Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (BONC)
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE)

2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008
(see below for an explanation of BONC and DONE)

There are many ways to get your Neighborhood Council, and its stakeholders, involved and informed.
Click here for some great ideas: LA Neighborhood Councils - GET INVOLVED!

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CURRENT AGENDA

Board of Neighborhood Commissioners
BONC / DONE

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DONE Newsletter 12/27/07
Enhanced Online Monthly Funding Status Report

DONE Newsletter 12/21/07
Neighborhood Council Elections to be Administered
by City Clerk Beginning in April, 2008

DONE Newsletter 12/12/07
Cash for College

DONE Newsletter 12/07/07
Memorial Services for Carol Baker Tharp

DONE Newsletter 12/07/07
Competition Opens For National Neighborhood Awards

DONE Newsletter 12/04/07
Crisis Response Team Now Recruiting

DONE Newsletter 11/29/07
Message From the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners

DONE Newsletter 11/28/07
Passing of our colleague and friend Carol Baker Tharp

DONE Newsletter 11/27/07
Mayor's Community Budget Process - Important Update

DONE Newsletter 11/26/07
Mayor's Statement on the Death of Carol Baker Tharp

DONE Newsletter 11/19/07
Youth Conference on Climate Change

DONE Newsletter 11/08/07
Your Opinion Counts: Neighborhood Council
Review Commission's Final Report

DONE Newsletter 11/05/07
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Meeting

DONE Newsletter 10/26/07
Fire Disaster Information

DONE Newsletter 10/24/07
Congress of Neighborhoods Parking Pass

DONE Newsletter 10/23/07
Congress of Neighborhoods Event

DONE Newsletter 10/18/07
Congress of Neighborhoods, Interactive Dialogues
with City Department Managers

DONE Newsletter 10/15/07
Special Education & Neighborhoods
Committee Meetings

DONE Newsletter 10/10/07
Community Budget Day -- Urgent Update
Emergency Budget Discussions
to Take Place at Budget Day !

DONE Newsletter 10/04/07
Join Us At The Congress of Neighborhoods!

DONE Newsletter 10/03/07
LA City Council Special Meeting

DONE Newsletter 10/01/07
Annual Community Budget Day
- Saturday, October 13, 2007

DONE Newsletter 09/27/07
Keep Los Angeles Beautiful
Advisory Board Update

DONE Newsletter 09/27/07
Letter From Carol Baker Tharp

DONE Newsletter 09/26/07
Board of Neighborhood Commissioners
(BONC) Meeting Notification

DONE Newsletter 09/25/07
Multi Family Bulky Item

DONE Newsletter 09/21/07
"The Coming Storm" Community Forum
at the California Endowment

DONE Newsletter 09/19/07
An Opportunity to Make History
The Congress of Neighborhoods "Building on Success"

DONE Newsletter 09/14/07
Neighborhood Preparedness Ambassador Program

DONE Newsletter 08/31/09
Invitation To Improve Our Neighborhood Council System

DONE Newsletter 08/30/07
Request For Proposal (RFP)
NC Election Administration Services

DONE Newsletter 08/17/07
A Message from Councilmember Janice Hahn

DONE Newsletter 08/17/07
Quarterly Meeting of the Southern California
Neighborhood Partnership - Aug. 27, 2007

DONE Newsletter 08/17/07
Request for Qualifications - Independent Election Administrator

DONE Newsletter 08/15/07
Neighborhood Council Review Commission Meeting on TV !

DONE Newsletter 08/10/07
Mayor Villaraigosa's Annual Community Budget Day
Saturday - October 13, 2007

DONE Newsletter 08/08/07
Community Survey Regarding Film Permits

DONE Newsletter 07/02/07
Next Congress Planning Group Meeting - July 9th

DONE Newsletter 06/27/07
NCRC Interactive Workshop

DONE Newsletter 06/19/07
Neighborhood Council Training Manual
- Legal Issues for Neighborhood Councils

DONE Newsletter 06/14/07
Public Hearing on Capacity Building
and Leadership Development

DONE Newsletter 06/13/07
NCRC Community Workshop

DONE Newsletter 06/08/07
Upcoming NC Congress Workshop

DONE Newsletter 05/17/07
Effective Land Use Advocacy

DONE Newsletter 05/10/07
Congress Debreifing

DONE Newsletter 05/09/07
Cancellation of This Weekend's
Arbor Day Event in Griffith Park

DONE Newsletter 05/08/07
Violence in the Workplace Workshop

DONE Newsletter 05/08/07
The City of Los Angeles Presents
"A Public Hearing on LAUSD Special Education"

DONE Newsletter 05/08/07
Arbor Day Festival at Griffith Park

DONE Newsletter 04/26/07
Empowerment Academy
- Violence in the WorkplaceTraining

DONE Newsletter 04/23/07
May 12th - Arbor Fest 2007 -  Make a Difference
and Help Reduce Global Warming

DONE Newsletter 04/18/07
Chief Bratton Requests a Second-Term

DONE Newsletter 04/13/07
Big Sunday - April 28th and 29th

DONE Newsletter 04/12/07
Azusa Street Festival

DONE Newsletter 04/05/07
"Discover Recycling" Open House

DONE Newsletter 04/03/07
City and County Discussions of
Planning and Service for Seniors

DONE Newsletter 04/03/07
Big Sunday 2007

DONE Newsletter 03/23/07
BONC Ad Hoc Election Committee Public Hearing

DONE Newsletter 03/22/07
DONE Newsletter - New General Manager

DONE Newsletter 03/19/07
Empowerment Academy - Election Chair Training

DONE Newsletter 03/16/07
Special Joint NCRC & BONC Meeting

DONE Newsletter 03/12/07
Statement of Economic Interest Filing
- - correction - -

DONE Newsletter 03/08/07
Statement of Economic Interest Filing

DONE Newsletter 03/08/07
Blessing of the Animals 2007

DONE Newsletter 02/28/07
Keep LA Beautiful National Kickoff Event - Saturday, March 3rd

DONE Newsletter 02/28/07
“Wipe Out Wireless Waste” - Saturday, March 3rd

DONE Newsletter 02/27/07
Empowerment Academy Marketing & Communications Workshop

DONE Newsletter 02/26/07
Red Flag Day Warnings - Info from the LA Fire Department

DONE Newsletter 02/15/07
Internet Video-On-Demand Pilot Project Participation
- Lottery Drawing for Neighborhood Council Meeting

DONE Newsletter 02/08/07
Empowerment Academy Public Trust Workshop

DONE Newsletter 02/07/07
Letter from Deputy Mayor Larry Frank

DONE Newsletter 01/31/07
Empowerment Academy 1st Quarter 2007 Courses

DONE Newsletter 01/29/07
Save the Date - Congress of Neighborhoods April 21, 2007

DONE Newsletter 01/19/07
Neighborhood Council Review Commission Public Hearings

DONE Newsletter 01/17/09
Proposed Budget for the 33rd PY Action Plan

DONE Newsletter 01/09/07
Strengthening Communities Workshop

DONE Newsletter 01/04/07
Invitation from Board of Public Works to
participate in Keep America Beautiful Program

DONE Newsletter 01/03/07
Neighborhood Council Review Commission Public Hearing

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Neighborhood Councils - what's a BONC? ... what's a DONE?

If you're new to the concept of Neighborhood Councils we wish to encourage you to look into them.

Essentially the Neighborhood Council system was instituted by City Charter to give the LA resident, referred to as a "stakeholder" (someone who lives, works or owns property in an area), a bigger voice in local decision making.

A proposed Neighborhood Council committee submits an application to the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners (BONC) which is their plan for how they wish to establish their own specific council. The staff of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) is charged with assisting the BONC in any number of ways ... helping groups prepare applications, interacting with other City Departments, helping to set guidelines, and facilitating meetings, etc.

You may find the DONE website (Department of Neighborhood Empowerment) interesting and informative.

While Neighborhood Councils will have no legislative ability themselves, they will certainly act in an advisory capacity to the City of Los Angeles in helping understand the needs and desires of local communities, thereby having a powerful voice which will help shape communities they serve.

A limited amount of financial support is to be provided each Neighborhood Council, through a pool of money set aside in the LA city budget.

As of this writing, some 85 Neighborhood Councils have been "certified" by the City, meaning they officially exist, with about 20 more applications pending.

It is possible that after the dust settles we may have over 100 local Neighborhood Councils, each serving the needs of the stakeholders in the geographic area they represent!

The residents of Los Angeles are understandably hoping this works ... giving them a meaningful voice and a much bigger say in what happens in their local neighborhoods.

So are we ...