Dear City Residents: The City Council is in the beginning stages of an open and public conversation about how best to regulate all aspects of the marijuana, or cannabis, industry within the City of Los Angeles. It also marks another important opportunity for the Neighborhood Councils to be fully engaged in the City's legislative process [...]
Message from the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety/ Gang Reduction and Youth Development: Mayor’s 2016 Fall Friday Nights As you look for ways to make a difference in your communities on the issues you care about most, we want you to be aware of the Fall Friday Nights (FFN) program. Fall Friday Nights implements programming [...]
Mayor Garcetti Boosts Support For L.A.'s Small Businesses With New Online Platform Mayor Eric Garcetti is offering small business owners a helping hand with a new online platform that walks them through the startup process step-by-step, and provides free, custom-tailored guidance that gives local entrepreneurs the resources they need to thrive. The L.A. Business Portal, [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Happy Birthday to Los Angeles! LA officially celebrated its 235th birthday on September 4th. I hear that Mayor Eric Garcetti's birthday video to LA has been getting 1000 views a minute. It's pretty neat so check it out here. The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners met in the Central [...]
This article was written by Samantha Page for Climate Progress on June 10 2016 at 8:00 am. You can read the full article here. The Second-Largest City In The U.S. Is On The Verge Of Being 100 Percent Renewable Growing up alongside the car and electricity industries, Los Angeles has long been seen as one [...]
L.A. allocates $12.4 million to aid homeless people ahead of El Nino storms Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday allocated $12.4 million for emergency relief to get homeless people off the streets before the anticipated El Niño winter storms bear down on the city. The vote to commit the funds, which include $10 million in short-term [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti was joined by Los Angeles City Council members and homeless service providers today to announce the approval of $12.4 million in emergency homeless relief funding, which will be used this winter to help get Angelenos off the street and out of harm’s way. With El Niño winter storms expected to hit the [...]
The EmpowerLA Funding Workshop will go over the regulations and bylaws that apply to Neighborhood Councils. Treasurers and second signers MUST attend a workshop in order to be certified and have access to their funds. There are two upcoming funding workshops for the month of October: Funding Workshop – 10/27/15 What: Funding requirements for treasurers and 2nd [...]
EDS: Download “Save the Drop” Phase II creative materials at http://savethedropla.com/media/savethedroplaphaseII.pdf LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched the second phase of the “Save the Drop” water conservation campaign, urging Angelenos to “Capture the Drop” should an expected El Niño deliver heavier-than usual-rainfall in the coming months. It is estimated that an El Niño winter will produce [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the appointment of Vicki Curry as the City's first Chief Public Information Officer. Working out of the Mayor's Office, Curry will be responsible for coordinating the communications efforts of public information offices in all City departments. "Vicki's communications expertise and proven ability to collaborate across City departments make her the [...]
