On Tuesday, January 30th, the Neighborhood Councils Homelessness Alliance had their first meeting of the year. The agenda was packed with many great presenters, and the Homelessness Liaisions provided input and feedback on how they are tackling homeless issue. We started off on a sad note and learned that the Mayor's Homelessness Policy Director, Alisa [...]
https://youtu.be/29gHJKQ7peU The North Area Neighborhood Development Council (NANDC) recently gave a Neighborhood Purpose Grant to United Voices of Literacy (UVOL) for their USC ReadersPlus “Readers Are Leaders” program and reading competition. Check out the cute event video! Readers Are Leaders focused on underperforming students at 32nd Street School. Students were able to read smoothly [...]
The Bel Air - Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council held a Skirball Fire Town Hall on January 31st to provide information to their stakeholders about the City's emergency response and recovery process. Attendees engaged in dialogue with Councilmember Paul Koretz, Councilmember David Ryu, Los Angeles Fire Department, Emergency Management Department, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and [...]
The SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition is a multi-neighborhood alliance across an area of the city that historically has had fewer resources, services, and facilities for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Our goal is to create a neighborhood-level movement to respond to homelessness in a proactive and compassionate way through advocacy, education, and engagement. WHEN TO CALL [...]
On Thursday, June 22, 2017, the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Planning Association held their annual awards gala and announced the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (DLANC) the winner in the Neighborhood Planning category for DLANC's incredible Vision Downtown. Here is an except from the speech of City Planner Bryan Eck, [...]
Here are the proud members of the Northridge West Neighborhood Council (NWNC) starting their Tampa Avenue Median Beautification Project. The NWNC worked diligently for over two (2) with the Council Office, the City's Office of Beautification, Urban Forestry and local community organizations to make this project a reality. NWNC retained the services of American Heritage Landscape, [...]
Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the winners of the Great Streets Challenge, a program that will award a total of $2 million to community-driven initiatives to re-imagine Los Angeles’ iconic commercial corridors. The seven selected projects span from Panorama City to Watts, and from the Westside to Boyle Heights. “Our streets belong to the people [...]
The Mission Hills Neighborhood Council, as well as its many stakeholders, have been working diligently together to re-establish quorum on the Mission Hills Neighborhood Council Board. I am pleased to report that their efforts have resulted in a very successful Candidate Forum and Selection that was well attended by the community and it's candidates. Due [...]
Congratulations to all of the Neighborhood Councils and organizations that were recognized and awarded at last Saturday’s Board of Public Works Clean Streets LA Challenge Ceremony! There to join in the event was Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilmembers Englander and Ryu, Innovation & Performance Commissioner Joe DiMento, Board of Public Works Commissioners Kevin James and Heather [...]
Hello NC Public Works Liaisons and Neighborhood Clean-Up Leaders! The Board of Public Works is asking for Neighborhood Councils’ help in cleaning up our neighborhoods by announcing the below Clean Streets LA Challenge! Mayor Eric Garcetti, the City Council, the Innovation & Performance Commission, the Board of Public Works, and the Department of Public Works [...]
