The weekly Wellington Square Farmers Market opens this Sunday, March 21 9am-1pm 4394 W. Washington Boulevard in the Smyrna Church parking lot. A California Certified Farmers Market. Fresh fruits and vegetables grown using no pesticides, picked ripe and brought directly to you. Download the flyer: farmers-market.pdf
INVITE Your Friends and Neighbors - PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT LA HIGH SCHOOL
This SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010, 10am - 2pm
Safely dispose of your E-Waste items
Residential and Business E-Waste accepted
E- WASTE COLLECTION AT LA HIGH SCHOOL
4650 W Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
PH: 323 900 2700
FREE Recycling, Disposal of televisions, computer monitors, computers, printers, circuit boards, computer peripherals, copiers, faxes, Tape/DVD/CD players, telephones, cell phones, audio-visual equipment, rechargeable batteries - working or not!
NO broken glass, fluorescent devices, large household appliances, hazardous-toxic materials or substances.
From the Mayor’s office:
Attached is a flyer for the “Make the Homeless Count Sock Drive” taking place from February 14th to March 14th. Many of the homeless in our communities lack basic necessities including socks. The City of Los Angeles will organize events on Tuesday, March 30th to support the U.S. Census Bureau’s Homeless Enumeration program in order to boost the homeless count and deliver socks, food, and other much-needed items.
Download the flyer here: Sock Drive Flyer
Please pass this information on to your family, friends, colleagues, and contacts within the community so that we can ensure that EVERYONE gets counted in the 2010 Census! Thanks!
The organization BudgetLA will meet this Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 10am at Hollywood Presbyterian Church, Upper Terrace Hall, 1760 Gower Avenue (enter on Yucca, park on Yucca) and as part of their planned agenda will discuss the following topics:
Regenerative - DONE Reorganization - NC Collaborative Proposal
1) The “Hybrid” version of DONE - staff and volunteers
2) The Departmental Focus of DONE
a) Administrative
b) Public Relations
c) Government Relations
d) Training
3) Outsourcing Funding Oversight
4) The proposed budget
Collaborative - NC Funding and Structure - Forum
1) Rollover Funding - Proposed Elimination
2) Petty Cash Procedures - End BankCard System
3) Neighborhood Council Funding - 50% Cut
4) Transfer of Funding Program Oversight
BudgetLA supports the activities of several neighborhood council groups, all working together to pursue solutions to LA’s Budget Crisis. Participants include the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition, the Saving Los Angeles project, the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils, the Mayor’s Budget Advisory Committee and representatives from neighborhood councils throughout the city. For more information visit http://BudgetLA.org where you will find a Calendar of upcoming events, the Speakers Bureau, an archive of BudgetLA videos and links to individual neighborhood councils. Join BudgetLA on Facebook and follow BudgetLA on Twitter (@BudgetLA) To get involved, join BudgetLA on Saturday, February 13 at 10:00 am for “Look for the Union Label” at Hollywood Presyterian Church, 1760 Gower Ave., Hollywood 90028.
Press Conference
Monday, February 1, 2010
12:30 pm
City Hall Rotunda
200 Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Budget & Finance Committee
Monday, February 1, 2010
1:00 pm
City Council Chambers
200 Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012LOS ANGELES – Neighborhood Council representatives from throughout the city are headed to City Hall to call on the Mayor and the City Council to honor the City Charter which established the neighborhood council system and which mandates appropriate funding. They take with them a BudgetLa Statement that says “At this time of financial crisis for the City, the solutions require a partnership between the elected officials at City Hall and the elected representatives of our 90 neighborhood councils.”
Neighborhood Councils exist to advise the Mayor and the City Council on City Budget priorities, to monitor the delivery of services, and to involve the community in the governance of the City of Los Angeles. The Charter goes so far as to call for periodic meetings with responsible officials of City departments.
As the CAO’s “City Restructuring Proposals” are considered by the Budget and Finance Committee on Monday afternoon, Neighborhood Council leaders will stand in defense of the neighborhood council system and will position the NC system as a Funding Solution, a Communication Solution, and as a Community Building Solution. Ultimately, the NC system is an ASSET, not a LIABILITY, and it is protected by the City Charter. To that end, neighborhood councils stand as partners with the Mayor, the City Council, and the City Staff in working together for “An LA that Works!”
BudgetLA has hosted two emergency workshops which have drawn 110 different members from 47 different neighborhood councils, all focused on working together to take on bankruptcy, pensions, the delivery of city services and the reorganization of the city system. The BudgetLA position starts with two basic premises, that “everything is on the table and must be considered as we work together to solve the budget crisis, and that neighborhood councils must be at that table as partners in the process.
The NC reps have taken a full-spectrum approach to the budget crisis and believe that it is essential that the community engage with our elected officials as well as city staff to pursue Revenue innovations along with Pension reform while maintaining prioritized delivery of City Services and the implementation of Organizational improvements, all of which work together to guarantee that Los Angeles take its place as a Great City.
This past Saturday, BudgetLA opened with Alex Rubalcava who addressed LA’s future on “The Road to Bankruptcy.” It also featured Department of Neighborhood Empowerment’s GM, BongHwan Kim and his “Vision for Neighborhood Councils” presentation. Visit BudgetLA CityWatchLAfor a details on Saturday’s BudgetLA workshop. BudgetLA will meet again on Saturday, February 13 and on Saturday, February 27 at Hollywood City Hall. Both BudgetLA sessions will start at 10:00 am.
BudgetLA supports the activities of several neighborhood council groups, all working together to pursue solutions to LA’s Budget Crisis. Participants include the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition, the Saving Los Angeles project, the Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils, the Mayor’s Budget Advisory Committee and representatives from neighborhood councils throughout the city. For more information visit http://BudgetLA.org where you will find a Calendar of upcoming events, the Speakers Bureau, an archive of BudgetLA videos and links to individual neighborhood councils. Join BudgetLA on Facebook and follow BudgetLA on Twitter (@BudgetLA) To get involved, join BudgetLA on Saturday, February 13 at 10:00 am for “Look for the Union Label” at Hollywood City Hall, 6501 Fountain Ave., Hollywood 90028.
The Celebration of Life Services for Marie Gaines, mother of OPNC Secretary Milton Gaines, has been scheduled as follows:
Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills
6300 Forest Lawn Drive
Los Angeles CA 90068
Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12 Noon
For those wishing to send flowers, please do so to Forest Lawn. The service will be held at the Old North Church on the property of Forest Lawn. The repast will be held after the burial site ceremony at place To be Determined.
The Los Angeles Conservancy will be holding its 8th Annual HPOZ Conference on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the Angelica Lutheran Church, 1345 S. Burlington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006, 8:30am - 4pm, $20.00 fee includes continental breakfast & lunch. See the attached flyer for more details or visit the LA Conservancy website. For more information about HPOZ (Historic Preservation Overlay Zones) click here. Currently, OPNC is assisting Country Club Park in its HPOZ project.
