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Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
DONE Newsletters 2009
March 11, 2009
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Neighborhood Council Leaders |
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BongHwan Kim, General Manager
....Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) |
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NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT NEWS
Results for the Community Budget Survey Are In
Thank you again to those who participated in the Community Budget Survey. The results of the Community Budget Survey are in and available online. Your Regional Budget Representatives are preparing to meet with Mayor Villaraigosa on Monday, March 16, 2009. The City of Los Angeles is one of the few cities in the country that provides this opportunity for peoples' voices to be heard. This budget process is an important tool to help gauge the community support and provides an understanding of the region and City-wide priorities. We have posters available that show the Board member results of the survey. Please ask your Neighborhood Empowerment Analyst (NEA) for a poster to share the results with your community members and to encourage their involvement in the next budget survey process.
Share Your NC Funding Success Stories!
We are collecting stories about the positive impact the NC funding program has made for neighborhood quality of life issues throughout the City. The funding program is vital to the continued success of the Neighborhood Council system. Please share one or two of your most exemplary projects. We will collect and share these stories with our elected officials so that they fully understand the importance of the funding program. Please limit your response to 200 words or less so that we can compile the stories collected into a succinct yet compelling message. Subjects to be addressed should include:
1) A description of the project and the amount
2) What tangible and positive difference was realized from the use of public funds in your community? |
Please submit your success stories to BongHwan.Kim@lacity.org by March 31, 2009.
Save the Dates! Upcoming Regional Roundtables with GM BongHwan Kim and CBT/NLI Classes
General Manager BongHwan (BH) Kim will be hosting a series of roundtables in the regions to discuss the upcoming changes to the Neighborhood Council System due to the budget crises. Under the Carol Baker Tharp Neighborhood Leadership Institute (CBT/NLI), we will also be offering classes with the City Attorney on the mandated ethics training after the roundtables. The ethics training is in lieu of the online training offered by the Ethics Commission. You will receive a Certificate of Completion, which is effective for 2 year. The first roundtable and CBT/NLI ethics class will be in the Valley on Saturday, March 21, 2009, at the Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center located at 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys 91401 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Roundtables and CBT/NLI ethics classes in the South/West/Harbor will be on Saturday, April 25, 2009, and in the Central East on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Times and locations to be determined.
Please RSVP for the Valley roundtable and CBT/NLI class by calling Diana Estrada at (213) 473-4529 or emailing her at diana.estrada@lacity.org. If you will be taking the mandated ethics training, we must receive your RSVP prior to the training to ensure materials and to prepare the certificate.
CBT/NLI Board Orientation Class on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
We will be holding a CBT/NLI Board Orientation class on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Central East area, location to be determined. The Board Orientation class will cover the Roles and Responsibilities of Board members, legal training - Brown Act, Conflict of Interest, and Public Records Act, and funding training. Please mark your calendars. More information to come! Please RSVP by calling (213) 485-1360.
Job Opportunities for Translation and Interpretation Services
We are seeking proposals from qualified entities to provide translation and interpretation services for the Department and the Neighborhood Councils. Please see the Request for Proposal (RFP), which outlines the guidelines for applicants in submitting their proposals. The deadline to respond is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2009
A Proposers' Conference will be held on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 1:30 pm, LACERS Board Room, 360 East Second Street, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012.. Please RSVP to Larna Jordan at (213) 485-1360 or at Larna.Jordan@lacity.org. The RFP, along with all the attachments and appendices, are available for download on the City's website at www.labavn.org. Registration on this website is free.
BOARD OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONERS NEWS
The Commission's Next Meeting Is on Monday, March 16th
The Board of Neighborhood Commissioners' (Commission) next Regular Meeting is on Monday, March 16, 2009 at City Hall, 10th Floor Conference Center, Room 1060, 200 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. The agenda for this meeting will be available on our website this week. To obtain the future meeting schedule of the Commission directly, please visit the City's website at www.lacity.org and subscribe to the Commission's agendas through the Early Notification System (ENS).
CITY NEWS
LADOT Thanks Neighborhood Councils
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) wants to take this opportunity to thank NC's and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment for the opportunity to participate in the latest series of Regional NC Townhalls.. For information on LADOT, please visit their website. Nc's may find the TIPS manual available on the DOT webpage of particular interest. Here is the link to the TIPS manual. NC's can contact LADOT's Neighborhood Council Coordinator at: LADOT.NC@lacity.org.
Public Works/Bureau of Sanitation Offering March Zero Waste Workshops
The Bureau of Sanitation is conducting stakeholder workshops for the Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP), a 20-year plan to reach zero waste in the City. These workshops will focus on policies, programs and facilities needed to meet the zero waste goal. For a workshop in your area, please see their flyers in English and Spanish.
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Los Angeles Police Foundation Is Hosting a St. Patrick's Day Hike and Beach Party
Come and share an unforgettable afternoon with community leaders, members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and local residents while benefitting the LAPD's Juvenile Impact Program (JIP). The JIP is a 12 week boot camp style program for at risk youth between the ages of 12 and 16 that's designed to instill discipline, pride, and respect while coaching their parents on effective communication and anger management skills. For more information, please go to the Los Angeles Police Foundation website.
City Year and Youth
If your NC is looking for a way to engage the youth in your community, check out City Year, a nonprofit AmeriCorps organization whose primary goal is to build democracy in youth from 17 to 24 years old through citizen service, civic engagement, social entrepreneurship and leadership development. City Year members work in 18 cities across the U.S., and there are over 100 members in the Los Angeles area. They are eager youth looking for community projects into which they can channel their energies and are already working with several NC's. If your NC needs assistance with a community service project or would like to develop one, contact City Year and take the opportunity to work with this great community partner!
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BongHwan Kim, General Manager
done@lacity.org
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
334-B E. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
866 / LA HELPS
213 / 485-1360
213 / 485-4608 fax
done@mailbox.lacity.org
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www.lacityneighborhoods.com
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