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Los Angeles is prone to 13 of 16 possible federally-identified natural and man-made threats. Los Angeles is particularly vulnerable to the destructive affects wildfires, flooding, mudslides and earthquakes. Here in the Los Angeles area (particularly our Devonshire Area), wildfires and earthquakes can be part of our everyday lives. Unpredictable wind …

Northridge West Neighborhood Council is one of ten neighborhood councils to win a 2013 EmpowerLA Award, announced Sept. 9th at a special meeting of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners. The ten took top honors in a field of 45 nominations, said Karen Mack, outreach committee chair for the board. Nominations were received for …

Saturday, October 5, 2013 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Fire Station 87—10124 Balboa Bl. (between Devonshire & Lassen) Your Neighborhood Councils will give away 500 Emergency Preparedness Starter Kits (1 per family) Twice-hourly raffle drawings for EP items and prizes Blood drive sponsored by Rotary and Kaiser Hospital Yogi Bear Shakey-Quakey …

Councilmember Paul Krekorian, chairman of the city’s Education and Neighborhoods Committee, released a comprehensive review today of local democracy following a nearly year-long study of Los Angeles’ 92 neighborhood councils. The report encompasses the wide-ranging views of community leaders throughout Los Angeles. “As Chairman of the Education and Neighborhoods Committee, …

To all Northridge Stakeholders: You are all invited this Saturday 10/23/10 (7AM to 10AM) to join in the trend setting efforts of the Northridge West Neighborhood Councils sponsored Operation Clean Sweep along the East side of Tampa Avenue from Germain to Atlantic Streets. Saturday’s operations will compliment the last 16 …

To All Stakeholders of Northridge: You are all invited this Saturday 9/25/10 (7AM to 10AM) to join in the trend setting efforts of the Northridge West Neighborhood Councils sponsored Operation Clean Sweep along the East side of Tampa Avenue from Lassen to Merridy Streets. Saturday’s operations will expand on the accomplishments of prior weeks spoofing up operations along Tampa Avenue. With your continued …

The City Council unanimously approved a motion (.pdf) today to add five positions to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, which oversees the city’s 91 neighborhood councils. This is a budget-neutral move, transferring $1.3 million from the Community Development Department to ensure DONE can continue its important work as a stand-alone …

Reprinted from the Beverly Press. The Los Angeles City Council re-created the position of general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE), which oversees the city’s neighborhood councils. Bong Hwan Kim had resigned as general manager of the department following Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s announcement that he intended to merge …

From The Los Angeles Daily News The decision by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday to merge the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment into another city agency has raised concern over the future of the city’s decade-old experiment with grass-roots democracy. To Villaraigosa and many city and neighborhood council leaders, the proposal …

The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will be merged with the Community Development Department (CDD). Mr. Kim has resigned as the General Manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) for the City of Los Angeles. BongHwan (BH) Kim has been actively involved in advancing social, political and economic development in …