Click to view the Assemblymember’s video invite Assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Mental & Behavioral Health, invites you to attend an important joint hearing being convened with the Assembly Select Committee on Justice Reinvestment that will examine the interactions between law enforcement and persons with mental illnesses. In the aftermath [...]
On Monday, July 21, 2014, I had the pleasure of hosting our most recent international delegate, Mr. Diosdado Mba NCony a Political Science and Sociology Department Head and Professor from Equatorial New Guinea, Central Africa where the native language is Spanish. We met at the office where I briefed Mr. Ncony on the the Neighborhood [...]
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY WHAT: A workshop to teach the basics of small business entrepreneurship, how to legally start a business in Los Angeles, and introduce resources provided by the City of Los Angeles and regional partners that assist with small business development. WHEN: Monday, [...]
Join us under the Broadway Bridge for picnics, play and the 40th anniversary of the LA cult classic Chinatown. As always, you can expect good food, good people and good fun. Before the film screening, we will have Tom Explores Los Angeles talk about his adventures in the Owens Valley that speak to the issues [...]
I hope this newsletter finds you well. I’m back in the office and playing a lot of catch up this week. I wanted to thank Cindy Cleghorn, Joanne Yvanek-Garb and Jay Handal for their articles updating you on their great work with the Congress of Neighborhoods, PlanCheckNC and the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates. It was [...]
Controller's Office FAST FACTS Disburse close to 290,000 payments to vendors annually, totaling nearly $5 billion including Special Funds Process payroll totaling $131 million bi-weekly for over 42,000 employees Manage a multi-lingual Fraud Waste & Abuse toll free hotline (1-866-428-1514) available in 175 languages; and respond to over 300 allegations annually Conduct independent financial, performance, [...]
A Superior Court judge is ordering two Los Angeles Department of Water and Power nonprofits to recognize trustees allied with Mayor Eric Garcetti, the latest twist in an enduring saga over the details of their spending. The mayor's office heralded the decision as a victory. "With today's ruling, DWP trustees can take their seat at [...]
A free hour-long guided tour through TreePeople’s beautiful Coldwater Canyon Park highlighting the importance of trees during LA’s drought emergency, along with easy sustainable solutions to conserve water. When: Every Saturday, 11:00am-12:15pm Where: Coldwater Canyon Park, 12601 Mulholland Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 LOS ANGELES (July 17, 2014) -- Every Saturday at 11 AM TreePeople [...]
CicLAvia's latest cycling-centric event will close streets from Echo Park to East Los Angeles to traffic this fall, opening up new stretches of asphalt to the walking and biking public. The Oct. 5 event (see the full map here) will also run along Broadway from Ninth Street to Chinatown. The event is the first by [...]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti picked a San Francisco official known for her focus on innovation, bicycle use and traffic safety to run the city's Department of Transportation on Friday. Assigned to the "Livable Streets" office of San Francisco's transportation agency, Seleta Reynolds played a major role in carrying out that city's Vision Zero project, [...]
