Neighborhood Empowerment

Councilmember Garcetti is committed to a strong, vibrant, and representative system of neighborhood councils. He believes that neighborhood councils (map) should form a new level of government based in our communities, a check on an over-concentration of power at City Hall.

In order to reach out to traditionally-underserved areas of the district, Councilmember Eric Garcetti also launched the CD13 Neighborhood Leadership Institute, which trains neighborhood leaders about community organizing and government. A team of full-time organizers works with social, religious and civic groups to train community leaders in the neighborhoods of Council District 13. To learn more about these organizers, the Community Organizing Institute, and the organizing team's organizing projects, click on the "Community Organizing" link.