25th Anniversary

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About Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council
 

Established in 2002, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council (HHPNC) is an all-volunteer board and your connection to Los Angeles City elected officials and departments.  Our council is made up of local community members who are elected by the community we serve.  It serves a diverse community of over 60,000 stakeholders who live work, study, or own property or a business within the HHPNC boundaries.  Broadly speaking, our role as a council is to amplify our community voices to the LA City Council.  This includes writing “CIS” letters or Community Impact Statements, advising our support or concern of matters coming before the City Council and requests for action.  Past CIS letters have been sent on a variety of issues including supporting the Green New Deal, using discretion to support or oppose local land use/development projects, support for an Anti Harassment Tenant Ordinance, support for the Department of Water and Power to reach 100% renewable energy by 2030,  and many more. Please visit What is a Neighborhood Council to learn more.

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Additionally, we have an annual budget, and utilize our funding to provide support to a number of local organizations and public schools through “NPG’s”or Neighborhood Purpose Grants.  This has included clean-up/beautification efforts, food assistance as part of meal giveaway programs, support to a local film festival, and other events including the Northeast Los Angeles Christmas Parade, the Loomis festival and El Mercado Art & Craft Festival among others.  We have held a “Day of Compassion” for our homeless neighbors, providing clothing and housing resources, co-hosted a candidate forum for the recent Council District 14 election, hosted a series of workshops on resources for handling student loan debt, and held a Town Hall with various city officials on the Liquor License approval process to better inform community members. 

 

WHO MAKES UP THE COUNCIL?

Nineteen volunteer Governing Board members are elected as official representatives.  Their role is to help make a difference in the community.  We also interact with community members/stakeholders and take their concerns back to City Council members or City departments.  Stakeholders are community members who live, work, own property or can claim a factual basis for such within the Council’s defined Boundaries. We also have 12 active Council Committees made up of board members and community members.  Each focuses on a specific area of interest: Land Use, Outreach, Public Safety, Environmental, and more.  Membership is open to stakeholders and you can learn more about the available roles and how to join by visiting our Get Involved page.

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HOW IS COUNCIL WORK DONE?

As elected officials, we are required to follow the Brown Act, which covers how and when to post agendas, defines what we can/cannot discuss at meetings, and outlines what is and what is not allowed for internal board discussions, all in order to support open and transparent public meetings.  Also, the HHPNC operates under Robert’s Rules of Order in terms of meeting protocol.
 

Our work is done on three levels:

• Monthly Board Meetings (generally held the first Thursday of the month

• Committee Meetings – Committees are both standing (persistent) or ad hoc (temporary to cover a specific matter like HHPNC Elections)

• Attendance at various liaison and alliance meetings
   

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