Subject: GM's Message + Open House, Congress 2017, and Disaster Preparedness

From: EmpowerLA (empowerla@lacity.org)

To: katherine.trees@yahoo.com;

Date: Friday, July 21, 2017 4:10 PM

GM's Message 07.21.17

I hope our newsletter finds you well. We had a change of officers on the Board of Neighborhood
Commissioners on Monday. Vice President Joy Atkinson from the South area was elected President,
and Commissioner Eli Lipmen from the west area was elected Vice President. Many thanks to outgoing
President Leonard Shaffer for his great leadership these past three years! The Commission will be
taking on a lot of policy issues this year from refining the Neighborhood Council subdivision policy to
looking at the equity in the distribution of the annual funding allocation for Neighborhood Councils.

On Monday night, I had the pleasure of assisting the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council in
electing the executive officers for their newly seated board. It was super to see the new board in action,
particularly after they had taken the time to do several learning sessions on Neighborhood Council
policies and procedures conducted by long time CSPNC board member and former Commissioner,
Doug Epperhart, prior to their first meeting. Much appreciation to Doug and to the new board members
for their dedication to start their term with the necessary knowledge to advocate for their community.
I'll be doing the final session for the Aspen Institute on Innovative and Inclusive Cities in New York City
this weekend through Tuesday next week. It's been such a privilege to be a part of a national group to
look at standardizing best practices for public engagement that brings in all parts of the community in
creative ways. I'm looking forward to learning and sharing about the Neighborhood Council system.

Speaking of civic engagement, we'll be offering another workshop on how to work with census
information tomorrow in the South/Harbor area so you know who is in your neighborhoods. Check out
our EmpowerLA Calendar for the location. On Sunday, the Congress of Neighborhoods Planning
Committee will be meeting at the Hollywood Constituent Center to finalize the Congress workshops.
You can still join in to help prepare for the September 6th Congress. Just stop on by!

Thanks for all that you do to Empower LA! Have a wonderful weekend!

Best,

Grayce Liu,
General Manager
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (aka) EmpowerLA
Empower Yourself,Empower Your Community, EmpowerLA

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Online Registration for the 10th

Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness
Come on In! Open Houses Fair Open

Join the community as LADOT hosts open Online registration for the 10th Annual
houses to discuss updates on the Venice Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair (the
Boulevard and Playa Del Rey projects. largest in Los Angeles) is now open.
Click here to RSVP here for Mar Vista's Please encourage your stakeholders to
Venice Boulevard open house. Click here register and attend by visiting
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NC CONGRESS 2017: YOUR HELP IS
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MEMORIAM Learn how to make a press kit that
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the Neighborhood Council system's
press kits are concise but complete, with
largest event of the year, bringing over
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