The City of Los Angeles Personnel Department is hosting an upcoming blood drive on Tuesday, July 31st, from 9am to 3pm at the Medical Services Division. We need your support! Please join us and schedule an appointment today by calling Natalie Bakirci at (213) 473- 6953 or through email at Natalie.bakirci@lacity.org. Participants will receive a Redbox E-Code as a special thank you [...]
Splash into a fun and healthy sport this summer with SwimLA! As a City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks program, SwimLA offers affordable swim lessons for kids ages 4-17 at all City pools, all summer long. Swimming not only beats the summer heat – it teaches kids a lifesaving skill. Morning, afternoon [...]
In 2011, the voters of the City of Los Angeles approved a Charter amendment that created an independent Office of Public Accountability and Ratepayer Advocate for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. In 2012, after the creation of implementing ordinances, a Citizens Committee selected the Executive Director of this new office to serve [...]
Anytime is the right time to free your home of the clutter that has piled up over the past year. To help out with this, LA Sanitation’s SAFE Centers all across the city are ready to take all of your unwanted household hazardous waste. Putting hazardous waste—like paint, dead batteries, burnt-out fluorescent bulbs and busted cell phones—into [...]
Thanks to those that have attended our regional outreach gatherings so far! We hope the tools presented gave you some good strategies to enhance your outreach efforts. There are two more workshops left in this series - one in the Valley, one in West LA. Workshops are open to any Neighborhood Council board or committee [...]
NCs - please remember to file your Election Information Worksheets with the City Clerk by Wednesday August 1! The sheets request info about your polling place location, hours, and requested translation languages. There is also a field where your NC can choose whether your board would prefer vote-by-mail or online voting, if one of these [...]
Eddie Lawrence Lockhart was born on a farm in Gregory, Arkansas on September 11, 1945, among 7 children to Clayton Lockhart and Vivian Stegall. Eddie came to know the Lord as a young boy back in Arkansas. He moved to Los Angeles, California in the 60’s. He recommitted his life to the Lord and became [...]
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The DWP Committee will meet on Saturday, July 7, at 0845 at DWP Headquarters at 111 North Hope Street in DTLA. Topics for discussion include: The One Water Plan and the impact on Ratepayers. The 100% Renewable Energy Advisory Committee and the impact on Ratepayers. Mono Lake. Greater transparency for the DWP Pension and OPEB plans. The proposed [...]
FREE annual favorite festival returns July 28-29 and includes performances from Betty Bryant, Pete Escovedo Orchestra, Ernie Andrews, TC Carson, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Harvey Mason Chameleon Band and more LOS ANGELES—Legendary artists Betty Bryant and the Pete Escovedo Orchestra are among the dozens of performers taking the stage at the 23rd Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival July 28-29. For more than two decades, the FREE music festival [...]
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