LAPD & Bureau of Street Services Team Up! To keep the Bureau on the cutting edge of pavement preservation, the Street Resurfacing Division performed quality control training at the LAPD Edward M. Davis Training Facility on August 3rd. Crews repaved LAPD's training facility while learning how to operate state-of-the-art technology for profiling and paving. With [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We started this week on a high note on Monday when our Field team assisted Mayor Eric Garcetti and his Office of Immigrant Affairs to support the launch of “Tu Voto Es Cosa Seria” at El Pueblo.We’re looking forward to partnering on this civic engagement campaign to increase [...]
MAYOR GARCETTI ANNOUNCES STRONG PROGRESS ON HOUSING GOALS LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles is well on track toward meeting Mayor Eric Garcetti’s goal of building 100,000 new units of housing by 2021, according to a new report. Since Mayor Garcetti took office, the City has permitted more than 40,000 new units — an average of [...]
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has replaced more than 32 miles of deteriorating water main across the city over the last year, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced. The figure tops LADWP’s goal for the 2015-16 fiscal year by more than 20,000 feet, marking the first step in an aggressive effort to replace [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 2016) LADOT Transit is holding Public Hearings to consider proposed changes to its Commuter Express, DASH and Cityride programs. These include more frequent bus service, extended hours and Sunday service on many existing DASH routes. Proposals also include major changes to the routes of DASH Crenshaw, Fairfax, Hollywood, Lincoln Heights/Chinatown, San [...]
Day of education & networking for NC leaders features 40 workshops + exhibits Registration begins Monday August 22nd for the 2016 Congress of Neighborhoods at Los Angeles City Hall. Over 700 Neighborhood Council leaders from across the City are expected to attend the annual event, which happens Saturday, September 24th. Everything is *free* if you [...]
The Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs invites you to join us at the launch of "Tu Voto Es Cosa Seria," a civic engagement campaign in partnership with AIGA, Edward James Olmos, NALEO Educational Fund, and Mi Familia Vota on Monday, August 22 at 10:00am. As part of a larger effort to bolster voter [...]
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I hope everyone is having a great summer! The Neighborhood Council Congress Planning Committee has been busy with all the details for this year’s Congress of Neighborhoods: the annual event where all 96 Neighborhood Councils come together at City Hall. This year’s theme - “Neighborhoods First: Your Voice, Our City” - examines how local focus [...]
By Tony Wilkinson A key part of any government agency is transparency. You should be able to find information about what that part of government is doing. The core principles of the Neighborhood Council Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are transparency and advance notice. This article will [...]
