"Neighborhood Councils Plan for the Future of LA!"

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February 11, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Contact: Stephen Box (323) 864-7586
BudgetLA meets on Saturday

"Neighborhood Councils Plan for the Future of LA!"
LOS ANGELES - Neighborhood Councils scored a reprieve this
past Tuesday as the CAO's recommendation to sweep all roll-
over funds and to cut NC operating budgets by 50% was sent to
committee, giving the community a week to work up a plan for
saving the neighborhood council system.

This Saturday, February 13, 2010, representatives from all over
the city will gather in Hollywood to hammer out a strategy for the
reorganization of the Department of Neighborhood
Empowerment, for maintaining the NC funding at current levels,
for forming a task force to work with the City Council on the
proposed changes, and for advising the Mayor and the City
Council on the city's budget and the delivery of city services.
It was newly minted Councilmember Paul Krekorian who moved
the CAO's recommendation out of City council and into his
Education and Neighborhoods Committee, a motion that had six
seconds, demonstrating significant support from around the
horseshoe.

With the next E & N Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday,
February 16, neighborhood councils have no time to waste and
the agenda for Saturday's BudgetLA is focused on developing a
strategy to defeat the CAO's recommendations for the NC
system.

Julie Butcher, Regional Director for the SEIU, will complement
the focus on funding with her "Look for the Union Label"
presentation and discussion of the salaries of city staff, pension
funding, and opportunities for efficiencies and cost-cutting
within the city structure.


BudgetLA
Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 10:00 am
Hollywood Presbyterian Church
1760 Gower Ave.
(Enter on Yucca, Park on Yucca)
Hollywood, CA 90028