June 8, 2023 - Open as a Webpage

• CD1 reported on their focus to prioritize high-quality neighborhood services, investing in people and place, and advancing a Care-First agenda. Some highlights include safety improvements on Figueroa Street in Highland Park, a new approach to constituent services, fixing the streetlights at Highland Parks’ Veterans Square, and improving city services, which will address the backlog of 311 cases

• CD14 shared upcoming events including their 4th of July event, monthly meetings that occur at Johnny’s Bar, and an upcoming 5k! More information @highlandparknc (IG and FB).

• The Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library: An array of youth and adult-friendly events upcoming that can be found: HERE 

• JUNE 2023 LIBRARY CALENDAR

• SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR AGES 8 & UP

• SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS

• SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

• North Figueroa Bookshop: Children’s storytime, Mental Health Workshop, Knitting Circle, Poetry Open Mic HERE.

• The board voted unanimously on Council File 23-0400, a request to return NPG fund to HHPNC, Expanding LA’s Unarmed Crisis Response Program, and Council File 23-0359
• The board voted to pass a Community Plan to manage alcohol licenses in the area under the HHPNC Alcohol License Guideline Template

Other updates from the neighborhood council meeting:

• Thank you to community members and HHPNC representatives for being present at our June 1st general board meeting! We were joined by Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez and discussed important topics. This was our last general board meeting for the term, the new term begins July 6th, we hope you’ll attend to meet YOUR new neighborhood council representatives!
• We will be expanding the conversation on May 20th York Blvd.’s Cruise Night.
• More community input is appreciated. Public comment can also be sent to info@highlandparknc.com

Saje (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy) and Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles are providing monthly Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance (TAHO) clinics to learn your rights and speak to an attorney. The next one will be 6/28! To register, call 213-745-9961 or email info@saje.net.

Si es un inquiline en la Ciudad de Los Ángeles que está lidiando con algún tipo de acoso, únase a nuestras clínicas mensuales de la Ordenanza contra el Acoso de Inquilines (TAHO) para conocer sus derechos y lo para hablar con un abogado. Para registrarse, llame al 213-745-9961.

Part-time and full-time positions are available as a Community Health Worker. Earn a steady salary, county benefits and a bilingual bonus! For part-time positions, visit HERE. For full-time positions, visit HERE.

LA County will be hiring soon to support the Homelessness Emergency. Look out for openings in mental health, social work, substance abuse & more HERE.

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for the sake of dancing in the street 

June 3 - July 29, 2023 

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-4pm

Co-presented and curated by OXY ARTS, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) and Yasmine Nasser Diaz. 

https://oxyarts.oxy.edu/exhibitions/sake-dancing-street



for the sake of dancing in the street invites us to witness and wonder what is possible when bodies that have been subject to control transform themselves into tools of resistance and empowerment. The body is centered as a site of simultaneous realities; from powerful and gentle, to humiliated and resilient, both subject and object, yet neither strictly feminine nor masculine. Through forceful collective presence and potent, but often private, individual action, these works explore the potential to invoke change and destabilize existing patriarchal power structures around the world.

Our very own Avenue 50 Studio (at 131 N Avenue 50) is exhibiting The Politics of Portrayal: Three Generations of Chicana Portraiture in Los Angeles California exhibition! The works in this exhibition focuses on artwork from Baby Boomer to Gen X and finally the Millennial era. There is no entry fee.

Local youth! Do you love the arts? Would you like the opportunity to work with other youth? Are you between the ages of 16-24? This Lincoln Heights Youth Arts Center job opportunity is for Summer 2023, which begins July 10 - August 12. Eligible candidates must submit a complete City of Los Angeles application and resume to dca.lhyac@lacity.org by Thursday, June 8, 2023, with the subject: Summer Hire LA’s Youth. Qualifications and application HERE.

The opening of the Regional Connector rail line on June 16 will connect Highland Park’s train station with the longest light rail line in the country, spanning 49.5 miles from Azusa to Long Beach. This will provide improved connectivity and faster travel options for the community!

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