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.
Councilmember Lee joined the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Office to kick off this year's Battle of the Badges, a friendly competition between various agencies to promote the importance and necessity of donating blood.
Council District 12 joined Volunteers Cleaning Communities for The Church at Rocky Peak's All Serve 2023 event, which brought the community together at various sites throughout the Valley for a morning of community service.
The Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department recently held its 1st Anniversary Celebration of the LA For All campaign. Local LA landmarks were lit up to commemorate this special occasion and the event had a community resource fair, live music, and food to celebrate.
I truly could not have been prouder of the CD12 community who came out in full force last weekend to show support and appreciation for our city's first responders.
It's in these moments that I am reminded of how incredible our district truly is.
I was proud to join with Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, Mayor Garcetti and the Trebek family to cut the ribbon on the Trebek Center which will provide 107 bridge housing beds in Northridge. The product of a partnership between the City of Los Angeles and Hope of the Valley, with the support of so many local residents and organizations, the Trebek Center will provide safe housing, case management and a full complement of supportive services to persons experiencing homelessness in our community.
Several young Angelenos from the LEE12 High School Leadership Program were recently gifted with a grant to start-up their own non-profits through our office's partnership with The Change Reaction. The students who received these grants were chosen based on whether they had already established a nonprofit or had begun taking the steps to launch one.