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May 18, 2013
Final EIR of City of Los Angeles' Proposed Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance

The City of Los Angeles is proposing to adopt and implement an ordinance to ban single-use plastic carryout bags, charge a fee on paper bags, and promote the use of reusable bags at specified retailers in the City of Los Angeles.  The Final EIR is available at City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, 1149 S. […]

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May 7, 2013
Grading Los Angeles' Streets

L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they're not driven by wealth or political power. Explore pavement quality ratings for each of the 68,000 street segments in L.A., graded from A to F. From the […]

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April 25, 2013
CD6 Candidate Forum

The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council has invited all candidates for the L.A. City Council District 6 election to a candidates forum during our  regular meeting on Wednesday, May 1st.   The Candidate Forum will be held at the beginning of the meeting.   Each candidate will have an opportunity to tell us why they deserve our […]

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April 19, 2013
Mayor Villaraigosa Announces $5 Million in Grants for Earthquake Early Warning System

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined with the US Geological Survey and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Approval Authority members to announce $5 million in federal funds for the region’s Earthquake Early Warning System. “Our partners at the US Geological Survey and Caltech have been working on the development of a cutting-edge early […]

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April 12, 2013
The Fastest Route to City Hall

In a city the size of Los Angeles, one of the fastest routes to City Hall is the internet. In the time it takes to find your car keys, you can be online and communicating with the Mayor and the City Council. Effective Neighborhood Council advocates typically know three things; they know the issue, they […]

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April 11, 2013
Vote and Help Spread a Cool $1 Million

The 279 candidates for MyLA2050 are vying for a piece of a $1 million pot that aims to underwrite 10 of the best ideas for changing life here for the better.
It’s crowdsourcing with a conscience. And to scroll through the entries is to peer into the idealistic, entrepreneurial, only-in-L.A. psyche of a metropolis in transition.n

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March 31, 2013
April 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The April edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: A Food Forward Earth Day event; Worldfest 2013 at Woodley Park; Council District 6 Election Candidates; California Native Plant Week; and more! Click here to download your copy of the latest Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council Newsletter.

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March 23, 2013
Los Angeles Budget Challenge Results: North Valley & South Valley

Click here for the questions with answers and the regional budget powerpoint results. Additionally, the Citywide results are posted at budget.lacity.org.

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March 15, 2013
Mayor to Eliminate Neighborhood Council Election Funding

This week neighborhood councils were blindsided by the Mayor's office.  The Mayor said that because the Proposition A sales tax measure failed to pass, he will not include funding for 2014 neighborhood council elections in his proposed budget.  If neighborhood councils want elections, they will need to collectively surrender 20 percent of their proposed $37,000 allocations to pay for it. […]

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March 8, 2013
Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council Now Has a Facebook Page!

We know many of our stakeholders use Facebook regularly to keep up with friends and family, to read about local news and events, and to post photos of their cats.  🙂  Now you can follow Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council as well!  In addition to our front page news stories and monthly newsletters, we'll post links […]

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March 8, 2013
Free CarFit Event for Older Drivers

Does your car "fit" you? CarFit is based on a 12-point checklist and provides one-on-one interaction with a trained CarFit technician. The primary purpose of the program is to convey safety information; it is not a driving evaluation. The goals of CarFit are: Help older drivers improve the “fit” of their vehicles for safety and comfort. Promote conversation among older […]

Read More
February 26, 2013
March 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The March edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: The Mayor's Budget Survey; An LAUSD discussion with the L.A. mayoral candidates; A new Lake Balboa Facebook page; The 5th Annual Senior Symposium on April 20; and more! Click here to download your copy of the latest Lake […]

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February 19, 2013
LAUSD Board Vice President Tamar Galatzan Talks Education With L.A. Mayoral Candidates

Starting next week KLCS, LAUSD’s public education station, will air a half hour television special featuring the top mayoral candidates speaking about public education. LAUSD School Board Vice President Tamar Galatzan sat down for one-on-one conversations about public education in Los Angeles with Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Kevin James, Jan Perry, and Emanuel Pleitez. Education […]

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February 12, 2013
City of Los Angeles Budget Survey

"The world is run by those who show up."  If you have strong feelings about how your tax dollars are spent, we encourage you to participate in the L.A. City Budget Survey for 2013. The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council needs your help in taking the Los Angeles Budget Challenge la.budgetchallenge.org, which will advise our mayor & our city […]

Read More
February 7, 2013
City of Los Angeles Releases a 3-1-1 App and a Cleaner Website

Los Angeles residents will be able to complain about graffiti, abandoned furniture, potholes, broken street lights and fallen trees using their iPhone and Android smartphones starting March 18. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled the My LA 311 mobile app and a redesigned website for the City of Los Angeles in a Google+ hangout with reporters Wednesday. […]

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February 6, 2013
Billboard Working Group – Volunteers Wanted

Opportunity – Respond quickly if interested. The Department of City Planning is looking for volunteers for a new billboard working group. The PLUM Committee has directed us to assemble this working group to address billboard and digital billboard issues, and in particular a potential new program that could allow a limited number of digital billboards […]

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February 5, 2013
L.A. May Get Federally-Legislated Relief From Helicopter Noise

Congressman Henry A. Waxman has been on a long mission to eradicate unnecessary helicopter noise in the skies over Los Angeles County, and today he, along with Congressman Adam Schiff and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, has introduced legislation that would put restrictions on low-flying choppers here. It's called The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter […]

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January 29, 2013
February 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The February edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: February 19 Town Hall at Reseda HS; A visit from City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and our new Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian at our next board meeting; A session of the L.A. City Council being held in our own backyard; […]

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January 25, 2013
L.A.'s Neighborhood Councils Flex Their Muscles

From the L.A. Daily News, January 24, 2013 A recent fight over a proposed $3 billion bond issue for street repairs illustrated the growing influence of neighborhood councils in Los Angeles City government, as they exerted enough influence to keep the measure off the ballot for now. The success in that case represents an evolution […]

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January 25, 2013
LASD Advisory: Protect Your Bicycle from Thieves

Bicycles are not cheap. That's why you need to take measures in protecting it from thieves. Follow these steps and share them with fellow riders. Record the serial number, make, model and color of your bike. This information is usually located somewhere on the frame. Put the information in your cell phone or somewhere easily […]

Read More
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May 18, 2013
Final EIR of City of Los Angeles' Proposed Single-Use Carryout Bag Ordinance

The City of Los Angeles is proposing to adopt and implement an ordinance to ban single-use plastic carryout bags, charge a fee on paper bags, and promote the use of reusable bags at specified retailers in the City of Los Angeles.  The Final EIR is available at City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, 1149 S. […]

Read More
May 7, 2013
Grading Los Angeles' Streets

L.A. full of roads to ruin for cars The city gives its road network an average grade of C. But a Times analysis finds wide disparities, and they're not driven by wealth or political power. Explore pavement quality ratings for each of the 68,000 street segments in L.A., graded from A to F. From the […]

Read More
April 25, 2013
CD6 Candidate Forum

The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council has invited all candidates for the L.A. City Council District 6 election to a candidates forum during our  regular meeting on Wednesday, May 1st.   The Candidate Forum will be held at the beginning of the meeting.   Each candidate will have an opportunity to tell us why they deserve our […]

Read More
April 19, 2013
Mayor Villaraigosa Announces $5 Million in Grants for Earthquake Early Warning System

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined with the US Geological Survey and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Approval Authority members to announce $5 million in federal funds for the region’s Earthquake Early Warning System. “Our partners at the US Geological Survey and Caltech have been working on the development of a cutting-edge early […]

Read More
April 12, 2013
The Fastest Route to City Hall

In a city the size of Los Angeles, one of the fastest routes to City Hall is the internet. In the time it takes to find your car keys, you can be online and communicating with the Mayor and the City Council. Effective Neighborhood Council advocates typically know three things; they know the issue, they […]

Read More
April 11, 2013
Vote and Help Spread a Cool $1 Million

The 279 candidates for MyLA2050 are vying for a piece of a $1 million pot that aims to underwrite 10 of the best ideas for changing life here for the better.
It’s crowdsourcing with a conscience. And to scroll through the entries is to peer into the idealistic, entrepreneurial, only-in-L.A. psyche of a metropolis in transition.n

Read More
March 31, 2013
April 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The April edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: A Food Forward Earth Day event; Worldfest 2013 at Woodley Park; Council District 6 Election Candidates; California Native Plant Week; and more! Click here to download your copy of the latest Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council Newsletter.

Read More
March 23, 2013
Los Angeles Budget Challenge Results: North Valley & South Valley

Click here for the questions with answers and the regional budget powerpoint results. Additionally, the Citywide results are posted at budget.lacity.org.

Read More
March 15, 2013
Mayor to Eliminate Neighborhood Council Election Funding

This week neighborhood councils were blindsided by the Mayor's office.  The Mayor said that because the Proposition A sales tax measure failed to pass, he will not include funding for 2014 neighborhood council elections in his proposed budget.  If neighborhood councils want elections, they will need to collectively surrender 20 percent of their proposed $37,000 allocations to pay for it. […]

Read More
March 8, 2013
Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council Now Has a Facebook Page!

We know many of our stakeholders use Facebook regularly to keep up with friends and family, to read about local news and events, and to post photos of their cats.  🙂  Now you can follow Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council as well!  In addition to our front page news stories and monthly newsletters, we'll post links […]

Read More
March 8, 2013
Free CarFit Event for Older Drivers

Does your car "fit" you? CarFit is based on a 12-point checklist and provides one-on-one interaction with a trained CarFit technician. The primary purpose of the program is to convey safety information; it is not a driving evaluation. The goals of CarFit are: Help older drivers improve the “fit” of their vehicles for safety and comfort. Promote conversation among older […]

Read More
February 26, 2013
March 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The March edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: The Mayor's Budget Survey; An LAUSD discussion with the L.A. mayoral candidates; A new Lake Balboa Facebook page; The 5th Annual Senior Symposium on April 20; and more! Click here to download your copy of the latest Lake […]

Read More
February 19, 2013
LAUSD Board Vice President Tamar Galatzan Talks Education With L.A. Mayoral Candidates

Starting next week KLCS, LAUSD’s public education station, will air a half hour television special featuring the top mayoral candidates speaking about public education. LAUSD School Board Vice President Tamar Galatzan sat down for one-on-one conversations about public education in Los Angeles with Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Kevin James, Jan Perry, and Emanuel Pleitez. Education […]

Read More
February 12, 2013
City of Los Angeles Budget Survey

"The world is run by those who show up."  If you have strong feelings about how your tax dollars are spent, we encourage you to participate in the L.A. City Budget Survey for 2013. The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council needs your help in taking the Los Angeles Budget Challenge la.budgetchallenge.org, which will advise our mayor & our city […]

Read More
February 7, 2013
City of Los Angeles Releases a 3-1-1 App and a Cleaner Website

Los Angeles residents will be able to complain about graffiti, abandoned furniture, potholes, broken street lights and fallen trees using their iPhone and Android smartphones starting March 18. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled the My LA 311 mobile app and a redesigned website for the City of Los Angeles in a Google+ hangout with reporters Wednesday. […]

Read More
February 6, 2013
Billboard Working Group – Volunteers Wanted

Opportunity – Respond quickly if interested. The Department of City Planning is looking for volunteers for a new billboard working group. The PLUM Committee has directed us to assemble this working group to address billboard and digital billboard issues, and in particular a potential new program that could allow a limited number of digital billboards […]

Read More
February 5, 2013
L.A. May Get Federally-Legislated Relief From Helicopter Noise

Congressman Henry A. Waxman has been on a long mission to eradicate unnecessary helicopter noise in the skies over Los Angeles County, and today he, along with Congressman Adam Schiff and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, has introduced legislation that would put restrictions on low-flying choppers here. It's called The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter […]

Read More
January 29, 2013
February 2013 Newsletter Now Available

The February edition of the Lake Balboa NC Newsletter is packed with information about your community, including: February 19 Town Hall at Reseda HS; A visit from City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and our new Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian at our next board meeting; A session of the L.A. City Council being held in our own backyard; […]

Read More
January 25, 2013
L.A.'s Neighborhood Councils Flex Their Muscles

From the L.A. Daily News, January 24, 2013 A recent fight over a proposed $3 billion bond issue for street repairs illustrated the growing influence of neighborhood councils in Los Angeles City government, as they exerted enough influence to keep the measure off the ballot for now. The success in that case represents an evolution […]

Read More
January 25, 2013
LASD Advisory: Protect Your Bicycle from Thieves

Bicycles are not cheap. That's why you need to take measures in protecting it from thieves. Follow these steps and share them with fellow riders. Record the serial number, make, model and color of your bike. This information is usually located somewhere on the frame. Put the information in your cell phone or somewhere easily […]

Read More
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