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Each neighborhood council may present to the Mayor and Council an annual list of priorities for the City budget. The Mayor shall inform certified neighborhood councils of the deadline for submission so that the input may be considered in a timely fashion.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 172,728, Eff. 8-30-99.
Neighborhood councils shall monitor the delivery of City services in their respective areas and have periodic meetings with responsible officials of City departments, subject to their reasonable availability.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 172,728, Eff. 8-30-99.
Section
22.814 Neighborhood Council Age Requirements and Optional Youth Board Seat.
22.815 Neighborhood Council Checking Accounts.
22.816 Neighborhood Council Elections.
22.817 Neighborhood Purposes Grants.
22.818 Neighborhood Council Grievances.
22.819 Neighborhood Council Input at City Board and Commission Meetings.
22.820 Neighborhood Council Subdivision.
22.821 Neighborhood Council Mandatory Training Requirements.
(a) Minimum Age to Vote. Except as provided in Subsection (c), on the day that a Neighborhood Council election or selection occurs, a person must be at least 16 years of age to be eligible to vote.
(b) Minimum Age to Serve. Except as provided in Subsection (c), on the day that a Neighborhood Council election or selection for a board seat occurs, a person must be at least 18 years of age to be eligible to serve as a board member for a Neighborhood Council.
(c) Optional Youth Board Seat. A Neighborhood Council board may create up to one “Youth Board Seat” to be occupied by a minor, subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The Youth Board Seat shall be occupied by a person who is at least 14 years of age and no more than 17 years of age on the day that the Neighborhood Council election or selection for the Youth Board Seat occurs.
(2) A person must be at least 14 years of age on the day that the Neighborhood Council election or selection for that Youth Board Seat occurs to be eligible to vote for a Youth Board Seat candidate.
(d) Retroactivity. This section shall not be applied retroactively. Any seated Neighborhood Council board member whose eligibility to serve may be affected by the enactment of this section may serve the remainder of their term.
(e) Rules and Regulations. As authorized by Section 20.36 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Office of the City Clerk are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and establish policies to implement and administer this section and elections hereunder, respectively.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 186,760, Eff. 10-16-20.
Editor's note: Former Sec. 22.814 (Acceptance of Donations and Gifts), added by Ord. No. 179,545, Eff. 3-16-08, expired by its own terms on 3-16-11.
(a) The Office of Finance is hereby authorized to establish any account for the benefit of Neighborhood Councils (the Account). The Account shall list the City Clerk as a joint account holder and grant the City Clerk authority to unilaterally suspend or close the Account. Alternatively, upon the request of the City Clerk, the Office of Finance may also create a single account, with the City Clerk as the prime account holder. The City Clerk is further authorized to create sub accounts (Sub Accounts) to segregate the appropriate funding level for each Neighborhood Council. The City Clerk shall determine which board members will have access and authority to use the Account or Sub Account. The City Clerk shall have authority to suspend or terminate any board member’s access to the Account or Sub Account with or without cause. The City Clerk is authorized to transfer funds between and from the Neighborhood Council’s City account to the Account or Sub Account. The City Clerk is authorized to promulgate all procedures, rules and regulations, as well as to issue any directives necessary for the administration of the Neighborhood Council Account or Sub Account.
(b) Neighborhood Councils may not withdraw cash from the Checking Accounts.
(c) Neighborhood Councils are authorized to make the following expenditures from their respective Checking Account by a negotiable written instrument:
(1) Payments for the functions and operations of the Neighborhood Council pursuant to Section 22.810.1(g)(1) of this Code;
(2) Payments for the neighborhood improvement projects that have been approved by the City Clerk pursuant to Section22.810.1(g)(1) of this Code; and
(3) Payments for neighborhood purposes grants where the applications have been approved by the City Clerk pursuant to Section 22.817 of this Code.
(d) If a Neighborhood Council is unable to operate, lacks sufficient board members to form a quorum for its regular meetings, or has been placed into exhaustive efforts by the Department pursuant to Article VI section 4 of the Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils, then the City Clerk is authorized to make any payment from the respective Checking or Sub Account for the Neighborhood Council’s functions and operations pursuant to Section 22.810.1(g)(1) of this Code.
(e) In the event any Neighborhood Council is decertified, abandoned, or otherwise ceases to exist, or the Checking or Sub Account is closed or terminated, then any and all funds in the Checking or Sub Account shall be returned to the Neighborhood Council Fund in accordance with Section 5.517 of this Code.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 179,545, Eff. 3-16-08.
Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 182,549, Eff. 7-6-13; In Entirety, Ord. No. 182,792, Eff. 1-1-14; Ord. No. 184,835, Eff. 5-1-17.
Neighborhood Council board member elections shall be administered pursuant to Section 20.36 of this Code.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 179,680, Eff. 4-15-08.
Amended by: Subsec. (a)(1), Ord. No. 181,056, Eff. 2-21-10; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 181,132, Eff. 4-30-10; In Entirety, Ord. No. 182,128, Eff. 6-18-12; Title and Section, Ord. No. 182,723, Eff. 10-28-13.
Neighborhood Councils are authorized to make monetary grants to nonprofit corporations (excluding religious institutions and private schools) organized under 26 United States Code Section 501(c)(3) and to public schools pursuant to the criteria set forth in Article XI of the Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 180,155, Eff. 9-26-08.
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