I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a busy day on Sunday with Region 11 elections, but I was happy to see the elections running really smoothly. Palms Neighborhood Council successfully piloted instant runoff voting online, and Venice Neighborhood Council had over 2700 voters turn out! Many thanks to the Neighborhood Councils, election [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I was happy to hear that the Department of Building and Safety General Manager Raymond Chan was appointed to Interim Deputy Mayor for Economic Development by Mayor Eric Garcetti last Friday. Ray is a wonderful public servant with 32 years of service and a recent recipient of the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. So happy to report that Region 7 elections went smoothly on Saturday thanks to our awesome Elections Team. Congratulations as well to Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council for hosting almost 200 youth at their Saturday "Pathways to Employment" event where professionals held skills-building workshops and practice interviews, all [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It’s been a super busy week as usual here at EmpowerLA. Staff are certifying elections while preparing for tomorrow’s elections and doing a bunch of Pop-Up Polls in between. I had the pleasure of swearing in the new Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council board on Wednesday night and conducting their [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was all about elections and budget this week. We conducted Region 5 elections on Sunday and Region 6 elections yesterday as well as putting up multiple Pop-Up Polls for online voting Neighborhood Councils during the week in our bid to bring voting directly to the stakeholders. Kudos [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a busy week preparing for our budget hearing today, welcoming State Department visitors, conducting board orientation and getting ready for Neighborhood Council elections on Sunday for Region 5 while putting up Pop-Up Polls for online voting (more info below). We did our presentation for our budget [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well and that you are having a wonderful Earth Day. On Sunday, we wrapped up elections in the Valley and are heading over the hill. Many thanks to our Valley Neighborhood Councils, election poll workers and volunteers! We always learn so much from the Valley elections to improve our [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I already knew that we have some pretty awesome folks serving in our Neighborhood Councils, and it’s nice to hear when they are recognized by others in the community. Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council President Anastasia Mann will be honored as one of the Heroes of Hollywood by [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are riding the Neighborhood Council election roller coaster now with the start of Region 1 elections last Saturday and Region 3 elections yesterday in the Valley. With Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council coming out of the gate with over 1200 voters showing up at the polls as well [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I was very sad to hear that Bill Rosendahl, former Councilmember for District 11, passed away this week. Councilmember Rosendahl was a great supporter of Neighborhood Councils, and it was always such a pleasure to work with him. For more information, please see current District 11 Councilmember Mike [...]
