Good afternoon,
Later than usual to include information on Mayor Bass' budget proposal.
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Mayor Bass Releases City Budget
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released her proposed budget today to continue her work to move Los Angeles forward. The budget lays out investments to continue urgently housing Angelenos and work to make Los Angeles safer and more livable for all. This year's process has uncovered a clear need for a reset of the City’s budgeting process – one that is honest, transparent and squarely focused on serving Angelenos.
https://cao.lacity.
Read the budget summary released today HERE.
This budget will continue to hire for critical positions including sanitation, street services, police officers, firefighters and others, while eliminating vacancies that in many cases have been on the books for years, thereby prioritizing actual service delivery over empty desks.
This budget is fiscally prudent in that it replenishes the City’s cash reserves with new revenue and ensures the City remains prepared to weather uncertainties in the year ahead.
Key budget highlights include:
Read more HERE
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Denim Day, Wednesday April 24
Denim Day is a campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a rape conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim.
Denim Day asks community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.
Learn more about Denim Day HERE
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AccessingLA: Preparing Businesses for the Future
The 9th Annual AccessingLA: TeamWith event is aimed at providing small business owners who offer Personal and Professional Services to learn about Los Angeles area opportunities and receive valuable information about how to grow their businesses.
This event is part of the City's Asian American Pacific Island Heritage Month celebration and National Public Works Week.
The day will consist of informational presentations and panel discussions, an exhibit hall with information booths from a variety of public and private agencies, and Koi Pond* - an opportunity for business owners to pitch their business to a panel of experts. The business owner with the highest score will be featured our our AccessingLA website for the next year!
May 20, 2024, 9am
Read More HERE
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Beautification Conference
Join the Office of Community Beautification for an opportunity to network and collaborate with other Angelenos on topics focused around beautifying the City. More than 250 attendees and 30 exhibitors will gather to discuss current beautification efforts, share resources available to LA residents, and exchange valuable information through informative panels.
Sign up HERE
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ICYMI: Inside Safe in Vermont Vista
Mayor Bass announced an Inside Safe operation at the Vermont Vista encampment in South Los Angeles. More than 40 people experiencing homelessness were brought inside and several recreational vehicles (RVs) were addressed. This encampment has been in existence for four years at the median strip on South Vermont Avenue between West 92nd Street and West Colden Avenue.
Council President Pro Tempore Marqueece Harris-Dawson expressed his dedication to the Inside Safe Initiative, “We are seeing our unhoused neighbors, veterans, have access to housing, and services. The leadership and partnerships developed by our Mayor have disrupted the status quo and will continue to do so with compassion."
Learn more HERE
Learn more about Inside Safe HERE
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Update on Executive Directive 4:
Breaking Down Barriers to Small Business Creation, Development and Growth
“Through Executive Directive 4, the City is taking action to reduce the barriers to attracting and retaining small businesses. We’re looking at processes, timelines and fees associated with doing business in Los Angeles and identifying immediate opportunities to turn City Hall into an advocate for small businesses,”~ Mayor Karen Bass.
Read the update HERE
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Metro Sepulveda Corridor Project Update
Metro has a plan to make it easier to get around. The natural barrier created by the Santa Monica Mountains makes traveling between the Valley and the Westside complex and challenging – and will require innovation and multiple solutions. Metro is working to evaluate alternatives for a high-quality, reliable transit service option connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. Please join us for in-person and virtual meetings that will focus on the monorail alternatives and gather feedback about the possible elimination of Alternative 2.
Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00am-12:00pm
Presentation will begin at 10:30am
Marvin Braude Center 6262 Van Nuys Bl Van Nuys, CA 91401
Monday, May 13, 2024 12:00-1:00pm
Call in: +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 848 5610 6007
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ICYMI: SOTC Recap from Los Angeles Magazine: We Have an Adult in the Room
"We have an adult in the room. The overwhelming feeling during the speech was that an adult is in charge of Los Angeles. Bass possesses an easy confidence, and one senses that after a decade navigating the snake pit that is the U.S. Congress, L.A. rifts are little league to her. The primary challenges facing the city are well known: homelessness, a looming budget shortfall and a Los Angeles Police Department that continues to hemorrhage officers. Bass made all those problems seem navigable if not fully solvable. And like any good SOTC she wrapped them in a theme, with repeated references to disrupting the “status quo” and enacting a “sea change.””
Read the article HERE
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Vahid Khorsand Commissioner (Preferred Pronouns: he/him/his)
Board of Public Works 200 North Spring Street City Hall (Main), Room 361 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Email: [email protected] Office: 213-978-0253
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