71 LOCAL COUNCILS PROPOSED; 21 NEIGHBORHOODS ID'D IN THE VALLEY.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The city's chief analyst on Wednesday recommended creating as many as 71 neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. - perhaps 21 in the Valley - to advise Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members.
While not committing to the number 71, which corresponds to the number of city library branches, the council's Government Efficiency Committee was interested enough in the concept to ask Chief Legislative Analyst Ron Deaton to develop it further. Members asked Deaton to draft a funding plan, alternative schemes with different numbers of councils, guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for drawing boundaries and selecting members. The panel asked Deaton to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the work so it can be budgeted in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. ``The real issue is whether there is a commitment in this City Council to share the power and provide the funding for a meaningful system of neighborhood councils,'' said Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management , chairman of the panel. Deaton promised to draft more detailed proposals by next month, including a plan for creating an Office of Neighborhoods, which would help set up the neighborhood councils and assist residents in gaining easier access to city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . The analyst said he initially proposed one neighborhood council for each of the city's 71 library services areas, because the groups will need identifiable meeting places and libraries serve that purpose. There are 21 libraries in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , with 15,000 to 100,000 residents in each service area. However, the council asked Deaton to develop a list of other options - from one neighborhood council for each of the 15 council districts, to about 150 councils so that each would serve 25,000 residents or fewer. Deaton was also asked to develop staff and budget plans for each option. If two staff people costing $60,000 are assigned to each of 71 neighborhood councils, the program could cost the city $4.26 million a year. ``There is a price to this,'' Wachs said. ``But I just believe it's one of the things people would most like to see for their money.'' |
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