Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates Meet with City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering Deputies By Connie Acosta On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, Neighborhood Council (NC) Budget Advocates, Barbara Ringuette, from Silver Lake NC, and Brian Allen, from Granada Hills NC, met with Engineering, Ted Allen, Deputy City Engineer; Mary Nemick, Director of Communications; and Robert Kadomatsu, [...]
GO-Biz to Host Regional Workshops and Webinars on How Businesses Can Apply for the California Competes Tax Credit You are invited to join the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) for a free workshop on how to apply for the California Competes Tax Credit (CCTC). GO-Biz has available over $200 million in tax [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Our newest EmpowerLA podcast was just uploaded this week with guest and former EmpowerLA Neighborhood Empowerment Advocate, Lisette Covarrubias, who is now the Neighborhood Liaison for the Planning Department. As a native Angeleno and someone who worked with the Neighborhood Councils for almost a decade, Lisette offers a great perspective on [...]
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the appointment of Breelyn Pete as his administration’s Chief of State and Federal Affairs. Pete, a native of Los Angeles, will oversee efforts to advance the Mayor’s state and federal legislative priorities. “Moving Los Angeles forward is about working together, and that means creating and maintaining strong relationships with [...]
This month, we’re excited to share with our Neighborhood Councils, how to create a public mural through the City’s Citywide Mural Program. Visit the Department of Cultural Affairs website http://culturela.org/murals for the mural registration application and for a robust Frequently Asked Question section that can answer many of the questions for your Neighborhood Council. For [...]
“Sunday services should be a sacred time of peace, worship, and fellowship — and our hearts are broken by the senseless gun violence that took so many lives today in Sutherland Springs. I join all Angelenos in grieving for the victims at First Baptist Church, and pray that the survivors find comfort and healing in the [...]
The SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition is a multi-neighborhood alliance across an area of the city that historically has had fewer resources, services, and facilities for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Our goal is to create a neighborhood-level movement to respond to homelessness in a proactive and compassionate way through advocacy, education, and engagement. WHEN TO CALL [...]
“The cowardly attack on innocent people in Lower Manhattan was a despicable act of terror that has no place in our world. We grieve today for the eight lives lost — and stand with New Yorkers in hope and prayer that all survivors of this senseless act of violence will find strength and healing on [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are really excited to once again partner up with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office and the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State Los Angeles to offer the Neighborhood Council Civic University 2.0. This is an amazing hands-on workshop on effective advocacy techniques from our BFF Raphael Sonenshein, the [...]
