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Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
Newsletter
October
29, 2004
Re: Web Site Enhancement – Easier to Get NC Information. Congress
Survey Results. Citywide Election Procedures Correction.
WEB SITE ENHANCEMENT
– EASIER TO GET NC INFORMATION
It used to be
that when you visited our Web site at www.lacityneighborhoods.com
and clicked on “NC Roster” you got the 70+ page roster
of Neighborhood Councils. That was then. This is now.
Now when you
go to that spot (click
here for a shortcut), you will see how it easy it is to
click in the box to get that same PDF list, or click on the name
of the Neighborhood Council you’re interested in, and it’s
page from the roster will appear. You can also click on Map and
get (are you ready for this?) a map of that Neighborhood Council.
You can display
lists and links for the Neighborhood Councils in each of the city’s
seven neighborhood service areas, or by City Council district.
You are now
able to click on the e-mail address links, and send messages to
your favorite Neighborhood Councils and board members.
Please take
a moment to look at the page for your Neighborhood Council. We are
very careful to exclude contact information that board members do
not want made public. However, we must ensure that the names of
each board member appear on the list. Your stakeholders deserve
to know who you are, and they need to have a way to get in contact
with you. That could be a Post Office box, a central postal or e-mail
address for your Neighborhood Council, the secretary, etc.
CONGRESS SURVEY
RESULTS
Here are the
results of the opinion survey that was circulated at the Congress
of Neighborhoods on October 9. This format may be a little difficult
to read, but always try and avoid attachments (at your request),
and when we tried to compare the results from this Congress to the
results from the last Congress, well, we’re not sure how readable
this will be. Next, we’re going to put this results into a
chart form and post it on the Web site for those who are interested.
Here goes:
Opinion Survey
Results
October 9, 2004
1. Were you
an active part of a group in trying to influence governmental decision-making
or improving your neighborhood before you got involved in Neighborhood
Councils?
54% (25) = Yes
46% (21)
= No
2. The state’s
Brown Act (the “open meetings law”) applies to Neighborhood
Councils, and the City Charter requires that Neighborhood Councils
do their business in an open and fair manner. Which best reflects
the way you would like to see it apply to Neighborhood Councils?
49% (23) = Keep
it the way it is. < Previous Congress: 54% (68) >
0% (0)
= Exempt the Neighborhood Councils from it. < 4% (5) >
45% (21)
= Change or eliminate certain parts that apply to Neighborhood Councils.
< 39% (49) >
6% (3)
= Don’t Know/No Opinion < 39% (49) >
3. Are we better
off or worse off with Neighborhood Councils?
78% (36) = Better
< Previous Congress: 80% (90) >
2% (1)
= Worse < 3% (3) >
15% (7)
= Same < 10% (11) >
4% (2)
= Don’t Know/No Opinion < 7% (8) >
4. Are you being
offered the training you feel you need?
61% (24) = Yes
< Previous Congress: 67% (69) >
21% (8)
= No < 20% (21) >
18% (17)
= Don’t Know/No Opinion < 13% (13) >
5. Please
give a letter grade, like in school, to:
Department of
Neighborhood Empowerment
B- 7.12
< Previous Congress: B 7.60 >
Board of Neighborhood
Commissioners
C+ 6.45
< Previous Congress: B- 7.20 >
City Council
C+ 6.37
< Previous Congress: B- 7.18 >
Your Neighborhood
Council
B 8.14
< Previous Congress: B- 7.06 >
CITYWIDE ELECTION
PROCEDURES MEETING
Small correction:
In the previous newsletter we said that the proposed citywide election
procedures could be found on our home page. That part was and is
correct. It’s just that we listed the home page for the City
of Los Angeles and not ours, which always appears at the bottom
of our newsletters. Our address is www.lacityneighborhoods.com
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Greg Nelson
gnelson@mailbox.lacity.org
866 / LA HELPS
213 / 485-1360
213 / 485-4608 fax
done@mailbox.lacity.org
email
www.lacityneighborhoods.com
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