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Two Neighborhood Council elections are Sunday, April 30

Two Neighborhood Council elections are Sunday, April 30

| March 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

  2023 vote is in person and by mail for Mid City West and GWNC Two hyperlocal elections are being held this month for the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council (GWNC) and the Mid City West Neighborhood Council (MCWNC) — advisory groups that discuss and opine about issues at City Hall, from development to homelessness. Both […]

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Tent dwellers on Sixth St. get housing

Tent dwellers on Sixth St. get housing

| March 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

‘Inside Safe’ comes to the Miracle Mile Last month in the Miracle Mile, Mayor Karen Bass and Fifth District Councilmember Katy Young Yaroslavsky implemented a local project under the mayor‘s citywide “Inside Safe” initiative. The program was a collaboration between Council District 5, the Mayor’s Office, the Los Angeles departments of Sanitation, Transportation, and Police, […]

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New mayor hard at work

New mayor hard at work

| January 26, 2023 | 0 Comments

Homelessness tops her agenda; move-in underway for Getty House in Windsor Square Before Mayor Karen Bass left for the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C. in mid-January, she spoke with us about her rapid-fire actions to help alleviate homelessness since taking office just one month before. The solution will take “all hands on deck,” […]

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Locking arms  to address  homelessness  is top of mayor’s agenda

Locking arms to address homelessness is top of mayor’s agenda

| December 29, 2022 | 0 Comments

During her inauguration speech on Dec. 11, Mayor Karen Bass emphasized the need for all Angelenos to “lock arms” to address homelessness. She said that the voters elected her to lead and that she would, adding: “But I am also asking you, Angelenos, to join me in moving our city forward. “In addition to asking […]

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Silvertip trees set to arrive at Larchmont Rotary tree lot

Silvertip trees set to arrive at Larchmont Rotary tree lot

| December 1, 2022 | 0 Comments

The sweet smell of pine takes over the Wilshire Rotary Club tree lot at 568 N. Larchmont Blvd. this month. This year, the Rotary has acquired the hard-to-get and highly sought-after silvertip fir. The silvertips come from a higher elevation in Oregon. Their needles are blue-green while new growth is silvery. The tree lot also […]

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Permanent supportive housing needed

Permanent supportive housing needed

| October 27, 2022 | 0 Comments

With the recent and nearby dedication of additional permanent supportive housing, it becomes even clearer that one opportunity to address homeless encampments on our streets and sidewalks is to utilize available parcels in multi-family zoned neighborhoods and along arterial streets to build permanent housing. On Sept. 30, numerous community leaders came together near Beverly Boulevard, […]

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