Representing the communities of Westchester, Playa del Rey and Playa Vista

Congratulations to longtime Westchester residents Brent and Eli Wagner for being selected as the 2018 Stars of the Neighborhood. The award is designed to honor those in our community who give back to their neighbors without fanfare and may otherwise go unnoticed.

Our Board Member, Gregg Aniolek, wears many hats and one of them that he wears with great passion is his CERT hat.  CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is a fantastic training program that covers basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical operations.  CERT members can go on to participate in more advanced t

As new developments pop up all over LA, many residents are asking, "Who approved that?"

https://www.kcet.org/shows/socal-connected/who-approved-that

Construction of a new 54-inch diameter force main sewer line to operate as a parallel system in conjunction with the existing sewer line. The sewer project will increase capacity, create pipeline redundancy and allow for maintenance.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), in partnership with the State Coastal Conservancy and The Bay Foundation, has spent years working with the public and envisioning a plan for the revitalization of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve (BWER).

We, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa, have asked Councilmember Bonin to immediately reverse the lane reductions in Playa del Rey -- with the exception of the changes to Pershing Drive.

We, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa, ask that with the exception of the changes to Pershing Drive, you immediately reverse the lane reductions in Playa del Rey and implement other strategies to improve the safety, efficiency, and accessibility of our roads for pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. As representatives of your constituents and your elected advisory body, we believe strongly that this is the only remedy that addresses the constant, voluminous, community outcry on this issue.   

Special Traffic Alert
Changes Coming to Vista del Mar, in Playa del Rey
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 9, 2017)
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Later this month the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) will add one additional travel lane
southbound from Waterview Street to Imperial Highway and one additional travel lane northbound from
Imperial Highway to Napoleon Street on Vista del Mar. Parking on Vista del Mar will be removed.
Construction is expected to begin Monday, August 21st and take 2-3 weeks to complete. Crews will make

A Joint Production of the METRANS Transportation Center and the USC Urban Growth Seminar Series. 

Video Speaker: Seleta Reynolds
General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Discussant: Jeremy Klop
Principal, Fehr and Peers, Los Angeles

Please see the following update via the Department of Transportation on the notable changes currently underway to the Vista Del Mar/Culver intersection, and Pacific. https://www.safestreetspdr.org/projectupdate

Traffic Advisory: Construction on New Scattergood-Olympic Cable A Transmission Line Progresses on Lincoln Boulevard

Intermittent Lane Closures on Lincoln Boulevard Through May 2018

Who hasn’t heard the ring tone of a cell phone while on a bus, in a subway car, or even while walking down the street? Doesn’t almost everyone have a cell phone these days?

The Los Angeles City Council voted (12-0) Wednesday, May 10, to approve an ordinance, which will help boost the City’s affordable housing stock at a time when the City is facing a severe housing crisis.

Surrounded by bluffs, the ocean, the 405 Freeway and LAX, Westchester started out as a windswept plain in a remote corner of the Los Angeles basin.

Its evolution into the site of a vast planned community — and a center of the aviation industry — is in many ways the tale of one ambitious developer and his industry-defining approach to building suburban homes.

Check the Public Safety Committee page for weekly crime information - under heading "Monthly Report"

http://www.ncwpdr.org/publicSafety

The Board of Neighborhood Councils (BONC) commemorated the 15 anniversary of the NC of Westchester Playa. NCWP was among the first Neighborhood Councils to form following the City Charter Amendment that authorized their formation. NC alum and founding member Denny Schnieder represeted the NCWP at the April 4 BONC meeting.  

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On November 23, 2016, the City adopted an ordinance repealing Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 85.02 in its entirety, in response to a US Court of Appeals judgment and replaced it with a version that decriminalizes living in vehicles, while bal

The City of Los Angeles is preparing to begin work on the Venice Dual Force Main project in April 2017.

This is a memo to Los Angeles City Councilmembers from the General Manager of the Department of Animal Services re the city's position re its urban wildlife, in particular the coyotes.