UPDATE: The SORO NC has joined the Los Feliz, Silver Lake NC, and Highland Park NC in urging the LA City Council to reallocate funds from the LAPD's massive budget to critical social services that Angelenos are relying on during this pandemic. Many more NCs are on the way! #CareNotCops

UPDATE: Eagle Rock NC, Cypress Park N.C., Palms Neighborhood Council, and Arts District/Little Tokyo NC have all adopted letters or community impact statements based on our template calling for an City of Los Angeles budget that prioritizes #CareNotCops! 8 councils so far... LA City Council, are you hearing us?

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We've developed an updated CIS template for NCs to use to urge LA City Council to revise the Mayor's budget to prioritize #CareNotCops: drive.google.com/file/d/1NzS26G…. Please share widely! #PeoplesBudgetLA

UPDATE: The Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council just unanimously adopted a letter to LA City Council based on our template calling for a city budget that shifts funding away from LAPD and toward vital social programs! 10 NCs so far. #CareNotCops #PeoplesBudgetLA

UPDATE: East Hollywood NC, Mid City West NC, and Hollywood Studio District NC have all sent letters to LA City Council Budget & Finance Comm calling for a #CareNotCops budget for LA. That's 13 NCs. The Council's budget vote is tmrw, but the advocacy of NCs from across the city on this is just beginning.

It's been just over a month since we launched, and we already have members from *OVER 30* Neighborhood Councils across #LosAngeles! If you know progressives serving on NCs in your neighborhoods, please connect them with us!

Many of our members are bringing Community Impact Statements to their respective NCs to oppose the callous and counterproductive motion currently before the LA City Council to ban sitting and sleeping in much of the city, criminalizing our unhoused neighbors. #ServicesNotSweeps

Thank you to the North Westwood Neighborhood Council, Mid City West NC, Palms Neighborhood Council, Koreatown Neighborhood Council, Mid-City Neighborhood Council (MINC), and Eagle Rock NC for taking a stand to oppose the sit-sleep-lie ban (CF 20-1376) currently being considered by LA City Council! That's six Neighborhood Councils so far. More will be following suit!

The Atwater Village NC, East Hollywood NC, Silver Lake NC, and Los Feliz have all passed Community Impact Statements opposing the proposed ordinance before LA City Council to target unhoused Angelenos by banning sitting or lying down across large swaths of our city. 10 NCs and counting!

The The Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council has unanimously voted to oppose the motion before LA City Council seeking to ban sitting or lying down across much of our city and targeting our unhoused neighbors. 11 NCs so far are telling our City Council to change course. #ServicesNotSweeps #HousekeysNotHandcuffs

The motion to ban sitting/sleeping across much of our city is not yet dead—it was sent back to committee. Our work opposing it continues. Thanks to NoHo Neighborhood Council, Arroyo Seco NC, Del Rey NC, Hollywood United NC, Hollywood Studio District NC & Central Hollywood Neighborhood Council who have all taken stands against this motion! 17 NCs!

Join hundreds of tenants and local elected officials for a Virtual Town Hall Wednesday, April 28th, at noon to call on the State to take further action on relief for renters. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Congrats to all the new Neighborhood Council Members being elected across our great city! Looking forward to coming together for a more progressive Los Angeles.

Fare-Free Transit 4 All! L.A. Metro is voting on a fare-less transit pilot program this Thursday! The material conditions of working-class people MUST be centered in this program. Click here and submit a public comment now: tinyurl.com/h5jcvy3m

2 weeks ago Councilmembers Paul Koretz and Kevin de Leόn put forward a motion that would effectively ban new gas, diesel, and fossil fuel stations in our city!!

great news here. latimes.com/california/sto…