Empower LA Congress & Budget Day

EMPOWER LA CONGRESS OF NEIGHBORHOODS & COMMUNITY BUDGET DAY
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Los Angeles City Hall - 3rd Floor
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
For more info: http://www.lacityneighborhoods.com/nccongress_10_09.htm -- or see below
Empower LA 2009: A Congress of Neighborhoods is a powerful one-day opportunity featuring intensive workshops, forums and meetings for residents, Neighborhood Council leaders, community activists, and local non-profit organizations to learn about, discuss, and act on the pressing issues that City government and neighborhoods can best address together for long-term success

EVERYONE IS INVITED!

Following is a sampling of programs and activities hundreds of your neighbors across the City will be participating in:

Your Neighborhood as a Cultural Destination. How Arts and Entertainment can Drive Local Business and Transform Your Community

Water and Power to the People! The future of the DWP Memorandum of Understanding with Neighborhood Councils, impending rate hikes, and challenges to the City’s water and electrical infrastructures.

Basic Social Networking: We’re all “A-twitter”: How to use social networking to improve your NC’s outreach efforts.
Emergency Preparedness: A Crash Course to Help You, Your Family and Friends Prepare for a Catastrophic Emergency.

Meet the Electeds: A Spirited Discussion in Face-to-Face Time with Our City's Elected Officials
Featured speaker
MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
During Community Budget Day, the Mayor provides information to the people of Los Angeles on the City’s fiscal status and previews opportunities for Neighborhood Councils and all the people of Los Angeles to give their input on the budget he is proposing for the upcoming fiscal year. This year a special session on the budget has been added to the Congress event programs to provide a more in-depth understanding of the fiscal challenges the City faces and how the Mayor’s proposed 2010-2011 budget will address them.