Neighborhood Council leaders from throughout the city have partnered with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (EmpowerLA) in bringing the 2014 LA Congress of Neighborhoods to City Hall on Saturday, September 20, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event is free, and it includes breakfast and lunch, workshops, networking, and more. Register Now Los Angeles […]

As California continues to weather through the drought, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Water Conservation Response Unit (WCRU) is stepping up public education and enforcement of the water conservation ordinance with three additional staff members and specially marked vehicles. The additional staff has already begun patrolling the city of Los Angeles for […]

Another great event in Granada Hills. The American Cancer Society held their "Relay for Life" at GHCHS this past weekend. Jennifer Kennedy from ACS teamed with her Co-Chairs Char Molique and Maria Guerra and they put on this special 24-hr event to raise money to fight cancer. Every year gets better and better thanks to all […]

Los Angeles: Today, Los Angeles Police Commission President Steve Soboroff stated the following: Today, my fellow Commissioners and I completed the process of reviewing Chief Charlie Beck's request for a second five-year term, and we granted him that request in a 4 yes and 1 no vote. We received a great deal of help in […]

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The Neighborhood Council Initiative (known to us as the Street Blitz), run by the Bureau of Street Services (BSS), is back! Our area will be assigned a two-person crew on a hot asphalt truck to patch street potholes, pop-outs, small eroded or cracked areas, and do minor curb and sidewalk patching. No, the crew is […]

Single Use Carryout Bag Ordinance - L.A.M.C. 182604 (LAMC section 195.01, et. Seq) Key Provisions: Stores may no longer use single-use plastic bags (pharmacy and produce bags are exceptions) Stores must charge a $0.10 fee for each recyclable paper bag used Stores must offer reusable bags free or at a cost to shoppers Stores must provide […]

CERT Class Jointly Sponsored By Patriot Oil Community Benefit Trust Fund (administered by the North Valley Coalition), and the Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council (GHNNC) We encourage you to attend, and when you graduate you will receive a free well stocked CERT backpack kit. The knowledge that you will gain is applicable in many kinds […]

City Of Los Angeles Will Assist Job Seekers with $90 Million Federal Workforce Development System Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the completion of a six month procurement process that provides a newly designed and updated WorkSource Center system for the City of Los Angeles, focusing on practical training for emerging job sectors. The Los Angeles […]

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With MyLA311, City of Los Angeles information and services are just a few taps away. MyLA311 links Angelenos with the services and information they need to enjoy their city, beautify their community and stay connected with their local government. The ‘Submit Service Request’ feature allows you to quickly and easily request the City’s most popular services, including […]

As may be aware, members of the community filed a class action lawsuit against Sunshine Canyon Landfill.  The AQMD is not a party to the lawsuit, however the Landfill's counsel subpoenaed the contact information of individuals who have filed complaints with the District.  The District fought the production of that information, except for the complainants who […]

Good news for the Basic Car area as we continue our downtrend in Residential Burglaries and Burglary from Motor Vehicle activity. The local neighborhoods have been quiet and, through this first quarter of 2014, we have reached the lowest number of vehicles and homes being broken into I ever seen in my time here at […]

Persistent phone scammers are deceiving LADWP customers into paying non-existent water and power bills with threats of immediate service shut off. Don’t fall victim to phone scammers posing as LADWP “collection” personnel. LADWP employees will NEVER ask for personal payment information over the telephone. They will never ask you to purchase pre-paid cash cards from […]

Best Of Ongoing Collaboration Award presented to Valley Disaster Preparedness Team at Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Council's (VANC) annual mixer held at Carla's Café, CBS Studios, Studio City, CA, on Thursday, April 10, 2014 About 8 years ago, a small group of Neighborhood Council members passionate about emergency preparedness formed the North Valley Disaster Preparedness […]

The Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council has put together a simple survey to learn more about what our stakeholders want.  You can help us out a lot by participating. Please be as frank and complete in your answers as possible. Our Council boundaries are the 118 freeway on the south, the 405 freeway on the east, […]

One of our stakeholders who lives in the El Oro Way neighborhood sent us these surveillance videos.  Do you recognize any of these men?  Contact our Public Safety Committee chair, Ray Pollok if you have any information. Click the images below to watch the surveillance video clips of each theft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcfb43vhXfM [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcfb43vhXfM[/youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djtqEw-sWSQ [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djtqEw-sWSQ[/youtube] Images […]

Just before 1 a.m. on Saturday morning, a fire destroyed the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission 's emergency shelter, vehicle fleet, clothing warehouse and food pantry. It took more than 130 brave Los Angeles City firefighters to get the fire under control. Thankfully, there were no injuries, however, the damage is devastating to the Mission and the […]

Kevin Taylor from Empower LA held an Election Mixer for Region 2 Neighborhood Councils. The event was hosted by Tommy Gelinas at the "Valley Relics Museum" in Chatsworth. Enjoy the video. https://youtu.be/yN95gC7SHHA

Chief Charlie Beck has submitted a request to be considered for second five-year term. The Los Angeles Police Commission now has the responsibility to respond to that request, either positively or negatively, by August 20, 2014. You are invited to participate in the reappointment process by providing your input to the Los Angeles Police Commission […]