Subject: GM's Message + Immigration Town Hall, Indigenous Peoples Day, and Clean Streets LA

From: EmpowerLA (empowerla@lacity.org)

To: katherine.trees@yahoo.com;

Date: Friday, August 18, 2017 5:27 PM

GM's Message 8.18.17

I hope our newsletter finds you well. The Congress of Neighborhoods registration link is open for
service! BIG thanks to our awesome Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee, led by the
fearless Cindy Cleghorn, for all their continued work in putting together a fantastic program for
Neighborhood Council leaders citywide. The Congress will be held at City Hall on Saturday, September
9, 2017 from 7:45 am - 4:30 pm with complimentary breakfast and lunch. Come network with our City
electeds, department leaders and Neighborhood Councils from across LA. It's one of our don't miss
events of the year so I hope to see you there!

The Health, Education and Neighborhood Council Committee will continue their discussion about
Neighborhood Council election timing and online voting on Tuesday at 1 pm in Room 1010 at City Hall.
Check out Council File 15-1022-S2 for reports from EmpowerLA on election outreach and from the City
Clerk regarding online voting. Many thanks to the Neighborhood Councils who have submitted
Community Impact Statements and who took the time to come out and speak at the last meeting. The
HENC will also be reviewing the appointments of two candidates for the Board of Neighborhood
Commissions: Raymond Regalado from Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council for the Harbor
area and Shooshig Susan Avakian from Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council for the North Valley
area. We're looking forward to working with the new appointees!

Speaking of Community Impact Statements, I am just so tickled to see them coming in steadily from
Neighborhood Councils. Check out this CIS from Empowerment Congress North on Council File 17-
0447. Historic Highland Park, Wilmington, Silver Lake, Central San Pedro, Harbor Gateway North, and
Porter Ranch Neighborhood Councils also submitted CISs on this CF. Many thanks to those
Neighborhood Councils weighing in on matters for their communities! If your Neighborhood Council
hasn't submitted a CIS yet, Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell is requesting Neighborhood Councils
citywide to submit CISs for Council File 15-1343 Indigenous Peoples Day. For more information see
below.

Neighborhood Council yearly self-assessments are due on September 1st. Please make sure that your
Neighborhood Council takes the time to document the awesome work you do to share not only with
EmpowerLA, but also with your stakeholders.
Check out Palms Neighborhood Council's amazing inaugural annual report It not only summarizes the
wonderful work they do, but also acts as a great outreach and recruitment document for their
Neighborhood Council. Check out another great annual report on the City Hall side from our Personnel
Department about "Making the City of Los Angeles the #1 Employer in the United States!"

We shared our love of Neighborhood Councils with our third international delegation from Afghanistan
this morning. Many thanks to Director of Neighborhood Council Operations, Semee Park, for making it
happen! Don't forget the Congress of Neighborhoods Planning Committee meets on Sunday. Please
take a few minutes to register for the Congress.

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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Mayor's Message
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with the launch of America's first city-based Cyber Lab. The lab is a public-private
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 Mayor Eric Garcetti's Town Hall on
Immigrant Rights, Citizenship,
NC Congress Registration Is Open! Guardianship, and Renter's Rights

Registration is open now for the Congress
of Neighborhoods, happening Saturday
September 9th at City Hall! Click here to
sign up for your choice of over 40
workshops on leadership and local issues,
and your chance to...
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The Mayor's Office of Public
Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
invite you to a Town Hall meeting
on Immigration, Citizenship, and
Renter's Rights Saturday, August 19,
2017 10:00 AM-1:00 PM (Registration
and Free Continental Breakfast from
9:30-10:00am)...

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Launch of Countywide Purposeful

Support Indigenous Peoples Day Aging Los Angeles (PALA) Survey

The Los Angeles City Council is The older adult population (65 years and
scheduled to discuss amending the Los above) in the Los Angeles region will
Angeles Municipal Code to establish double between 2010 and 2030, from
Indigenous Peoples Day as an official city approximately 1.1 million to more than
holiday. Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell is 2.2 million people. To prepare our
encouraging Angelenos to weigh in... region for this dramatic demographic
shift...
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 Clean Streets LA Challenge City of Los Angeles Assessment of
Applications Now Being Accepted! Fair Housing Draft Plan

Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Department of The Los Angeles Housing + Community
Public Works and Department of Investment Department (HCIDLA) and
Neighborhood Empowerment are the Housing Authority of the City of Los
encouraging Angelenos to join together to Angeles (HACLA) are excited to
clean our neighborhoods as part of the announce the release of Los
Clean Streets LA program. The Clean Angeles' Assessment of Fair Housing
Streets Challenge, now... (AFH) Draft Plan...

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Canine Influenza Alert News In Our Newsletter

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2017 - LA County Veterinary Public Health custom short URLs that are easy for
reported that a dog living in the San your audience to remember, and which
Gabriel Valley tested positive will allow you to track engagement with
for canine influenza H3N2... your posts. There are several good
URL...
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2017 LAFD Community Survey

The Los Angeles Fire Department is in the process of updating the current Strategic
Plan. The Strategic Plan will guide future operations of the Department and ensure
alignment with the needs and values of the communities we serve. We are seeking
valuable input from our stakeholders. Please participate in shaping the future of the
Los Angeles Fire Department by completing the 2017 LAFD Community Survey.
Your participation as a community member is an integral part of developing the plan.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Visit this web link from a computer or mobile device:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KBSSZYP
 Answer all the questions to the best of your ability, even if you have not had
cause to call the LAFD for service
The survey should take less than 2 minutes

Thank you for your participation in shaping the future of your Los Angeles Fire
Department.

You can also keep up with EmpowerLA on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Neighborhood Empowerment, City Hall,

200 N. Spring Street, 20th FL, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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