WELCOME To the NEW GGPNC website. We hope you find it useful and informative. We are still in the process adding info to the new site, so we appreciate your patience.  Please click here to let us know if you find missing links, missing information, or have suggestions for improvements.

The Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council is certified by the City of Los Angeles to work with stakeholders to improve the community and make your voice heard at City Hall.

Current Los Feliz Traffic Conditions                    Current Exact Time

GGPNC District Representative Elections
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Polls open from 10am - 4pm
Hollywood Lutheran Church
1733 N. New Hampshire

 Ballot Candidate List

You Can MEET THE CANDIDATES

Saturday, March 13, 10am -1pm Our Mother of Good Counsel Church -Parish Hall 1 block east of Vermont Ambrose at Dracena

Thursday, March 18, 7pm -9pm Hollywood Lutheran Church - Hoiks Hall 1733 New Hampshire  North of Hollywood Bl.

Too Many Politicians?    Too Few Volunteers?

There's still time to become a
Write-in Candidate
Write in filing ends at 5pm on Feb. 18, 2010
CANDIDATE APPLICATION FORM

 for more election info click here

10 GGPNC District Representatives will be elected March 20, 2010
 OFFICIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES
Got Questions? e-mail us GGPNC@GGPNC.org

Want a Job Where You Count?
The 2010 Census is looking for hundreds of workers locally (the Hollywood Office is at Western & Hollywood Blvd.) Jobs pay between 12.75 and $18.50 per hour.
for more info    www.2010censusjobs.gov
323-301-1480

Disaster Preparedness Training Wednesdays - 7pm Our Mother of Good Counsel Church, 2060 N. Vermont

The GGPNC has organized CERT training (Community Emergency Response Team) for our community in Los Feliz. CERT training is a free 7 session course (one evening a week) taught by firefighters from the LA City Fire Department. CERT training provides the basics you need to help your family and neighbors when earthquakes or other disasters strike. Teams throughout Los Angeles provide essential support to our first responders in times of crisis. The Classes began on January 13, 2010 

For More info click here

You Must Click Here to RSVP with your Contact Info

GGPNC's Newly Appointed Board Members

Thanks to all of the thirty two candidates answered the GGPNC's Candidate Casting Call to fill nine seats on the GGPNC Governing Board. When the seven rounds of voting were done the nine winners were:

Rosemary DeMonte returns as the Business Interests Representative.
Rev. Dan Hooper was reappointed to represent the Religious Community.
Sara Latier Napier will continue representing Educational Interests.
Jeff Gardner joins the Board championing Recreational Interests.
Nyla Arslanian again was appointed representative for Non-Residential Community or Charitable Groups.

The Four At-Large seats will be filled by:

Charley Mims, former GGPNC President, appointed after an absence from the Board. Tom Wilson and Transportation Chair Tor Hyams, both current Board Members, were reappointed. And Luisa Nubaravacharyan is welcomed to the Board with strong support from the Armenian Community.

Official Ballot / Vote Tally

A NEW Hollywood Community Plan
Coming to our Neighborhood

Very few of us have crystal balls that allow us to see into the future. But we can all see what our City Planners have in mind for our area in the latest draft version of the Hollywood Community Plan*. and your vision of what our neighborhoods should look like might, or might not include the proposed increases in density along streets like Vermont, Hillhurst and Hyperion or the reduced parking requirements in residential areas.
Luckily there is still time to make your views heard. The GGPNC Board has made comprehensive recommendations aimed at preserving the best of our area and improving areas in need. And in the coming months likely will weigh in again on the revised plan after studying the documents and hearing what you have to say. The city Planning Department is also planning public meetings on this latest City Hall vision of our area's future once all the documents are prepared, probably sometime this fall. We'll keep you adivised.
It is a complicated process that boils down to a simpler decision: is this going to help or hurt the quality of life in my neighborhood? We urge all stakeholders to look at the documents, come to the meetings, let your voices be the community's crystal ball to the future. Who knows better what we need, want and expect on our home turf.

*(This is a very large 13mb file and does not contain all maps and other elements which have been promised by the Planning Dept. "in the next few months.")

GGPNC Recommendations and info on Hollywood Community Plan Proposals

Water Conservation
Find out about Water Conservation Laws, HIGHER RATES and 15% CUT BACK

THANKS for YOUR HELP AT BIG SUNDAY

Landscaping at King Middle School

LA River Cleanup

click links below photos for more info.

 

Billboards In Los Angeles

On August 7, 2009 the City Council passed a ban on new billboards including digital and supergraphics to avoid the possible effects of an expected court ruling. But action on the comprehensive proposed Sign Ordinance is still to come.  Click Here for more info and to see the GGPNC's Area Billboard Survey and Community Impact Statements plus other links. E-mail us with your thoughts at: Billboards@GGPNC.org

Griffith Park Wins

Van Griffith, great grandson of Griffith Park's donor, along with Councilmember Tom LaBonge reach new photo-op heights as everyone celebrates the dedication of Griffith Park as City Historic-Cultural Monument # 942. The dedication ceremony speakers repeatedly noted  the overwhelming support from the community through hundreds of letters, e-mails and appearances at  commission and council meetings as an important element in making protection of Griffith Park a reality. As Van Griffith said, "this is not for us but for those who come after us...for a 1000 years." Click here for background on the battle to preserve Griffith Park as a city Historic-Cultural Monument THANKS ! TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED

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