As the chair of the Council's Public Works Committee, it has been an honor for me to recognize the men and women in our city's Public Works Department who do the critically important work of keeping our city running. Public Works professionals are the cornerstone of our city and help deliver the very core services we depend on. Follow this link to watch the official recognition in Council.
Taxco Trails Park recently received a new and upgraded playground. Equipped with new shade structures, harnessed swings, and a climbing net, this playground will provide a safe and diverse recreational space for kids to enjoy.
Daily News: Pocket park in West Hills gets new children's playground equipment
After a multi-month process of introducing the art of filmmaking into local public schools, hundreds of students, parents, and faculty flocked to the Soraya Center for the Performing Arts for the culminating event of the Making Movies that Matter Film Project:
LA This Week: Making Movies that Matter Youth Short Film Festival
May is celebrated as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and to commemorate this important observance, the City of Los Angeles hosted a series of events inviting the public to come and learn more about AAPI culture:
Council District 12, alongside the Department on Disability hosted a resource fair aimed at supporting the autistic community. With over 25 vendors present, there was no shortage of resources available to help and support our autistic brothers and sisters. Follow this link to learn more about this event.
Councilmember John Lee, alongside the Korean American Special Education Center proudly declared April as 'Autism Acceptance Month'.
The recent movement from the phrase “autism awareness” to “autism acceptance” has been created in hopes of changing the narrative of autism being something negative that needs to be tolerated to a positive embracement of what makes autistic individuals unique in order to foster an environment of acceptance. Follow this link watch the observation in Council.
We would like to share with you the newest volume Council District 12's Year in Review, which highlights some of our accomplishments over the past year. Working together we were able to continue supporting our first responders, welcome new businesses into the community, and find common sense solutions which increased the quality of life for our neighborhoods.
Thanks to the work of our partners at City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services, the Council District 12 community is the new home of 96 Oak Trees that will serve to beautify our community and symbolize our commitment to the environment. These trees can be found at various locations throughout the district with the highest concentration of new trees finding their roots on Lassen Ave between Reseda and Yolanda.
Councilmember Lee joined the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services to kick off the next phase of the city's Urban Cooling Program which adds cool pavement and shade trees throughout neighborhoods in LA in an effort to reduce urban heat. This cooling pavement, in combination with the planting of new trees, will provide more refuge for residents and help keep streets a few degrees cooler, which makes a world of difference here in the San Fernando Valley.
Council District 12 is proud to announce the official start of 'Making Movies that Matter'. This program invites schools throughout the San Fernando Valley to get involved in Los Angeles' hometown craft of film-making.