Building on feedback generated at a Neighborhood Council (NC) stakeholder engagement workshop held in May, a team of NCSA and NC volunteers from across the city have joined forces with USC’s “Code the Change” program -- which selects one “social good” or nonprofit software development project per semester -- to develop an online water conservation [...]
Please join the NCSA, Climate Resolve, and many other local organizations and stakeholders for Path to Positive: Los Angeles Climate Day, to be held on Friday, November 6, 2015 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. This galvanizing event will bring together community leaders from all over the region [...]
At the next Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition (LANCC) meeting on November 7, representatives from the Board of Public Works will be ready to meet with all of the Neighborhood Council‘s Public Works Liaisons to share details about opportunities to engage in the Clean Streets campaign to clean up our neighborhoods’ streets and alleys. If [...]
Last week, the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance (NCSA) submitted a proposal for a new Neighborhood Council-focused sustainability and resilience initiative, called "Cool Blocks LA," to the 2015 My LA2050 Grants Challenge. The NCSA advances sustainability and resilience across Los Angeles through advocacy, sharing of best practices, and community action. The “Cool Blocks LA” program will [...]
Greetings Neighborhood Councils… The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) has launched the 2016 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count! The 2015 Homeless Count was the largest census in the country, covering 4000 square miles and benefitting from the support of more than 5,500 volunteers. In 2015 the Count discovered that at any given point-in-time approximately [...]
Sincere thanks to everyone who attended the Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair on Saturday, October 3, 2015! We had a great turnout! Many attendees told us they learned about the Fair from their Neighborhood Council, and 50 percent of attendees told us it was their first time at the Fair. We distributed a Family Emergency Preparedness [...]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was enthusiastically received at the closing session of the Congress of Neighborhoods and spoke on several priorities of his including ensuring that all Angelenos receive high quality services from City Hall. Following up on the Mayor’s Clean Streets Initiative, Mayor Garcetti launched the Clean Streets Team and urged all Neighborhood [...]
October 7th is Walk to School Day! Thank you so much to those of you who have already signed schools up for Walk to School Day. See the map of registered schools here: LADOT is now in high-gear to identify schools within the City of Los Angeles and recruit volunteer organizers! With your help we [...]
Please join us for a Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance Water Committee meeting this Saturday, August 29. As part of the meeting, LADWP will be presenting on the Water & Power Rate Request. Please send questions you'd like addressed to carolyn.casavan@gmail.com ahead of time. We'll also discuss: Proposed Motion for Parkway Landscaping Ordinance Overview of LA [...]
Online registration for the 8th Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair (the largest in Los Angeles) opened on July 1, 2015. Please don’t be misled by the Valley in our name—everyone is invited to attend. Mother Nature pays no attention to our boundaries. By registering online, Fairgoers who bring their printed voucher to the Express Check-In [...]
