FROM THE OFFICE OF: Nithya Raman, Councilmember, Fourth Council District 

Dear Friends, The National Weather Service has issued a rare blizzard warning for Los Angeles, last seen over thirty years ago in February 1989. The powerful winter storm is expected to bring snow to elevations as low as 1,500 feet and up to 2-4 inches of rainfall in the valley/metro areas and 4-6 inches in the foothills. 

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You are encouraged to participate and vote, either in person on the day of the election, OR Vote By Mail in the Neighborhood Council elections.  The BABCNC is ­­­an integral voice for our Stakeholder community, and your participation is essential to our success.

VOTE IN PERSON

MARCH 26, 2023:  10:00AM TO 2:00PM

HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL:  

700 North Faring Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077

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Elections are here for the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council.
Connect your community to City Hall — apply online by Tuesday, January 10, 2023 to be a
candidate! 

https://empowerla.org/elections/

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If you wish to file to be a candidate, the filing period continues to be open until January 10, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. For information on how to be a candidate, visit: 
https://empowerla.org/new-what-it-means-to-be-a-candidate-video/

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NINE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY STORIES
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FOR DECEMBER
 
1.  Neighborhood Council Formally Comments On Proposed Wildlife Ordinance 

2.  Neighborhood Council Supports Changes To Municipal Lobbying Ordinance

3.  Katy Young Yaroslavky Elected CD5 Council Member
 
4.  Record Number of Burglaries In Our area

5.  Avian Flu Arrives In Southern California

6.  Toyon Season
 
7.  How To Become A Candidate For The Neighborhood Council
 
8.  SCRAPBOOK:  When Horses Replaced Electric Streetcars

9.  Pet Adoption Opportunities

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EIGHT IMPORTANT COMMUNITY STORIES
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FOR NOVEMBER
 
1.  City Hall Crisis Prompts Neighborhood Council Votes

2.  Wildlife Ordinance Revised Draft Available Online
Council Ad Hoc Committee To Study Plan
 
3.  Metro Looking at Stone Canyon for Subway

4.  The History of the Brown Act

5.  Council Supports Legislation to Study Personal Delivery Devices
 
6.  How To Be Involved With Your Neighborhood Council
 
7.  SCRAPBOOK: The Rise And Fall Of William Mulholland 

8.  Pet Adoption Opportunities

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NINE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY STORIES
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FOR OCTOBER

1.  Watch CD 5 Candidate Debate on Zoom

2.  Neighborhood Council Votes to Support City Animal Shelters
 
3.  Neighborhood Council Votes To Support Benedict Canyon Association Letter Regarding Cancelled Bulgari Hotel Meeting with LA Planning Department
 
4.  Hillside Federation Wins Lawsuit Protecting Mulholland Drive

5.  LADWP Tightens Security of Stone Canyon

6.  Neighborhood Council People in The News
 
7.  How To Be Involved With Your Neighborhood Council
 
8.  SCRAPBOOK: The First Legal Owner of Beverly Hills Land Was A Black Woman
 
9.  Pet Adoption Opportunities

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SEVEN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY STORIES
YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FOR SEPTEMBER

1.  Neighborhood Council Takes Position on Gating of Bel Air Glen
2.  Council Adds Animal Welfare to Ad Hoc Committee
3.  Council Supports Revision of Retaining Wall Ordinance
4.  Monarch Butterflies Endangered
5.  Congress of Neighborhood Councils in September
6.  Status Report on Proposed Hotel in Benedict Canyon
7.  Scrapbook The Country Club That Disappeared 

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Metro is acting as lead agency on the Transportation Communication Network plan and is currently conducting the environmental review. The Draft Environmental Impact Report is available for review and response beginning September 9, 2022. Responses to the document are due by October 24, 2022.

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The Board has requested the Mayor to form a Blue Ribbon Panel to evaluate the impacts on fire risk of drought watering restrictions in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.  The Board asked that the Blue Ribbon Panel  would include not only the DWP, but also the LAFD, LAPD, Planning, and environmental horticulture specialists available to the City and consider input from representatives of the insurance industry that provide coverage within the City limits. This panel would consider the appropriate balance of water use for ornamental vegetation, especially trees, in hillside residential areas relative to the hazard posed by dead and drying vegetation during extreme fire weather and during any fire event.