Each year, seven Neighborhood Councils are honored with EmpowerLA Awards by the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, in recognition of projects that do an especially outstanding job of increasing civic engagement and making government more responsive to local needs. The 2018 theme is “Innovative Civic Engagement.” To be considered for an EmpowerLA Award, a Neighborhood Council [...]
The Funding Equity Working Group met on the evening of Wednesday, March 14. Thank you also to the Office of City Clerk and City Attorney's office for their participation. There was a robust discussion on various funding concept proposals. There were at least seven funding proposals presented at this meeting. Thank you to Brian Allen, Harvey Goldberg, Tony Wilkinson, Lynda [...]
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners convened special meetings on Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 13 regarding the proposed Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council and the North Westwood Neighborhood Council subdivision proposals. Thank you to the many stakeholders who attended the special town hall meetings and provided input regarding the proposed Neighborhood Council subdivisions. [...]
Dear Community Youth Leaders, We would like to share this exciting opportunity with you. City of Los Angeles Councilwoman Nury Martinez of the 6th District is launching the first ever City of Los Angeles’ Young Women’s Advisory Council. It is a chance for girls and young women from across the city to come together throughout the year and [...]
PlanCheckNC is the Neighborhood Council Alliance focusing on planning and land use issues. Land Use Committee members are especially encouraged to attend, but anyone interested in learning how to navigate the City’s planning and development process is welcome. PlanCheckNC meets every 2nd Saturday of the month at 10 am. at Hollenbeck Police Station, 2111 E. [...]
The Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils (VANC) celebrated their 15-year anniversary last night with their annual "Best of" Awards, which honors the great work of the 34 Neighborhood Councils in the Valley. With a video welcome from LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was in New York at his college reunion, and City and State elected [...]
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners met on Tuesday, March 6 at the Canoga Park Community Center. Congratulations to the Tarzana Neighborhood Council and Winnetka Neighborhood Council for their 15 year anniversary of their certification. Thank you for the various updates from South Valley Neighborhood Councilmembers and stakeholders from throughout the City. Thank you to Glenn [...]
Do you want to save a tree from removal? The first step is to look at the UFD tree removal notices. The Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance is making this easy. On the NCSA website you can clock on the name of your Neighborhood Council and see the addresses for which Urban Forestry has approved a [...]
Mayor’s 2018 Summer Night Lights As you look for ways to make a difference in your communities on the issues you care about most, we want you to be aware of the Mayor’s Summer Night Lights program. Summer Night Lights implements programming at 32 sites across the city providing hundreds of thousands of Angelenos [...]
The Leadership Academy is offering a Live, In-person Ethics Training by the City Attorney's Office at Eagle Rock City Hall on Thursday, March 22nd at 7 pm. The 2-hour live training will not only satisfy the State's mandate for all Neighborhood Council Boardmembers to complete their ethics training every two years, but is also a great opportunity to learn about specific ethics issues that may arise [...]
