You're invited to attend one of six community meetings hosted by the Board of Police Commissioners to provide input on the selection of the Chief of Police. These meetings are being held to allow the public to participate in the discussion about the attributes, qualifications, and experience needed to lead the Los Angeles Police Department and oversee [...]
LA's Housing + Community Investment Department (HCIDLA) is holding workshops to educate tenants on their rights. Topics include the new Tenant Buyout Notification Program, and the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO), which regulates rents on about 600,000 Los Angeles rental units, and which applies to 85 percent of the City's rental housing. Tenants, landlords, Neighborhood Council [...]
Congratulations to the new Director of the Bureau of Street Lighting, Norma Isahakian! Norma was appointed by Mayor Eric Garcetti and confirmed by City Council on Tuesday. The Bureau of Street Lighting is one of five Bureaus in the Department of Public Works. The Bureau of Street Lighting is responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of [...]
Friends, I invite you to join me on Saturday, January 20th for the second-annual Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles. I can’t wait to join you in standing up for women’s rights, and in sending a message to the President that the women of Los Angeles won’t back down. This year’s march is also a call [...]
Tuesdays this Fall at LA Law Library, learn all the things you “didn’t know you needed to know” about building your business. Experts in law, finance and marketing, among other subjects, will present this 14-part series giving entrepreneurs and business owners the practical and comprehensive training needed to set up a business for long-term growth and [...]
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti hosted an employment fair today to connect hundreds of job seekers with opportunities to join the effort to end homelessness. The Mayor was joined by Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Councilmember Curren Price, as well as more than 30 homeless services providers and partners looking to fill more than [...]
Griffith Park is the newest location where you can pick up a short-term bike rental in the city of Los Angeles, if you don't mind riding on hills. The bicycles are rented from a dockless bike-share system, meaning riders can pick up and drop off the bikes anywhere in the park's service area. The system [...]
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 [...]
