The City budget says a lot about what and who we value. One of the most important roles Neighborhood Councils play in Los Angeles is advising the Mayor and City Council on the annual budget, through the work of a Citywide alliance called the Budget Advocates. Controller Ron Galperin recently said, “My best ideas come [...]
Nearly 200 Neighborhood Council leaders and Budget Representatives attended Budget Day at City Hall on Saturday, July 30, 2016. Congratulations to Liz Amsden and Jay Handal who were elected as Co-Chairs for the Budget Advocates and congratulations to the newly elected Budget Advocates! Thank you very much to Terrence Gomes, Liz Amsden, and Budget Advocates [...]
NC Budget Day June 27, 2015 At the beginning of the calendar year, Neighborhood Council leaders meet with the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and his budget team to present their budget findings and recommendations. But the City Budget journey begins months earlier, with the selection of NC Budget Advocates, enlisting the support [...]
Controller Ron Galperin’s push to modernize City practices by implementing new technologies has resulted in another success: nearly 14,000 city employees opted to receive their W2 tax forms electronically. This is the first year they have had the option. “Fortune 500 companies have been issuing tax forms electronically for years,” said Galperin. “Electronic W2s save [...]
The Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates (NCBA) and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Budget and Innovation (MOBI) are sponsoring a series of Town Hall events -- Budget Forum 2.0. The forums will provide a unique opportunity for input on the City’s budget from LA residents, business people, stakeholders, and other community members. One-on-one discussion [...]
The Budget Advocates invite you to Regional Budget Day this Saturday, October 11, taking place at 5 locations around the city. By providing a community voice to the Mayor and the City Council about budget priorities, the Budget Advocates aim to integrate Neighborhood Councils more fully into the shaping of the City budget, to help [...]
Making sense of how much Los Angeles spends on goods just got a whole lot easier. Controller Ron Galperin unveiled a sleek, more modern look for his office’s open data site, ControlPanel.la. The refreshed site includes precise data on the more than $1 billion in goods the City buys. That information has never been collected [...]
At the beginning of the calendar year, Neighborhood Council leaders meet with the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and his budget team to present their budget findings and recommendations. But the City Budget journey begins months earlier, with the selection of NC Budget Advocates, enlisting the support of NC Budget Representatives, and continues [...]
In order to start effectively measuring the impact of the Neighborhood Council system, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (Department) collaborated with Neighborhood Councils last year to submit strategic plans and budgets for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. These plans and budgets were posted online on your Neighborhood Council’s webpage on www.EmpowerLA.org. The Neighborhood Council Budget Package for [...]
