Next community meeting: Tuesday, January 24th, 6:30 PM Granada Hills Women’s Club 10666 White Oak Avenue Granada Hills, CA 91344 The proposal for a mixed-use development at San Fernando Mission and Woodly has sparked a strong neighborhood reaction. On Friday January 13, Councilmember Englander met with the developer and some neighborhood representatives (the two neighborhood […]

Compilation of Stakeholder Questions Regarding SF Mission and Woodley Development

Granada Hills residents protested a proposed residential development Friday over concerns that it is out of place and too big for the infrastructure of the neighborhood. "It's going to cause all kinds of traffic problems and issues with Granada Hills, or with JFK High School," David Beuvais said. The development would be on the corner […]

On November 23, 2016, the City adopted an ordinance repealing Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 85.02 in its entirety, in response to a U.S. Court of Appeals judgment and replaced it with a version that decriminalizes living in vehicles, while balancing the needs of all City residents, businesses and visitors for clean, healthy and […]

The cost to settle suits such as police brutality, wrongful imprisonment, and disability act violations has LA in a precarious position. The City Council's Budget and Finance Committee Monday voted in support of a staff recommendation that the city borrow up to $70 million to help cover the rising cost of civil lawsuit payouts. The […]

The 2017 Homeless Count is looking for volunteers for this year. Please see the information below. Los Angeles County has the highest unsheltered homeless population in the nation, but we don't have to accept homelessness as an insolvable problem. Together, we can help end this. All across Los Angeles, every January, we embark on a three-day […]

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is opening the application period for the Community Partnership Grant that will be awarded to our local non-profit organizations. This is LADWP’s fifth round of grants and will be used for new community outreach and public education activities to improve energy efficiency and water conservation throughout […]

Spread the word! Media will be there! Take a half day off work and join us. Against unbearable traffic, crime, urbanization of Granada Hills. Safety for our kids. Parents, neighbors, bring anyone, everyone. Fight this with political pressure. We have only two chances to make a difference. Next Friday and the final hearing (TBA). This […]

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority announces the temporary extension of hours at most winter shelters. The following shelters will remain open for a 38 hour window from Sunday, January 8th at 5 p.m. until Tuesday, January 10th at 7 a.m.  due to cold and wet weather conditions. On Tuesday, January 10th at 7 a.m. most shelters will resume normal hours. The following Winter […]

Friday, January 20, 2017 10am - noon Los Angeles City Hall 200 N. Spring Street, Room 1050 Los Angeles, CA 90012 PROPOSED PROJECT: An Ordinance amending provisions of Chapter I Article 7 and Chapter IV Article 6 of the Los Angles Municipal Code (LAMC) to expand the definition of “Protected Tree” to include the Mexican […]

https://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20170106/crime-rises-in-the-san-fernando-valley-where-robbery-and-homicide-rates-outpace-la Violent crime across Los Angeles rose for a third straight year during 2016, but spikes in homicides, robberies and property crimes across the San Fernando Valley outpaced the city as a whole, according to LAPD crime statistics released this week. Robberies across the Valley last year rose 33 percent from 2015 — from 1,571 […]

Los Angeles residents have several options for recycling their Christmas tree this year. LA Sanitation has curbside collection for Christmas trees. If your Christmas tree is too big to cut and place inside the green waste bin, simply place the tree next to your green waste bin on collection day. Recycle your Christmas tree in […]

Regarding the proposed 440 apartment development at San Fernando Mission and Woodley Attend the community meeting to coordinate our actions Tuesday December 27th at 7 PM LOCATION HAS CHANGED: Granada Hills Women's Club 10666 White Oak Avenue  Granada Hills 91344 For more information: ajlewis7@gmail.com 818-804-0095

SoCalGas believes that this was an "off-gassing" of the soil, which has happened at the site before. There are possible new concerns for Porter Ranch residents near the Aliso Canyon underground gas field Monday as methane was detected seeping out of soil near a gas well plugged earlier this year following a four-month leak. SoCalGas […]

The weekend headline in the Daily News about the Olympics opening ceremony controversy may have caught your eye. Here is a chance to meet people from the LA24 committee. Do you want to speak up about the proposal to hold the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony in the new Rams football stadium instead of the historic […]

An environmental report published by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning offers a first look at the Woodley & San Fernando Mission Project, a proposed mixed-use development in Granada Hills. Harridge Development Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate firm, intends to raze a shopping center at 16201 W. San Fernando Mission Boulevard to replace […]

It was a spectacular day for 33rd annual Granada Hills Holiday Parade. Over 120 entries and some 10,000 spectators lined Chatsworth Street to enjoy the spirt of the season. This is the largest Holiday Parade in the San Fernando Valley! Thank you to Mark Hovater for another amazing video to show off our neighborhood.

This week the Public Safety Committee approved a grant from the Innovation and Performance Commission for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) SOBER Unit pilot program. The program will partner a Nurse Practitioner with a Firefighter/Paramedic to provide service to serial inebriates - patients who are transported multiple times to emergency rooms for intoxication. These individuals […]

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will hold Customer Service Saturday at four of its Customer Service Centers on December 10, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Customers who attend Customer Service Saturday at any of the four locations can expect assistance from staff members who are able to take payments, […]

4% of City’s buildings use half of our electricity A program initiated by a Councilmembers Huizar and Blumenfield motion to save energy by working with the City’s largest energy consumers to better track their usage and increase their efficiency is scheduled to be considered by the Los Angeles City Council next week. The plan would […]