Volunteers Needed to Review the Plan for Citywide System of Neighborhood...
This week, the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners approved the Neighborhood Council Plan Review and Reform Initiative (NCPRARI), a process intended to examine the ordinance governing the Neighborhood...
View ArticleLOOKING BACK: A History of the Neighborhood Council Movement
Fifty-five Neighborhood Councils reached their 10th anniversaries in 2012 and over the next several months, another twenty-two councils will join them in celebrating a decade of empowerment and civic...
View ArticleNC Plan Review & Reform Initiative
Neighborhood Council leaders from around the city convened this past Saturday for “Looking Back: A History of the Neighborhood Council Movement in Los Angeles,” hosted by Commissioner Douglas Epperhart...
View ArticleCommission Grapples with Stakeholder Definition
On Monday, the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners took up the first recommendations of the NC Plan review working groups—a proposal to do away with the standard definition of “factual basis”...
View ArticleThe Commission asks “What is a Stakeholder?”
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners is in the process of taking up the recommendations of the NC Plan and Reform Committees and the first topic to make the agenda was a proposal to do away with the...
View ArticleMayor names Mack to Commission
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has named Arnetta Mack of South LA to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (the Commission), for the term ending June 30, 2015, filling the vacancy created by Carlene...
View ArticleCommission Celebrates!
LA’s Board of Neighborhood Commissioners is made up of seven members of the community who are appointed by the Mayor and represent the diverse geographical areas, serving as volunteers. The Commission...
View ArticleWelcome Commissioner Mack
It’s official! In a Unanimous vote, LA’s City Council confirmed the Mayor’s nomination of as Board of Neighborhoods Commissioner. Commissioner Mack was joined in Council Chambers by her son and...
View ArticleCommission Tackles Factual Basis Stakeholder issue
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners poised to complete work on Factual Basis Stakeholder issue. After months of committee meetings and receiving significant input from Neighborhood Councils, the Board...
View ArticleCommission Passes Motion
Commission passes motion recommending to City Council that “factual basis” be replaced with “community interest” stakeholder. At its last meeting, the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners passed a...
View ArticleCommission Asks for Your Feedback
NC Plan Review Committees issue recommendations Last Saturday, the NC Plan Review Committees issued multiple recommendations to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners regarding important policies...
View ArticleNC Plan Review Survey
Commission Asks for Your Feedback in Survey The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners is considering making recommendations to the City Council on a number of important policy issues which govern the...
View ArticleNC Plan Review Update
Last month, the Neighborhood Council Plan Review Committees met jointly to develop recommendations on a wide range of policy issues affecting Neighborhood Councils. They produced nine motions (for...
View ArticleInput Sought On Nine NC Plan Review Motions
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (Commission) is requesting Neighborhood Councils to provide input by the end of this month on nine Neighborhood Council Plan Review motions that are currently...
View ArticleLA’s Newest Neighborhood Commissioner
Mayor Eric Garcetti has appointed Victor Medina to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2015. Mr. Medina will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Douglas J....
View ArticleNC Policy That Affects You: Nine Motions
With all the policies and procedures necessary to run a city, city department or even the Neighborhood Council system, a person cannot be blamed for not being well versed in all the intricacies. Yet...
View ArticleNew E&N Committee Meets: Commissioners, NC Elections, and More
On August 20th, the City Council’s Education and Neighborhoods Committee (commonly called E&N) met for the first time since the City’s newly elected officials took office. The Chair of the...
View ArticleCommission Selects EmpowerLA Award Winners
The results are in! The winners of the 2013 EmpowerLA Awards were finalized at the September 9th special meeting of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. The vote on Monday was the culmination of a...
View ArticlePolice Commission Embraces Technology
LA Police Commission’s newly elected president, Steve Soboroff, wasted no time in laying down his mandate for the LAPD, issuing a challenge to embrace technology and proposing his “18 month, not 18...
View ArticleGM’s Message 9.13.13
I hope this newsletter finds you well. I’m out this week, but am happy that Commissioner Len Shaffer, who is Vice President and Acting President of our Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, accepted my...
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