NHS invites you to join us for our upcoming Neighborhood Sustainability Symposium on Saturday, October 11th at the Expo Center in Los Angeles. This all-day, family-friendly symposium will explore the emerging role of resilient and sustainable communities, healthy neighborhoods, mass transit, K-12 education, green development, and neighborhood investment. The event will feature community workshops, urban [...]
Because of tremendous needs following a catastrophic event, first responders may not be immediately available to assist communities. Residents and communities may have to rely on themselves and their neighbors for several days. Having a Neighborhood Disaster Plan will greatly assist communities to respond to and recover from such an occurrence. The City of Los [...]
The City Controller’s office is proud to announce the launch of the City's first Civic Innovation Lab. This lab, in collaboration with HubLA and Learn Do Share, will bring together designers, developers, activists, and City government to design creative solutions to civic problems. This is not just another meetup or hackathon - this is the [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Los Feliz homeowner (for now), and Silverlake Conservatory of Music cofounder Flea appeared at a meeting of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council last week. Flea was speaking on behalf of the Silverlake Conservatory, which wants to build a new permanent home on a site at Santa Monica and Sunset in [...]
I hope this newsletter finds you well. We are getting into our 3rd month of the new Neighborhood Council funding program, and thank you for sharing all the good and not so good aspects. We really do appreciate your feedback and are making adjustments as we continue along. I am also appreciative of the hard [...]
I just left Martin Luther King, Jr. Park where an Angeleno named Joseph Galloway spoke passionately about his struggles to make ends meet despite working full-time as a delivery driver -- a job he took after being forced to leave college to support his family after the death of his father. Stories like his are [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well and that you are looking forward to the weekend. I wanted to provide you with some updates involving our Field Division. First and foremost, I wanted to announce Mr. Joseph Hari’s departure from our Department. Joe has been in charge of the oversight of field staff (NEAs) working [...]
In the event of a large earthquake or disaster, rescuers may not be in a position to provide immediate help to all individuals. It is important for neighborhoods to establish a plan for self-sufficiency in case such an event ever occurs. Residents should prepare to be self-sufficient for a period of seven days. In collaboration with Councilmen [...]
Los Angeles officials honored former Mayor James Hahn Thursday by naming the City Hall East after him. Hahn's political career ended a decade ago when he hired police Chief Bill Bratton and fought secession efforts by Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. But Hahn is the only person to have served as Los Angeles' controller, [...]
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program is an all-risk, all-hazard training. This valuable course is designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation. CERT members receive 17 1/2 hours (one day a week for seven weeks) of initial training. CERT is provided free of charge [...]
