I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are so very excited about the Congress of Neighborhoods tomorrow! If you heart all things Neighborhood Councils like we do, then the Congress is the place to be tomorrow. With Council President Herb Wesson opening the Congress and Mayor Eric Garcetti closing the day, you’ll have 40 workshops to [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had an awesome time at the EmpowerLA Awards and Neighborhood Council Volunteer Recognition Event last Friday night. HUGE thanks to the Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee, particularly our Commissioner Lydia Grant, for the planning and flawless execution of a wonderful evening celebrating all things Neighborhood Councils in [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We are very happy to welcome our new Harbor area Commissioner, Josh LaFarga, to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners! Commissioner LaFarga was confirmed by City Council and will be attending his first special Commission meeting today when the Commissioners will be selecting the EmpowerLA Award winners. The awards [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had a great Neighborhood Council Elections Town Hall last Saturday. Many thanks to the Neighborhood Council leaders who attended to make sure that our 2016 elections are awesome! We’ve worked with our partners at the City Clerk’s Office to incorporate as many suggestions as possible. In the [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. This has been very full and wonderful week. We started our new staff and have been busy training them to get them up to speed. There were many great candidates to choose from, and I want to thank the Personnel Department, in particular Binh Le, and my managers, [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners elected new officers at their meeting on Monday. Commission Vice President Leonard Shaffer was elected President, and Commissioner Joy Atkinson was elected Vice President. HUGE thanks to outgoing President Karen Mack for her great leadership! Karen has always been a big advocate for [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. HUGE thanks to our awesome Neighborhood Council leaders who came to our town hall last Saturday. We learned a lot and received great ideas on how to improve the Neighborhood Council system and our services. I’m so appreciative of the time folks took to work with us on [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. We’ve been busy wrapping up Neighborhood Council funding and bylaw issues this week. I am happy to say though that we’ve started interviews to fill our vacancies so we’ll be introducing some new faces to the EmpowerLA team soon. Don’t forget to stop by our Neighborhood Council Town [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. Happy New Fiscal Year! Thanks to the Mayor’s Office, the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates and our great staff, we ended last fiscal year with a great Budget Day. I was sorry to have missed it as I was out of the country that day (many thanks to Acting [...]
I hope our newsletter finds you well. As we are winding down this fiscal year, I’m happy to say that for all the challenges we’ve had implementing the checking accounts this past year, it’s been a fairly calm year end close in comparison to years past. Many thanks to our Funding Team, led by Armando [...]
