• BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS are being presented…and lots more.

• All LA stakeholders invited.

• Two Deputy Mayor’s are attending. Event runs from 8:30 am – Noon.

Please RSVP to joseph.hari@lacity.org or call 310-479-3823.

The Mayor’s Office, in collaboration with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates, is proud to present to you this year’s Mayor’s Community Budget Survey!!

The link to the Mayor’s 2012 Community Budget Survey is:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012LABudgetSurvey

The survey link is live. Please take now.

A hard copy of the survey can be found at www.lacity.org. Once on the City’s website, under the Mayor’s name, click on “City Budget” and follow the prompt.

The City Council took action in support of Councilman Krekorian’s recommendation that NC elections not be postponed until 2014, but be available in Fiscal Year 2012-13. The next step will be deciding how to pay for it.

The Department was asked to report back to Council on a plan to administer elections along with a budget request. General Manager Kim responded that a report could be ready for City Council consideration as soon as 4-6 weeks. A timely decision on funding is critical so that planning can begin to offer elections within the desired time.

For more information see CF 11-1912.

Do you know of a special place that has architectural, historical, social, or cultural significance in your neighborhood? Visit MyHistoricLA.org to share your ideas!

MyHistoricLA.org is a program of SurveyLA, the citywide Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey project (www.surveyla.org).

MyHistoricLA.org is a new and innovative public participation tool that allows you to contribute information about important historic resources in your community. This information is used by professional survey teams as they systematically conduct field surveys over a multi-year period.

MyHistoricLA.org is currently engaging in the following conversations…

• Can you tell us about a place in your neighborhood that makes it special?
• Can you identify and tell us about a club house or meeting hall that played an important role in Los Angeles history?
• Do you know the location and story of any buildings, structures, or landscapes associated with the agricultural history of the San Fernando Valley?
• What Los Angeles neighborhood do you think is the best example of Post WWII residential development and suburbanization?

It’s easy to sign in and join this exciting new citywide conversation. Please spread the word — through posts, tweets or old-fashioned emails — to all of your friends and neighbors who care about Los Angeles’ history and architecture.

The Bureau of Sanitation is urging L.A. residents to place palm fronds and tree branches that have blown down in the recent heavy winds next to the green bins to be picked up.

If palm fronds and branches are placed next to the green used for residential yard trimmings on regular trash collection days, they will be picked up together with the green waste and turned into mulch. This will help residents to keep their yards, streets and sidewalks clean in the wake of the strong wind storms.

Last Saturday, Sanitation crews conducted sweeps to clear palm fronds through Los Angeles. Additional Saturday sweeps are planned until the wind-related debris is cleared. For more information, or to report downed trees, palm fronds or branches, please call 3-1-1 or Bureau of Sanitation at (800) 773-2489.