2022 Los Angeles Congress of Neighborhoods

The Future of LA: Celebrating Our City

Saturday, September 24, 2022 from 8am-3:45pm via Zoom

Join us for the 12th edition of this day of education and networking for Neighborhood Council leaders!

PURPOSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS: To Promote More Citizen Participation in Government and Make Government More Responsive to Local Needs. - Los Angeles City Charter, Article IX

Registration is Required!

Event is Free!

All Are Welcome.

Workshops Sneak Peek:

• 2023 Neighborhood Council Elections
• A to Z of Neighborhood Naming
• Beautify Your Neighborhood: Murals, Cleanups, and Trees
• Bus Lanes, Bike Lanes, and Train Lines...Oh My!
• Celebrate Your Neighborhood's History and Art
• Challenges with Access to Virtual Meetings: Narrowing the Language and Digital Divides
• Charter and Ethics Reforms in Los Angeles
• Community Engagement in Visioning
• Defending Neighborhood Council Independence and Freedom
• Effective Ways to Engage in Adversarial Conversations
• Exploring Unarmed Crisis Response and Free Mental Health Assistance
• Facing Our Biases Through a New Social Contract
• Getting to Belonging
• Getting to Carbon Neutrality by 2030 with Cool Blocks
• Hidden Costs in the City Budget
• Homelessness Challenges & Successes Roundtable
• Housing L.A.: What Can Advocates & NCs Do to Address Affordability?
• How to Effectively Work with Developers and Council Offices to Influence Property Development
• LA's Future: Our Land Use Policy and Destiny
• Los Angeles Native Plant Advocacy: Why and How?
• Meet the CityWatch Writers
• NC Digital Communications Policy: What NCs Need to Know
• NC Trainings: Have We Gone Too Far?
• Not Yimby, Not Nimby: How Can We Help in Our Backyards? A Planning 101 Workshop
• Preserving and Planting Street Trees
• Preserving the Public Trust in City Government and Elections
• The Brown Act and Neighborhood Councils

Additional details, including workshop descriptions and presenter information, will be posted on neighborhoodcongress.la

NC Board & Committee members are encouraged to join the NC Congress Planning Committee.