I hope our newsletter finds you well. It was a pleasure to join Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Josh LaFarga and President Leonard Shaffer today at the Board of Public Works to honor our Neighborhood Council Clean Street Heroes Jesus Banuelos from Pico Union Neighborhood Council and Diana Medel from Wilmington Neighborhood Council. The Board of [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are deep in Neighborhood Council elections now with online voting open in the Valley and the first polling day just a few weeks away. You may have seen some of EmpowerLA’s Neighborhood Council election outreach bus shelters and pole banners throughout the Los Angeles. There are several [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I was delighted today to join the Board of Public Works and Commissioner Josh LaFarga from our Board of Neighborhood Commissioner to honor our Clean Street Heroes Cheron McAleece from East Hollywood Neighborhood Council and Tom Johnson from Northridge West Neighborhood Council. You can read more about their [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I was happy to get out into the field this week to present our first Neighborhood Council Spirit Award this year to Studio City Neighborhood Council President John Walker on Wednesday. John is a member of the City’s Innovation and Performance Commission and was instrumental in EmpowerLA receiving [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I’ve been home sick most of this week with a mean bug that made its way around the office so take care during this flu season. As you know, Neighborhood Council elections are in full swing. HUGE thanks to Mayor Eric Garcetti for supporting Neighborhood Council elections outreach [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Our EmpowerLA team is ending 2015 in a full sprint towards 2016 with awesome events just around the corner! As you know, the 2016 Neighborhood Council elections have started already with the launch of the online voter registration portal for our online voting pilot. We’re already approving the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well and recovering from any residual Thanksgiving food and shopping comas. The new Neighborhood Council Emergency Preparedness Alliance was launched beautifully by Board of Neighborhood Commissioner President Leonard Shaffer last month in collaboration with Councilmembers David Ryu and Paul Koretz who were both in attendance. Deputy Mayor of Homeland [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had a great morning today when the City Council recognized the 2015 EmpowerLA Award winners and the Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee for their hard work. Many thanks to Council President Herb Wesson for leading the recognition of our Neighborhood Councils' awesome efforts to bring Angelenos closer [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. I am very sad to share with you that long time Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council board member, Frank Wada, passed away on Tuesday. I first met Frank nearly 8 years ago when I started working with the City at EmpowerLA. One of my first assignments was to create a [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had a great meeting last Friday with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates about our proposed budget for next fiscal year. The Budget Advocates have divided themselves into different committees to review the various City department budgets. Our Budget Advocate committee, led by Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council member, [...]
