The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment is excited to announce the IgniteLA 2.0: Elections Workshop, where women will discover their leadership styles, practice strengths-based planning, and develop their public speaking and campaigning skills just in time for 2019 Neighborhood Council Elections! Through a grassroots network of 99 Neighborhood Councils, EmpowerLA promotes civic engagement and improves government responsiveness [...]
Neighborhood Council elections season starts this Sunday December 16th, when candidate filing opens for Hollywood area Councils! To kick off the elections season - which runs through June 20, 2019 - EmpowerLA hosted a holiday gathering at City Hall that brought community organizations together with Neighborhood Council Outreach and Elections Committee members. At the gathering, Neighborhood [...]
The draft 2019 Neighborhood Council Election Handbook is now available for your review and the City Clerk would like your feedback. Please send any comments, questions, or suggested revisions to clerk.electionsnc@lacity.org by Monday, November 19th. Please note that action by the Neighborhood Council board is not necessary. Once the City Clerk reviews this feedback and makes final revisions, the Handbook [...]
Metro, Uber, Lyft, and Lime are all offering free (or deeply discounted) rides to get voters to the polls on Election Day! The City has also relaxed some of the parking restrictions that are normally in place, to help increase voter access. Metro Los Angeles and six other local public transit agencies are offering free fares [...]
ELECTION 2018 FORUM We will discuss two local sustainability-related issues that will be on the November ballot: Charter Amendment B, which would pave the way for a public bank in the City of Los Angeles, and Measure W, which would facilitate stormwater capture in Los Angeles County. We will also invite updates from our NCSA [...]
The Office of the City Clerk has selected the following Neighborhood Councils for the 2019 online election pilot program: Downtown LA EC Southwest Lake Balboa Mar Vista Mid-City West North Westwood West Adams Wilmington Woodland Hills-Warner Center Zapata-King Over the next couple of months, the City Clerk will be working with the online election vendor, [...]
