Los Angeles is prone to 13 of 16 possible federally-identified natural and man-made threats. Los Angeles is particularly vulnerable to the destructive affects wildfires, flooding, mudslides and earthquakes. Here in the Los Angeles area (particularly our Devonshire Area), wildfires and earthquakes can be part of our everyday lives. Unpredictable wind conditions in Los Angeles can […]
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is developing a new, community-driven strategic plan and is teaming up with EmpowerLA to get the word out to members of the community. The partnership between the two city departments is the first of its kind and assists in connecting us to Los Angeles residents, to engage them in the process of charting our organization’s […]
L.A.'s hidden earthquake dangers https://www.latimes.com/... Thousands of Southern Californians live and work in a type of building vulnerable to collapse in an earthquake. To assess the danger, a team of Times reporters combed through thousands of city and county records to identify these buildings -- concrete structures built before 1976. We found more than 1,000. Experts say we're […]
The City of Los Angeles currently has a federally grant funded program in which free street trees are being planted along the parkway. The only requirements are that participants must agree to water their tree(s) and they must live within the City. For more information please go to www.environmentla.org or call (213) 485-3954. Can you please share this […]
The 6th Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair was held October 8th, 2013 at Fire Station 87 in Granada Hills. It was another great turn out by our stakeholders and community members and an amazing showing from all participating Neighborhood Councils. We'd like to give huge thanks and acknowledgement to Mark Hovater for the video and Adam […]
On Saturday, September 14, 2013, Congressman Tony Cárdenas will be hosting a Forum on the Affordable Care Act. The goal of this informational forum is to educate and inform those in their understanding of the Affordable Care Act and the changes that will be made to the act as of October 1. In this session, […]
When your friends visit L.A., where do you take them? Sure, they're excited to see our world famous landmarks, but tell me about your Los Angeles: the places your friends never knew about until you showed them. When your friends arrive at LAX, the "Welcome to L.A." photos at the airport are their first impression of our […]
Wednesdays - October 16 through Nov 20, 2013 6:30 pm—9:30 pm 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 Contact: cert@ghnnc.org Pre-registration requested
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9motions This survey has been created by the Neighborhood Council Plan Review committees to provide you with an opportunity to weigh in on a number of current Neighborhood Council policy issues. Your time and attention is valuable and greatly appreciated. Over the last half year, Neighborhood Council Plan Review committees have been carefully considering many of […]
THIS IS NOTICE that the Executive Officer intends to approve, as set forth in the attached draft letter, a liner design report (Report) for Cell CC-3B at the Landfill that was submitted to the Regional Board on July 9, 2013. Comments on this matter must be in writing, addressed to Dr. Wen Yang, Chief of the Land Disposal […]
A new Mayor, a new City Attorney, a new City Controller, and six new Councilmembers join two incumbent Councilmembers in guiding the largest city in the most populated state in the most powerful country in the world and they need your feedback. The quickest way to check in is by emailing them. Tell them who […]
Thank you to Mark Hovater for creating this video.
EmpowerLA Yearbooks are being delivered to Neighborhood Council Boards, neighborhood partners, City Departments, and elected officials.
¡Hola! ¡Es tiempo para fiesta! Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council is having our 3rd Annual Summer Social and you, our Stakeholders, are invited for an evening of food and fun—fiesta style. We’ll have authentic Mexican food by Custom Caterers, live music and dancers by Azteca Mexico, piñatas, sombrero games, Magic Castle magician Mark Paskell, trivia games, cactus ring toss game, and […]
In the last few months there have been a few instances of individuals approaching small business customers with LADWP’s CLEO application, asking for cash up front to perform lighting retrofit work, and then never returning to perform the installations that were promised. Please urge community members to note that LADWP does not charge for energy […]
Captain Daryl Russell has been a member of the LAPD for 33 years and has worked a variety of assignments including uniformed patrol, training, Watch Commander, Patrol Crime Czar, the Area’s Liaison Officer with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a myriad of specialized units such as the Patrol Adjutant at Foothill Area, Officer in Charge […]
Eric Garcetti triumphs in the LA mayoral race (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty) It's official: Eric Garcetti has won the race for Los Angeles mayor over Wendy Greuel, who conceded this morning. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Garcetti earned 54 percent of the votes and Greuel had 46 percent, ABC News reports. Garcetti is both LA's […]
The City of Los Angeles is proposing to adopt and implement an ordinance to ban single-use plastic carryout bags, charge a fee on paper bags, and promote the use of reusable bags at specified retailers in the City of Los Angeles. The Final EIR is available at City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, 1149 S. […]
Granada Hills-Knollwood proposed Community Plan materials to be presented at City Planning Commission on May 23, 2013 are available online: https://sites.google.com/site/granadahillsncp/ https://cityplanning.lacity.org/
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