I hope our newsletter finds you well. I had the pleasure of attending Big Ideas for Cities last Friday, which was co-hosted by the National League of Cities and the City of Los Angeles. Mayors from around the country shared their “big ideas” that are driving innovation within their communities. Deputy Mayor of Budget and [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Congratulations to our Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates for their great presentation to the Budget & Finance Committee on Monday! They spent several hours discussing their white paper and the CAO report on their recommendations with the committee members. Reminder that Budget Day has been moved up to Saturday, June [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It’s been a busy week in City Hall meeting with City Council staff about our budget request. Your Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates have been at every Budget & Finance Committee meeting weighing in on the various department budget requests. The Budget Advocates are also agendized to speak at the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a very busy Saturday between presenting at the Empowerment Congress Leadership Institute and running between the Neighborhood Council events. I wasn’t able to get to all of the events (only 3), but it was wonderful to see our Neighborhood Councils in action on issues of public [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I started my Neighborhood Council filled week on Sunday at the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council’s 12th Annual Day of the Horse. It was a fun filled equestrian event co-hosted by Councilmember Mitch Englander. I even walked away from with a great outreach pen in the shape of a horse [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. On Saturday, I was happy to see City Council President Herb Wesson at the LANCC. He spent nearly 2 hours speaking about his plans for the Education & Neighborhoods Committee and taking questions and suggestions from the Neighborhood Council leaders. Some of his proposals were to increase Neighborhood [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a very exciting start of the week when Mayor Eric Garcetti and First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland presented the first ever report on the status of women and girls in Los Angeles, which was the result of a great collaboration with Mayor Garcetti’s Office, the City’s [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I had a great time at Ciclavia last Sunday in the Valley riding with a group of Neighborhood Council folks: Commissioner Lydia Grant from our Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, LANCC Chair and C4C mentor Terry Gomes and Northridge East Neighborhood Council board member Glenn Bailey, whom we fondly [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I am happy to report that the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners approved the online voting contract with Everyone Counts on Monday. If you weren't able to attend or listen to the meeting, you can watch our recorded live stream of the Commission meeting here. Please remember that the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We’re starting to get the first names of the Neighborhood Council leaders attending Mayor Garcetti and the Pat Brown Institute’s first Neighborhood Council Civic University. It’s very exciting because this is going to be a wonderful class. Please make sure your selected members register asap here because they will [...]
