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I hope our newsletter finds you well. I'm so excited that Mayor Eric Garcetti, First Lady Amy Elaine Wakeland and the Getty House Foundation Board of Directors are focusing on "Women Who Lead Our Neighborhood Councils" for their Women's Leadership Series program next week. We have over 40% of the board seats in the Neighborhood Council system occupied by women and more than half of our Neighborhood Council alliances are led by women, too. I'm looking forward to connecting with our women Neighborhood Council board members on Thursday at the beautiful Getty House. If you haven't responded to your invitation yet, please make sure that you RSVP with your name and Neighborhood Council by Monday, October 24, 2016.
We've been busy this week putting together the draft of our budget for next fiscal year. We'll be meeting with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates next week to go over our proposals. Many thanks to our Budget Advocates who have started meeting with all of the City departments on their budgets! They do an amazing job each year on their white paper recommendations for the budget. Please make sure that your Neighborhood Council agendizes them to provide City budget updates at your board meetings so you can keep your community in the know. |
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I was happy to get out into the Korean American community yesterday to talk about the importance of civic engagement and how Neighborhood Councils play a part in it. The Korean Resource Center held a great event for hundreds of seniors to register voters and to do a ballot workshop in order to inform them of the measures and how it affects their lives. You can read more about it below. I reminded folks that voting is the end of the civic engagement process, and if they wanted to stay involved all the time, they should join their Neighborhood Council or even do simple things like downloading myLA311 on their phones to report issues on City services or stay connected to City Hall. Don't forget that Monday, October 24, 2016, is the last day to register to vote!
Speaking of staying connected to City Hall, I was happy to participate in Mayor Eric Garcetti's iChangeLA event at City Hall today where we celebrated civic innovation in the City of Los Angeles. As part of Innovate LA 2016, it was great to see City employees being honored for their innovations and to share about our experience in the Google Angels Lab on civic engagement. Congratulations to Department of Cultural Affairs & Community Partners for receiving the Mayor's Civic Innovation Award for " The Arts Activation Fund." We'll be putting a budget ask for continued civic engagement innovations that I think will be amazing for Los Angeles.
Don't forget the Neighborhood Council Emergency Preparedness Alliance meets tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend!
Best,
Grayce Liu,
General Manager
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (aka) EmpowerLA Empower Yourself, Empower Your Community, EmpowerLA
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Mayor's Message
LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti today joined Metro and community stakeholders in Little Tokyo for the ceremonial naming and lowering of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig twin 1.1-mile underground rail tunnels under downtown Los Angeles for the Regional Connector Transit Project. Excavation work is expected to begin in January. The $1.55...
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Our parks are important to our communities. This questionnaire is a great opportunity to let the City of Los Angeles know your thoughts about our parks. What is working? What needs improvement? What's missing? What would you love to see more of in your community park? Your feedback is valuable. It will be part of...
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With roughly three weeks to go until Election Day, November 8, we're pleased to share a great opportunity for you to ask any and all questions you may have about voter registration deadlines, mail-in ballots, key election info and more! The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office will host a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA)...
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The City Council is in the beginning stages of an open and public conversation about how best to regulate all aspects of the marijuana, or cannabis, industry within the City of Los Angeles. It also marks another important opportunity for the Neighborhood Councils to be fully engaged in the City's legislative process and truly have...
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LOS ANGELES, CA - On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Korean Resource Center (KRC) hosted an Early Vote Town Hall at Trinity Central Lutheran Church in Koreatown for over 200 Korean speaking senior citizens and other new immigrant voters to navigate the voting process, understand ballot initiatives and candidates, and provide assistance with completing vote-by-mail...
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Participate in one of LADWP's 2016 Integrated Resources Plan workshops to help chart the course for the City's power supply over the next 20 years. Your input can help LADWP transform Los Angeles into a healthier, cleaner, more sustainable City. Please RSVP for one of the following workshops or live webcast. Workshop and Live Webcast...
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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has received approximately $250,000 in funding from the California Office of Transportation Safety (OTS) to contract directly with community based organizations to implement innovative, creative and engaging, site-specific interventions, outreach, and education along 10 specific corridors suffering from some of the...
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Police and family members are asking the public to help find a 55-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease who went missing during a visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Nancy Paulikas was last seen exiting the restroom at LACMA about 3 p.m. Saturday. She appeared to walk toward a museum exhibit, but then...
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You are cordially invited to "Beyond Neighborhood Councils - How to Run for Higher Office, Get Appointed to a City Commission, or Find a Job with the City". Featured speakers include Board of Public Works Commissioner Kevin James, Board of Neighborhood Commissioner Len Shaffer, Department of Water & Power Commissioner Jill Banks Barad, and representatives from...
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