Alliance Forums are held every two months
all are invited to attend

Los Angeles stakeholders gather from all corners of the City for the popular forums of the Alliance of Neighborhood Councils. website address: http://www.allncs.org

Representatives from DONE, BONC and a variety of City Departments meet with Neighborhood Council stakeholders every other month, on a Saturday morning, in the Faculty Center at Los Angeles City College on Vermont.

Usually one of the 15 elected members of the LA City Council appears as an invited guest.

These forums have become an important part of the process of sharing current information about the emerging Neighborhood Councils and their relationships with the City.

At them stakeholders from Certified Neighborhood Councils, some with elected Boards, mingle easily with those who represent groups still in the process of being formed. These forums are quickly becoming not-to-be missed events.

The Alliance is a work in progress, as are the Neighborhood Councils it is intended to facilitate and support. The group has grown out of a partnership bringing the work of Richard MacMinn and Mark Siegel together with the long standing efforts of Noah Modisett and Bill Christopher, who serves as the President of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (BONC).

The purpose of the Alliance is to:

	open lines of communication between Neighborhood Councils all across to the City to share information and experiences;
	to make available information regarding the legal framework, responsibilities, and possibilities to each and every Neighborhood Council, either in formation or Certified;
	and to interface with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment on common issues which impact the Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils.

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visit the website at:
http://www.allncs.org

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