EmpowerLA publishes a weekly newsletter that comes out every Friday. The newsletter contains news, updates, and event notices that impact Neighborhood Councils Citywide. It’s a great source of information on key issues Neighborhood Councils care about, and it also offers educational articles and tools to make you an even more effective Board Member. Every Neighborhood [...]

Planning and Land Use advocacy is most effective when it’s done early in the life cycle of a development proposal. As a Neighborhood Council member, you should be receiving the Department of City Planning’s Early Notification Report, which lists all the planning entitlement applications that have been filed in your area, and is sent every [...]

It’s important to stay informed about City business that impacts your community, and vital to find out what’s going on early enough to do something about it - especially when it can take a month or two for an issue to be agendized and discussed by your Neighborhood Council. One of the best ways to [...]

LA City Clerk operates the Council File Management System - a searchable database of all Council Files; Motions; and Resolutions that the City Council  has generated, past and present. Watch a tutorial on how to use LA’s Council File Management System. A Council File is the body of information collected around a given issue as [...]

Executive Directives “Back to Basics” Priority Outcomes These statements from the Mayor’s Office about the City’s overarching goals and strategies are a great place to find inspiration for your Community Impact Statements, as your Board can issue opinions and advisory statements on how these directives might play out within your local community. Topics covered include [...]

To register to vote online in Neighborhood Council elections, you first need to get to your Neighborhood Council’s Online Voter Registration page. Here’s how to find it: If you know what Neighborhood Council you belong to, click it on this map to access your Neighborhood Council’s main Election page. Once you’re there, click the Voter [...]