I hope this newsletter finds you. Today was the Neighborhood Council Purchase Card deadline, and I know that we received a ton of paperwork for exemptions to use the card. I want to really appreciate our funding staff who sorted through everything to make it possible for Neighborhood Councils to do their final purchases this [...]
I hope this newsletter finds you well as I say a very heartfelt, “Woo hoo!!” The City Council approved our contract with Union Bank this week so we can finally, finally, finally start opening the Neighborhood Council checking accounts. It has been one heck of a journey this past year, and I was compelled to [...]
The Bet is On Between Mayor Garcetti and Mayor deBlasio! Before Game 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a bet with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio . If the LA Kings win, Mayor de Blasio will help perform a rendition of Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” on Jimmy Kimmel [...]
When the US State Department organizes tours for international delegations, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment is often a destination on their itinerary. It turns out the EmpowerLA model is known to people all over the world. They know that Los Angeles is the capital of civic engagement, and they want to see it first-hand. Just [...]
This Monday: Election Wrap Session with Volunteers Volunteers! Please join us this coming Monday, June 9, for an Election Wrap Session so we can personally thank you for making the 2014 Election Season such a great success! We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: we couldn’t have done it without you. The numbers don’t [...]
LGBT Pride Month Celebration with the Hon. Vaughn Walker As we reported last week, June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and it got off to a great start last week with a celebration at City Hall with Mayor Garcetti, City Controller Galperin, and Councilmembers Bonin and O’Farrell. Now you can join City [...]
Government Technology is an award winning magazine that covers information technology's role in state and local governments. This past week, they held their Digital Government Summit in Los Angeles, an event that opened with comments from LA’s own Steve Reneker, General Manager of LA’s IT Department and its Chief Information Officer. Reneker was joined on [...]
