 39% of U.S. adults engage in [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a very exciting start of the week when Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland presented the first ever report on the status of women and girls in Los Angeles, which was the result of a great collaboration with Mayor Garcetti’s Office, the City’s [...]
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti praised the Governor's action on water conservation today and said that it will join with his Mayoral Executive directive from the Fall to further drive water use down in LA to reach Mayor Garcetti's targets a reduction in per capita potable water use by 20% by 2017 and a [...]
Civic U, a series of workshops aimed at closing the gap between Neighborhood Councils and City Hall and empowering Neighborhood Council leaders with tools for attaining productive influence in City Hall, kicked off this Thursday evening at LAPD’s Deaton Hall. A collaboration between the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, the Mayor’s [...]
For the first time in the history of Los Angeles, the City has made a commitment this week to establishing a sustainable, fair, long-term sidewalk repair policy by settling the Willits class action lawsuit. The City will invest $31 million per year for the next 30 years to fix our broken sidewalks! "As chairman of [...]
On Friday, March 27th, top management of LADWP met with STNC Region 1 Rep. Pat Kramer and Animal Issues Chair Dana Stangel to discuss a letter, unanimously approved by the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council, requesting a protocol for animal rescues off power equipment in the City of Los Angeles. Joining them for this meeting were: Andrew [...]
