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Community Beautification Grant News

ABOUT OCB
The Office of Community Beautification (OCB) serves as a resource for the enhancement of the City of Los Angeles.  OCB programs are designed to support neighborhoods and community groups.  By utilizing OCB services, participants improve their environment while building partnerships within the City of Los Angeles.

Project Orange Thumb Grant

Do you have a green thumb and want to start a garden in your area?  If yes, apply for a Project Orange Thumb Grant which is provided by Fiskars Brands, Inc.  Fiskars will be awarding 10 winners with $5,000 in cash and tools to create a new garden and one lucky winner will receive a Complete Garden Makeover in which Fiskars’ representatives will help with the installation of a garden.

The last date to apply for the grant is December 5, 2011.  Start now and write a winning application.

Youth Services America Offers Grants
Youth Services America (YSA), with over $350,000 in funds to award, is now accepting applications for its three grant programs.  All these projects shall launch on MLK Day (January 16, 2012) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2012). The grant programs are:

UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants
Application Deadline: October 23, 2011
Grant Info: UnitedHealthCare, in partnership with YSA, is offering grants of $500 or $1,000 to support youth programs that fight childhood obesity.

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants
Application Deadline: November 9, 2011
Grant Info: State Farm, in partnership with YSA, is offering grants of up to $1,000 to educators in K-12 public schools that promotes service-learning in youth where youth learn about academic achievement, workplace readiness and community involvment.

MLK Day Lead Organizers
Application Deadline: November 18, 2011
Grant Info:  Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), in partnership with YSA, is offering $4,000 grant to 16 Lead Organizers in support of their community event on MLK Day of Service, January 16, 2012.

Please click here for more information on Youth Service America and/or to access the grant applications.
TBD- Free One-Day Beautification Workshop
Hosted by Keep Los Angeles Beautiful

We thank those who have RSVP’ed and stated they were interested in the One-Day Beautification workshop that was tentatively planned for the end of this year.  Keep Los Angeles Beautiful (KLAB), the organization that is hosting the event, is currently undergoing new management and creating bylaws to make it an “official” organization.  As such, the Beaufication Workshop will be postponed until further notice.

Free Supplies for Your Event Day

Keep America Beautiful and its partners have donated many supplies to our department that is still sitting in our warehouse. Our supplies include plates, plastic and paper cups, soil, bottles of water, etc. We would like to share it with those organizations who are working on their grant project or planning a community clean-up event.

To request for supplies, please email the request form, two-weeks in advance, to cbgrant@lacity.org.  All we ask is that you pick it up from our warehouse.

Save Your Shoes for a Good Cause

2nd Annual Shoe Drive

This is why we are doing this….

SAVE YOUR SHOES. Last year our generous community donated over 800 pairs of shoes to the charity Soles4Souls. That’s a lot of shoes! Melissa Stoller, drive organizer, is collecting shoes again on October 30 at the Mar Vista Farmers’ Market MVCC Green Committee booth. There are also two new collection sites: Mar Vista School is collecting shoes at their Big Boo carnival October 29, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; Manu beauty salon, 2920 Wilshire, Santa Monica, is collecting shoes through November 2 (thanks Kris de la Vara).

Soles4Souls offers a simple way to help reduce the strain on our environment: donating gently worn footwear. Soles4Souls saves these shoes from early death in a landfill by distributing them to needy people around the world. Recipients treasure this gift for years to come; for some, it’s their first pair of shoes. Since its inception following the Asian tsunami, Soles4Souls has distributed nearly 15 million pairs to people in 127 countries, including the United States.

Start cleaning your closet now. Soles4Souls wants all types of shoes, from your kid’s outgrown tennis shoes to those rarely worn heels. Look in your closet and ask yourself, “Am I really going to wear these shoes again?” Every pair can make a difference.

Remember, this is about RECYCLING as well as helping others. Please bring you donation in a reusable bag—or stuff them in an old pillowcase. You can dump your shoes in the collection box and keep your bag for another use.

Want to help? Employees at the Radisson LAX are collecting shoes again this year. Perhaps your school, sports program or business can collect shoes for the drive. Melissa also needs help sorting and packing the shoes, as well as boxes to pack them in. Contact Melissa Stoller at melissa@stollerdesign.com.

Give Your Input on Traffic and Transportation

New Rules for Apron Parking Allowed by LADOT

Culver City Development at Marcasel/Washington Place

American Indian City Hall Event

Free Business Breakfast with RSVP – use code Mar Vista

Congress Of Neighborhoods – Open to All Citizens

Congress of Neighborhoods on the 24th of September

With FREE parking, one-on-one with your favorite elected official, workshop, FREE lunch and the first time ever a live Congress Action session at 2:30pm there are plenty of reasons to register, right now! Here is the press release on the congress, schedule, workshop list etc.

LA’s Neighborhood Councils Present the

Congress of Neighborhoods-

“Increasing Public Participation in Government!”

Neighborhood Council leaders from throughout the city have partnered with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) in bringing the 2011 LA Congress of Neighborhoods to the residents of LA on Saturday, September 24, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Los Angeles has 95 certified neighborhood councils and the Congress of Neighborhoods is designed by council leaders so that there is something for everybody, from curious stakeholders to new board members to seasoned veterans of the civic engagement process to city hall insiders.

The event is free, it includes breakfast and lunch, and registration only takes a moment.

There are two morning sessions and one afternoon session, filled with 21 different programs designed by neighborhood council members to be practical, how-to types of sessions that offer a broad overview of the subject and resources that support local action.

Ten of the programs cover basic information that is important for new Board members. Eleven programs cover more advanced topics designed for experienced Board members and focused subjects that will be attractive to those with special interests and talents.

The afternoon “Action Session” is a literal “Congress of Neighborhoods,” an experimental return to the intent of the City Charter Article IX, Section 901(c) provision that neighborhood councils can come together, discuss issues, and take collective action at a Congress.

The 2011 LA Congress of Neighborhoods puts the future of the neighborhood council system in the hands of the community by creating an environment for education, for empowerment, and for engagement. Most of all, it creates an opportunity for neighborhood councils to work together as a citywide movement.

In 1999 the voters approved a new City Charter which declared “We the people of the City of Los Angeles, in order to establish a responsive, effective and accountable government through which all voices in our diverse society can be heard; to provide fair representation and distribution of government resources and a safe, harmonious environment based on principles of liberty and equality, do enact this Charter.”

NCCongressLA.com

Schedule to date:

7:45am Registration

8:30 Opening Session

9:25am Session I

10:50 Session II

Noon Lunch

1:10 Session III

2:30 Action Session (adult and youth)

3:30 Networking

4:00pm End

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

SESSION 1 WORKSHOP (9:25am – 10:40am)

➛ Meet Your City Officials (brief remarks and a mixer)

➛ Funding Program Basics for Everyone (how spending works)

➛ Emergency Preparedness (CERT, Homeland Security, ham radio, etc.)

➛ How Neighborhood Councils Work (Basics, for New Board Members)

➛ Effective Outreach and Community-Building Techniques

➛ Perspectives: Role of NCs

➛ Perspectives: City Budget

SESSION 2 WORKSHOP (10:50am – 12:05pm)

➛ Working with City Council Committees (subjects, council files, contacts)

➛ Ethics and Open Government (State-required training) session 1 of 2

➛ Animal Issues, Organizations and Programs (different perspectives)

➛ Who and What Do You Need to Know To Get Things Done?

➛ Dealing with Difficult People and Board Conflicts (practical suggestions)

➛ NC Collaborations/(Alliances and Peer Mentoring programs)

➛ Planning and Land Use 101 (what Land Use committees do)

SESSION 3 WORKSHOP (1:10pm-2:25pm)

➛ Working with City Departments (which does what, resources, staff)

➛ Ethics and Open Government (State-required training) session 2 of 2

➛ Green Technologies, Sustainable Living, and Community Gardens

➛ How to Run a Meeting (procedures, fairness, order, time control)

➛ Recruitment, Training, and Management of Volunteers

➛ Creating Community Partnerships (both financial and joint-action)

➛ Online Resources for Neighborhood Councils (Healthycity, ZIMAS, etc.)

Gold Chain Robberies nearby – Be Aware

These incidents seem to be all in Del Rey but are occurring throughout the city so please be careful wearing watches and jewelry on the street in public.

From our Senior Lead Officer Marcy Garcia:

ALERT INFORMATION /ROBBERIES

On August 24, 2011, we had 2 robberies in RD 1457 both of them on Braddock Dr.  Both robberies involved suspect(s) taken gold chain from the victim’s.  Price of gold is at 1,800.00 dollars an ounce and climbing and may indicate a new trend in street robberies.

The first robbery occurred at 1000 hrs. at 11735 Braddock Dr (DR 1114-24869).  The Suspect was described as a male, Black, black hair, unknown eyes, 507-508, 140-160, 28 years old, wearing a red t-shirt, red shorts (NFD).  Bodily force was used.

The second robbery occurred at 1400 hrs at Stoner / Braddock (DR 1114-24884).  The Suspect was described as a male, Hispanic, 504, 20 years old wearing red jacket hoodie, blue jeans (NFD).  Bodily force was used once again.

On August 01, 2011 1 we had 1 robbery.  This robbery occurred on Bray St/Inglewood Blvd at approximately 2:45 PM. Suspect approached the victim at the bus stop. The suspect grabbed the victim necklace she was wearing around her neck and threw her to the ground causing injuries.  The victim’s necklace broke and the suspect was only able to take the coin medallion. The suspect is described as male, Black with black hair and brown eyes, 508-510, 150-170, 20-25 years old, wearing a black t-shirt and black pants.

On September 09, 2011 at approximately 11:30 AM we had 1 robbery. This robbery occurred on Inglewood & Braddock. Suspect approached the victim and ripped her chain from her neck. Suspect is a male Black, 5’10, 130 pounds, 18 years of age wearing black t-shirt and black shorts. Suspect entered a black vehicle unknown make and model.

Any questions / concerns please contact
Det Hassanzai #32950, Pacific Area Robbery at 310-482-6394

or Officer Marcy Garcia (310) 622-3972 .