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 […]

Want to tell the mayor how the city's money should be spent?  Click here for a brief video created by Neighborhood Council members about the importance of the Mayor's Budget Survey.  The deadline is quickly approaching; the last day for participate in the budget survey is Monday, February 27th. The link to the Mayor's 2012 […]

BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS are being presented...and lots more. All LA stakeholders invited. Two Deputy Mayor's are attending. Event runs from 8:30 am - Noon. Please RSVP to joseph.hari@lacity.org or call 310-479-3823.

February 21st is the only LAUSD Re-Districting Community Meeting to be held in the San Fernando Valley (Covered by Districts 3 and 6). Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6pm Sepulveda Middle School Auditorium (Evans Hall) 15330 Plummer St. North Hills, CA 91343 Click here for the LAUSD district maps that are approved for the public's input. […]

Do you know of a special place that has architectural, historical, social, or cultural significance in your neighborhood? Visit MyHistoricLA.org to share your ideas! MyHistoricLA.org is a program of SurveyLA, the citywide Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey project (www.surveyla.org). MyHistoricLA.org is a new and innovative public participation tool that allows you to contribute information about […]

The Mayor's Office, in collaboration with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates, is proud to present to you this year's Mayor's Community Budget Survey!! The link to the Mayor's 2012 Community Budget Survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012LABudgetSurvey The survey link is live. Please take now. A hard copy of the survey can be found at www.lacity.org. Once on […]

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Many of us have fruit trees and use or distribute only a small portion of the fruit to our friends and families. Here’s an idea that will help you and many others at the same time: FOOD FORWARD is an all-volunteer grassroots group of Los Angeles residents who care about reconnecting to our food system […]

The City of Los Angeles Stormwater Program is conducting a customer satisfaction survey and they need your input! VISIT www.LAstormwater.org/survey TAKE the five minute survey and give us your thoughts about the program – what they are doing well and where they need to improve. Get FREE Stuff! Every person who takes the survey will […]

Some residents in Granada Hills have reported foul odors coming from the area around Sunshine Canyon Landfill. In response, we contacted the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), and they have sent an inspector to the landfill to investigate the odors and measure air quality. Anyone who wants to report foul odors or other […]