The Valley Disaster Preparedness Team, in conjunction with the Southern California Preparedness Foundation, is already planning the next Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair, which will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Fire Station 87 in Granada Hills. As you know, preparing the community for disasters is key to our survival when an earthquake or [...]
Attention Northeast Valley! Region 1 NC elections are here! This is your last chance to register as a candidate for your Neighborhood Council elections. The North East Valley is the first Region in the City of Los Angeles to hold their 2016 Neighborhood Council elections. Help us get the word out and encourage worthy candidates! [...]
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is the lead agency responsible for completing the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The Count helps LAHSA demonstrate our area's need for housing, shelter and service programs to the federal government and is essential to our efforts to reduce and end homelessness. Many Neighborhood Councils participated in the [...]
Congratulations to the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance, which was recently selected as one of 20 semi-finalist organizations to participate in the 2016 Social Innovation Fast Pitch program. The Social Innovation Fast Pitch is a free two-month communication skills training program for nonprofits that are creating lasting social change in Greater Los Angeles. This year, it [...]
Outreach and Election Workshops featuring NationBuilder and Nextdoor will be held throughout the month of January in Regions 1-12. Next week, there will be three workshops: RSVP to Region 11: January 25th from 6-8pm at West LA Municipal Building 1645 Corinth Ave Suite 103.2 Los Angeles, CA 90025 RSVP to Region 8: January 26th from 6-8pm [...]
Location: Cal State LA Downtown Facility, 801 South Grand Los Angeles, CA http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-open-downtown-los-angeles-campus Dates: (All sessions from 6 pm to 9 pm) Tuesday, February 2 Tuesday, February 9 Tuesday, February 16 Tuesday, February 23 Overall Objective: Building on the overview of city government in Civic U. 1.0, this program helps participants to create a public [...]
Angelenos take pride in their neighborhoods and actively volunteer for clean-ups, regularly reporting trash and graffiti to one of City Hall’s most used service request phone numbers: 3-1-1. EmpowerLA is very aware that Neighborhood Councils are part of this ongoing movement in keeping their streets beautiful. The department would like to request that Neighborhood Councils [...]
The City’s Implementation Plan for the Clean Streets Citywide Program (Council File: 15-0600-S78) aims to provide a comprehensive program to improve Angelenos' quality of life by cleaning up our streets. This plan includes the effort to promote the City of Los Angeles’ free service to pick up discarded bulky items such as mattresses, furniture, and [...]
Please see the attached Emergency Management Department (EMD) Bulletin. Each month EMD provides Angelenos with emergency preparedness information. This month's focus is on Renter and Mobile Home Earthquake Preparation. Please share this information with your co-workers, family and friends and sign up for free emergency information through NotifyLA.
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment Announces: 2016 Civic University 2.0 for Neighborhood Councils The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will be collaborating with The Pat Brown Institute (PBI) for Public Affairs at Cal State LA to present the Civic University (CU) 2.0 at the new CSULA Downtown LA campus on Tuesday evenings of February 2, 9, 16, [...]
