BongHwan Kim quits race for 13th District City Council seat BongHwan Kim, head of the city agency in charge of neighborhood councils, abandoned his run for the 13th District City Council seat Monday, and announced his resignation to take a job in San Diego. He will become vice president and executive director for civic engagement at […]

The Department of Transportation will be hiring 22 student interns this year. The intern will not have to be a transportation or engineering students, but will have to be enrolled in school (4 or 2 year college). Students will be paid $15 hourly. Assignments will entail simple task, like filing, conducting traffic counts etc. For more information contact Collins Allen at (951) 776-1515, or/and engineer@sbcuc.net

Rebate on California Friendly Landscape Increases to $1.50 Per Square Foot LADWP re-launches its popular water conservation rebate program for homes and businesses on July 1, offering rebates on more than a dozen separate water-saving incentives to encourage conservation while also saving money. Any of the 657,000 water customers within the City of Los Angeles […]

The Neighborhood Council elections are off and running with four Valley regions having held their meetings. Each region is being supported by experienced Independent Election Administrators. All four regions have decided on their shared election dates. An exciting outreach event for candidates, titled "Rally in the Valley" will be held on Friday June 22 from […]

Are you interested in trying something different? The RACO Program welcomes volunteers to become Reserve Animal Control Officers serving in the same capacity as our Animal Control Officers. The program requires a commitment of 16 hours of volunteer service each month at any one of our six Animal Care Centers for 3 months prior to […]

From the Los Angeles Daily News, June 7, 2012. Tuesday's primary election dumped scores of political hopefuls from the the state's ballots. From Arcata to Arleta and San Francisco to Signal Hill, candidates for various legislative offices found their campaigns over when they did not place in the top two of vote-getters in their contests. […]

Fellow Angelenos, I wanted to update you on the great news about AB 2231! It just passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee earlier today. As you know, the City of LA is proposing to shift the responsibility for fixing sidewalks as a result of tree damage from the City, to homeowners.  My bill, AB […]

On Wednesday, the Council unanimously approved a phase out ban of plastic bags citywide and a fee on paper bags. The approved ban initiates an environmental review that needs to commence prior to an ordinance being adopted and the ban becoming law. Under the ban, large stores would have 6 months to phase out plastic […]

Reduced Snowpack & Increased Water Use Call for Increased Conservation The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) today reminds customers that Mandatory Water Conservation remains in effect and urges customers to increase their water conservation efforts where possible.  Overall, water conservation in Los Angeles has been remarkable over the past five years, but […]

More than four decades after it was dedicated, a memorial to Granada Hills residents who served during the Vietnam War has been updated and refurbished by a student born 20 years after the fall of Saigon. The renovation was inspired by the reconstruction of a similar monument at the intersection of Zelzah Avenue and Chatsworth […]

Get up-to-date crime statistics for neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. Being informed about crime in your community is the first step in preventing future occurrences. www.crimemapping.com The Los Angeles Police Department will directly feed its crime data to the Omega Group to ensure that each crime is reported accurately on the site. The records themselves are […]

Granada Hills Charter High School students are back-to-back National Academic Decathlon champions. Preliminary results show that the Granada Hills Charter team has broken many records at the national competition, including the highest ever point total for a school in the history of the National Academic Decathlon competition. The second consecutive national crown for Granada Hills […]

The Mayor and the City Planning Department have proposed a five-year project to completely rewrite the Los Angeles Zoning Code. It would throw out all of the existing fixed zones and replace them with "dynamic" zones. There would be considerably less control exercised over height, density, interior building space and parking. This project could be […]

Seeking to close a $238 million deficit, Villaraigosa also proposes using close to $83 million in one-time solutions. Via northridge.patch.com Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a $7.2 billion budget proposal today that includes 231 layoffs and would reduce employee retirement benefits while raising the retirement age from 60 to 67. Seeking to close a $238 million […]

Legal Mandates and Aging Infrastructure Driving Need for Rate Increases; Seven Regional Meetings Slated April 25-May 10 The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will hold a series of community meetings throughout the city beginning April 25 to educate and inform customers regarding proposed power and water rate changes needed over the next […]

Families, children, and residents of all ages get a chance to meet Sanitation collection truck drivers and staff, enjoy truck demonstrations and facility tours, as well as receive information about recycling and a host of Sanitation services.The 2012 dates, locations and new times are: Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. East Valley […]

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will hold a public consultation meeting to discuss: The proposed Renewal and Revision of Titie V Permit, including installation of a new flare at Sunshine Canyon Landfill, and The proposed Title V Permit to Construct for a landfill gas to energy project proposed by Sunshine Gas Producers, […]

Granada Hills Baptist School will be closing their doors after serving the Granada Hills community since September 1953. The GHBS family will be celebrating the school on June 9, 2012 from 2-4 PM at the church at 10949 Zelzah Avenue, Granada Hills. If you, your children, parents, or even grandparents attended the school - even […]

Councilman Mitchell Englander's staff is consolidating their Northridge and Chatsworth offices into a single location in Chatsworth. The new District Office address is: 9207 Oakdale Ave. Chatsworth, CA 91311 The new office will be more centrally located in our District. In addition to housing their District operations, staff offices, constituent services and meetings, the new office will […]

Thank you very much for your patience as we get settled in our new offices at City Hall. We are still waiting for our servers to go live again so we apologize for the inconvenience of the website being down and for our inability to access Neighborhood Council files currently. Our staff have limited access […]