The Future of LA: Celebrating Our City

2022 Los Angeles Congress of Neighborhoods

Activities Throughout the Day

Networking Lounge and Info Booth (8am-4pm)

The Networking Lounge and Info Booth is the online room available throughout the day for attendees to continue conversations from sessions, ask questions of our Info Booth volunteers, or otherwise take a break from the day's scheduled programming.

Exhibitor Hall

Visit these departments and organizations "tabling" during the conference to ask questions, hear updates, learn about resources for your communities, and more!

Shift 1 (10:00am-11:45am):

  • One Degree by Alluma

  • HACLA Section 8 - Homeless Incentive Program

  • Los Angeles City Planning

  • Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

  • Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

  • Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment

  • myLA311

  • Neighborhood Team Program

Shift 2 (12:40pm-2:20pm)

  • Los Angeles Public Library

8:00am-9:00am

Workshop Session 1

  • Community Engagement in Visioning

  • Preserving and Planting Street Trees

  • Promoting Public Safety: Neighborhood Councils and Senior Lead Officers

  • Housing L.A.: What Can Advocates & NCs Do to Address Affordability?

  • The Power of the Community Impact Statement (CIS)

9:00am-10:00am

Opening Session

  • Hosted by Master of Ceremonies Nick Arnette

  • Pledge of Allegiance by Sherman Oaks youth Christina Flores, 17; Joseph Flores, 16; Chatsworth youth Brielle Northcutt, 11; and Pacoima youth Terrel, 12, and Terry Calugcugan, 9

  • National Anthem by youth Makara Gamble, 12

  • Convocation by Daniel A. Perez, Chair of the 2022 Congress Planning Committee

  • Welcome by Mayor Eric Garcetti

  • Welcome by LA City Council President Nury Martinez

  • Welcome by EmpowerLA General Manager Raquel Beltrán

  • Poetry Performance by Aiyana Sha’niel, Street Poets

  • Youth Keynote: Zaid Diaz-Arias

  • Welcome by City Attorney Mike Feuer

  • Youth Keynote: Asha Goyal

  • Welcome by City Controller Ron Galperin

  • Youth Keynote: Charlie J. Cea

  • In Memoriam

10:05am-10:50am

Workshop Session 2

  • Facing Our Biases Through a New Social Contract

  • LA's Future: Our Land Use Policy and Destiny (Part 1)

  • Los Angeles Native Plant Advocacy: Why and How?

  • Meet the CityWatch Writers

  • Public Encampments: What Can and Cannot be Done

11:00am-11:45am

Workshop Session 3

  • Defending Neighborhood Council Independence and Freedom

  • Hidden Costs in the City Budget

  • LA's Future: Our Land Use Policy and Destiny (Part 2)

  • Preserving the Public Trust in City Government and Elections

11:50am-12:30pm

Lunch & Learn: Public Safety in LA

  • LAPD Chief Michel Moore

  • LAFD Chief Deputy John Drake

  • Emergency Management Department General Manager Carol Parks

12:40pm-1:25pm

Workshop Session 4

  • Beautify Your Neighborhood: Murals, Cleanups, and Trees

  • Not Yimby, Not Nimby: How Can We Help in Our Backyards? A Planning 101 Workshop

  • Charter and Ethics Reforms in Los Angeles

  • Getting to Belonging

  • Getting to Carbon Neutrality by 2030 with Cool LA Teams

  • The Brown Act and Neighborhood Councils

1:35pm-2:20pm

Workshop Session 5

  • 2023 Neighborhood Council Elections

  • Celebrate Your Neighborhood's History and Art

  • How to Effectively Work with Developers and Council Offices to Influence Property Development

  • NC Digital Communications Policy: What NCs Need to Know

  • The A to Z of Neighborhood Naming

2:20pm-2:45pm

Closing Session

  • Hydee Feldstein Soto, Candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney

  • Faisal Gill, Candidate for Los Angeles City Attorney

  • “The State of the Councils” Address by EmpowerLA General Manager Raquel Beltrán

  • Closing by Congress Planning Committee Chair Daniel A. Perez

2:45pm-3:45pm

Workshop Session 6

  • Bus Lanes, Bike Lanes, and Train Lines...Oh My!

  • Challenges with Access to Virtual Meetings: Narrowing the Language and Digital Divides

  • Exploring Unarmed Crisis Response and Free Mental Health Assistance

  • Homelessness Challenges & Successes Roundtable

  • NC Trainings: Have We Gone Too Far?