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 [...]
To the Neighborhood Councils of Los Angeles: for the next few weeks, UCLA undergraduate students under the direction of Kathy O’Byrne from the Center for Community Learning at UCLA, as well as Stephen Box, director of the EmpowerLA initiative, will be working with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to create a project that will capture [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday, October 24, at 10 a.m, EmpowerLA's General Manager is hosting an Elections Town Hall at Glassell Park Community and Senior Center to review the 2016 Neighborhood Council Elections Manual and to discuss the upcoming 2016 elections, including the implementation of citywide online voting. The Election Town Hall is an opportunity for Outreach Chairs, [...]
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 [...]
Gang Reduction & Youth Development is implementing the Mayor's Fall Friday Nights (FFN) program, an extension of our very successful Summer Night Lights. FFN is a pilot 8 weeks/8 site program in the fall during the hours of 5 pm-9 pm, and launched on Friday, September 25th, 2015. FFN aims to provide programming to Los [...]
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 [...]
Are you registered yet? The long-anticipated Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair is tomorrow, Saturday, October 3, 2015! Starting at 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, you can jump-start your disaster preparedness with information, activities, demonstrations, lessons, and five half-hour preparedness talks by noted experts in the field, including seismologist Dr. Kate Hutton. Family Emergency Preparedness (EP) Starter [...]
In celebration of ABA Mediation Week 2015, the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) is hosting a Train-the-Trainer Workshop, “Mediation in Your Community” on Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 2-4pm at Los Angeles River Center & Gardens (map). Join us to learn from DCBA Dispute Resolution Program experts on: -What is [...]
Mayor Garcetti delivers the closing address at this year’s event at City Hall. (Los Angeles, CA - September 24, 2015) The 2015 Los Angeles Congress of Neighborhoods - an annual conference of community leaders drawn from across the city- happens Saturday September 26th at City Hall. With 40 workshops and opportunities to hear and talk to [...]
